2005 in South Africa - Deaths

Deaths

  • 6 January – Makgatho Mandela, Nelson Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS at the age of 54.
  • 19 January – K. Sello Duiker, novelist.
  • 20 February – Dalene Matthee, novelist.
  • 16 March – Allan Hendrickse, politician and former Labour Party leader dies at the age of 77.
  • 21 April – Bavumile Vilakazi, the South African High Commissioner to Uganda, dies of a heart attack in Kampala.
  • 12 June – Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI of the Balobedu people in the Limpopo Province, dies in Polokwane.
  • 30 June – King Ingwenyama Mayitjha III of the Ndzundza-Mabhoko people (Ndebele), dies.
  • August – Howard Watt, rugby player, dies.
  • 7 September – Ettienne Botha, Blue Bulls Rugby union player, is killed in a car accident.
  • 16 September – Mzukisi Sikali, boxer.
  • 29 November – Deon van der Walt, tenor.
  • 4 December – Sophie Mgcina, actress and musician, dies at the age of 67 from heart failure.
  • 31 December – Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu dies at No 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria.

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