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See also: 1950 in South Africa, other events of 1951, 1952 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

March

• 30 March - The Group Areas Act which was passed in 1950 becomes law

May

• 14 May - The cabinet voted for the removal of the Coloured people from the voters roll
• 24 May - The first part of the Afrikaans Dictionary Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) is published, a project which was begun in 1926 by Prof. J J Smith of Stellenbosch University

July

• 29 July - Blacks, Coloureds and Indians meet for the first time to discuss a plan of action against race discrimination laws

December

• 8 December - The South Africa (Springboks) beat Ireland 17-5 in Ireland

Unknown date

• Max Theiler, a virologist is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing a vaccine for yellow fever thereby becoming the first South African to receive a Nobel Prize

Births

Deaths

• 6 April - Robert Broom, an archaeologist who discovered Mrs Ples in 1947, dies
• 23 May - Sefako Mapogo Makgatho, the 2nd African National Congress' president, dies in Pretoria at the age of 90
• 14 October - Herman Charles Bosman, writer and journalist, dies in Edenvale, Gauteng
• 28 November - Clements Kadalie, trade unionist, dies in East London at the age of 55