and songwriter 28 January – AKA, rapper 10 February – Lalla Hirayama, TV presenter, actress, model 3 March – Cecil Afrika, olympics bronze medallist & South Africa Sevens rugby team player 3 March – Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, actress 8 March – Zakwe, rapper 20 March – Nandi Madida, actress 25 March – Shane Spring, rugby union player 31 March – Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer 6 April – Francois Hougaard, rugby union player 15 April – Juan de Jongh, rugby union player 9 May – Clement Maosa, actor 15 May – Nicole Flint, Miss South Africa 2009 13 May – Pearl Thusi, actress 25 May – Cameron van der Burgh, Olympic swimmer 2 June – Jo-anne Reyneke, actress 22 June – Dean Furman, South Africa national football team captain 18 July – Odette Richard, rhythmic gymnast 26 July – Pogo, electronic musician 30 July – Oupa Manyisa, football player 11 August – Kwesta, rapper 18 August – Thamsanqa Mkhize, football player 6 October – Daniel Cardoso, football player 20 October – Candice Swanepoel, supermodel 8 November – Busiswa , recording artist, songwriter 9 November – Zahara, musician 10 November – Denise Zimba, actress 23 December – Siyabonga Nhlapo, football player Deaths 17 January – Percy Qoboza, journalist and author. (b. 1938) 29 March – Dulcie September, political activist. (b. 1935) 12 April – Alan Paton, author and anti-apartheid activist. (b. 1903) 22 November – Raymond Dart, anatomist and anthropologist. (b. 1893) Sports Athletics 30 April – Willie Mtolo wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:10:18 in Cape Town. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa