• Source: 1959 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in South Africa.




Incumbents


Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II.
Governor-General:
until 25 November: Ernest George Jansen.
25 November – 11 December: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.
starting 11 December: Charles Robberts Swart.
Prime Minister: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd.
Chief Justice: Henry Allan Fagan then Lucas Cornelius Steyn.




Events


April
5 – The Pan-Africanist Congress led by Robert Sobukwe secedes from the African National Congress.
July
9 – Wing Commander Michael Beetham flying a Royal Air Force Vickers Valiant sets a record of 11 hours 27 minutes for a non-stop London-Cape Town flight.
August
11 – Members of the United Party led by Helen Suzman secede and form the Progressive Party.
December
1 – Twelve countries, including South Africa, the United States and the Soviet Union, sign the Antarctic Treaty.
11 – Charles Robberts Swart is appointed the 11th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.
12 – The 47th Annual Conference of the African National Congress takes place in Durban.
Unknown date
Papwa Sewgolum, a South African Indian golfer, wins the Dutch Open tournament.




Births


1 January – Thulas Nxesi, national minister
7 January – Peter Mokaba, member of the South African parliament, deputy minister in the government of Nelson Mandela (d. 2002)
14 March – Tertius Bosch, cricketer.
16 March – Tito Mboweni, politician.
4 April – Kenneth Segal, South African-born Israeli industrial designer and educator
7 April – Etsko Schuitema, Afrikaner businessman
21 April – Manne Dipico, politician
16 September – Dave Richardson (cricketer), cricketer.
18 November – Christine Barkhuizen le Roux, writer (d. 2020)




Deaths



April 15 – Leonard Beyers, South African army general (b. 1894)
February 7 – D. F. Malan, South African politician, 4th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
April 15 – Leonard Beyers, South African army general (b. 1894)




Railways






= Locomotives

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Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways.

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




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