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

1959
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Events

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April
July
August
December
Unknown date

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Class 1-DH (DH-1420)

Locomotives

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

References

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  1. ^ "Records set by the RAF". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Christine Barkhuizen-Le Roux (1959–2020)". Flanders Literature. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 143–144. ISBN 0869772112.
  4. ^ a b South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  5. ^ Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 293. ISBN 9 780620 512282.