section of railway line near Durban and a goods train are damaged by an explosion. 14 – A guerrilla is killed and a policeman is injured in a skirmish in Ingwavuma. 18 – Foreign minister Pik Botha and President of Somalia Siad Barre hold talks in Mogadishu. 25 – Another guerrilla is killed in Ingwavuma. Unknown Date The government imposes a state of emergency that would stay in place for six years. Births 21 January – Aaron Phangiso, cricketer 24 January – Senzo Meyiwa, South Africa national football team captain (d. 2014) 29 January – Natalie du Toit, amputee swimmer 2 February – Thembinkosi Fanteni, football player 17 February – AB de Villiers, cricketer 20 February – Trevor Noah, comedian, actor and television personality 26 February – Minki van der Westhuizen, model and television presenter 4 March – Jeremy Loops, singer 5 March – Lindani Nkosi, actor 7 March – Lonwabo Tsotsobe, cricketer 10 March – Ruan Pienaar, rugby player 6 April – Siboniso Gaxa, football player 14 April – JP Duminy, cricketer 11 May – Willem Alberts, rugby player 20 May – Duduzane Zuma, businessman, son of the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma 22 May – Bismarck du Plessis, rugby player 6 June – Atandwa Kani, actor, son of actor John Kani 16 June – Zane Kirchner, rugby player 11 July – Morné Steyn, rugby player 13 July – Faf du Plessis, South Africa national cricket team captain 15 August – Peter Grant (rugby union), rugby player 28 August – Darian Townsend, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist 31 August – Charl Schwartzel, golfer 7 September – Letoya Makhene, singer & actress 25 September – Siphiwe Tshabalala, football player 1 October – Abigail Pietersen, figure skater 3 October – Thabo Nthethe, football player 6 October – Morné Morkel, cricketer 8 October – Tansey Coetzee, Miss South Africa 2007 14 October – Amalia Uys, actress 19 October – Presley Chweneyagae, actor, lead actor in the film Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards. 11 November – Kelly Khumalo, singer, actress and dancer 24 November – Kagisho Dikgacoi, football player 29 November – Katlego Mphela, football player 1 December – Yolandi Visser, rapper, female vocalist in the rap-rave group Die Antwoord 2 December – Sjava, singer, rapper, actor 27 December – Gail Mabalane, actress Deaths March – John Fairbairn, naval officer, (b. 1912)