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.
- May
- 2 – Die Stem van Suid-Afrika, written by Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, becomes the official National Anthem
- July
- 8 – The United States and South Africa sign a nuclear cooperation agreement, the terms of which state that the United States will provide South Africa with a nuclear research reactor, supply enriched uranium as fuel, and train additional scientists and reactor technicians.[1]
- 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.
Births
- 7 January – Ivan Glasenberg, billionaire businessman.
- 23 March – Edna Molewa, politician.
- 26 May – Dan Roodt, activist, author and politician.
- June – Peter de Villiers, Springboks coach.
- 14 September; Kepler Wessels, cricketer.
