The following lists events that happened during 1953 in South Africa.

1953
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Events

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May
July
September
December
Unknown date
  • The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), banned by the National Party government, relaunches itself underground as the South African Communist Party (SACP).
  • Bantu Education Act is voted, and will start 1 January 1954.

Births

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Deaths

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  • 1 July – Totius, Afrikaans poet. (b. 1877)

Railways

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Class 25
 
Class 25NC

Railway lines opened

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  • 14 October – Cape – Lohatla to Sishen, 17 miles 3 chains (27.4 kilometres).[1]

Locomotives

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Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

Sports

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Football

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References

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  1. ^ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13
  2. ^ a b Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 108–111. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  3. ^ a b Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. pp. 107–109. ISBN 0715386387.
  4. ^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0869772112.