1953 in South Africa
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See also: 1952 in South Africa, other events of 1953, 1954 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
May
- 9 May - The South African Liberal Party is formed in Cape Town by Alan Paton
September
- Mimi Coertse leaves South Africa for London
November
- 22 November - The South Africa national football team loses to the Portugal national football team 1-3 at the National Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal in a friendly match
December
- 18 - 20 December - The 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Queenstown
Births
- 13 January - Derek Hanekom, activist and politician, is born in Cape Town
- 30 January - Paul Emile Rossouw, athlete, is born in Springs
Deaths
- 14 March - Sir Robert N Kotzé, a mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines dies in Cape Town at the age of 82
- 1 July - Totius, Afrikaans poet, dies in Pretoria at the age of 76
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