1959 in South Africa

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	1959 in South African sport

Years in South Africa

Events

5 – The Pan-Africanist Congress led by Robert Sobukwe secedes from the African National Congress.

9 – A record for the London-Cape Town flight is set by Wing Commander M.J. Beetham flying a Royal Air Force Vickers Valiant, completing the journey in 11 hours 27 minutes.

11 – Members of the United Party led by Helen Suzman secede and form the Progressive Party.

12 – The 47th Annual Conference of the African National Congress takes place in Durban.

Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum, an Indian golfer, wins the Dutch Open tournament.
Charles Robberts Swart is appointed the 11th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

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

May–July – Seven Class 1-DH Henschel type DH 1420 diesel-hydraulic locomotives.^[1]
November – The first of 115 Class 32-000 General Electric type U18C1 diesel-electric locomotives in South West Africa.^[2]
The first of 135 Class 5E1, Series 1 electric locomotives, an upgraded and more powerful version of the Class 5E.^[2]^[3]

↑ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 143–144. ISBN 0869772112.
↑ 2.0 2.1 South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
↑ Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent - Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains - 1860-2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 293. ISBN 9 780620 512282.

1959 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)