Posts Tagged famous South Africans

South Africa – South African Sport And Culture

The Food, diverse culture, famous people and the Sports of South Africa are all a great part of what makes up this beautiful country

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South Africa – South African Apartheid Activists – Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela was born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela in Bizana, Transkei (now part of the Eastern Cape Province) on the 26th September 1936. She had seven siblings and her mother was a home economics teacher employed at a local school.

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South Africa Apartheid Activists – Famous South Africans – Donald Woods

The story of Donald Woods, South African Journalist, political activist and friend of Steve Biko.

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South African History – Famous South Africans – Dr Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan Neethling Barnard was born in Beaufort West, Cape Province of South Africa on the 8th November 1922. He was destined to become a doctor who would become world famous as a result of performing the world’s first heart transplant.

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South African Leaders – Famous people of South Africa – Nelson Mandela

The life of Nelson Mandela from a boy in a village in the Transkei, to becoming the first Black President of South Africa.

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Famous people of South Africa – South African History – Harry Oppenheimer

The life of South African Businessman Harry Oppenheimer

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South African History – Famous leaders of South Africa – F.W. de Klerk

Read about President F.W De Klerk’s early life and his political moves to free Nelson Mandela and end apartheid in South Africa

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South African Famous People – Leaders in South Africa – Louis Botha

The first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, Louis Botha fought in the Boer War and in the First World War. He was born in Natal in 1862 and became Prime Minister in 1907

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Famous South Africans in History -Leaders of South Africa – Jan Christiaan Smuts

Jan Christiaan Smuts can undoubtedly be listed as one of South Africa’s greatest sons. He was born in Bovenplaats in the Western Cape Province (then the Cape Colony) on the 24th May 1870.  He was home schooled by his mother and only started formal schooling at the age of 12 and after only 5 years, [...]

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South African Culture – Tribes of South Africa – Xhosa Nation

The Xhosa tribe of South Africa. Xhosa tribe culture and language. Some of the more well-known South African Xhosa’s.

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