Oosthuizen, rugby player 24 March – Jennifer Fry, badminton player 4 April – Dane Paterson, cricketer 13 April – Gerhard van den Heever, rugby union player 28 April – Alistair Vermaak, rugby union player 4 May – Trevor Nyakane, rugby player 11 May – Ashleigh Buhai, golfer 14 May – Melinda Bam, beauty pageant contestant and model 2 June – Dean Burmester, golfer 10 June – David Miller, cricketer 18 July – Mandla Masango, football player 25 July – Victor Hogan, discus thrower 26 July – Ross Cronjé, rugby union player 30 July – Wayne Parnell, cricketer 2 August – Vanes-Mari Du Toit, netball player 2 August – Rudy Paige, rugby player 3 August – Themba Zwane, football player 5 August – Darren Keet, footballer 9 August – Lunga Shabalala, actor & tv personality. 18 August – Willie le Roux, rugby player 13 September – Jurgen Visser, rugby union player 4 October – Madoda Yako, rugby union player 9 October – Rilee Rossouw, cricketer 25 October – Lejeanne Marais, figure skater 27 October Ntsako khoza, Tax payer 6 November – Cherise Taylor, road cyclist 18 December – Thulani Hlatshwayo, South africa national football team captain 25 December – Pat O'Brien, rugby union player 29 December – Sibusiso Vilakazi, football player Deaths 1 May – David Webster, academic and activist. (b. 1944) 22 May – Steven De Groote, classical pianist. (b. 1953) 12 September – Anton Lubowski, advocate and secretary-general of SWAPO. (b. 1952) Railways Locomotives A Class 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotive is rebuilt to Class NG G16A by the Alfred County Railway. The South African Railways places the first of twenty-five Class 10E2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in mainline service. Sports Athletics 25 February – Willie Mtolo wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:13 in Port Elizabeth. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa