Throughout history, there have been many South African Female Writers who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great South African female writers such as Nadine Gordimer, Ruth First, Olive Schreiner, Ingrid Jonker and Bessie Emery Head.
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Caster Semenya(Middle-distance runner)
07 January 1991
Charlene, Princess of Monaco(Swimmer, Model)
25 January 1978
Tanit Phoenix(Actor, Television actor, Model)
24 September 1984
Tammin Sursok(Actor, Singer, Film actor)
19 August 1983
Brenda Fassie(Singer)
03 November 1964
Zola Budd(Middle-distance runner, Marathon runner)
26 May 1966
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Elize du Toit(Actor, film actor)
21 February 1980
Helen Zille(Politician, Journalist)
09 March 1951
Glynis Barber(Actor, Film actor, Television actor)
25 October 1955
Musetta Vander(Actor, Film actor, Model)
26 May 1963
Evelyn Mase(Nurse)
18 May 1922
Jessica Marais(Actor, Film actor, Television actor, Model)
29 January 1985
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Leleti Khumalo(Actor, Film actor)
30 March 1970
Arlene Dickinson(Entrepreneur)
08 October 1956
Caron Bernstein(Actor, Musician, Film actor, Singer, Model, Beauty pageant contestant, Songwriter)
16 August 1970
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma(Politician)
27 January 1949
Yvonne Chaka Chaka(singer)
1965 AD
Ela Gandhi(politician)
01 June 1940
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Leigh Matthews(Student)
08 July 1983
Baleka Mbete(Politician)
24 September 1949
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka(Politician)
03 November 1955
Ruth First(Author, Politician, University teacher, Writer, Journalist, Martyr, Political activist)
04 May 1925
Helen Suzman(Politician)
07 November 1917
Louise Barnes(Film actor, Television actor, Stage actor)
26 April 1974
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Anneline Kriel(Actor, Model, Film actor, Beauty pageant contestant)
28 July 1955
Sandra Prinsloo(Actor, Film actor, Television actor)
15 September 1947
Janet Suzman(Actor, Film director, Film actor, Television actor)
09 February 1939
Mamphela Ramphele(Politician)
28 December 1947
Olive Schreiner(Writer)
24 March 1855
Natalie du Toit(Swimmer)
29 January 1984
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Amanda Coetzer(Tennis player)
22 October 1971
Navi Pillay(Judge, Lawyer)
23 September 1941
Ingrid Jonker(Poet, Writer)
19 September 1933
Margaret Calvert(Design of road signs in the United Kingdom)
1936 AD
Candice Boucher(Film actor, Model)
17 October 1983
Dianne Kohler Barnard(Politician, Journalist)
02 December 1955
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Zenani Mandela04 February 1959
Zahara(singer, songwriter)
09 November 1987
Bessie Emery Head06 July 1937