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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
2
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
5
Child activist who died from HIV/AIDS at the age of 12
Nkosi Johnson
6
Anti-apartheid activist and second wife of #1
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
7
Second president of post-apartheid South Africa
Thabo Mbeki
8
Professional golfer
Gary Player
9
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
15
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
19
Former Prime Minister considered the "Architect of Apartheid"
HF Verwoerd
20
Assassinated activist and leader of the SA Communist Party
Chris Hani
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2 Comments
lavernesue
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Level 81
Mar 25, 2018
I hope Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masakela were on the list.
NauruPalau
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Level 48
Jan 17, 2020
Theron should be accepted
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