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This is a list of notable and famous South Africans who are the ... survey by Media24 in 1999 about 100 most influential South Africans (and people associated ...
Louis Botha: former Prime Minister of South Africa [1] P. W. Botha: Executive State President of South Africa; Sir Johannes Brand: State President of the Orange Free State; Thomas François Burgers: State President of the South African Republic; J. B. M. Hertzog: Prime Minister of South Africa [2] F. W. de Klerk: Executive State President of ...
Zulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, where it is an official language. More than half of the South African population can understand it, with over 13.78 million first-language and over 15 million second-language speakers. [9] Many Zulu people also speak Xitsonga, Sesotho and others from among South Africa's 12 official ...
The South African census of 1960 was the final census undertaken in the Union of South Africa. The ethno-linguistic status of some 15,994,181 South African citizens was projected by various sources through sampling language, religion, and race. At least 1.6 million South Africans were white Afrikaans speakers, or 10% of the total population.
Khoisan (/ ˈ k ɔɪ s ɑː n / KOY-sahn) or Khoe-Sān (pronounced [kxʰoesaːn]) is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non-Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen and the Sān peoples.
In contemporary South Africa, Boer and Afrikaner have often been used interchangeably. [dubious – discuss] Afrikaner directly translated means African, and thus refers to all Afrikaans-speaking people in Africa who have their origins in the Cape Colony founded by Jan Van Riebeeck. Boer is a specific group within the larger Afrikaans-speaking ...
Pixley ka Isaka Seme, founder of the African National Congress and first black lawyer in South Africa; Sihle Zikalala, premier of KwaZulu-Natal; S'bu Zikode, co-founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo; Andrew Zondo, former Umkhonto we Sizwe activist; Lindiwe Zulu, South Africa's Minister of Small Business Development
Great South Africans was a South African television series that aired on SABC3 and hosted by Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu and Denis Beckett. In September 2004, thousands of South Africans took part in an informal nationwide poll to determine the "100 Greatest South Africans" of all time.