91 Notable alumni of
University of Stellenbosch
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The University of Stellenbosch is 642nd in the world, 14th in Africa, and 4th in South Africa by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 91 notable alumni from the University of Stellenbosch sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Thabo Mbeki
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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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.
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Mike Horn
- Occupations
- adventurerexplorer
- Biography
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Michael Horn is a South African-born Swiss professional explorer and adventurer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he currently resides in Château d'Œx, Switzerland. He studied Human Movement Science at Stellenbosch University in Western Cape, South Africa. Horn is currently undertaking his latest expedition Pole2Pole, a two-year circumnavigation of the globe via the two poles.
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Jan Christiaan Smuts
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- botanistmilitary officerpoliticianlawyerphilosopher
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Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, OM, CH, DTD, ED, PC, KC, FRS was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948.
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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
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- faculty memberpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, scholar in applied psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and newspaper editor who was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.
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Johann Rupert
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- entrepreneurbusinessperson
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Johann Peter Rupert is a South African billionaire businessman, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert often called Apartheid Oligarch and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro. Since April 2010, he has been the CEO of Compagnie Financiere Richemont. Rupert and family were ranked the second richest in South Africa; behind Elon Musk; on the 2025 Forbes list, with an estimated net worth of US$14.0 billion and US$16.6 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Jonathan Trott
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- cricketer
- Biography
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Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born English former professional cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team and is the current head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team. Domestically, he played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as well as playing in South Africa and New Zealand. He was ICC and ECB Cricketer of the Year in 2011.
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Daniel François Malan
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- politicianChristian minister
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Daniël François Malan PC was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of apartheid, which enforced racial segregation laws, during his tenure as prime minister.
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B. J. Vorster
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Balthazar Johannes "B. J." Vorster, better known as John Vorster, was a South African politician who served as the prime minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth state president of South Africa from 1978 to 1979. Known as B. J. Vorster during much of his career, he came to prefer the anglicized name John in the 1970s.
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Naledi Pandor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 until 2024. She also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) from 1994 to 2024.
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James Barry Munnik Hertzog
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- military personnelpolitician
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General James Barry Munnik Hertzog KC, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served as the third prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Hertzog advocated for the development of Afrikaner culture and was determined to prevent Afrikaners from being excessively influenced by British culture. He founded the National Party in 1914.
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Theuns Jordaan
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- guitaristsinger-songwritersinger
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Theuns Jordaan was a South African singer-songwriter.
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Schalk Brits
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Schalk Burger Brits is a South African former professional rugby union player who last played for the South Africa national team and the Bulls in Super Rugby. He primarily played as a hooker. He was part of the 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning team.
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Edwin Cameron
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- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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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.
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Bobby Skinstad
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Robert Brian Skinstad is a former rugby union professional player who has represented the South African national team, the Springboks. He played in the positions of flanker and number eight. Although he is of British descent through his parents, his surname is of Norwegian origin.
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Kyle Steyn
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- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
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Kyle Douglas Steyn is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors. Born in South Africa, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
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Andries Treurnicht
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- politicianChristian minister
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Andries Petrus Treurnicht was a South African politician, Minister of Education during the Soweto Riots and for a short time leader of the National Party in Transvaal. In 1982 he founded and led the Conservative Party of South Africa whose successes among the white electorate made him Leader of the Opposition in 1987, a position he retained until his death.
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Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
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- translatorpoetpoliticianlawyerwriter
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Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of the then young language's foremost promoters. He is best known for writing the words for "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", which was used previously as the national anthem during apartheid. He was affectionately known as Sagmoedige Neelsie (Gentle Neelsie) or Kerneels. His childhood friend who helped him get into poetry was called Hans Conrodius van Zyl.
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María Susana Muhamad
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 49)
- Enrolled in the University of Stellenbosch
- Studied sustainable development
- Occupations
- politicianenvironmentalist
- Biography
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María Susana Muhamad González is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist and politician belonging to the Humane Colombia party. Since August 7, 2022, she has held the position of Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development in the government of Gustavo Petro. She has called for phasing out fossil fuels including coal, which Colombia exports.
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Danie Craven
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Daniël Hartman Craven was a South African rugby union player (1931–1938), national coach, national and international rugby administrator, academic, and author. Popularly known as Danie, Doc, or Mr Rugby, Craven's appointment from 1949 to 1956 as coach of the Springboks signalled "one of the most successful spells in South African rugby history" during which the national team won 74% of their matches. While as a player Craven is mostly remembered as one of rugby's greatest dive-passing scrumhalves ever, he had also on occasion been selected to play for the Springboks as a centre, fly-half, No.8, and full-back. As the longest-serving President of the South African Rugby Board (1956–93) and chairman of the International Rugby Board (1962, 1973, 1979), Craven became one of the best-known and most controversial rugby administrators. In 1969, Craven sparked outrage among anti-apartheid activists when he allegedly said, "There will be a black springbok over my dead body". Craven denied saying this and in his later career promoted black and coloured training facilities.
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Josh Strauss
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Josh Strauss is a South African-born Scotland international rugby union player who currently plays for Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and the Bulls. His regular playing position is flanker or number 8.
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Ole Schröder
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ole Schröder is a German politician and member of the CDU. From 2009 until 2018, he served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of the Interior.
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Jacobus Johannes Fouché
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- politician
- Biography
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Jacobus Johannes "Jim" Fouché, DMS, also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.
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Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges
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- politician
- Biography
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Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges was a South African politician who was elected the state president of South Africa, but died before he could take office, aged 69.
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Beyers Naudé
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- university teachertheologianactivistChristian minister
- Biography
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Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé was a South African Afrikaner Calvinist Dominee, theologian and the leading Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist. He was known simply as Beyers Naudé, or more colloquially, Oom Bey (Afrikaans for "Uncle Bey").
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Jo-Ann Strauss
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- businesspersonactortelevision presentermodelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss is a South African model, public speaker, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. In 2001 she represented her country as Miss South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico as well as at the Miss World pageant hosted at Sun City in her home country in 2001. She was featured in the 2001 music video of the Irish pop group Westlife's single "When You're Looking Like That".
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Breyton Paulse
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Breyton Paulse is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Africa, scoring 26 tries.
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Piet du Toit
- Enrolled in the University of Stellenbosch
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Pieter Stephanus "Piet" du Toit, was a South African rugby international. He played as a prop. Due to his relative small stature and light weight for a prop, but still being a strong scrummager, he was known as Piet "Spiere" du Toit. Spiere is the Afrikaans word for "muscles".
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Heinz Winckler
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler is a South African singer and the winner of the first series of South African Idols and is also an actor.
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Calle Schlettwein
- Occupations
- politicianentomologist
- Biography
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Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein is a Namibian politician who has served in the country's cabinet since 2012. In March 2020, he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform after serving as the Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2020 and previously as the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2015.
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Betsie Verwoerd
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- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth "Betsie" Verwoerd was the spouse of the Prime Minister of South Africa from 2 September 1958 until the assassination of her husband Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966.
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Lerato Mbele
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Lerato Mbele is a South African journalist and broadcaster working for the BBC. Mbele currently presents Talking Business Africa for the network. She previously presented the Africa Business Report and Newsday.
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Riaan Cruywagen
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- journalistvoice actornews presenter
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Riaan Cruywagen is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975. Cruywagen continued to present the Afrikaans news on the SABC network every weeknight until his final broadcast on SABC 2 on 26 November 2012 at 7pm CAT. He has made approximately 7000 news broadcasts.
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Albert Hertzog
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog was a South African politician, Afrikaner nationalist, cabinet minister, and founding leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party. He was the son of J. B. M. (Barry) Hertzog, a former Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
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Max du Preez
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Max du Preez is a South African author, columnist and documentary filmmaker and was the founding editor of Vrye Weekblad. Vrye Weekblad Online or Vrye Weekblad II was launched on 5 April 2019 again with Max du Preez as editor.
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Marlene van Niekerk
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- writeruniversity teacherpoet
- Biography
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Marlene van Niekerk is a South African poet, writer, and academic. She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy Triomf (1994) and the Hertzog-winning Agaat (2004), which explore themes including the family, the change in power dynamics occasioned by the end of Apartheid, and inequalities of race, gender, and class. Van Niekerk is also an award-winning poet. She writes in her native tongue, Afrikaans, and teaches at Stellenbosch University.
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Job Amupanda
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Job Shipululo Amupanda is a Namibian activist, associate professor, and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He was an Associate Professor at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement set up by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth League in November 2014.
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Russell Dlamini
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- politicianprime minister
- Biography
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Russell Mmiso Dlamini is a Liswati politician who is serving as the Prime Minister of Eswatini since 7 November 2023.
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Siyabonga Cwele
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele is a South African politician who served in the cabinet of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2019, most recently as the Minister of Home Affairs between 2018 and 2019. He was appointed as the South African Ambassador to China in December 2020. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and represented the party in Parliament from 1994 to 2019.
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Pieter-Jan van Lill
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Pieter-Jan van Lill is a Namibian rugby union player. Van Lill was on the Namibian squads for the 2011, 2015 & 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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Henry Fagan
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- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Henry Allan Fagan, QC was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959 and previously a Member of Parliament and the Minister of Native Affairs in J. B. M. Hertzog's government. Fagan had been an early supporter of the Afrikaans language movement and a noted Afrikaans playwright and novelist. Though he was a significant figure in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and a long-term member of the Broederbond, he later became an important opponent of Hendrik Verwoerd's National Party and is best known for the report of the Fagan Commission, whose relatively liberal approach to racial integration amounted to the Smuts government's last, doomed stand against the policy of apartheid.
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Robert du Preez
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- rugby union player
- Biography
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Robert James du Preez is a South African professional rugby union player for English Premiership side Sale Sharks. His regular position is fly-half.
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Grant Hattingh
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Grant Neil Hattingh is a rugby union player who plays as a lock, flanker or eighthman for Japanese sides the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Kobelco Steelers in the Top League.
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Hennie Aucamp
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Hennie Aucamp was a South African Afrikaans poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic. He grew up on a farm in the Stormberg highlands and matriculated at Jamestown, Eastern Cape before continuing his higher education at the University of Stellenbosch. He died in Cape Town at age 80 on 20 March 2014 after suffering a stroke.
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Neil de Kock
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Neil de Kock (born 20 November 1978) is a retired rugby union footballer who last played at scrum half for Saracens. He has claimed ten caps for South Africa. Before moving to the Guinness Premiership in 2006 he had gained a reputation for hard work and personal integrity from his days in South African rugby, representing Western Province and the Super Rugby franchise the Stormers, having started his professional career at the Griffons.
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Eric Louw
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Eric Hendrik Louw was a South African diplomat and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1954 to 1956, and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1955 to 1963.
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Simoné Nortmann
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Simoné Pretorius is a South African actress, director, screenwriter and producer. As an actress Pretorius is best known for portraying Irma Humpel in the 2016 Afrikaans biographical film Vir die voëls, for which she gained prominence and international recognition. In 2024 she makes her screenwriting and directorial debut for the award-winning, "Som van Twee", that won seven awards at the Cape Town Silwerskerm festival, including for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
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Aimee Barrett-Theron
- Occupations
- rugby union playerrugby union match officialbiophysicist
- Biography
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Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron is a South African rugby union former player, and currently a referee on South Africa's Premier Panel.
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Mark Nigrini
- Occupations
- mathematicianstatistician
- Biography
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Mark J. Nigrini, born in Cape Town, South Africa, is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Joan Hambidge
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Joan Helene Hambidge, is an Afrikaans poet, literary theorist and academic. She is a prolific poet in Afrikaans, controversial as a public figure and critic and notorious for her out-of-the-closet style of writing. Her theoretic contributions deal mainly with Roland Barthes, deconstruction, postmodernism, psychoanalysis and metaphysics.
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Jannie Engelbrecht
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jannie Engelbrecht was a Springbok rugby player who represented his country from 1960 to 1969. He gained a reputation for tenacity as a result of scoring two tries during a vital 1964 provincial match despite having broken his collarbone earlier in the game.
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Tinus du Plessis
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Tinus du Plessis is a Namibian rugby union player and a member of the Namibia national rugby union team. He is a back-row player who plays on both flanks and at number eight.
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Paul Sauer
- Occupations
- winegrowerpolitician
- Biography
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Paul Oliver Sauer was a South African Cabinet Minister and lifelong member of the National Party.
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Jan Pickard
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jan Albertus Jacobus Pickard was a South African rugby union international who played as a lock. Born in Paarl and a product of Stellenbosch University, Pickard made his provincial debut for Western Province in 1951. He was the grandfather of Francois Louw, who also played for Western Province and South Africa. Pickard was selected to represent South Africa on the 1951–52 tour of Great Britain and France, although he was not selected for any of the Test matches. His first appearance in a Test match came in September 1953, against Australia in Durban. South Africa won the game 18–8, this was followed by a further victory over Australia a week later—a 22–9 victory in Port Elizabeth, which Pickard also took part in. The next time Pickard was selected for South Africa was for the 1956 tour of Australia and New Zealand. He was selected to play in the second Test of the four match series against New Zealand and played as a number eight in an 8–3 South Africa victory. Pickard made his final appearance for South Africa in August 1958 against France at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. France won the game 9–5, with Pickard playing in his usual position at Lock. Pickard died in Cape Town in May 1998 at the age of 70.
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Monique Nsanzabaganwa
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Monique Nsanzabaganwa is a Rwandan economist, politician and diplomat, who has served as the vice-chairperson of the African Union Commission, effective 6 February 2021. Before that, between 2011 and 2021, she served as the deputy governor of the National Bank of Rwanda.
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Ntsiki Biyela
- Occupations
- businesspersonwinemaker
- Biography
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Ntsiki Biyela is a South African winemaker and businesswoman who runs Aslina wines. Previously, she was head winemaker at Stellekaya Wines, where Biyela became the first black female winemaker in South Africa.
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Jacobie Adriaanse
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jacobus Petrus Adriaanse is a former South African rugby union player that played first class rugby between 2008 and 2019 and represented the Emerging Springboks internationally. His regular position is tighthead prop.
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Dene Smuts
- Occupations
- editorpoliticianauthorjournalist
- Biography
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Mudene "Dene" Smuts was a South African politician. She was a member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance, serving in various capacities, including as Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.
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Wilma Stockenström
- Occupations
- writerfilm actorpoet
- Biography
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Wilma Johanna Stockenström is a South African writer, translator, and actor. She writes in the Afrikaans language, and along with Sheila Cussons, Elisabeth Eybers, Antjie Krog and Ina Rousseau, she is one of the leading female writers in the language.
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Nicky Newton-King
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Nicky Newton-King is a corporate finance and securities regulation lawyer and was the first woman Chief Executive Officer in the 125-year history of the Johannesburg Stock exchange (JSE).
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Coenie van Wyk
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Coenraad bleskop George van Wyk is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays either as a fly-half or full-back. Currently, he represents Toshiba Brave Lupus in the Japanese Top League. He has previously played Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup rugby for Western Province, Griquas, the Pumas, the Free State Cheetahs and the Griffons, Super Rugby for the Lions and the Cheetahs and Varsity Cup rugby for Maties.
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Anton van Zyl
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Anton van Zyl is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Western Province in the Currie Cup. His regular playing position is Lock. He won the Hector Klette floating trophy for participation in school life in 1993 at Rondebosch boys High School.
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Dan J. Stein
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- psychiatristprofessor
- Biography
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Dan Joseph Stein is a South African psychiatrist who is a professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the South African MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders. Stein was the Director of UCT's early Brain and Behaviour Initiative, and was the inaugural Scientific Director of UCT's later Neuroscience Institute. He has also been a visiting professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the United States, and at Aarhus University in Denmark.
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Glenn Babb
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet
- Occupations
- minister
- Biography
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Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet, was a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate.
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P. K. Le Roux
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pieter Mattheus Kruger Le Roux, generally known as P. K. Le Roux was a South African National Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister between 1958 and 1968, first as Minister of Water Affairs and Agricultural Technical Services and latterly as Minister of the Interior.
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Karl Bremer
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Karl Bremer was a medical doctor and a South African politician who became the Minister of Health and Social Welfare in South Africa in Dr D. F. Malan's cabinet.
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Jürgen Visser
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Petrus Jurgen Visser is a South African rugby union footballer whose usual position is full back. He represented Western Province in 2010 before moving to Pretoria, where he played for the Blue Bulls in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and for the Bulls in Super Rugby.
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Pat Barnard
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Patrick Christian "Pat" Barnard is an English-qualified rugby union player who last played for CA Brive in the Top 14.
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Margaret Brenda Vertue
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Margaret Brenda Vertue is a retired South African Anglican bishop. She was the second woman to be elected as a bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and of the whole African continent, as the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of False Bay.
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F. S. Malan
- Years
- 1871-1941 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- newspaper editorpolitician
- Biography
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François Stephanus Malan PC, usually called F. S. Malan or just F. S., was a South African politician.
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Gillian Sanders
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Gillian Sanders is a South African triathlete. She grew up in Pietermaritzburg, and took up triathlon in her youth under the influence of her father and older sister, who both competed in the sport. After competing internationally in age group and junior competition Sanders put her triathlon career on hold whilst studying law at Stellenbosch University, where she competed as a 1500m runner. She resumed triathlon competition after graduating, combining it with legal work. Sanders chose to focus on full-time competition at the end of 2011. She competed in the Women's event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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André du Pisani
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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André du Pisani is a Namibian political scientist, author of several books, articles and journals, he has written several conference papers for SADC, the Namibian government and several ministries, he is a professor at the University of Namibia Department of Political Science. Du Pisani has been a professor at the university since 1998.
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Mikro
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Christoffel Hermanus Kühn was a South African writer and poet who published under the pseudonym "Mikro" in Afrikaans. Kühn was born at "Van Reenensplaas" in Williston district of the former Cape Colony (later province of South Africa).
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Gifty Oware-Mensah
- Occupations
- politicianexecutive directorchief executive officer
- Biography
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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.
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Theo Gerdener
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Theodor Johannes Adolph Gerdener was a South African politician and author.
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Marianne du Toit
- Occupations
- writerpsychologist
- Biography
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Marianne du Toit is a South African adventurer and photographer, notable for her epic journey on horseback and foot from Argentina to New York over a period of 21 months.
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Allan du Toit
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Rear Admiral Allan Kendall du Toit, AM is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Australia's Military Representative to NATO and the European Union from 2013 until his retirement in 2016. Du Toit previously served as the Commander Border Protection Command until being succeeded by Rear Admiral Tim Barrett in February 2010.
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Chris Hunsinger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chris Hunsinger is a South African politician. a Member of the South African Parliament since 2014, Caucus Whip and Treasurer with the Democratic Alliance (South Africa). He was appointed by the then Leader of the Opposition Mmusi Maimane on 5 June 2019 and retained by the current Leader of the Opposition John Steenhuisen in October 2019 and again in December 2020, as The Shadow Minister of Transport. Hunsinger was re-elected to Parliament on 29 May 2024 as Spokesperson for Transport and as a member in the National Portfolio Committee of Transport. He speaks and writes about issues related to consumer and commodity needs in transport, including safety, planning, finance and management with South African roads, rail, maritime, and aviation service providers. Following his re-election to parliament in 2024, he was appointed a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament. During the parliamentary plenary session on 25 July 2024, Hunsinger was elected to the Board of Trustees as Parliamentary Representative of the Political Office Bearers Pension Fund and subsequently as Chairperson of the Investments sub-committee.
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Peter Johan Lor
- Occupations
- university teacherlibrarianlibrary scientist
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Peter Johan Lor is a South African librarian and library and information science scholar specialising in international librarianship.
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Anrune Liebenberg
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- athletics competitor
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Anrune Weyers, is a South African para-athlete. She took up athletics in 2010. Weyers was born with a congenital defect in her left arm and competes in the T47 disability class. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships she came second in the 400 m and sixth in the 200 m. In 2012, she won two medals at the London Paralympics, namely silver in the 400 m and bronze in the 200 m. Later that year these medals were stolen while she was travelling from George airport in the Western Cape. At the 2013 IPC World Championships she came second in both the 200 m and the 400 m.
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Lulu Latsky
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- 1901-1980 (aged 79)
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- writerzoologistacademic
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Lulu Latsky was a South African writer and zoologist, and the first woman to earn a doctorate in science in South Africa. She wrote about 70 books including many that were written for children and based on her knowledge of zoology.
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Conrad J. Wethmar
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- 1943-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- theologian
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Conrad Johannes Wethmar is a systematic theologian, reformed theologian and emeritus professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is guest editor of Verbum et Ecclesia.
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Johan Frederik Holleman
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- university teacher
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Johan 'Hans' Frederik Holleman was a Dutch and South African professor, ethnologist, and legal scholar, best known for his research into the indigenous legal systems of Southern Africa. During his life he published twenty books, including five works of fiction. He also published works using the pseudonyms 'Jacobus van der Blaeswindt' and 'Holmer Johanssen'. He is also known for his photography.
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Butch Lochner
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- rugby union player
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George Philip "Butch" Lochner was a South African international rugby union player. He made nine appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958, mostly as a number eight. He also scored two tries during his international career, at a time when tries were worth three points. Lochner, who studied agriculture at the University of Stellenbosch, started playing provincial rugby with Western Province in 1951, before moving to Boland in 1954. He made his international debut for South Africa during the 3rd Test of the 1955 British Lions tour at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria. The match was won by the Lions, giving them a 2–1 lead in the four Test series. He was not selected for the 4th Lions Test, but was included in the squad for the 1956 tour of Australia and New Zealand. He played in all six of the tour Tests, including two victories over Australia. After Australia, the Springboks travelled to New Zealand to compete in a four Test Series. Following a loss in Dunedin and a win in Wellington, the series with the All Blacks was level going into the 3rd Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch. Lochner, playing as a flanker, scored a try as South Africa lost the match 17–10. New Zealand went on to win the series 3–1. He then played in both Tests of France's 1958 tour. He scored a try in the opening match, a 3–3 draw at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, before making his final appearance as a Springbok in the 2nd Test at Ellis Park, Johannesburg. France won the game to take the series 1–0.
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Joan Swart
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- psychologist
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Joan Swart is a South African psychologist, author, consultant and researcher. Dr. Swart has completed a Masters in Forensic Psychology at the HLC-accredited Walden University and a doctorate at the BPPE-approved Eisner Institute for Professional Studies, based in Encino, California. She is currently a consultant and researcher at the Apsche Institute, based in Leesburg, Virginia.
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Jan du Preez
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Jan Gysbert Hermanus du Preez was a South African rugby union player who made one Test match appearance in 1956. He was the last surviving member of the 1956 Springboks rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand, passing away in June of 2024.
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Justine Shaw
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- scientist
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Justine Shaw is an Australian Antarctic researcher, best known for her conservation work on subantarctic islands, currently working at the Queensland University of Technology. She has a wide global research network, having worked in Australia, South Africa, sub-Antarctic/Antarctic and the Arctic.
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Donald du Toit
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- surgeon
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Donald du Toit, FCS., FRCS., is a South African specialist general surgeon, clinician and emeritus professor as well as chief of Anatomy and Histology and previous ad hominem professor of surgery at the University of Stellenbosch.
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Marius Swart
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- businesspersonpolitician
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Marius Swart was a South African politician and businessman. A member of the Democratic Alliance, he served as the inaugural Executive Mayor of the George Local Municipality from 2000 to 2004, when he was elected to the National Assembly. After serving two terms in parliament, Swart retired from politics in 2014.
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Gordon Tomlinson
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- lawyerpoet
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Gordon Tomlinson was a lawyer, writer, and champion of Afrikaans.
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Dirk Daniël Hammann
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- journalist
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Dirk Daniël Hammann, known as Niel Hammann, is a retired South African senior journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the Afrikaans weekly family magazine Huisgenoot, as well as its English sister publication, You.
