1953 — Flyhalf Natie Rens kicks 13 points to guide the Springboks to a 22-9 win over Australia in the final fourth Test at Crusader’s in Port Elizabeth to seal the series 3-1. Rens, playing in only his second international, converted South Africa’s two tries and landed two penalties and a drop. The tries came from front-rower Chris Koch and scrumhalf Hansie Oelofse.
1961 — South African soccer is suspended by the Fifa executive committee at a meeting in London because of its racist policies. The all-white Football Association of Southern Africa had been warned by the Fifa congress a year earlier to adopt the international body’s nonracial policies, which it had failed to do.
1979 — South African welterweight boxing champion Harold Volbrecht is declared fit to defend his belt against “Baby Lux” Kambule on the undercard of the upcoming world heavyweight title bout at Loftus Versfeld in October. Two weeks before Volbrecht had rolled his car and there were fears he had suffered broken bones, possibly a fractured skull. But it turned out he had nothing more than a cut on the back of his head. Volbrecht would go on to make 19 successful title defences, a South African record for any weight division.
1982 — Double Comrades champion Bruce Fordyce wins his second consecutive London-to-Brighton ultra-marathon, but this time South Africans take the next two podium places behind him. Fordyce, in Wits University colours, ended the 87km race in 5hr 18 min 36 sec, more than four minutes ahead of Graham Fraser of Hillcrest and Dave Anderson of Germiston Callies.
1993 — Xolile Yawa wins the Berlin Marathon in 2hr 10 min 57 sec, with defending champion David Tsebe finishing third.
1995 — Vuyani Bungu makes the fourth defence of his IBF junior-featherweight title, beating Laureano Ramirez of the Dominican Republic on points over 12 rounds at the Carousel casino, north of Pretoria.
1999 — The Proteas are thrashed by India in their opening ODI of a four-nations tournament in Nairobi. South Africa were bowled out for 117, Jacques Kallis top-scoring with 38, before India knocked off the winning runs in 23 overs.
2012 — Trisha Chetty scores 33 as the South African women, needing 80 to win, beat Sri Lanka in a T20 World Cup qualifier in Galle by six wickets.
2015 — Wing JP Pietersen scores three tries as the Springboks down Samoa 46-6 in a World Cup group match in Birmingham. Flank Schalk Burger, replacement hooker Schalk Brits and winger Bryan Habana also dotted down.
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