List of Famous people born in South Africa
Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce David Grobbelaar is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English team Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. He is remembered for his gymnastic-like athletic ability, unflappable confidence and eccentric and flamboyant style of play. He has been the goalkeeper coach for Ottawa Fury FC of the North American Soccer League since 2014. In March 2018 he was announced as goalkeeper coach for the Matabeleland football team.
Anna Karen
Anna Karen is a retired British film, television and theatre actress. A regular in soaps and comedy, her best-known roles are as Olive in the sitcoms On the Buses (1969–1973) and The Rag Trade (1977–1978) and as Aunt Sal in EastEnders on a recurring basis.
Herschel Jantjies
Herschel Jerome Jantjies is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the Stormers in Super Rugby. His regular position is scrum-half.
Charl Schwartzel
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He has won one major title, the Masters in 2011. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number six, after finishing in a tie for fourth at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2012.
Pogo
Christopher Nicholas "Nick" Bertke, better known by his stage name Pogo, which is symbolized by an icon of a rabbit, is a South African-born, Australian electronic musician. Much of his work consists of recording small sounds, quotes, and melodies from films, TV programmes or other sources, and sequencing the sounds together to form a new piece of music. A number of Pogo's works consist almost entirely of the sounds he samples, with few or no additional music or sound samples.
Marizanne Kapp
Marizanne Kapp is an international cricketer who plays for South Africa national women's cricket team. She was the first cricketer for South Africa to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.
Ben Kruger
Ben Kruger, was a South African actor and author, best known for his roles in the popular serials Snake Island, Binnelanders and Zero Tolerance.
Masoja Msiza
Masoja Josiah Msiza is a South African actor, poet and musician. He is best known for portraying "Nkunzi Mhlongo" in the award-winning telenovela Uzalo.
Damian de Allende
Damian de Allende is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Irish province Munster in the Pro14. His usual position is either centre or wing, He was a member of the winning Springboks in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams is a South African politician and the Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services in the cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa. She previously served as Deputy Minister of Communication. Ndabeni-Abrahams is a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC), and a member of the Eastern Cape African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Working Committee (PWC)