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
Watkin Tudor Jones(Singer, Actor)
26 September 1974
Sharlto Copley(Actor, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
27 November 1973
Solomon Linda(singer, songwriter, composer)
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Arnold Vosloo(Film actor, Stage actor, Television actor)
16 June 1962
Kevin Pietersen(Cricketer)
27 June 1980
Julius Malema(Politician)
03 March 1981
Thabo Mbeki(Politician, Economist)
18 June 1942
Neill Blomkamp(Film director, Screenwriter)
17 September 1979
Hashim Amla(Cricketer)
31 March 1983
Kevin Carter(Photojournalist)
13 September 1960
Ivan Gazidis(Lawyer, Businessperson)
13 September 1964
Jacques Kallis(Cricketer)
16 October 1975
Jan Smuts(Botanist, Officer, Lawyer)
24 May 1870
Dale Steyn(Cricketer)
27 June 1983
Lucky Dube(Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist)
03 August 1964
P. W. Botha(Politician)
12 January 1916
Oliver Tambo(Politician)
27 October 1917
Hendrik Verwoerd(Politician, University teacher, Faculty)
08 September 1901
Justin Gabriel(Professional wrestler)
03 March 1981
Patrice Motsepe(Entrepreneur, Businessperson)
28 January 1962
Shaun Morgan(Singer, Guitarist)
21 December 1978
Paul Kruger(Politician)
10 October 1825
Mark Shuttleworth(Entrepreneur, Astronaut, Engineer, Inventor, Scientist, Blogger, Businessperson, Computer scientist)
18 September 1973
Cyril Cusack(Actor)
26 November 1910
Chris Hani(Politician)
28 June 1942
Hansie Cronje(Cricketer)
25 September 1969
Siphiwe Tshabalala(Association football player)
25 September 1984
Benni McCarthy(Association football player)
12 November 1977
Johann Rupert(Entrepreneur, Businessperson)
01 June 1950
Blondie Chaplin(Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Record producer)
07 July 1951
Walter Sisulu(Politician)
18 May 1912
Magnus Malan(Politician)
30 January 1930
ZP Theart(singer)
22 January 1975
Moses Sithole(Serial killer)
17 November 1964
Jody Scheckter(South African racing driver)
29 January 1950
Leon Botha(Painter, Singer, Disc jockey)
04 June 1985
Hugh Masekela(Trumpeter, Composer, Jazz musician)
04 April 1939
Kgalema Motlanthe(Politician)
19 July 1949
Steven Pienaar(Association football player)
17 March 1982
Graeme Smith(Cricketer)
01 February 1981
Dean Geyer(Actor, Singer, Songwriter)
20 March 1986
Jonty Rhodes(Cricketer)
27 July 1969
Adhir Kalyan(Actor)
04 August 1983
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu14 July 1948
Mangosuthu Buthelezi(Politician)
27 August 1928
Mickey Arthur(Cricketer)
17 May 1968
Ricky Fataar(Musician, Record producer, Composer)
05 September 1952
Nicky Oppenheimer(Businessperson, Banker)
08 June 1945
Francois Pienaar(Rugby union player)
02 January 1967
Francois Botha(Boxer, Kickboxer)
28 September 1968
Corrie Sanders(Boxer)
07 January 1966
Shaun Pollock(Cricketer)
16 July 1973
