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See also: 1956 in South Africa, other events of 1957, 1958 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• 30 January - The General Assembly of the United Nations calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policy
• 16 December - The 45th Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Orlando, Johannesburg
• United States and South Africa sign a nuclear cooperation agreement. In terms of this agreement, the United States provided South Africa with a nuclear research reactor, trained additional scientists and reactor technicians and supplied enriched uranium as fuel

Births

Deaths

• 10 December - James Stevenson-Hamilton, the first warden of the Kruger National Park, dies