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Timeline of South African history
Events
29 January - The
Herenigde Nasionale Party
is formed
11 June - The
Union of South Africa
declares war on
Italy
Births
31 January –
Kitch Christie
, rugby coach who led the
Springboks
to victory in the
1995 Rugby World Cup
, in
Johannesburg
(d. 1998)
9 October -
Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang
, politician, is born at eMfume south of
Durban
Deaths
1 June - Jan F.E. Cilliers,
poet
,
writer
and
dramatist
, dies at the age of 75