Events

• St Lucia Lake and the turtle beaches and coral reefs of Maputaland have been listed by the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR).
• The International Court of Justice
  International Court of Justice
  The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...
  
   gives an advisory opinion, supporting the view of the United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   for South Africa to relinquish control of South West Africa
  South West Africa
  South-West Africa was the name that was used for the modern day Republic of Namibia during the earlier eras when the territory was controlled by the German Empire and later by South Africa....
  
  

Births

• 30 July — Mzukisi Sikali
  Mzukisi Sikali
  Mzukisi Sikali, , was a South African boxer who served as a world champion in three different weight categories: junior flyweight, flyweight, and super flyweight.-Murder:...
  
  , world champion boxer (d. 2005)
• 12 November — Gert Thys
  Gert Thys
  Gert Thys is a male long-distance runner from South Africa, who represented his native country in the marathon at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  , long-distance runner
• 17 December — Alan Khan
  Alan Khan
  Alan Khan , is a media & radio personality in South Africa. Alan is currently the Senior Director of Corporate Affairs at the Durban University of Technology in Durban, South Africa. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of Jacaranda 94.2 and Jacaranda RMFM...
  
  , radio DJ

Deaths

• Ahmed Timol dies in police detention
• John Beaver Marks, political activist and trade unionist, dies in Moscow, Russia, after suffering a heart attack
  Myocardial infarction
  Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
  
  
• March - Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane, artist
  Artist
  An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
  
  , dies at the age of 33 from Tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...