songwriter and record producer 3 October – Jo-Ane van Dyk, javelin thrower 25 June – Curwin Bosch, rugby player 23 July — Bianca Tredoux, world leader in Occupational Therapy Practices 5 September — Lesego Kone, Public Figure. Deaths 16 July — Lydia Lindeque, actor. (b. 1916) 25 November — Hastings Banda, the first president of Malawi, dies in Johannesburg (b. 1898) Sports Athletics 23 February – Thabiso Moqhali from Lesotho wins the South African title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:15:31 in Pinelands. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa