28 January – Patrice Motsepe, mining billionaire businessman, founder of founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals. 28 April – Darrell Roodt, film director, screenwriter and producer. Best known for the 1992 film Sarafina 16 June – Arnold Vosloo, international actor. 2 July – Neil Tovey, captain of the South Africa national football team 10 July – Arthur Mafokate, recording artist, record producer & businessman. 15 July – Ebrahim Rasool, politician. 29 August – Steve Hofmeyr, singer, songwriter and actor. 7 September – Cliff Simon, athlete and actor (died 2021) 15 September – François Bloemhof, author, playwright and composer. 28 September – Thuli Madonsela, politician, advocate and Professor of law. Most well-known for being the Public Protector of South Africa. 11 October – Kevin Smith, best known for his portrayal of Frank Xavier on the SABC 3 soap opera, Isidingo. 12 October – Michelle Botes, best known for her portrayal of Cherel de Villiers Haines on the soap opera, Isidingo. 8 December – Greg Marinovich, photojournalist. Deaths 23 September - Herbert Annesley Packer, Royal Navy Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of South Atlantic, dies in Cape Town (b. 1894) 21 December - Gary Hocking, racing driver and Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion, killed during practice at the 1962 Natal Grand Prix in Durban Railways Sports References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa