The very mention of the country South Africa brings to our minds the image of Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as the country’s first democratically elected black president. South Africa is one country which boasts of a very diverse and multiethnic population—and this is the reason behind both the nation’s achievements and misfortune. The nation has emerged from great political turmoil to become one of the most developed countries in Africa. South African men—of all races, ethnicities and culture—have played a pivotal role in the transition of their nation from one torn by war and strife to one that other African nations look up to today.
Nelson Mandela(Anti-Apartheid Activist, President of ANC and Former President of South Africa)
18 July 1918
Kevin Carter(Photojournalist)
13 September 1960
Watkin Tudor Jones(Singer, Actor)
26 September 1974
Sharlto Copley(Actor, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
27 November 1973
Hashim Amla(Cricketer)
31 March 1983
Arnold Vosloo(Film actor, Stage actor, Television actor)
16 June 1962
Kevin Pietersen(Cricketer)
27 June 1980
Julius Malema(Politician)
03 March 1981
Jacques Kallis(Cricketer)
16 October 1975
Neill Blomkamp(Film director, Screenwriter)
17 September 1979
Dale Steyn(Cricketer)
27 June 1983
Thabo Mbeki(Politician, Economist)
18 June 1942
Lucky Dube(Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist)
03 August 1964
Jan Smuts(Botanist, Officer, Lawyer)
24 May 1870
Pik Botha(Politician, Diplomat)
27 April 1932
P. W. Botha(Politician)
12 January 1916
Ivan Gazidis(Lawyer, Businessperson)
13 September 1964
Justin Gabriel(Professional wrestler)
03 March 1981
Paul Kruger(Politician)
10 October 1825
Hendrik Verwoerd(Politician, University teacher, Faculty)
08 September 1901
Benni McCarthy(Association football player)
12 November 1977
Shaun Morgan(Singer, Guitarist)
21 December 1978
Mickey Arthur(Cricketer)
17 May 1968
Mark Shuttleworth(Entrepreneur, Astronaut, Engineer, Inventor, Scientist, Blogger, Businessperson, Computer scientist)
18 September 1973
Hansie Cronje(Cricketer)
25 September 1969
Patrice Motsepe(Entrepreneur, Businessperson)
28 January 1962
Keorapetse Kgositsile(Poet, Journalist, Writer)
19 September 1938
Cyril Cusack(Actor)
26 November 1910
Johann Rupert(Entrepreneur, Businessperson)
01 June 1950
Nicky Oppenheimer(Businessperson, Banker)
08 June 1945
Graeme Smith(Cricketer)
01 February 1981
Francois Pienaar(Rugby union player)
02 January 1967
Corrie Sanders(Boxer)
07 January 1966
Jody Scheckter(South African racing driver)
29 January 1950
Moses Sithole(Serial killer)
17 November 1964
Leon Botha(Painter, Singer, Disc jockey)
04 June 1985
Siphiwe Tshabalala(Association football player)
25 September 1984
Imran Tahir(Cricketer)
27 March 1979
Oliver Tambo(Politician)
27 October 1917
Hugh Masekela(Trumpeter, Composer, Jazz musician)
04 April 1939
ZP Theart(singer)
22 January 1975
Faf du Plessis(Cricketer)
13 July 1984
Jonty Rhodes(Cricketer)
27 July 1969
Francois Botha(Boxer, Kickboxer)
28 September 1968
Steven Pienaar(Association football player)
17 March 1982
Blondie Chaplin(Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Record producer)
07 July 1951
Leon Schuster(Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film actor)
21 May 1951
Herschelle Gibbs(Rugby union player, Cricketer, Association football player)
23 February 1974
Joost van der Westhuizen(Rugby union player)
20 February 1971
Chris Hani(Politician)
28 June 1942
Kgalema Motlanthe(Politician)
19 July 1949
Dean Geyer(Actor, Singer, Songwriter)
20 March 1986
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu14 July 1948
Quinton Fortune(Association football player)
21 May 1977
