Devon Petersen (born 4 June 1986) is a South African professional darts player and a pundit for Sky Sports. He has qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached the last 16. Petersen has become popular for dancing on to the stage to Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" before his matches.
Innocent Ntsume (born 7 July 1980) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Bridgette Radebe (née Motsepe) is a South African businesswoman of Tswana descent and the sister of South African businessman Patrice Motsepe and First Lady of South Africa Tshepo Motsepe.
Irene Charnley (born 6 May 1960) is a former trade unionist and businesswoman from South Africa.
Kristoffer H (born 24 February 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer and now manager, who currently is the manager of Næsby BK. He has played 24 games and scored one goal for various Danish national youth teams, including seven games for the Denmark national under-21 football team. He is also a teacher at Efterskolen Ved Nyborg (EVN) where he coaches the football-line.
Sophia Grace Webster (born 18 March 1985) is a British shoe and accessories designer who launched her eponymous footwear line in September 2012. She is renowned for a feminine, bold yet playful design approach which has led to distribution at over 200 retailers worldwide. In 2013, Sophia Webster was awarded the British Fashion Award for Emerging Accessories Designer. In June 2015 Webster's Riri shoe went on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of their 'Shoes: Pleasure and Pain' exhibition.
Nadia Nakai Kandava (born May 18, 1990), is a South African-born Zimbabwean rapper, songwriter and television personality.
Deon Godfrey Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, writing in Afrikaans. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has also written numerous scripts for television and film.
Andrew Tucker (born 25 December 1968) is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender. Tucker played club football for Hellenic and SuperSport United; he also earned nine caps for the South African national side between 1994 and 1995. He was part of the squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations.
Ingrid Woolard is dean at Stellenbosch University's faculty of economic and management sciences and professor of economics at Stellenbosch University. She was a professor of economics at the University of Cape Town and a Research Associate of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). Her research focuses primarily on Labour markets, social protection and assistance, poverty and inequality, tax policy, fiscal policy, unemployment, and survey methodology.
David Tlale (29 January 1975) is a South African fashion designer. He was born in a township called Vosloorus in South Africa. David Tlale was raised by a single parent the late Joyce Tlale. David is known by his craft that advocates on its own his work has been showcased at the Cape Town Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, and Paris Fashion Week and who has also designed collections for major retailers like Edgars. Tlale was a semi finalist at the South African Fashion Week Elle New Talent Show Competition in 2002. In May 2003, Tlale started design studios in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Sir De Villiers Graaff, 4th Baronet, is a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate. He is a noted restaurateur and vintner having won 24 awards for wines produced on the De Grendel estate. The eldest son of Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet becoming the 4th Graaff Baronet on 24 January 2015. Graaff obtained his undergraduate degree in agriculture at University of Stellenbosch in 1993.
Rowan Gormley (born 8 June 1962) is a South African-born entrepreneur. He was appointed Group CEO of Majestic Wine PLC after the acquisition of Naked Wines in April 2015.
Nomakula Kuli Roberts (16 December 1972 – 9 February 2022) was a South African fashion and beauty tabloid journalist, television presenter, author and actress. She was popularly known for co-hosting the SABC2 reality television show What Not To Wear and as a presenter and commentator on SABC3's daily talk show Trending SA.
Dirk Johannes Hermann (born 16 January 1972) is the Chief Executive officer of Solidarity, an Afrikaans Trade union which operates in South Africa, Author and Director of Companies
Leslie Justin Wenzler (born 5 July 1962) is a South African former first-class cricketer. Born at Johannesburg, Wenzler made his debut in first-class cricket for Orange Free State against Griqualand West at Bloemfontein in the 1981/82 SAB Bowl. He made his debut in List A one-day cricket in the same season, against Western Province in the Datsun Shield, with Wenzler playing a second match in the competition against Natal. He played first-class for Northern Transvaal B in the 1982/83 SAB Bowl, before travelling to England to play minor counties cricket for Cheshire in 1984, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, alongside two appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Returning to South Africa, he continued to play first-class cricket for Orange Free State (and their B sid
Nombulelo Lilian Hermans (1 January 1970 - 18 January 2021) was a South African politician of the African National Congress who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until her death in 2021.
James Kerr Fuller (born 24 January 1990) is a South African born New Zealand professional cricketer who has played for the England Lions cricket team. Having played for Otago and Auckland in New Zealand domestic cricket, Fuller played for Gloucestershire (2011-2015) and Middlesex (2016-2018). He signed a two-year contract with Hampshire on 4 October 2018.
Wensten van der Linde (born 29 April 1990) is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club TS Galaxy.
Adrian De Wet Vermeulen (born 17 October 1990) is a former South African professional rugby union player who played first class rugby with the Leopards in 2015 and 2016. His regular position was at centre, and he occasionally played as a winger.
Alun Jones (born 26 April 1980) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Jones started playing tennis at age 7. His parents are David, a civil engineer, and Susan. Jones wife is Jill and he has a son called Robbie who has played for Australia in the ANZ Cup in Futsal. Jones also likes playing rugby, soccer, basketball and cricket. Alun played the role of Tom Cavendish in the 2004 movie Wimbledon.
Refiloe Maele Phoolo (born 16 December 1990), professionally known as Cassper Nyovest, is a South African rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur and record producer. Born and raised in Mahikeng, North West, he is regarded as one of the most successful artists in South Africa. In 2014, he established his own record label, Family Tree Records. Nyovest rose to fame with the release of his debut studio album, Tsholofelo (2014) which produced the hit singles "Gusheshe" and "Doc Shebeleza".
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 17 February 1966) is a South African writer and performance artist who performs her work nationally and internationally. She is noted for her poetry, which has been published in collections and in many magazines and anthologies, as well as for her autobiographical one-woman show, Original Skin, which centres on her confusion about her identity at a young age, as the bi-racial daughter of an Australian mother and a Ghanaian father who was adopted and raised by a white family in apartheid South Africa. She has written: "I became Phillippa Yaa when I found my biological father, who told me that if he had been there when I was born, the first name I'd have been given would be a day name like all Ghanaian babies, and all Thursday girls are Yaa, Yawo, or Yaya. So
Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa (born 3 March 1988), is a South African actress, TV presenter and fashion designer. She is known for her breakthrough role on the South African Television Series, Tshisa. She launched the maternity wear range SE Preggoz in South Africa and New York in 2015.
Willem Jakobus Smit (born 29 December 1992 in Lydenburg) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team China Glory Continental Cycling Team. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.
Thandani "Bibo" Ntshumayelo (born 20 April 1990 in Heilbron, Free State) is a South African football midfielder who plays for Baroka.
Dianne Emery (born 4 January 1984) is a road cyclist from South Africa. She represented her nation at the 2004 UCI Road World Championships.
Luca Bellisomo (born 25 October 1986 in Johannesburg) is a South African-born Canadian soccer player who last played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn.
Alan van Heerden (11 December 1954 in Johannesburg – 15 December 2009) was a South African cyclist. He was the first ever South African to win a stage of a Grand Tour. He was killed in a car accident in 2009 at the age of 56.
Rachel Zadok is a South African writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). She is the author of the novels Gem Squash Tokoloshe and Sister-Sister.
Chrissie Viljoen (born 11 September 1976) is a road cyclist from South Africa. She represented her nation at the 2005, 2006 and 2008 UCI Road World Championships.
Thomas ("Tommy") Litster Yule (born 15 March 1976) is a male former weightlifter.
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu (5 June 1958 – 21 January 2021) was a South African politician who served as Minister in the Presidency of South Africa's government, and as a parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). Previously, he served as the Whip of Parliament for the ruling ANC as well as the national spokesperson for the ANC.
Cavin Dennis Johnson (born 11 November 1958) is a South African soccer coach who currently works as an assistant coach at Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League. Johnson has previously managed South African clubs Platinum Stars (twice), SuperSport United, AmaZulu and Black Leopards in the Premier Soccer League.
Simon Peyton Jones FRS MAE (born 18 January 1958) is a British computer scientist who researches the implementation and applications of functional programming languages, particularly lazy functional programming.
Brendon Claude Adams (born 10 March 1984) is a South African former cricketer.
Bulelani T Ngcuka (pronounced [ɓulelaːni ŋǀʱuːkʼa]; born 2 May 1954) was the first national Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the husband of former Deputy President of South Africa Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. He was embroiled in controversy concerning the decision to prosecute Jacob Zuma for corruption; Zuma was later elected President of South Africa. Supporters of Zuma alleged that the decision to prosecute was intended to prevent Zuma from challenging Thabo Mbeki for leadership of the African National Congress. Among the accusations made against Ngcuka by supporters of Zuma were that he was an apartheid spy.
Camilla Waldman (born 22 February 1968 in South Africa) is a South African actress, best known for her role as Anne de Villiers, the Madam of a high-class brothel, on the SABC1 soapie Generations, from March 2004 to June 2008.
Gerhardus Pieter (Gerhard) Steyn (born November 27, 1976) is a South African Afrikaans singer, songwriter and guitarist. Gerhard made his debut in 2000 performing alongside Lianne Heyl, better known as Boeboe. Thereafter he formed part of the duo Windpomp with co-producer, bassist, guitarist and music-arranger, Naas de Jager. In 2009, his own song "Baby Tjoklits" won the 2009 "VONK song of the year". It was also voted Radio Rippel listeners as "Song of 2009".
Zamandosi Cele is a South African women's footballer and plays as a midfielder. She plays for Durban Ladies. She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics