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Events

May

• 9 May - The South African Liberal Party is formed in Cape Town by Alan Paton

May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... The South African Liberal Party was a South African political party, founded in 1953 by the novelist Alan Paton. ... Alan Stewart Paton ( 11th January 1903 - 12th April 1988), South African author and founder in 1953 of the South African Liberal Party, noted for his opposition to the Apartheid system. ...

September

• Mimi Coertse leaves South Africa for London

Mimi Coertse (born 12 June 1932), is a South African soprano. ... St. ...

November

• 22 November - The South Africa national football team loses to the Portugal national football team 1-3 at the National Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal in a friendly match

November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... First International Australia 1 - 2 South Africa (Sydney, Australia; 10 May 1947) Largest win Australia 0 - 8 South Africa (Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955) Worst defeat Australia 5 - 1 South Africa (Newcastle, Australia; 7 June 1947) Mexico 4 - 0 South Africa (Los Angeles, USA; 6 October 1993) USA 4 - 0... First International Spain 3 - 1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921) Largest win Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994) Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) Worst defeat Portugal 0 - 8 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Area 84. ...

December

• 18 - 20 December - The 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Queenstown

(Redirected from 18 December) December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The African National Congress (ANC) is a center-left political party, and has been South Africas governing party (in a coalition) since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ... Queenstown, situated in the Eatern Cape Province of South Africa is the commercial, administrative and educational centre of a prosperous farming district. ...

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Births

Deaths

• 14 March - Sir Robert N Kotzé, a mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines dies in Cape Town at the age of 82
• 1 July - Totius, Afrikaans poet, dies in Pretoria at the age of 76