62 Notable alumni of
University of South Africa

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The University of South Africa is 786th in the world, 18th in Africa, and 5th in South Africa by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 62 notable alumni from the University of South Africa sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1918-2013 (aged 95)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    political prisonerpoliticianautobiographerlawyerscreenwriter
    Biography

    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.

  2. Robert Mugabe

    Robert Mugabe
    Born in
    Zimbabwe Flag Zimbabwe
    Years
    1924-2019 (aged 95)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in education and administration
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist during the 1990s and the remainder of his career.

  3. Desmond Tutu

    Desmond Tutu
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1931-2021 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Studied in 1954
    Occupations
    human rights activistProtestant theologianarchbishopnon-fiction writerAnglican priest
    Biography

    Desmond Mpilo Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from Black theology with African theology.

  4. Cyril Ramaphosa

    Cyril Ramaphosa
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politiciantrade unionistbusinesspersonentrepreneur
    Biography

    Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current President of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president (leader) of the African National Congress (ANC).

  5. Fernando Pessoa

    Fernando Pessoa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1888-1935 (aged 47)
    Occupations
    translatorprose writerwriterphilosopheressayist
    Biography

    Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.

  6. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

    Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1936-2018 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Winnie Madikizela-Mandela OLS MP, also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. A convicted kidnapper, she served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003, and from 2009 until her death, and was a deputy minister of arts and culture from 1994 to 1996. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) political party, she served on the ANC's National Executive Committee and headed its Women's League. Madikizela-Mandela was known to her supporters as the "Mother of the Nation".

  7. Thabo Mbeki

    Thabo Mbeki
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1942-.. (age 83)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    In 1995 graduated with doctorate
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the 2nd democratic president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Before that, he was deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.

  8. Kevin Pietersen

    Kevin Pietersen
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    cricketer
    Biography

    Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE is a former England international cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest England batsmen to have played the game. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who played in all three formats for England between 2004 and 2014, which included a brief tenure as captain. He won the Player of the Series award for his performances in 2010 ICC World Twenty20 which helped England to win their maiden ICC trophy.

  9. Julius Malema

    Julius Malema
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Julius Sello Malema is a South African politician. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a populist far-left political party known for the red berets and military-style outfits worn by its members. He is sometimes referred to as Juju. Before the foundation of EFF, he served as a president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) from 2008 until his expulsion from the party in 2012.

  10. Jean-Bertrand Aristide

    Jean-Bertrand Aristide
    Born in
    Haiti Flag Haiti
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestpolitician
    Biography

    Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1991 before being deposed in a coup d'état. As a priest, he taught liberation theology and, as president, he attempted to normalize Afro-Creole culture, including Vodou religion, in Haiti.

  11. Mmusi Maimane

    Mmusi Maimane
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mmusi Aloysias Maimane is a South African politician, businessman, and leader of Build One South Africa, a political party. Maimane is also the former Leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) political party from 10 May 2015 to 23 October 2019, and the former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa from 29 May 2014 to 24 October 2019. He became the first black South African to lead the DA.

  12. David Mabuza

    David Mabuza
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    head teacherpolitician
    Biography

    David Dabede Mabuza is a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023. He was the deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 2017 to December 2022 and was previously the premier of Mpumalanga from 2009 to 2018, throughout the presidency of his former political ally Jacob Zuma. Mabuza served as a Member of Parliament from 2018 until his resignation in 2023.

  13. Mosima Gabriel Sexwale

    Mosima Gabriel Sexwale
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. For many years, Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figures such as Nelson Mandela. After the 1994 general election—the first fully democratic election in South Africa—Sexwale became the Premier of Gauteng Province.

  14. Lazarus Chakwera

    Lazarus Chakwera
    Born in
    Malawi Flag Malawi
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politiciantheologianteacher
    Biography

    Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera is a Malawian politician and theologian who has served as President of Malawi since June 2020. He has served as the leader of the Malawi Congress Party since 2013. He was president of the Malawi Assemblies of God from 1989 to 2013.

  15. Ahmed Kathrada

    Ahmed Kathrada
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1929-2017 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    politicianactivist
    Biography

    Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada OMSG, sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy", was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist.

  16. Robert Sobukwe

    Robert Sobukwe
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1924-1978 (aged 54)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    1947-1949 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    educatoractivist
    Biography

    Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), serving as the first president of the organization.

  17. Gwede Mantashe

    Gwede Mantashe
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    trade unionistpolitician
    Biography

    Samson Gwede Mantashe is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. He has been responsible for the mineral resources portfolio since February 2018, formerly as Minister of Mineral Resources from February 2018 to May 2019 and then as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from May 2019 to June 2024. He is also serving his second term as the national chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC).

  18. Mogoeng Mogoeng

    Mogoeng Mogoeng
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng is a South African jurist who served as the Chief Justice of South Africa from 8 September 2011 until his retirement on 11 October 2021.

  19. Tom Thabane

    Tom Thabane
    Born in
    Lesotho Flag Lesotho
    Years
    1939-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Thomas Motsoahae Thabane is a Mosotho politician who was the fifth Prime Minister of Lesotho from 2012 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2020. He founded the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in 2006 and led the party until 2022.

  20. Antjie Krog

    Antjie Krog
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    writertranslatorpoetjournalist
    Biography

    Antjie Krog is a South African writer and academic, best known for her Afrikaans poetry, her reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and her 1998 book Country of My Skull. In 2004, she joined the Arts faculty of the University of the Western Cape as Extraordinary Professor.

  21. Edwin Cameron

    Edwin Cameron
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Edwin Cameron SCOB is a retired judge who served as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He is well known for his HIV/AIDS and gay-rights activism and was hailed by Nelson Mandela as "one of South Africa's new heroes". President Ramaphosa appointed him as Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services from 1 January 2020 and in October 2019 he was elected Chancellor of Stellenbosch University.

  22. Busisiwe Mkhwebane

    Busisiwe Mkhwebane
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Busisiwe Mkhwebane is a South African advocate and prosecutor served as the 4th Public Protector of South Africa from October 2016 until her impeachment in September 2023. Following her impeachment, she served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from October 2023 to October 2024, representing the EFF. She is the first head of a Chapter 9 institution to be removed through impeachment.

  23. Pakalitha Mosisili

    Pakalitha Mosisili
    Born in
    Lesotho Flag Lesotho
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili is a former Mosotho politician who was the fourth prime minister of Lesotho from May 1998 to June 2012 and again from March 2015 to June 2017. He led the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) to a near-total victory in the 1998 election, and under his leadership the party also won majorities in the 2002 and 2007 elections. While serving as Prime Minister, Mosisili was also Minister of Defence.

  24. Dikgang Moseneke

    Dikgang Moseneke
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    judgechairpersonlawyer
    Biography

    Dikgang Ernest Moseneke OLG is a South African jurist and former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa.

  25. Angelique Rockas

    Angelique Rockas
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    film actoractorstage actorartistic directorvisual artist
    Biography

    Angelique Rockas is an actress, producer and activist. Rockas founded the theatre company Internationalist Theatre in the UK with her patron Athol Fugard. The theatre featured multi-racial casts in classical plays.

  26. Velenkosini Hlabisa

    Velenkosini Hlabisa
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1965-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Velenkosini Fiki Hlabisa is a South African politician and former teacher who is currently serving as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Government of National Unity (GNU) since June 2024. He has been President of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) since 2019 and a member of South Africa's National Assembly where he serves as his party's leader since October 2023. He previously served as the Secretary-General of the IFP from 2011 to 2017, as the Mayor of the Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and as the Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature between 2019 and 2023.

  27. Mark Pilgrim

    Mark Pilgrim
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1969-2023 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    radio personalitytelevision presenter
    Biography

    Mark Pilgrim was a South African media personality who hosted numerous radio and television shows, most notably as a DJ on 5FM, Eastrand-oos Rand stereo, 94.7 Highveld Stereo, 94.5 Kfm, Hot919 and Hot102.7fm. On television, he hosted both seasons of Big Brother South Africa, the first season of Big Brother Africa, and the MNET game show Power of 10.

  28. Sindiwe Magona

    Sindiwe Magona
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1943-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    autobiographerwriterchildren's writerpoet
    Biography

    Sindiwe Magona is a South African writer.

  29. Edna Molewa

    Edna Molewa
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1957-2018 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, formerly known as Edna Sethema, was a South African politician and member of the African National Congress. Molewa became the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa on 31 October 2010, as part of a cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. On 25 May 2014 her Ministry has been divided and she was appointed Minister of Environmental Affairs. She succeeded Buyelwa Sonjica. Prior to her death, Molewa was studying towards a Bachelor's of Arts Honours in Developmental Studies through the University of South Africa.

  30. Charlotte Osei

    Charlotte Osei
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei is the UN International Elections Commissioner, a Ghanaian lawyer and former chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 2015 until she was dismissed in June 2018 on grounds of financial malfeasance. Her dismissal has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Ghana in two separate writs. She became the first female to serve in the office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana since the country's independence. She was previously the chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education. In May 2019, she was appointed by the United Nations to be on a team of international advisors, to assist in managing the 2019 presidential elections in Afghanistan.

  31. Danny Jordaan

    Danny Jordaan
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianassociation football player
    Biography

    Daniel Alexander "Danny" Jordaan is the president of the South African Football Association (SAFA). He is a former lecturer, politician and anti-apartheid activist. He led South Africa's successful 2010 FIFA World Cup bid, the first successful one for Africa, as well as the country's unsuccessful bid four years earlier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and was the chief executive officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. He is also the former Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, having served from May 2015 until August 2016.

  32. Frederick Brownell

    Frederick Brownell
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1940-2019 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    vexillologistheraldist
    Biography

    Frederick Gordon Brownell OMSS SM & Bar MMM KStJ was a South African herald, vexillologist, and genealogist.

  33. Anton Muziwakhe Lembede

    Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1914-1947 (aged 33)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Anton Muziwakhe Lembede OLG was a South African activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He has been described as "the principal architect of South Africa's first full-fledged ideology of African nationalism." Lembede had a strong influence on Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo. Lembede was regarded as the progenitor of the "Programme of Action" that was adopted as a guiding document by the 1949 meeting of the African National Congress. He died in 1947, aged 33.

  34. Cleopas Dlamini

    Cleopas Dlamini
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
    Occupations
    politicianbusiness executive
    Biography

    Cleopas Sipho Dlamini is a Liswati business executive who served as the prime minister of Eswatini from 2021 to 2023.

  35. Es'kia Mphahlele

    Es'kia Mphahlele
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1919-2008 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    writerjournalistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Es'kia Mphahlele was a South African writer, educationist, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and one of the founding figures of modern African literature.

  36. Bulelani Ngcuka

    Bulelani Ngcuka
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Bulelani T. Ngcuka is a South African attorney, prosecutor and activist, who served as the first Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the husband of former Deputy President of South Africa Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

  37. Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

    Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1906-1947 (aged 41)
    Occupations
    writertranslatorpoetlinguist
    Biography

    Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was a South African novelist, linguist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and a radically innovative poet who created a combination of traditional and Romantic poetry in the Zulu language. Vilakazi was also a professor at the University of Witwatersrand, where he became the first Black South African to teach University classes to White South Africans. In 1946, Vilakazi also became the first Black South African to receive a PhD.

  38. Ernest George Jansen

    Ernest George Jansen
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1881-1959 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Ernest George Jansen was the penultimate Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1951 until his death in 1959.

  39. Chenjerai Hove

    Chenjerai Hove
    Born in
    Zimbabwe Flag Zimbabwe
    Years
    1956-2015 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    Chenjerai Hove, was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona. "Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an intense examination of the psychic and social costs - to the rural population, especially, of the war of liberation in Zimbabwe." He died on 12 July 2015 while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure.

  40. Glynnis Breytenbach

    Glynnis Breytenbach
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Glynnis Breytenbach is a former prosecutor for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA). She was Shadow Minister of Justice when the DA was the official opposition to the ANC. In this capacity, she has called for an end to ongoing political interference that has compromised the integrity of the NPA. Her protracted dispute with the NPA over her suspension in 2012 from its Specialised Commercial Crime Unit was covered extensively in the media. In 2017, she published a memoir, Rule of Law, and in 2018 was shortlisted for the National Director of Public Prosecutions post at the NPA, but later withdrew her candidacy.

  41. Rosa Namises

    Rosa Namises
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises, nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician, human-rights activist and chief of a faction of the ǀKhomanin, a clan of the Damara people. She is a former member of Parliament and founding member and former secretary-general of the Namibian Congress of Democrats (CoD). A prominent voice on gender issues, human-rights violations, and violence against women and children in Namibia, she is the director of Woman Solidarity Namibia and works at the Dolam Residential Child Care centre, a day-care centre for vulnerable children.

  42. Mosibudi Mangena

    Mosibudi Mangena
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mosibudi Mangena OLS is a South Africa politician, former President of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO). He is also currently the honorary President of AZAPO while Nelvis Qekema is the current President, this is not unusual in the Black Consciousness Movement as was the case with Steve Biko who was also the honorary President of the Black People's Convention in the early-1970s while Winfrey Kgware was the President. He was the Minister of Science and Technology (29 April 2004 - 10 May 2009).

  43. Ben Martins

    Ben Martins
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dikobe Ben Martins, is a former Minister of Energy and has held other posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He has served in Parliament since 1994 and has been a Central Committee Member of the South African Communist Party.

  44. Peya Mushelenga

    Peya Mushelenga
    Born in
    Namibia Flag Namibia
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Samuel Abraham Peyavali "Peya" Mushelenga is a Namibian politician and poet. He is broadly educated, holding fourteen academic qualifications from seven different universities.

  45. Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus

    Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1877-1970 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    botanical collectortaxonomistbotanistcuratorscientific illustrator
    Biography

    Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of authoring more land plant species than any other female scientist, in total naming 1,494 species.

  46. Glenn Babb

    Glenn Babb
    Years
    1943-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Glenn Robin Ware Babb was a former politician and diplomat for the former apartheid government in South Africa. More recently he was a businessman and entrepreneur. From 1985 to 1987 he had a high-profile posting in Canada where he was his government's ambassador to Ottawa and made frequent public statements against the anti-apartheid movement and in defence of his government and in opposition to the movement for economic sanctions on and disinvestment from South Africa that the Canadian government was leading internationally.

  47. Bakone Justice Moloto

    Bakone Justice Moloto
    Years
    1944-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Bakone Justice Moloto is a South African former lawyer, who served as a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

  48. Jessie Majome

    Jessie Majome
    Born in
    Zimbabwe Flag Zimbabwe
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Fungayi Jessie Majome was a Member of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe for Harare West constituency on an MDC-T ticket elected 1st in 2008 and then in 2013. She was the Chairperson of Parliament of Zimbabwe's Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. She was a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee and the Portfolio Committee on Local Government Rural and Urban Development. During Zimbabwe's constitution making process of 2009 to 2013 she was a member of the 25 member Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) on the new Constitution established by the political settlement Global Political Agreement. She served as its Spokesperson and Co-Vice Chairperson.

  49. Alice Mogwe

    Alice Mogwe
    Born in
    Botswana Flag Botswana
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    founderhuman rights activistlawyerpresident
    Biography

    Alice Bahumi Mogwe is a Motswana activist and lawyer. She is the founder and director of the human rights organization Ditshwanelo.

  50. Nomathemba Mokgethi

    Nomathemba Mokgethi
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nomathemba Emily Mokgethi is a South African politician who served as the Gauteng Health MEC from 2020 to 2022 and has been a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2018. She was the provincial MEC for Social Development between June and December 2020. Mokgethi is a member of the African National Congress.

  51. Gifty Oware-Mensah

    Gifty Oware-Mensah
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1986-.. (age 39)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Graduated with postgraduate education in management
    Occupations
    politicianexecutive directorchief executive officer
    Biography

    Gifty Oware-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and currently the deputy executive director of the National Service Scheme in Ghana. She has responsibility for administration and finance, helping to manage an annual personnel pool of about 100,000.

  52. Beric John Croome

    Beric John Croome
    Years
    1960-2019 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    barrister
    Biography

    Beric John Croome was a chartered accountant, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and one of South Africa's tax law scholars.

  53. Elizabeth de la Porte

    Elizabeth de la Porte
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1941-2020 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    harpsichordist
    Biography

    Elizabeth de la Porte FRCM was a South African harpsichordist, Baroque tutor and pianist. She was renowned for bringing to her performances a rhythmic drive and excitement while allowing the instrument to sing, with extraordinary seamless and legato lines and expressive phrasing. During her performing career she made many public appearances, in the UK, continental Europe (Vienna, Geneva etc.), and her native South Africa. She was acclaimed for a wide-ranging repertoire that included Böhm, Rameau, François Couperin, Scarlatti and Handel, but she was praised above all for her playing of J. S. Bach and his six Partitas for solo harpsichord. At her debut in March 1972 she was hailed by The Daily Telegraph as "A mind that both contemplates and acts on intimate stylistic knowledge." Her Bach recording for Saga was reviewed in Records & Recording by John Duarte (March 1976) who wrote, "It is in the Partita in B minor that her playing reaches the proportions of grandeur. There is much to admire in de la Porte's playing, but above all its through line and motivation; she plays as a good orator speaks, and it would be a poor student who could not add to a score the long phrasing marks implied by these performances. It is not just that she sees the end of long phrases and sections from their outset; she carries you in one sweep from beginning to end; it's the wholeness of the music that she communicates, and the joy of it."

  54. William Frederick Nkomo

    William Frederick Nkomo
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1915-1972 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    William Frederick Nkomo was a South African medical doctor, community leader, political activist and teacher from Pretoria. He was the founding chairman of the African National Congress Youth League. While at the University of the Witwatersrand, Nkomo was the first black student to serve on the Students Representative Committee.

  55. Augusta Vera Duthie

    Augusta Vera Duthie
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1881-1963 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    botanistmycologistacademicbotanical collector
    Biography

    Augusta Vera Duthie was a South African botanist who studied the plants of the Western Cape and was a popular teacher who lectured on cryptogamic botany. She was the first university lecturer in botany who was entirely educated in South Africa. The standard author abbreviation A.V.Duthie is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

  56. Chris Miles

    Chris Miles
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Christopher Gordon Miles is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister John Howard and was a prominent social conservative within the Liberal Party, chairing the conservative Lyons Forum ginger group. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a schoolteacher.

  57. Anja Marais

    Anja Marais
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Enrolled in the University of South Africa
    Studied in 1998
    Occupations
    photographerartistsculptor
    Biography

    Anja Marais is a South African sculptor and multi-disciplinary artist. She has completed residencies in Japan, Korea, Russia and Florida and completed solo and group shows in Asia, Europe and the US.

  58. Hendrick Schmidt

    Hendrick Schmidt
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Hendrik Schmidt is a South African politician, a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance, and the Shadow Deputy Minister of Mining.

  59. Snowy Khoza

    Snowy Khoza
    Occupations
    businesspersonchief executive officer
    Biography

    Snowy Joyce Khoza is a South African who is chief executive officer of Bigen Africa and President of Agape Christian Women.

  60. Wim Richter

    Wim Richter
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1946-2019 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Paul Wilhelm Richter was a South African chemist and principal researcher involved in bioceramic research activities. He is most widely known for his development of the bioceramic hydroxyapatite orbital implant.

  61. George Earle

    George Earle
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    rugby union player
    Biography

    George Earle is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is lock.

  62. Augustus Theodore Wirgman

    Augustus Theodore Wirgman
    Years
    1846-1917 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    priest
    Biography

    Augustus Theodore Wirgman, DD was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th, most notably Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth from 1907 until his death.