List of Famous people born in North West, South Africa

Motsi Mabuse

First Name Motsi
Born on April 11, 1981 (age 43)

Motshegetsi "Motsi" Mabuse is a South African dancer currently residing in Germany. She has appeared on Let's Dance, the German version of Strictly Come Dancing, originally appearing as a professional dancer but later became a judge on the show. On 22 July 2019, it was announced that Mabuse would replace Darcey Bussell as a judge on the 17th series of Strictly Come Dancing.

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Marnus Labuschagne

First Name Marnus
Born on June 22, 1994 (age 30)

Marnus Labuschagne is a South African-born Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and domestic cricket for the Queensland cricket team. He also currently plays county cricket for Glamorgan and in the Big Bash League for the Brisbane Heat.

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Mpilo Tutu
First Name Desmond
Last Name Tutu
Born on October 7, 1931
Died on December 26, 2021 (aged 90)

Sir Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the 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.

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Marco Jansen

First Name Marco
Last Name Jansen
Born on May 1, 2000 (age 24)

Marco Jansen is a South African cricketer. He made his List A debut for North West in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 8 April 2018. He made his first-class debut for North West in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 11 October 2018. His twin brother, Duan, also plays cricket for North West.

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Wimpie van der Walt

First Name Wimpie
Born on January 6, 1989 (age 35)

Petrus Willem van der Walt is a South African rugby union player who represents Japan at international level and is currently playing with NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is lock or flanker.

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Brad Binder

First Name Brad
Born on August 11, 1995 (age 29)

Brad Binder is a South African Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was also known for winning the 2016 Moto3 World Championship. In November 2019 he was confirmed as a factory KTM rider in MotoGP class for the 2020 season, replacing Johann Zarco who had abandoned his factory ride earlier in the year.

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Katlego Maboe

First Name Katlego
Born on October 29, 1986 (age 38)

Katlego Moswane Maboe is a South African TV presenter, singer-songwriter and accountant. He was consecutively awarded Best TV Presenter at the South African Film and Television Awards in 2015 and 2016. He is also known for hosting the morning talk show Expresso on SABC 3 since its inception in 2010.

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Brandon Stone

First Name Brandon
Last Name Stone
Born on April 20, 1993 (age 31)

Brandon Stone is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.

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Franco Smith

First Name Franco
Last Name Smith
Born on July 29, 1972 (age 52)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Petrus Francois Smith is a South African former rugby union player and current Head Coach of Italy. His regular playing position was fly-half or centre.

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Jacobus Petrus Bekker

First Name Jacobus
Last Name Bekker
Born on December 14, 1952 (age 72)
Net Worth $3.0B

Jacobus Petrus "Koos" Bekker is a South African billionaire businessman, and the chairman of media group Naspers. The company operates in 130 countries and is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It has the largest market capitalization of any media company outside the U.S., China and India.

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