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See also: 1955 in South Africa, other events of 1956, 1957 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.


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Events

February

March

  • 16 March - The Riotous Assemblies Act no 17 which prohibits any outside gathering that the Minister of Justice sees as a threat to public peace, is passed.
  • 17 March - Mimi Coertse makes her Vienna State Opera debut as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (Mozart)

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

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