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1958 in South Africa

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Events

April
  • 16 – The last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place.
    • September
  • 2 – Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd becomes the 6th Prime Minister of South Africa.
    • October
  • 13 – Penny Coelen is crowned as Miss World 1958 during the 8th Miss World pageant, the first South African to win the title.
    • December
  • 12–14 – The 46th Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban.

    • Births

  • 16 April – John Coulter, composer.
  • 30 April – Mbhazima Shilowa, Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary and Premier of Gauteng, is born in Olifantshoek, Limpopo Province.
  • 27 May – Cheryl Carolus, politician, is born in Silvertown on the Cape Flats, Cape Town.
  • 28 July – Deon van der Walt, tenor. (d. 2005)
  • 26 August – Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist, is born in Vrededorp.

    • Deaths

  • 2 May – Henry Cornelius, movie director.
  • 6 May – Margaret Rheeder is hanged in Pretoria for poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman.

    • Locomotives

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

    Contents

  • The first of fifty-five Class 5E, Series 3 electric locomotives.
  • In June and July forty-five Class 1-DE General Electric type U12B locomotives are the first diesel-electrics to enter SAR service in quantity.

    • References

    1958 in South Africa Wikipedia
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