1957 in South Africa

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1957
in
South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1957 in South Africa.

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Events[edit]

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  • The United States and South Africa sign a nuclear cooperation agreement in terms of which the United States will provide South Africa with a nuclear research reactor and supply enriched uranium as fuel, as well as trained additional scientists and reactor technicians.[citation needed]

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Railways[edit]

Class 5E, Series 2

Locomotives[edit]

  • The South African Railways places the first of forty-five Class 5E, Series 2 electric locomotives in mainline service.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0869772112.