1955 in South Africa

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1955 in South Africa

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Years in South Africa


Events

January

March

  • 4 - 5 March - The Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is held at the Trades Hall in Johannesburg
  • 23 March - The Meadowridge garden city opens near Cape Town
  • 25 March - The Appeal Court increases from six to eleven members

April

  • 22 April - The National Tea and Coffee Company is founded

June

August

  • 30 August - Rondalia (a tourist club) is founded

September

October

December

Births

Deaths

  • 13 March - Benjamin Jennings Caddy, a militant trade unionist who was arrested in the 1922 miners strike and who is regarded as the doyen of the trade union movement in South Africa, dies in Johannesburg

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