1956 in South Africa

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1956 in South Africa

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Years in South Africa


Events

February

March

August

  • 9 August - Women march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest to the pass laws

December

  • Lillian Masediba Ngoyi becomes the first woman ever to be elected to the African National Congress national executive committee
  • 5 December - 156 leading activists are arrested heralding the start of the Treason Trial Among Those arrested is Lillian Masediba Ngoyi
  • 19 December - The Four year long Treason Trial begins at the Drill Hall in Johannesburg

Unknown date

  • Lillian Masediba Ngoyi is elected president of the Federation of South African Women
  • Segregation is introduced on buses
  • Albert Lutuli is arrested

Births

Deaths


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