1952 in South Africa
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See also: 1951 in South Africa, other events of 1952, 1953 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March
- 23 March - Zulu King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
[edit] April
- 6 April - The African National Congress, South African Indian Congress and the Coloured People’s Congress launches the Defiance Campaign against apartheid
[edit] May
- 3 May - The first regular jet flight between South Africa and Britain is started with the arrival of a De Havilland Comet with 36 passengers at Johannesburg
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- Nelson Mandela is given a 9 month suspended sentence and forbidden to leave Johannesburg for the next 6 months
[edit] Births
- 26 April - Popo Simon Molefe, co-founder of the Azanian People's Organisation, is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg
- 10 May - Ruben Xulu, artist, is born deaf at the Hiabisa mission station near St Lucia
- 23 October - Antjie Krog, a poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist, is in Kroonstad
