Mozambique estimate 100,000 people need to be evacuated and around 7,000 are trapped in trees. Many have been there for several days without food and water. 2 – Floodwater levels are said to have risen between 4 and 5 metres (more than 26 feet) in five days. 5 – Johannes Maremane wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:11:15 in Pinelands. 15 – The South African rescue workers end their operation in Mozambique. 28 – The Zambezi River is still between 2,5 metres and 3 metres above flood level. 28 – Cahora Bassa reduces water discharges. April 4 – South African soap opera 7de Laan debuts on SABC 2. 15 – The South African Air Force Museum's Supermarine Spitfire MkIX no. 5553 is destroyed in an emergency landing during an airshow at AFB Swartkop. Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Neil Thomas survives with minor injuries. Nicky Boje, Hansie Cronje, Herschelle Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Henry Williams, along with a number of other international cricket players and Indian bookmakers, are accused by the New Delhi police of cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy in alleged match fixing. May 19 – President Thabo Mbeki is awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the Glasgow Caledonian University. July 9–14 – The 13th International AIDS conference is held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, the first ever to be held in a developing country. August 21 – A South African Air Force MB-326K Impala Mk II crashes during a routine night training flight. Pilot Lt. Dian Smit is killed. 22 – President Thabo Mbeki is voted Newsmaker of the Year by the Pretoria Press Club. September 27 – South Africa and India sign a memorandum of understanding on defence co-operation. November 10 – A memorandum of understanding is signed for the creation of the Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park. 27 – A South African Air Force Atlas Cheetah C crashes on finals to AFB Makhado killing Capt. Piet Koster. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex visit South Africa. Unknown date The Democratic Party joins with the New National Party to form the Democratic Alliance. The Gordon Institute of Business Science is established by the University of Pretoria. Births 20 April – Uyinene Mrwetyana, student and femicide victim Deaths 13 January – Alfred Nzo, South African political activist. (b. 1925) 17 June – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice. (b. 1931) 19 June