1957 in South Africa
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Events
- January
- 30 – The General Assembly of the United Nations calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policy.
- December
- 16 – The 45th Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Orlando, Johannesburg.
- A series of shark attacks near Durban occur during Black December.
- Unknown date
- The United States and South Africa sign a nuclear cooperation agreement in terms of which the United States will provide South Africa with a nuclear research reactor and supply enriched uranium as fuel, as well as trained additional scientists and reactor technicians.
Births
- 1 December – Louis Eugène Fivaz.
Deaths
- 14 November – Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, landscape artist, dies in Pretoria.
- 10 December – James Stevenson-Hamilton, first warden of the Kruger National Park.
Railways
Locomotives
- The South African Railways places the first of forty-five Class 5E, Series 2 electric locomotives in mainline service.[1]
References
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