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100 Great South Africans (Top 20)
Based on the list compiled in 2004 determined by nationwide polls.
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1st democratically-elected president and Nobel Peace laureat
Nelson Mandela
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Performed first successful heart transplant
Christiaan Barnard
3
Last apartheid-era president and Nobel Peace laureate
FW de Klerk
4
Activist for Indian civil rights in South Africa
Mahatma Gandhi
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Child activist who died from HIV/AIDS at the age of 12
Nkosi Johnson
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Anti-apartheid activist and second wife of #1
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Second president of post-apartheid South Africa
Thabo Mbeki
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Professional golfer
Gary Player
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Former Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
Jan Smuts
10
1st black Archbishop of Cape Town and anti-apartheid activist
Desmond Tutu
11
Captain of the national cricket team in the '90s
Hansie Cronjé
12
Actress and Academy Award winner
Charlize Theron
13
Anti-apartheid activist who died in police custody
Steve Biko
14
Warlike monarch credited with establishing the Zulu kingdom
Shaka Zulu
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Founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
16
Leader of the Opposition Democratic Alliance from 1999-2007
Tony Leon
17
Activist and singer labelled the "Queen of African Pop"
Brenda Fassie
18
Web entrepreneur and first African in space
Mark Shuttleworth
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Former Prime Minister considered the "Architect of Apartheid"
HF Verwoerd
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Assassinated activist and leader of the SA Communist Party
Chris Hani
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lavernesue
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Level 79
Mar 25, 2018
I hope Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masakela were on the list.
NauruPalau
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Level 50
Jan 17, 2020
Theron should be accepted
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