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See also: 1957 in South Africa, other events of 1958, 1959 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

April

• 16 April - The last general election of the Union of South Africa is held

September

• 2 September - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd becomes the 7th Prime Minister of South Africa

December

• 12 - 14 December - The 46th Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban

Births

• 16 April - John Coulter, composer, is born
• 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

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