1958 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1958 in South Africa.Incumbents
;April
;May
- 6 - Margaret Rheeder is hanged in Pretoria for poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman.
;September
;October
;December
- 12–14 - The 46th Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban.
Births
- 27 February - Naas Botha, rugby player
- 14 April - Danie Gerber, rugby player
- 14 April - Blade Nzimande, politician, national minister, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party
- 21 April - Senzo Mchunu, politician, national minister
- 21 April - Lindiwe Zulu, national minister
- 30 April - Mbhazima Shilowa, trade unionist and politician.
- 27 May - Cheryl Carolus, activist and politician.
- 5 June - Jackson Mthembu, politician, national minister
- 17 June - Barbara Creecy; anti-apartheid movement activist, member of the African National Congress, national minister
- 28 July - Deon van der Walt, tenor.
- 4 August - Steve Kekana, singer & songwriter
- 7 August - Aaron Motsoaledi, politician, national minister
- 24 October - Gcina Mhlophe, actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director and author
- 27 October - Jonathan Shapiro, cartoonist
- 15 December - Don Laka, jazz musician, songwriter, producer.Most well-known for being the co-founder of record label, Kalawa Jazmee Records.
Deaths
- 2 May - Henry Cornelius, film director, producer, screenwriter and editor.
Railways
Locomotives
Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways.
- The first of fifty-five Class 5E, Series 3 electric locomotives.
- In June and July forty-five Class 1-DE General Electric type U12B locomotives are the first diesel-electrics to enter SAR service in quantity.
