actress, tv host 30 October – Zodwa Wabantu, media personality, socialite and dancer 12 November – Innocent Mdledle, football player 18 November – Adriaan Strauss, rugby player 20 November – IFani, recording hip hop artist and engineer 22 November – Jenna-Anne Buys, figure skater Deaths 3 May – Cythna Letty, botanical artist and author. (b. 1895) 21 May – Vernon Nkadimeng, Umkhonto We Sizwe member. (b. 1958) 14 June – Thamsanga Mnyele, artist and activist. (b. 1948) 27 June – Matthew Goniwe, political activist (b. 1947) Railways Locomotives Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways: The first of fifty 3 kV DC Class 10E electric locomotives. The first of forty-five 25 kV 50 Hz AC Class 11E electric locomotives on the Coalink line to the Port of Richards Bay. Sports Athletics 4 May – Mark Plaatjes wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:08:58 in Port Elizabeth. Motorsport 19 October – The South African Grand Prix takes place at Kyalami. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa