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Dr Beric Croome addressing the "100 years of Taxation in South Africa" conference at University of Cape Town in 2014. Professor Roeleveld of UCT looks on.
Louis Botha, Boer War General, captured Winston Churchill during the Second Boer War, also one of the signatories of the Treaty of Vereeniging (1862–1919)
Annie Botha, philanthropist and civic leader, wife of Louis Botha
Piet Cronjé, Boer general and commander-in-chief of ZAR's military forces (1840–1911)
Beric John Croome, chartered accountant (South Africa), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa, PhD, tax law author and pioneer in taxpayers' rights in South Africa (1960–2019)
They Shaped Our Century, survey by Media24 in 1999 about 100 most influential South Africans (and people associated with South Africa) of the twentieth century
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Contents 1 Academics 1 1 Academics 1 2 Medical and veterinary 1 3 Scientists 1 4 Theologians 2 Writers 2 1 Authors 2 2 Editors 2 3 Poets 2 4 Journalists 3 Artists 3 1 Performing artists 3 1 1 Actors and actresses 3 1 2 Dancers 3 1 3 Playwrights and film directors 3 1 4 Singers musicians and composers 3 1 5 Models socialites and media personalities 3 2 Visual artists 3 2 1 Cartoonists 3 2 2 Painters 3 2 3 Photographers 3 2 4 Sculptors 3 2 5 Performance artists 3 2 6 Architects 4 Business 5 Legal police and military 6 Political 6 1 Activists and trade unionists 6 2 Apartheid operatives 6 3 Colonial and Union Governors 6 4 Leaders and politicians 6 5 Prime Ministers and presidents 6 6 Provincial Premiers 6 7 Homelands Leaders 6 8 Administrators of former provinces 7 Royalty 7 1 Kings queens princes and princesses 7 2 Tribal leaders and prophets 8 Atheists 9 Prelates clerics and evangelists 10 Sport 11 Conservationists 12 Food 13 Travelers adventurers and pioneers 14 Criminals 15 Other 16 See also 17 ReferencesAcademics edit nbsp Jan Hendrik HofmeyrAcademics edit See also Chancellors and vice chancellors Shulamith Behr art historian 1946 2023 Estian Calitz academic born 1949 Jakes Gerwel academic and anti apartheid activist 1946 2012 Adam Habib political scientist born 1965 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr academic and politician 1894 1948 Thamsanqa Kambule South African Mathematician and Educator 1921 2009 Tshilidzi Marwala academic and businessman born 1971 Revil Mason archeologist 1929 2020 Shula Marks historian born 1938 Njabulo Ndebele Principal of the University of Cape Town born 1948 D C S Oosthuizen philosopher 1926 1968 Adriaan N Pelzer historian and Vice Principal University Pretoria 1915 1981 Michiel Daniel Overbeek South African amateur astronomer and prolific variable star observers 1920 2001 Pierre de Villiers Pienaar pioneering role in speech language therapy and lexicography in South Africa 1904 1978 Calie Pistorius academic and Principal of the University of Pretoria born 1958 Benedict Wallet Vilakazi author educator and first black South African to receive a PhD 1906 1947 1 David Webster anthropologist 1945 1989 Medical and veterinary edit See also South African surgeons Abraham Manie Adelstein UK Chief Medical Statistician 1916 1992 Christiaan Barnard pioneering heart surgeon 1922 2001 Wouter Basson medical scientist born 1950 John Borthwick veterinary surgeon veterinary surgeon in the Cape Colony 1867 1936 Mary Malahlela first black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa 1916 1981 Joan Morice first female veterinary surgeon in South Africa 1904 1944 Anna Coutsoudis public health scientist born 1952 Patrick Soon Shiong surgeon founder Abraxis BioScience billionaire born 1952 Arnold Theiler veterinarian 1867 1936 Max Theiler virologist 1951 Nobel Prize winner 1899 1972 Lindiwe Sidali surgeon born 1984 Scientists edit See also South African scientists Andrew Geddes Bain geologist 1797 1864 Peter Beighton geneticist born 1934 Wilhelm Bleek linguist 1827 1875 Robert Broom palaeontologist 1866 1951 Sydney Brenner biologist 2002 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize winner 1927 2019 Phillip Clancey ornithologist 1918 2001 Allan McLeod Cormack physicist 1924 1998 Zodwa Dlamini biochemist Clement Martyn Doke linguist 1893 1980 Mulalo Doyoyo professor and inventor born 1970 Alexander du Toit geologist 1878 1948 Robert Allen Dyer botanist 1900 1987 Melville Edelstein sociologist killed due to Soweto uprising 1919 1976 Wendy Foden conservation biologist J W B Gunning zoologist 1860 1913 Quarraisha Abdool Karim Associate Scientific Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa CAPRISA born 1960 Salim Abdool Karim FRSSAf FRS 2 South African epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist born 1960 David Lewis Williams archaeologist born 1934 Lucy Lloyd anthropologist 1834 1914 Thebe Medupe astrophysicist born 1973 Hans Merensky geologist 1871 1952 Austin Roberts zoologist 1883 1948 Peter Sarnak mathematician born 1953 Ramotholo Sefako astrophysicist born 1971 Buyisiwe Sondezi physicist born 1976 Basil Schonland physicist 1896 1972 J L B Smith ichthyologist 1897 1968 Phillip Tobias palaeontologist 1925 2012 Theologians edit Also see Prelates clerics and evangelists David Bosch 1929 1992 John W de Gruchy born 1939 Dion Forster born 1972 Johan Heyns 1928 1994 Writers editSee also South African writers Authors edit nbsp John Maxwell Coetzee nbsp Nadine GordimerLady Anne Barnard travel writer and artist 1750 1825 Herman Charles Bosman author 1905 1951 Andre P Brink author 1935 2015 Justin Cartwright novelist 1943 2018 John Maxwell Coetzee 2003 Nobel Prize winning author born 1940 K Sello Duiker novelist 1974 2005 Sir Percy FitzPatrick writer businessman and politician 1862 1931 Graeme Friedman author and clinical psychologist Damon Galgut author born 1963 Nadine Gordimer 1991 Nobel Prize winning author 1923 2014 Alfred Hutchinson South African author teacher and activist 1924 1972 C J Langenhoven writer and poet 1873 1932 Pule Lechesa essayist literary critic and poet born 1976 Kgotso Pieter David Maphalla the Sesotho language writer 1955 2021 Dalene Matthee author 1938 2005 Gcina Mhlope author storyteller playwright director actor born 1959 Deon Meyer author born 1958 Phaswane Mpe novelist 1970 2004 Sizwe Mpofu Walsh author and musician born 1989 Alan Paton author 1903 1988 Margaret Roberts herbalist and writer 1937 2017 Karel Schoeman novelist and historian 1939 2017 Olive Schreiner author 1855 1920 Mongane Wally Serote poet and writer born 8 May 1944 Wilbur Smith novelist 1933 2021 J R R Tolkien author of The Lord of The Rings 1892 1973 Etienne van Heerden novelist born 1956 Marlene van Niekerk novelist born 1954 Lyall Watson writer 1939 2008 David Yudelman writer Rachel Zadok London based South African writer born 1972 Editors edit Kojo Baffoe magazine editor born 1972 Khanyi Dhlomo magazine editor born 1975 Laurence Gandar Rand Daily Mail editor 1915 1998 Niel Hammann editor of magazines born 1937 John Tengo Jabavu political activist and newspaper editor 1859 1921 Aggrey Klaaste journalist and editor 1940 2004 Max du Preez newspaper editor born 1951 Poets edit See also South African poets and Afrikaans language poets nbsp Mongane Wally SeroteRoy Campbell poet 1901 1957 Judy Croome poet born 1958 Sheila Cussons poet 1922 2004 Jonty Driver born 1939 Jakob Daniel du Toit poet a k a Totius 1877 1953 Elisabeth Eybers poet 1915 2007 Stephen Gray writer and poet 1941 2020 Ingrid Jonker poet 1933 1965 Antjie Krog poet novelist and playwright born 1952 Laurence Lerner poet 1925 2016 Lucas Malan Afrikaans academic and poet 1946 2010 Chris Mann poet 1948 2021 Eugene Nielen Marais poet writer lawyer and naturalist 1871 1936 Thomas Pringle poet and journalist 1789 1834 N S Puleng poet and author born 1958 N P van Wyk Louw poet 1906 1970 Mongane Wally Serote poet activist and politician born 1944 Stephen Watson poet 1954 2011 Journalists edit nbsp Sol PlaatjeJani Allan journalist and radio personality born 1953 George Claassen journalist born 1949 Robyn Curnow CNN television reporter and anchor John Charles Daly television journalist executive and game show host 1914 1991 Arnold S de Beer journalist and academic 1942 2021 Frene Ginwala journalist and politician born 1932 Arthur Goldstuck journalist born 1959 Niel Hammann journalist born 1937 Noni Jabavu journalit editor and the first black South African woman to publish an autobiography 1919 2008 Archibald Campbell Jordan 1906 1968 Lara Logan CBS television reporter correspondent born 1971 Peter Magubane South African photographer born 1932 John Matisonn print and radio journalist for both South African and United States broadcasters born 1949 Zakes Mda journalist born 1948 Nathaniel Ndazana Nakasa South African journalist and short story writer 1937 1965 Sam Nzima South African photographer who took image of Hector Pieterson for the Soweto uprising 1934 2018 Henry Nxumalo investigative journalist under apartheid 1917 1957 Sol Plaatje journalist and political activist 1877 1932 Percy Qoboza journalist editorial writer and political activist 1938 1988 Barry Streek journalist political activist author parliamentary media manager 1948 2006 Redi Tlhabi journalist and broadcaster born 1978 Eric Lloyd Williams journalist and war correspondent 1915 1988 Donald Woods journalist and anti apartheid activist 1933 2001 Artists editSee also South African artists nbsp Dave MatthewsPerforming artists edit Actors and actresses edit See also List of South African actors Anel Alexander actress producer born 1979 Lesley Ann Brandt South African born actress notable for her role as Mazikeen in the show Lucifer born 1981 Ayanda Borotho actress born 1981 Ivan Botha actor born 1984 Kai Luke Brummer actor born 1993 Presley Chweneyagae actor born 1984 Peter Cartwright actor 1935 2013 Baby Cele actress born 1972 Sharlto Copley actor District 9 born 1973 Katlego Danke actress born 1978 Embeth Davidtz actress born 1965 Gopala Davies actor and director born 1988 Ryan de Villiers actor born 1992 Sindi Dlathu actress born 1974 Pallance Dladla actor born 1992 Lillian Dube South African actress born 1945 Vinette Ebrahim actress born 1957 Kim Engelbrecht actress born 1980 Willie Esterhuizen actor Connie Ferguson actress born 1970 Shona Ferguson actor 1972 2021 Brett Goldin actor 1977 2006 Zoe Gail actress 1920 2020 Gugu Gumede actress born 1991 Roxane Hayward actress born 1991 Hennie Jacobs actor born 1981 David James actor stage television and film actor born 1972 Sid James film amp television actor 1913 1976 Glynis Johns actress born 1923 Adhir Kalyan actor born 1983 Atandwa Kani actor born 1984 John Kani actor entertainer and writer born 1943 Dawn Thandeka King actress born 1977 Shannon Kook born 1987 Paballo Koza actor born 2002 Alice Krige actress born 1954 Deon Lotz actor born 1964 Sello Maake Ka Ncube actor born 1960 Gail Mabalane actress born 1984 Joe Mafela actor writer and singer 1942 2017 Maps Maponyane actor born 1990 Warren Masemola actor born 1983 Khanyi Mbau radio and television personality and actress notable for Happiness Is a Four letter Word born 1985 Nomzamo Mbatha actress born 1990 Michelle Mosalakae actress born 1994 Thuso Mbedu actress born 1991 Sean Michael South African actor born 1969 Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa actress born 1988 Masoja Msiza actor born 1964 Patrick Mynhardt actor 1932 2007 Themba Ndaba actor born 1965 Menzi Ngubane actor born 1967 Jessica Nkosi actress born 1990 Kenneth Nkosi actor born 1973 Winnie Ntshaba actress born 1975 Winston Ntshona actor 1941 2018 Nandi Nyembe South African actress born 1950 Tanit Phoenix actress Death Race Inferno Lord of War Safe House Femme Fatales Mad Buddies born 1984 Terry Pheto actress born 1981 Sasha Pieterse actress born 1996 Madelaine Petsch actress born 1994 Sandra Prinsloo South African actress The Gods Must Be Crazy Quest for Love born 1947 Ama Qamata actress born 1998 Basil Rathbone actor 1892 1967 Jo anne Reyneke actress born 1988 Ian Roberts actor playwright singer born 1952 Angelique Rockas pioneer of multi racial theatre in the UK born 1951 Buhle Samuels Stelio Savante actor born 1970 Clive Scott actor 1937 2021 Rapulana Seiphemo actor born 1967 Cliff Severn actor 1925 2014 Raymond Severn actor 1930 1994 Antony Sher actor author and painter 1949 2021 Cliff Simon actor 1962 2021 William Smith TV teacher and presenter born 1939 Linda Sokhulu actress born 1976 Shaleen Surtie Richards actress 1955 2021 Janet Suzman actress born 1939 Reine Swart actress producer Charlize Theron actress born 1975 Pearl Thusi actress model MC born 1988 Siyabonga Thwala actor born 1969 Pieter Dirk Uys political satirist and entertainer born 1945 Brumilda van Rensburg actress born 1956 Musetta Vander actress born 1969 Arnold Vosloo actor The Mummy The Mummy Returns 24 born 1962 Dancers edit Juliet Prowse dancer 1936 1996 Bontle Modiselle dancer born 1990 Playwrights and film directors edit Neill Blomkamp director District 9 born 1979 Charles J Fourie playwright born 1965 Athol Fugard playwright born 1932 Ronald Harwood playwright and writer 1934 2020 Oliver Hermanus film director and writer born 1983 Gavin Hood film director wrote and directed the Academy Award winning Tsotsi 2005 born 1963 Rob De Mezieres film director and writer Mbongeni Ngema playwright actor choreographer and director born 1955 Michael Oblowitz film director born 1952 Mthuli ka Shezi playwright and political activist 1947 1972 Leon Schuster filmmaker comedian actor and prankster born 1951 Jamie Uys film director 1921 1996 Singers musicians and composers edit Main articles List of South African musicians and List of South African composers AKA rapper South African Kiernan Forbes 1988 2023 Zain Bhikha world renowned singer songwriter of the Nasheed genre Michael Blake classical composer born 1951 Johan Botha opera singer 1965 2016 Al Bowlly popular singer 1898 1941 Don Clarke Singer songwriter born 1955 Johnny Clegg musician 1953 2019 Mimi Coertse opera singer born 1932 Fanie de Jager operatic tenor born 1949 Lucky Dube reggae singer 1964 2007 Brenda Fassie anti apartheid Afropop singer songwriter dancer and activist 1964 2004 Daniel Friedman Deep Fried Man musical comedian born 1981 Steve Kekana singer and songwriter 1958 2021 Jabu Khanyile musician and lead vocalist 1957 2006 Claire Johnston singer born 1967 David Kramer singer and playwright born 1951 Clare Loveday classical composer born 1967 Lira singer singer born 1979 Sipho Mabuse singer born 1951 Ringo Madlingozi South African singer songwriter producer and member of parliament born 1964 Arthur Mafokate kwaito musician and producer born 1962 Winston Ngozi Mankunku tenor sax player 1943 2009 Mahlathini mbaqanga singer 1938 1999 Miriam Makeba singer and civil rights activist 1932 2008 Rebecca Malope multi award winning South African gospel singer born 1968 Manfred Mann musician born 1940 Hugh Masekela jazz trumpeter and singer 1939 2018 Gwendolyn Masin violinist author pedagogue born 1977 Lebo Mathosa popular South African kwaito singer 1977 2006 Dave Matthews leader of the Dave Matthews Band born 1967 Shaun Morgan lead singer of the award winning band Seether born 1978 Ray Phiri jazz fusion and Mbhaqanga musician 1947 2017 Aquiles Priester drummer born 1971 Rex Rabanye jazz fusion and soulful pop musician 1944 2010 Trevor Rabin musician composer former member of progressive rock band Yes born 1954 Koos Ras comedian singer writer composer 1928 1997 Charles Segal pianist composer arranger Guinness World Record holder born 1929 Enoch Sontonga composer of national anthem 1873 1905 Joseph Shabalala founder and director of Ladysmith Black Mambazo 1941 2020 ZP Theart singer ex Dragonforce born 1975 Costa Titch Amapiano rapper and dancer 1995 2023 Hilda Tloubatla lead singer of Mahotella Queens born 1942 Watkin Tudor Jones rapper performance artist band member of Die Antwoord born 1974 Arnold van Wyk classical composer 1916 1983 Yolandi Visser rapper performance artist band member of Die Antwoord born 1984 Amor Vittone singer performing artist and gold disc recording artist born 1972 Kevin Volans classical composer born 1949 Models socialites and media personalities edit Jani Allan radio personality journalist born 1953 Gina Athans model international socialite born 1984 Riaan Cruywagen TV news reader born 1945 Lasizwe Dambuza television personality born 1998 Belle Delphine Social Media Personality born 1999 Trevor Denman horse racing announcer born 1952 Minnie Dlamini TV presenter TV personality model and actress born 1990 Jade Fairbrother model fitness bikini competitor Playboy Playmate born 1986 Watkin Tudor Jones Ninja singer rapper actor director born 1974 Roxy Ingram model born 1982 Alan Khan radio and television personality born 1971 Caspar Lee YouTube personality and actor born 1994 Jeremy Maggs journalist radio host and television presenter born 1961 Jeremy Mansfield radio and TV personality Maps Maponyane media socialite model and actor born 1990 Robert Marawa sports journalist television and radio personality born 1973 Megan McKenzie model born 1980 Trevor Noah comedian actor radio and television host born 1984 Debora Patta broadcast journalist and television producer born 1964 Tanit Phoenix Sports Illustrated model and actress born 1984 Lunga Shabalala TV presenter model and actor born 1989 Linda Sibiya radio personality radio producer television host television producer and broadcaster Troye Sivan YouTube personality actor and singer born 1995 Reeva Steenkamp model 1983 2013 Candice Swanepoel Victoria s Secret model born 1988 Charlize Theron actress film producer born 1975 Lesego Tlhabi comedian and satirist as Coconut Kelz born 1988 Yolandi Visser singer rapper actor born 1984 Minki van der Westhuizen model and TV presenter born 1984 Eddie Zondi radio personality and music composer 1967 2014 Visual artists edit Cartoonists edit T O Honiball cartoonist 1905 1990 Jeremy Nell cartoonist born 1979 Zapiro cartoonist born 1958 Painters edit See also South African painters nbsp Thomas BainesThomas Baines colonial painter and explorer 1820 1875 Tamlin Blake mixed media artist 1974 Leon Botha painter and disc jockey 1985 2011 Garth Erasmus visual artist born 1956 Clinton Fein artist activist photographer born 1964 C G Finch Davies painter and ornithologist 1875 1920 Ronald Harrison painter 1940 2011 William Kentridge painter born 1955 Maggie Laubser painter 1886 1973 Neville Lewis artist 1895 1972 Esther Mahlangu painter born 1935 Ernest Mancoba avant garde artist 1904 2002 Judith Mason artist 1938 2016 Conor Mccreedy artist born 1987 Brett Murray artist born 1961 Charles Ernest Peers painter born 1875 George Pemba visual artist 1912 2001 Pierneef artist 1886 1957 Gerard Sekoto artist and musician 1913 1993 Cecil Skotnes painter 1926 2009 Irma Stern painter 1894 1966 Vladimir Tretchikoff painter 1913 2006 Photographers edit Kevin Carter 1961 1994 Ernest Cole 1940 1990 Caroline Gibello born 1974 David Goldblatt photographer 1930 2018 Bob Gosani 1934 1972 Alf Kumalo 1930 2012 Peter Magubane born 1932 Jurgen Schadeberg 1931 2020 Austin Stevens born 1951 Sculptors edit Anton van Wouw 1862 1945 Performance artists edit Steven Cohen born 1962 Tracey Rose born 1974 Architects edit nbsp Herbert Baker architectHerbert Baker 1862 1946 Gerard Moerdijk 1890 1958 Business editSee also South African businesspeople Raymond Ackerman businessman 1931 2023 Barney Barnato mining magnate 1852 1897 Roelof Botha venture capitalist and company director born 1973 David Brink businessman born 1939 John Fairbairn founder of Mutual Life 1794 1864 Vanessa Gounden South Africa s richest businesswoman born 1961 Morris Kahn Israeli billionaire founder and chairman of Aurec Group born 1930 3 Sol Kerzner hotel magnate 1935 2020 Basetsana Kumalo former Miss South Africa presenter and businesswoman born 1974 Richard Maponya richest business man former owner of Maponya Mall founder and first president of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce NAFCOC 1920 2020 Sammy Marks businessman 1844 1920 Nthato Motlana prominent South African businessman physician and anti apartheid activist 1925 2008 Bridgette Motsepe businesswoman born 1960 Patrice Motsepe businessman born 1962 Elon Musk Internet and space launch entrepreneur born 1971 Phiwa Nkambule Co founder and CEO of Riovic founder of Cybatar born 1992 Harry Oppenheimer businessman 1908 2000 William G Pietersen international businessman CEO author professor born 1937 Charles Purdon agricultural pioneer 1838 1926 Mamphela Ramphele political activist academic businesswoman and mother to the son of Steve Biko born 1947 Cyril Ramaphosa politician and businessman born 1952 George Rex pioneer entrepreneur of the Southern Cape 1765 1839 Cecil Rhodes businessman 1853 1902 Anton Rupert businessman and conservationist 1916 2006 Johann Rupert businessman son of Anton Rupert born 1950 Tokyo Sexwale politician and businessman born 1953 Mark Shuttleworth web entrepreneur founder of Thawte and Ubuntu Linux space tourist born 1973 Nicky Newton King first female CEO of JSE from 2012 to 2019 born 1966 Legal police and military editSee also List of South African military chiefs and List of South African admirals nbsp Dr Beric Croome addressing the 100 years of Taxation in South Africa conference at University of Cape Town in 2014 Professor Roeleveld of UCT looks on Lourens Ackermann constitutional court judge born 1934 Ismail Ayob lawyer born 1942 Vernon Berrange human rights advocate 1900 1983 George Bizos lawyer 1927 2020 Louis Botha Boer War General captured Winston Churchill during the Second Boer War also one of the signatories of the Treaty of Vereeniging 1862 1919 Annie Botha philanthropist and civic leader wife of Louis Botha Arthur Chaskalson judge 1931 2012 Piet Cronje Boer general and commander in chief of ZAR s military forces 1840 1911 Beric John Croome chartered accountant South Africa Advocate of the High Court of South Africa PhD tax law author and pioneer in taxpayers rights in South Africa 1960 2019 Garnet de la Hunt the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of South Africa Vice Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee and South African World Scout Committee 1933 2014 Koos de la Rey Boer general 1847 1914 Pierre de Vos constitutional law scholar born 1963 Christiaan Rudolph de Wet Boer general and acting President of the Orange Free State 1854 1922 Johannes Christiaan de Wet legal academic 1912 1990 Bram Fischer advocate QC and political activist 1908 1975 Johannes Geldenhuys South African military commander 1935 2018 Ian Gleeson South African Army officer 1934 2021 Richard Goldstone ex constitutional court judge born 1938 Harold Hanson advocate QC 1904 1973 Sydney Kentridge former advocate of the Supreme Court and Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court born 1922 Mervyn E King former judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa and chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance born 1937 Joel Joffe Baron Joffe CBE lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords 1932 2017 Pius Langa former chief justice of constitutional court 1939 2013 Magnus Malan minister of defence and chief of the South African Defence Force 1930 2011 Cecil Margo judge 1915 2000 Richard Mdluli head of Police Crime Intelligence born 1958 Dunstan Mlambo Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa born 1960 Mogoeng Mogoeng Chief Justice of South Africa born 1961 Yvonne Mokgoro former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa born 1950 Phetogo Molawa first black female helicopter pilot in the South African Air Force and the South African National Defence Force Sandile Ngcobo former Chief Justice of South Africa born 1953 Bulelani Ngcuka director of public prosecutions born 1954 Marmaduke Pattle highest scoring Allied Air Ace of World War Two 1914 1941 Riah Phiyega national police commissioner Vejaynand Ramlakan South African military commander 1957 2020 Barry Roux defence advocate who has represented Oscar Pistorius Dave King and Lothar Neethling born 1955 Albie Sachs justice in constitutional court born 1935 Harry Heinz Schwarz lawyer 1924 2010 Jackie Selebi national commissioner of police 1950 2015 Thembile Skweyiya South African Constitutional Court judge 1939 2015 Percy Sonn former head of the Directorate of Special Operations 1947 2007 Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold Chief Justice of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1899 1977 Percy Yutar South Africa s first Jewish attorney general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia Treason Trial 1911 2002 Political editActivists and trade unionists edit See also South African activists nbsp Albertina SisuluElizabeth Nanna Abrahams political activist and trade unionist 1925 2008 Zackie Achmat AIDS activist born 1962 Neil Aggett political activist and trade unionist 1953 1982 Neville Alexander revolutionary and proponent of a multilingual South Africa 1936 2012 Abdul Kader Asmal South African politician 1934 2011 Abu Baker Asvat founding member of Azapo 1943 1989 Zainab Asvat South African anti apartheid activist 1920 2013 Frances Baard trade unionist organiser for the African National Congress Women s League and a Patron of the United Democratic Front 1909 1997 Esther Barsel South African political activist long standing member of the South African Communist Party and wife to Hymie Barsel 1924 2008 Hymie Barsel South African activist 1920 1987 Jeremy Baskin trade unionist born 1956 Jean Bernadt anti apartheid activist 1914 2011 Lionel Bernstein anti apartheid activist and political prisoner 1920 2002 Edward Bhengu founder member of the PAC 1934 2010 Sibusiso Bengu politician born 1934 Steve Biko nonviolent political activist 1946 1977 Sonia Bunting journalist political and anti apartheid activist 1922 2001 Amina Cachalia South African anti Apartheid activist women s rights activist and politician 1930 2013 Ismail Ahmed Cachalia South African political activist and a leader of Transvaal Indian Congress and the African National Congress 1908 2003 Fort Calata political activist and one of The Cradock Four 1956 1985 James Calata political activist and ANC secretary 1895 1983 Collins Chabane South African Minister of Public Service and Administration 1960 2015 Laloo Chiba South African politician and revolutionary 1930 2017 Yusuf Dadoo South African Communist and an anti apartheid activist 1909 1983 Eddie Daniels anti apartheid activist 1928 2017 Nosipho Dastile community and anti Apartheid activist 1938 2009 Sophia De Bruyn political activist born 1938 Amina Desai political prisoner 1920 2009 Lilian Diedericks South African activist 1925 2021 Bettie du Toit trade unionist and anti apartheid activist 1910 2002 Ebrahim Ebrahim South African anti apartheid activist 1937 2021 Colin Eglin South African politician 1925 2013 Farid Esack political activist and opposition to apartheid born 1959 Lucinda Evans women s right activist born 1972 Ruth First South African anti apartheid activist scholar and wife to Joe Slovo 1925 1982 Pregs Govender human rights activist former ANC MP anti apartheid campaigner born 1960 Irene Grootboom housing rights activist c 1969 2008 Denis Goldberg political activist 1933 2020 Arthur Goldreich abstract painter and anti apartheid 1929 2011 John Gomomo South African Unionist and activist 1945 2008 Matthew Goniwe political activist and one of the Cradock four 1946 1985 Zainunnisa Gool anti apartheid political and civil rights leader 1897 1963 Joe Nzingo Gqabi political activist 1929 1981 Archibald Gumede anti apartheid activist lawyer and politician 1914 1998 Josiah Tshangana Gumede political activist 1867 1946 Harry Gwala revolutionary leader in the African National Congress and South African Communist Party 1920 1995 Nkululeko Gwala prominent member of the shackdwellers social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo died 2013 Alcott Skei Gwentshe shopkeeper and political activist died 1966 Bertha Gxowa anti apartheid women s rights activist and trade unionist 1934 2010 Chris Hani political activist 1942 1993 Harold Hanson politician and advocate 1904 1973 Frederick John Harris South African schoolteacher and anti apartheid 1937 1965 Abdullah Haron South African Muslim cleric and anti apartheid activist 1924 1969 Ruth Hayman anti apartheid campaigner 1913 1981 Alexander Hepple trade unionist politician anti apartheid activist and author and the last leader of the original South African Labour Party 1904 1983 Bob Hepple political activist leader in the fields of labour law equality and human rights 1934 2015 Bavelile Gloria Hlongwa South African chemical engineer and politician 1981 2019 Bantu Holomisa political activist born 1955 Timothy Peter Jenkin anti apartheid activist political prisoner and writer born 1948 Helen Joseph anti apartheid activist 1905 1992 Mthuli ka Shezi South African playwright political activist 1947 1972 James Kantor politician lawyer and writer 1927 1974 Ahmed Kathrada political activist 1929 2017 Philip Kgosana political activist 1936 2017 Winnie Kgware anti Apartheid activist 1917 1998 Alice Kinloch born 1863 human rights activist and writer Wolfie Kodesh South African Communist party activist 1918 2002 Moses Kotane anti apartheid activist 1907 1978 Ashley Kriel South African activist 1966 1987 Duma Kumalo South African human rights activist and one of the Sharpeville Six died 2006 Dumisani Kumalo South African politician 1947 2019 Ellen Kuzwayo political activist 1914 2006 Lennox Lagu political activist 1938 2011 Stephen Bernard Lee anti apartheid and political prisoner born 1951 Anton Lembede political activist 1914 1947 Moses Mabhida anti apartheid activist 1923 1986 Phakamile Mabija anti apartheid activist died 1977 Winnie Madikizela Mandela political activist and former 2nd wife to Nelson Mandela 1936 2018 Zacharias Richard Mahabane political activist 1881 1971 Mac Maharaj political activist born 1935 Solomon Mahlangu Umkhonto we Sizwe operative 1956 1979 Vusumzi Make political activist 1931 2006 Sefako Makgatho political activist 1861 1951 Mbuyisa Makhubo anti Apartheid activist born 1957 1958 Clarence Makwetu political activist 1928 2016 Adolph Malan fighter pilot and civil rights activist 1910 1963 Zollie Malindi political activist 1924 2008 Nelson Mandela political activist and first President of South Africa 1918 2013 Mosibudi Mangena South Africa politician born 1947 Isaac Lesiba Maphotho political activist 1931 2019 J B Marks politician activist 1903 1972 Jafta Masemola political activist 1929 1990 Emma Mashinini trade unionist and political leader 1929 2017 Tsietsi Mashinini South African anti Apartheid activist and student leader of the Soweto uprising on 16 June 1976 1957 1990 Joseph Mathunjwa Trade union leader and the head of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union AMCU born 1965 Florence Matomela South African anti pass law activist 1910 1969 Joe Matthews political activist and son of ZK Matthews 1929 2010 Z K Matthews political activist 1901 1968 Seth Mazibuko youngest member of the South African Students Organisation that planned and led the Soweto uprising Epainette Mbeki political activist mother of Thabo Mbeki and wife to Govan Mbeki 1916 2014 Govan Mbeki political activist and father of Thabo Mbeki 1910 2001 Robert McBride anti apartheid assassin and later police chief born 1963 A P Mda co founder of the African National Congress Youth League ANCYL and Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1916 1993 Fatima Meer scientist and political activist 1928 2010 Raymond Mhlaba political activist and the former Premier of the Eastern Cape 1920 2005 Sicelo Mhlauli political activist and one of the Cradock four 1952 1985 Jean Middleton anti apartheid activist and wife to Harold Strachan 1928 2010 Clarence Mini anti apartheid activist 1951 2020 Vuyisile Mini unionist and Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 1920 1964 Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize political activist shop steward and wife to Saul Mkhize 1946 1977 Sparrow Mkhonto political activist and one of the Cradock four 1951 1985 Wilton Mkwayi political activist 1923 2004 Johnson Mlambo political activist 1940 2021 Andrew Mlangeni political activist 1925 2020 Thamsanga Mnyele anti apartheid 1948 1985 Billy Modise political activist 1930 2018 Joe Modise political activist 1929 2001 Thabo Edwin Mofutsanyana political activist 1899 1995 Mapetla Mohapi political activist 1947 1976 Yunus Mohamed sometimes Mahomed South African lawyer and activist 1950 2008 Peter Mokaba political activist 1959 2002 Priscilla Mokaba political activist and mother of Peter Mokaba died 2013 Ruth Mompati political activist 1925 2015 Moosa Moolla political activist 1934 2023 Strini Moodley founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa 1946 2006 Rahima Moosa anti apartheid activist 1922 1993 James Moroka political activist 1891 1985 Zephania Mothopeng political activist 1913 1990 Nthato Motlana physician and anti apartheid activist 1925 2008 Caroline Motsoaledi political activist and wife to Elias Motsoaledi died c 2015 Elias Motsoaledi political activist 1924 1994 James Mpanza political activist 1889 1970 Oscar Mpetha political activist and unionist 1909 1994 Griffiths Mxenge anti apartheid activist 1935 1981 Victoria Mxenge anti apartheid activist 1942 1985 George Naicker anti apartheid activist 1919 1998 Monty Naicker South African anti apartheid activist and medical doctor 1910 1978 Ama Naidoo anti apartheid activist 1908 1993 Naransamy Roy Naidoo political 1901 1953 Billy Nair political activist 1929 2008 Rita Ndzanga anti apartheid activist and trade unionist 1933 2022 Mary Ngalo South African anti apartheid activist and was also active in fighting for women s rights died 1973 Lilian Ngoyi anti apartheid activist 1911 1980 Looksmart Ngudle political activist 1922 1963 Joe Nhlanhla African National Congress national executive and the former South African Minister of Justice Intelligence Affairs 1936 2008 John Nkadimeng politician and anti apartheid activist 1927 2020 Vernon Nkadimeng political activist 1958 1985 Nkwenkwe Nkomo SASO nine member William Frederick Nkomo medical doctor community leader political activist and teacher 1915 1972 Duma Nokwe political activist 1927 1978 Jabulile Nyawose trade unionist and anti apartheid activist 1948 1982 Alfred Nzo political activist 1925 2000 Albert Nzula political activist 1905 1934 Abdullah Mohamed Omar anti Apartheid activist and lawyer 1934 2004 Roy Padayachie politician and Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa 1950 2012 Aziz Pahad political activist born 1940 Essop Pahad political activist born 1939 Sabelo Phama revolutionary 1949 1994 Motsoko Pheko politician lawyer author historian theologian and academic born 1933 Joyce Piliso Seroke South African educator activist feminist and community organizer born 1933 Sol Plaatje political activist 1876 1932 John Nyathi Pokela political activist 1922 1923 1985 Maggie Resha political activist and wife of Robert Resha 1923 2003 Robert Resha political activist 1920 1978 Fabian Ribeiro South African doctor and anti apartheid activist 1933 1986 Florence Ribeiro anti apartheid activist and wife of Fabian Ribeiro 1933 1986 Walter Rubusana first deputy president of the ANC 1856 1936 Albie Sachs political activist born 1935 Harry Schwarz South African lawyer statesman and long time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa 1924 2010 Jackie Sedibe South African National Defence Force SANDF Major General and politician activist and wife to Joe Modise born 1945 Molefi Sefularo Deputy Minister of Health 1957 2010 James Seipei teenage United Democratic Front UDF activist 1974 1989 Nimrod Sejake labour leader in South Africa leading member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and secretary of the Iron Steel Workers 1920 2004 Dulcie September South African anti apartheid political activist 1935 1988 Reggie September activist 1923 2013 Nomvuzo Shabalala politician 1960 2020 Gertrude Shope South African trade unionist and politician born 1925 Gert Sibande political activist 1907 1987 Archie Sibeko political activist and trade unionist 1928 2018 David Sibeko South Africa politician and journalist 1938 1979 Letitia Sibeko political activist and wife to Archie Sibeko 1930 Joyce Nomafa Sikakane South African journalist and activist born 1943 Annie Silinga South African anti pass laws and anti apartheid political activist 1910 1984 Jack Simons political activist 1907 1995 Rachel Simons communist and trade unionist and wife to Jack Simons 1914 2004 Albertina Sisulu political activist and wife of Walter Sisulu 1918 2011 Walter Sisulu political activist 1912 2003 Zola Skweyiya political activist 1942 2018 Joe Slovo South African politician and an opponent of the apartheid system 1926 1995 Robert Sobukwe political activist and founder of PAC 1924 1978 Veronica Sobukwe political activist and wife to Robert Sobukwe 1927 2018 Makhenkesi Stofile political activist 1944 2016 Harold Strachan anti apartheid activist 1925 2020 Helen Suzman South African anti apartheid activist and politician 1917 2009 Isaac Bangani Tabata political activist 1909 1990 Dora Tamana South African anti apartheid activist 1901 1983 Adelaide Tambo political activist and wife to Oliver Tambo 1929 2007 Oliver Tambo political activist 1917 1993 Selope Thema South African political activist and leader 1886 1955 Mary Thipe anti apartheid and human rights activist 1917 2002 Mohammed Tikly South African educator and struggle veteran 1939 2020 Ahmed Timol anti apartheid activist political leader and activist in the underground South African Communist Party SACP 1941 1971 Abram Onkgopotse Tiro South African student political activist 1945 1974 Steve Tshwete political activist 1938 2002 Ben Turok anti apartheid activist and Economics Professor 1927 2019 Moses Twebe South African politician 1916 2013 Zwelinzima Vavi former general secretary of COSATU and Trade union leader SAFTU born 1962 Randolph Vigne anti apartheid activist 1928 2016 Sheila Weinberg anti apartheid activist 1945 2004 AnnMarie Wolpe sociologist feminist anti apartheid activist and wife to Harold Wolpe 1930 2018 Harold Wolpe lawyer sociologist political economist and anti apartheid activist 1926 1996 Khoisan X political activist 1955 2010 Alfred Xuma political activist and ANC president 1893 1962 Tony Yengeni anti Apartheid activist born 1954 Apartheid operatives edit nbsp Eugene Terre BlancheWouter Basson apartheid scientist born 1950 Dirk Coetzee apartheid covert operative 1945 2013 Eugene de Kock apartheid assassin born 1949 Clive Derby Lewis assassin and former parliamentarian 1936 2016 Jimmy Kruger apartheid Minister of Justice and the Police 1917 1987 Lothar Neethling apartheid forensic scientist 1935 2005 Barend Strydom convicted murderer and white supremacist activist born 1965 Eugene Terre Blanche white supremacist activist 1941 2010 Adriaan Vlok apartheid Minister of Law and Order born 1937 Craig Williamson apartheid spy born 1949 Colonial and Union Governors edit See also List of governors of British South African colonies Cape Colony List of governors of British South African colonies Natal Colony Natal Governors Orange River Governors and Transvaal Governors nbsp Sir George Grey nbsp Jan van RiebeeckGeorge Grey Cape governor 1812 1898 Jan Willem Janssens Cape Governor 1762 1838 Benjamin d Urban Cape Governor 1834 1837 Benjamin Pine Natal governor 1809 1891 Harry Smith Cape governor 1847 52 1787 1860 Andries Stockenstrom governor of British Kaffraria 1792 1864 Simon van der Stel first Cape governor 1639 1712 Willem Adriaan van der Stel second Cape governor 1664 1723 Jan van Riebeeck founder of Cape settlement 1619 1677 Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor General 1873 1960 Leaders and politicians edit See also South African politicians nbsp Patricia de Lille nbsp Abba Eban nbsp Winnie MandelaKen Andrew politician born 1943 Kader Asmal an activist politician and professor of human rights 1934 2011 Sibusiso Bengu politician born 1934 Steve Biko nonviolent political activist 1946 1977 Thozamile Botha politician born 1948 Cheryl Carolus politician born 1958 Yusuf Dadoo doctor and politician 1909 1983 Patricia de Lille politician born 1951 Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma politician born 1949 John Langalibalele Dube founder and first president of ANC 1871 1946 Abba Eban Israeli diplomat and politician and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science 1915 2002 De Villiers Graaff United Party opposition leader 1913 1999 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr journalist and politician 1845 1909 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr academic and politician 1894 1948 Danny Jordaan politician and soccer administrator born 1951 Tony Leon DA opposition leader born 1956 Albert Luthuli President of the African National Congress 1952 67 1898 1967 Winnie Madikizela Mandela politician and second wife of Nelson Mandela 1936 2018 Trevor Manuel minister of finance born 1956 Lindiwe Mazibuko former Parliamentary Leader for the opposition Democratic Alliance born 1980 Govan Mbeki political activist and father of Thabo Mbeki 1910 2001 Roelf Meyer politician and businessman born 1947 Raymond Mhlaba political activist and the former Premier of the Eastern Cape 1920 2005 Vuyisile Mini unionist and Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 1920 1964 Johnson Mlambo political activist 1940 2021 Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka deputy president born 1955 Pieter Mulder leader of the Freedom Front Plus and former deputy minister of agriculture born 1951 Gagathura Monty Mohambry Naicker medical doctor and politician 1910 1978 Bulelani Ngcuka politician born 1954 Dullah Omar politician 1934 2004 Andries Pretorius Boer leader and commandant general 1799 1853 Deneys Reitz boer commando deputy Prime Minister and High Commissioner to London 1882 1944 Pixley ka Isaka Seme ANC founder member 1881 1951 Mbhazima Shilowa trade unionist and premier born 1958 Walter Sisulu political activist 1912 2003 Ruth First Slovo political activist and wife to Joe Slovo 1924 1982 Joe Slovo politician 1926 1995 Harry Schwarz lawyer politician ambassador to United States and anti apartheid leader 1924 2010 Robert Sobukwe political activist and founder of PAC 1924 1978 Helen Suzman politician 1917 2009 Oliver Tambo political activist 1917 1993 Catherine Taylor politician 1914 1992 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert PFP opposition leader 1940 2010 Helen Zille former DA opposition leader former premier of the Western Cape born 1951 Jacob Zuma former president born 1942 Prime Ministers and presidents edit See also Prime Ministers of the Cape Colony nbsp Frederik de Klerk and Nelson Mandela nbsp Thabo MbekiJacobus Boshoff 2nd President of the Orange Free State 1808 1881 Louis Botha Boer commander in chief and 1st Prime Minister of South Africa 1862 1919 Pieter Willem Botha 9th and last Prime Minister and 8th State President of South Africa 1916 2006 Johannes Henricus Brand 4th President of the Orange Free State 1823 1888 Thomas Francois Burgers 4th President of South African Republic 1871 1877 Schalk Willem Burger 6th and last President of South African Republic 1852 1918 Frederik Willem de Klerk 9th and last State President of South Africa 1990 1994 and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner 1936 2021 Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs 4th State President of South Africa 1903 1978 Jacobus Johannes Fouche 3rd State President of South Africa 1898 1980 James Barry Munnik Hertzog Boer general and 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa 1866 1942 Josias Hoffman 1st President of the Orange Free State 1807 1879 Petrus Jacobus Joubert Boer general and member of the Troika in the South African Republic 1834 1900 Paul Kruger member of the Troika 5th President of South African Republic 1825 1904 Daniel Francois Malan 5th Prime Minister of South Africa and is responsible for laying the groundwork for Apartheid 1874 1959 Nelson Mandela 1st democratically elected President of South Africa and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner 1918 2013 Thabo Mbeki 2nd post apartheid President of South Africa born 1942 John X Merriman last prime minister of the Cape Colony 1841 1926 Kgalema Motlanthe 3rd post apartheid President of South Africa born 1949 Tom Naude 2nd State President of South Africa 1889 1969 Marthinus Wessel Pretorius 3rd President of the Orange Free State 1st and 3rd President of the ZAR 1819 1901 Marthinus Prinsloo 1st President of the Republic of Graaff Reinet 1751 1825 Cyril Ramaphosa 5th post apartheid President of South Africa born 1952 Francis William Reitz 5th President of the Orange Free State 1844 1934 Jan Smuts Boer general British field marshal 2nd and 4th Prime Minister of South Africa 1870 1950 Johannes Strijdom 6th Prime Minister of South Africa 1893 1958 Hermanus Steyn 1st and last President of the Republic of Swellendam 1743 1804 Martinus Theunis Steyn 6th and last President of the Orange Free State 1857 1916 Charles Robberts Swart last Governor General of the Union of South Africa and 1st State President of the RSA 1894 1982 Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd 7th Prime Minister of South Africa and primary architect of Apartheid 1901 1966 Marais Viljoen 5th and 7th State President of South Africa 1915 2007 Balthazar Johannes Vorster 8th Prime Minister and 6th State President of South Africa 1915 1983 Jacob Zuma 4th post apartheid President of South Africa born 1942 Provincial Premiers edit See also South African Premiers nbsp Mosiuoa Lekota nbsp Tokyo SexwaleNosimo Balindlela 3rd Premier of the Eastern Cape born 1949 Lynne Brown interim 6th Premier of the Western Cape born 1961 Ivy Matsepe Casaburri 2nd Premier of the Free State 1937 2009 Grizelda Cjiekella acting Premier of the Northern Cape 1970 2012 Manne Dipico 1st Premier of the Northern Cape born 1959 Winkie Direko 3rd Premier of the Free State 1929 2012 Hazel Jenkins 3rd Premier of the Northern Cape born 1960 Noxolo Kiviet 5th Premier of the Eastern Cape born 1963 Hernus Kriel 1st Premier of the Western Cape 1941 2015 Mosiuoa Lekota 1st Premier of the Free State born 1948 Sylvia Lucas 4th Premier of the Northern Cape born 1964 David Mabuza 4th Premier of Mpumalanga born 1960 Ace Magashule 5th Premier of the Free State born 1959 Supra Mahumapelo 5th Premier of North West born 1968 David Makhura 6th Premier of Gauteng born 1968 Thabang Makwetla 3rd Premier of Mpumalanga born 1957 Peter Marais 3rd Premier of the Western Cape born 1948 Beatrice Marshoff 4th Premier of the Free State born 1957 Paul Mashatile 4th Premier of Gauteng born 1961 Stanley Mathabatha 4th Premier of Limpopo born 1957 Cassel Mathale 3rd Premier of Limpopo born 1961 Senzo Mchunu 6th Premier of KwaZulu Natal born 1958 Willies Mchunu 7th Premier of KwaZulu Natal born 1948 Frank Mdlalose 1st Premier of KwaZulu Natal 1931 2021 Raymond Mhlaba 1st Premier of the Eastern Cape 1920 2005 Zweli Mkhize 5th Premier of KwaZulu Natal born 1956 Thandi Modise 4th Premier of North West born 1959 Maureen Modiselle 3rd Premier of North West born 1941 Job Mokgoro 6th Premier of North West born 1948 Nomvula Mokonyane 5th Premier of Gauteng born 1963 Popo Molefe 1st Premier of North West born 1952 Edna Molewa 2nd Premier of North West 1957 2018 Sello Moloto 2nd Premier of Limpopo born 1964 Gerald Morkel 2nd Premier of the Western Cape 1941 2018 Mathole Motshekga 2nd Premier of Gauteng born 1949 Lionel Mtshali 3rd Premier of KwaZulu Natal 1935 2015 Refilwe Mtsweni Tsipane 5th Premier of Mpumalanga born 1972 73 S bu Ndebele 4th Premier of KwaZulu Natal born 1948 Ben Ngubane 2nd Premier of KwaZulu Natal 1941 2021 Sisi Ntombela 6th Premier of the Free State born 1956 1957 Dipuo Peters 2nd Premier of the Northern Cape born 1960 Mathews Phosa 1st Premier of Mpumalanga born 1952 Ngoako Ramathlodi 1st Premier of Limpopo born 1955 Leonard Ramatlakane acting Premier of the Western Cape born 1953 Ebrahim Rasool 5th Premier of the Western Cape born 1962 Zamani Saul 5th Premier of the Northern Cape born 1972 Tokyo Sexwale 1st Premier of Gauteng born 1953 Mbhazima Shilowa 3rd Premier of Gauteng born 1958 Mbulelo Sogoni 4th Premier of the Eastern Cape born 1966 Makhenkesi Stofile 2nd Premier of the Eastern Cape 1944 2016 Marthinus van Schalkwyk 4th Premier of the Western Cape born 1959 Alan Winde 8th Premier of the Western Cape born 1965 Sihle Zikalala 8th Premier of KwaZulu Natal born 1973 Helen Zille 7th Premier of the Western Cape born 1951 Homelands Leaders edit See also Heads of state of Bophuthatswana Heads of state of Ciskei Chief Ministers of Gazankulu Chief Ministers of KaNgwane Chief Ministers of KwaNdebele Chief Ministers of KwaZulu Chief Ministers of Lebowa Chief Ministers of QwaQwa Heads of government of Transkei Heads of state of Transkei and Heads of state of Venda nbsp Mangosuthu Buthelezi nbsp Bantubonke HolomisaPrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Chief Executive Councillor and Chief Minister of KwaZulu 1928 2023 Oupa Gqozo President of Ciskei born 1952 Gen Bantu Holomisa Prime Minister of Transkei born 1955 Chief Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla chief executive officer Chief Executive Councillor and Chief Minister of Ciskei 1926 2021 Dr Enos John Mabuza Chief Minister of KaNgwane 1939 1997 Prince James Mahlangu Chief Minister of KwaNdebele 1953 2005 Rocky Malebane Metsing President of Bophuthatswana 1949 2016 Kgosi Lucas Mangope chief executive officer Chief Executive Councillor Chief Minister and President of Bophuthatswana 1923 2018 Chief George Matanzima Prime Minister of Transkei 1918 2000 King Kaiser Matanzima Chief Minister Prime Minister and President of Transkei 1915 2003 Edward Mhinga acting Chief Minister of Gazankulu 1927 2017 Job Mokgoro Administrator Transitional Executive Council of Bophuthatswana born 1948 Kenneth Mopeli Chief Executive Councillor and Chief Minister of Qwaqwa 1930 2014 Chief Patrick Mphephu chief executive officer Chief Executive Councillor Chief Minister and the President of Venda 1924 1988 King Tutor Vulindlela Ndamase President of Transkei 1921 1997 Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi Chief of Minister of Gazankulu 1920 1993 Samuel Dickenson Nxumalo Chief Minister of Gazankulu 1926 2017 Dr Cedric Phatudi Chief Minister of Lebowa 1912 1987 Gabriel Ramushwana Head of State of Venda 1941 2015 Frank Ravele Head of State of Venda 1926 1999 Lt Gen Charles Sebe acting Chief Minister of Ciskei died c 1991 Chief Lennox Sebe Chief Minister and President of Ciskei 1926 1994 King Botha Sigcau President of Transkei and father of Stella Sigcau died c 1978 Stella Sigcau Prime of Transkei 1937 2006 Tjaart van der Walt Administrator Transitional Executive Council of Bophuthatswana 1934 2019 Administrators of former provinces edit See also List of administrators of former South African provinces nbsp Nicolaas Frederic de Waal nbsp Jan Hendrik HofmeyrCornelius Botha 12th and last Administrator of the Natal Province 1932 2014 Stoffel Botha 10th Administrator of the Natal Province 1929 1998 Radclyffe Cadman 11th Administrator of the Natal Province 1924 2011 Dr Willem Adriaan Cruywagen 10th Administrator of the Transvaal Province 1921 2013 Nicolaas Frederic de Waal 1st Administrator of the Cape Province 1853 1932 Jim Fouche 8th Administrator of the Orange Free State Province 1898 1980 Theo Gerdener 8th Administrator of the Natal Province 1916 2013 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr 3rd Administrator of the Transvaal Province 1894 1948 Gene Louw 13th Administrator of the Cape Province 1931 2015 Nico Malan 10th Administrator of the Cape Province William Nico 7th Administrator of the Transvaal Province 1887 1967 Frans Hendrik Odendaal 8th Administrator of the Transvaal Province 1898 1966 Denis Gem Shepstone 6th Administrator of the Natal Province 1888 1966 Alfred Ernest Trollip 7th Administrator of the Natal Province 1895 1972 Johannes Van Rensburg 6th Administrator of the Orange Free State Province 1898 1966 Gideon Brand van Zyl 5th Administrator of the Cape Province 1873 1956 Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels 2nd Administrator of the Orange Free State Province 1851 1924 Royalty editKings queens princes and princesses edit See also Southern Ndebele people Ndebele kings List of rulers of the Xhosa Xhosa Kingship Line and List of Zulu kings nbsp Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo nbsp Faku kaNgqungqushe nbsp Hintsa ka Khawuta nbsp Langalibalele nbsp Makobo Modjadji nbsp Mzilikazi nbsp SekhukhuneCetshwayo kaMpande 4th Zulu king 1826 1884 Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon 7th Zulu king 1924 1945 Goodwill Zwelethini 8th king of the Zulu nation 1948 2021 Mantifombi Dlamini wife of Goodwill Zweilithini and former Queen of Zulu nation 1956 2021 Mangosuthu Buthelezi politician and a Zulu prince 1928 2023 Dingane kaSenzangakhona 2nd Zulu king and half brother of Shaka 1795 1840 Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo 5th Zulu king not officially recognized 1868 1913 Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo Aa Zwelibanzi King of the Thembu born 1964 Sabata Dalindyebo Aa Jonguhlanga King of the Thembu 1928 1986 Faku kaNgqungqushe King of the Mpondo 1780 1867 Hintsa ka Khawuta Aa Zanzolo King of Xhosa Nation 1780 1835 Khawuta kaGcaleka Aa Khala King of the Xhosa Nation 1761 1804 Langalibalele Hlubi king 1814 1889 Ingwenyama Mayitjha II 7th Ndebele king of Ndzundza Mabhoko 1947 2005 Magogo kaDinuzulu Zulu princess and mother of Mangosuthu Buthelezi 1900 1984 Mampuru II king of the Marota or Bapedi died c 1883 Lwandile Matanzima Aa Zwelenkosi King of the Western Thembu 1970 71 2010 Luzuko Matiwane Aa Zwelozuko King of AmaMpondomise born 1978 Maselekwane Modjadji Balobedu s 1st Rain Queen died 1854 Masalanabo Modjadji Balobedu s 2nd Rain Queen died 1894 Khetoane Modjadji Balobedu s 3rd Rain Queen 1869 1959 Makoma Modjadji Balobedu s 4th Rain Queen 1905 1980 Mokope Modjadji Balobedu s 5th Rain Queen 1936 2001 Makobo Modjadji Balobedu s 6th Rain Queen 1978 2005 Mkabayi kaJama Zulu princess and sister of Senzangakhona 1750 1843 Mpande 3rd Zulu king and half brother of Shaka 1798 1872 Mthimkhulu II King of the AmaHlubi 1778 1818 Mzilikazi king of the Matabele 1790 1868 Nandi Mhlongo princess and mother of Shaka 1760 1827 Tutor Vulindlela Ndamase Nyangelizwe King of the Western Pondo 1921 1997 Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza Mpondo King 1715 1760 1810 1815 Ngubengcuka Aa Ndaba prominent king of the abaThembu died 1830 Emma Sandile 1842 1892 Aa Emma Xhosa Princess and the daughter of King Mgolombane Sandile 1842 1892 Mgolombane Sandile Aa Mgolombane Xhosa king of the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Nation 1820 1878 Zanesizwe Sandile Aa Zanesizwe King of the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Nation 1956 2011 Noloyiso Sandile Aa Noloyiso Zulu Princess and Rharhabe Regent Queen 1963 2020 Sarili kaHintsa Aa Krili King Of The Xhosa Nation c 1810 1892 Botha Sigcau Jongilizwe King of the Eastern Pondo died 1978 Xolilizwe Sigcawu Aa Xolilizwe Xhosa King 1926 2005 Zwelonke Sigcawu Aa Zwelonke Xhosa king 1968 2019 Sekhukhune king of the Marota or Bapedi 1814 1882 Senzangakhona kaJama Zulu king and father of Shaka 1762 1816 Shaka founder of the Zulu nation 1787 1828 Solomon kaDinuzulu 6th Zulu king not officially recognized 1891 1933 Victor Thulare III king of the Pedi 1980 2021 uZibhebhu kaMaphitha Zulu prince and chief 1841 1904 Tribal leaders and prophets edit See also Gcaleka rulers Rharhabe rulersNdwandwe people Xhosa Chiefs nbsp Bhambatha on the right with an attendant nbsp Adam Kok nbsp Chief Maqoma nbsp David StuurmanBambatha kaMancinza Zulu chief of the amaZondi clan and Bambatha Rebellion 1865 1906 Chief Albert Luthuli Zulu chief and political activist 1898 1967 Adam Kok Griqua leader 1811 1875 David Stuurman Khoi chief and political activist 1773 1830 Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla Aa Jongilizwe amaBhele chief Tyume Valley Alice Ciskei 1926 2021 Makhanda amaXhosa prophet died 1819 Maqoma Aa Jongumsobomvu amaRharhabe chief 1798 1873 Chief Mqalo Amakhuze chief Ciskei region 1916 2008 Moshoeshoe I Basotho chief c 1786 1870 Nongqawuse millennialist amaXhosa prophetess c 1840 1898 Ntsikana amaXhosa prophet 1780 1821 Lennox Sebe Chief of AmaNtinde 1926 1994 Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Sigcau traditional leader of Lwandlolubomvu Traditional Council 1947 1996 Sigananda kaSokufa Zulu aristocrat c 1815 1906 Hendrik Spoorbek prophet and magician died 1845 Mbongeleni Zondi Zulu chief and great grandson of Inkosi Bambatha kaMancinza 1969 2009 Atheists editSee also South African Atheists Zackie Achmat AIDS activist born 1962 David Benatar professor of philosophy born 1966 Barry Duke activist journalist editor of The Freethinker born 1947 Nadine Gordimer activist writer Nobel laureate 1923 2014 Chris Hani politician 1942 1993 Ronnie Kasrils politician born 1938 Govan Mbeki political activist and father of Thabo Mbeki 1910 2001 Jacques Rousseau secular activist social commentator born 1971 Harold Rubin visual artist musician 1932 2020 Joe Slovo politician 1926 1995 Lewis Wolpert author biologist broadcaster 1929 2021 Prelates clerics and evangelists edit nbsp Desmond TutuSee also Anglican bishops of Grahamstown William Anderson missionary 1769 1852 Nicholas Bhengu evangelist and founder of Assemblies of God 1909 1986 Allan Boesak cleric and anti apartheid activist born 1945 David Jacobus Bosch missiologist and theologian 1929 1992 Angus Buchan evangelist born 1947 Frank Chikane cleric and anti apartheid activist born 1951 John William Colenso Anglican bishop of Natal 1814 1883 Ahmed Deedat 1918 2005 S J du Toit cleric Afrikaans language pioneer and founder member of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners 1847 1911 Allan Hendrickse cleric and MP 1927 2005 Denis Hurley Roman Catholic Archbishop of Durban 1915 2004 Edward Lekganyane the Zion Christian Church ZCC leader 1922 1967 Engenas Lekganyane the Zion Christian Church ZCC founder 1885 1948 Albert Luthuli cleric politician and 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner c 1898 1967 Thabo Makgoba current Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa born 1960 Charlotte Maxeke religious leader and political activist 1874 1939 Ray McCauley head of Rhema church born 1949 Robert Moffat missionary Bible translator and founder of Kuruman 1795 1883 Smangaliso Mkhatshwa Catholic priest born 1939 Frederick Samuel Modise founder of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church 1914 1998 Glayton Modise the International Pentecostal Holiness Church leader 1940 2016 Andrew Murray 1828 1917 Zithulele Patrick Mvemve South African Roman Catholic bishop 1941 2020 Selby Mvusi theologian and artist 1929 1967 Wilfrid Napier cardinal of the Catholic Church born 1941 Beyers Naude cleric and anti apartheid activist 1915 2004 Jozua Naude pastor school founder and co founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond 1873 1948 Carl Niehaus theologian and former spokesman of South African president Nelson Mandela born 1959 Albert Nolan Catholic priest born 1934 John Philip missionary 1775 1851 Barney Pityana human rights lawyer and theologian born 1945 Ambrose Reeves Anglican bishop and opponent of Apartheid 1899 1980 David Russell South African Anglican bishop 1938 2014 Isaiah Shembe the Church of Nazareth founder 1865 1935 Desmond Tutu cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1931 2021 William Cullen Wilcox missionary 1850 1928 Sport editMain article List of South African sportspeopleConservationists editIan Player 1927 2014 James Stevenson Hamilton 1867 1957 John Varty born 1950 Food editBertus Basson born 1979 Karen Dudley born 1968 Prue Leith born 1940 Abigail Mbalo Mokoena Jenny Morris Nompumelelo Mqwebu born 1977 Siba Mtongana born 1984 Kamini Pather born 1983 Reuben Riffel born 1974 Lesego Semenya 1982 2021 Faldela Williams 1952 2014 Travelers adventurers and pioneers edit nbsp James Edward AlexanderAlexander Biggar colonial pioneer 1781 1838 Jeanne M Borle missionary and naturalist 1880 ca 1979 William John Burchell naturalist traveler 1781 1863 Francisco de Almeida adventurer buried in Cape Town c 1450 1510 Bartolomeu Dias explorer who reached eastern Cape c 1450 1500 John Dunn colonial pioneer 1833 1895 Robert Jacob Gordon explorer soldier naturalist 1743 1795 Emil Holub explorer 1847 1902 Nathaniel Isaacs Natal traveler 1808 1872 Dick King colonial pioneer 1813 1871 Francois Levaillant Cape naturalist traveler 1753 1824 Karl Mauch traveling geologist 1873 1875 Harriet A Roche Transvaal traveler 1835 1921 Carl Peter Thunberg Cape naturalist traveler 1743 1828 Sibusiso Vilane first black African to summit Mount Everest born 1970 Kingsley Holgate traveler and pioneer born 1946 Mike Horn explorer traveler environmentalist adventurer born 1966 James Alexander explorer of the west coast and Namibia 1803 1885 Saray Khumalo explorer and mountaineer born 1972 Criminals edit nbsp Daisy de MelkerThabo Bester convicted criminal rapist and serial killer born 1986 Daisy de Melker second woman to be hanged for murder under the Union of South Africa 1886 1932 William Foster leader of the Foster Gang Allan Heyl Stander Gang member and bank robber died 2020 Cedric Maake serial killer born 1965 Bulelani Mabhayi serial killer born 1974 Simon Majola robber and serial killer who with born 1968 Fanuel Makamu robber rapist and serial killer born 1977 Andries Makgae serial killer and rapist born 1962 Lee McCall Stander Gang member and bank robber 1950 1984 Nicholas Lungisa Ncama a rapist and serial killer Velaphi Ndlangamandla robber and serial killer born 1966 Solomon Ngobeni the last person to be executed by the government of South Africa died 1989 Butana Almond Nofomela murder born 1957 Gert van Rooyen paedophile 1938 1990 Khangayi Sedumedi Killer South African serial killer and rapist born 1977 Schabir Shaik convicted fraudster Norman Afzal Simons rapist and serial killer born 1967 Moses Sithole convicted serial rapist and murderer born 1964 Rashied Staggie crime boss 1961 2019 Andre Stander gang member 1946 1984 Thozamile Taki serial killer born 1971 Sipho Thwala rapist and serial killer born 1968 Dorethea van der Merwe first woman to be hanged for murder under the Union of South Africa Bulelani Vukwana spree killer c 1973 2002 Elias Xitavhudzi serial killer Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode rapist and serial killer born 1975 Other editSir Herbert Baker influential in South African architecture 1862 1946 Nozipho Bhengu woman whose death was from an AIDS related illness 1974 2006 Fredie Blom South African supercentenarian Fredie Blom 1904 2020 Denise Darvall considered to be donor for the first human heart transplant 1943 1967 Ncoza Dlova heralded as first black female head of University of KwaZulu Natal s School of Clinical Medicine Napoleon Eugene last of Napoleons who died in Zulu war 1856 1879 Emily Hobhouse African British welfare campaigner for South Africans 1860 1926 John Hutchinson thorough contributor to South African botany 1884 1972 Nkosi Johnson child who died of AIDS 1989 2001 Isabel Jean Jones early consumer advocate journalist died 2008 Masego Kgomo South African girl murdered 1999 2009 Marie Koopmans de Wet South African philanthropist and hostess 1834 1906 Sandra Laing racial classification victim born 1955 Paul Lloyd Jr first South African wrestler to wrestle in WWE son of successful SA wrestling promoter Paul Lloyd born 1981 Asnath Mahapa first female South African pilot born 1979 Joe Mamasela former Apartheid government spy born 1953 Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini South African apartheid detainee the mother of political figure Tsietsi Mashinini and a community worker 1935 2008 Leigh Matthews South African university student kidnapped and murdered 1983 2004 Breaker Morant Australian Boer War soldier executed by the British Army 1864 1902 Uyinene Mrwetyana South African student raped and murdered 2000 2019 Hastings Ndlovu poster victim of the Soweto riots 1961 1976 Hector Pieterson poster victim of the Soweto riots 1964 1976 Mrs Ples hominid fossil born c 2 6 to 2 8 million years ago Raymond Rahme first African to reach a final table at a World Series of Poker Main Event finishing third born 1945 Willem Ratte soldier and criminal born 1948 Rosenkowitz sextuplets first known set of sextuplets to survive their infancy born 1974 Maki Skosana necklaced due to be suspected as a police informer 1961 1985 Reeva Steenkamp South African model and paralegal 1983 2013 Adam Tas colonial activist 1668 1722 Andries Tatane Ficksburg activist killed by police 1978 2011 Taung Child hominid fossil born c 2 5 million years ago Louis Washkansky recipient of first human heart transplant 1913 1967 Wolraad Woltemade colonial hero figure c 1708 1773 See also editGreat South Africans television program listing the 100 greatest South Africans as voted for by viewers List of South African office holders List of Southern Ndebele people List of State leaders in the 20th century 1951 2000 List of white Africans of European ancestry List of Xhosa people List of Zulu people Lists of people by nationality They Shaped Our Century survey by Media24 in 1999 about 100 most influential South Africans and people associated with South Africa of the twentieth centuryReferences edit Anonymous 17 February 2011 Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi South African History Online Archived from the original on 20 December 2009 Retrieved 14 November 2017 SA professor enters ranks of Royal elite Mail amp Guardian Online 19 July 2019 Retrieved 22 July 2019 Jewish Report Lieberman being sidelined as Israeli foreign minister PDF Sajr co za 10 July 2009 Retrieved 25 January 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of South Africans amp oldid 1182913296 Atheists, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
