and UNITA. 25 – A South African Air Force Cessna 185 is shot down south of Ebo, killing pilot 2nd Lieutenant Keith Williamson, co-pilot 2nd Lieutenant Eric Thompson and South African Army battalion third-in-command Captain Danie Taljaard. 28 – South African Navy frigates evacuate 26 SADF members from behind enemy lines at Ambrizete, north of Luanda in Angola. Unknown date Lillian Ngoyi's ban, confining her to Orlando Township in Johannesburg and forbidding her to attend any gatherings, is renewed for five years. The South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit, commonly known as Operation K, is launched. Operation Polo, South Africa's covert military intervention in the Rhodesian Bush War, begins. Births 9 January – André Vos, rugby player 29 January – David Tlale, fashion designer and businessman. 2 February – Thinus Delport, rugby player 4 February – Sthandiwe Kgoroge, actress. 21 March – Corné Krige, rugby player. 27 March – Bruce Jacobs, field hockey player. 16 April – Selborne Boome, rugby player. 23 June – Sibusiso Zuma, soccer player 2 July – Stefan Terblanche, rugby player. 7 July – Louis Koen, rugby player 17 July – Robbie Fleck, rugby player & coach. 31 July – Andrew Hall, cricketer 7 August – Charlize Theron, actress. 1 September – Winnie Ntshaba, actress. 11 September – Pierre Issa, soccer player 16 October – Jacques Kallis, all-rounder cricketer. 24 November – Neil McKenzie, cricketer 13 December – Bubu Mazibuko, actress. 17 December – Tim Clark, golfer. Deaths 8 May – Bram Fischer, former South African Communist Party leader. (b. 1908) Railways Locomotives June – The South African Railways places the first of 124 Class 36-000 General Electric type SG10B diesel-electric locomotives in service. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa