Cape Coloureds () are a
South African ethnic group
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consisted primarily of persons of
mixed race
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and
Khoisan
Khoisan , or (), according to the contemporary Khoekhoegowab orthography, is a catch-all term for those indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who do not speak one of the Bantu languages, combining the (formerly "Khoikhoi") and the or ( in t ...
descent. Although
Coloureds
Coloureds ( af, Kleurlinge or , ) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in Southern Africa who may have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including African, European, and Asian. South ...
form a minority group within
South Africa
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, they are the predominant population group in the
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...
.
They are generally bilingual, speaking
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
and
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
, though some speak only one of these. Some Cape Coloureds may
code switch
''Code Switch'' is a race and culture outlet and a weekly podcast from American public radio network NPR. It began in 2013 with a blog as well as contributing stories to NPR radio programs. The Code Switch podcast launched in 2016. In the wake ...
,
speaking a
patois
''Patois'' (, pl. same or ) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. As such, ''patois'' can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects or vernaculars, but not commonly to jargon o ...
of Afrikaans and English called also known as Cape Slang (Capy) or , meaning Kitchen Afrikaans. Cape Coloureds were classified under
apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
as a subset of the larger
Coloured
Coloureds ( af, Kleurlinge or , ) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in Southern Africa who may have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including African, European, and Asian. South ...
race group.
At least one genetic study indicates that Cape Coloureds have an ancestry consisting of the following ethnic groups:
*
Khoisan
Khoisan , or (), according to the contemporary Khoekhoegowab orthography, is a catch-all term for those indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who do not speak one of the Bantu languages, combining the (formerly "Khoikhoi") and the or ( in t ...
: (32–43%)
*
Bantu-speaking Africans: (20–36%)
*
Ethnic groups in Europe
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: (21–28%)
*
Asian people
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s: (9–11%)
Origin and history
The Cape Coloureds are a heterogeneous South African
ethnic group
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, with diverse ancestral links. Ancestry may include
European settlers
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In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...
, indigenous Khoi and San and
Xhosa people
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (; ) are African people who are direct kinsmen of Tswana people, Sotho people and Twa people, yet are narrowly sub grouped by European as Nguni ethnic group whose traditional homeland is primarily t ...
, and slaves imported from the
Dutch East Indies
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(or a combination of all). People from
India
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and the islands within the Indian Ocean region were also taken to the Cape and sold into slavery by the Dutch settlers. The Indian slaves were almost invariably given Christian names but their places of origin were indicated in the records of sales and other documents so that it is possible to get an idea of the ratio of slaves from different regions. These slaves were, however, dispersed and lost their Indian cultural identity over the course of time. Slaves of Malay and other ancestry were brought from
India
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,
Indonesia
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,
Malaysia
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,
Madagascar
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, and
Mozambique
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. This diverse assortment of people was subsequently classified as a single group under the
Apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
regime.
Under Apartheid, under the
Population Registration Act as amended, the term ''Cape Coloured'' referred to a subset of
Coloured
Coloureds ( af, Kleurlinge or , ) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in Southern Africa who may have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including African, European, and Asian. South ...
South Africans, with subjective criteria having been used by the bureaucracy to determine whether a person was a Cape Coloured, or belonged to one of a number of other related subgroups such as the "
Cape Malays", or "Other Coloureds".
Cape Coloureds in the media
A group of Cape Coloureds were interviewed in the documentary series ''
Ross Kemp on Gangs
''Ross Kemp on Gangs'' is a documentary series that was broadcast on Sky 1 from 21 September 2004, until 6 January 2009. Hosted by actor Ross Kemp, the series follows Kemp and a film crew around the world as they interview members of gangs, ...
''. One of the gang members who participated in the interview mentioned that black South Africans have been the main beneficiaries of South African social promotion initiatives while the Cape Coloureds have been further marginalised.
The 2009 film ''I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured - Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope'' (Monde World Films, US release) is one of the first historical documentary films to explore the legacy of Apartheid through the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured community, including interviews with elders, pastors, members of Parliament, students and everyday people struggling to find their identity in the new South Africa. The film's 2016 sequel ''Word of Honour: Reclaiming Mandela’s Promise'' (Monde World Films, US release)
Various books have covered the subject matter of Coloured identity and heritage.
Patric Tariq Mellet, heritage activist and author of 'The Camissa Embrace' and co-creator of The Camissa Museum, has composed a vast online blog archive ('Camissa People') of heritage information concerning Coloured ancestry tracing to the Indigenous San and Khoe and Malagasy, East African, Indonesian, Indian, Bengal and Sri Lankan slaves.
Terminology
The term "
coloured
Coloureds ( af, Kleurlinge or , ) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in Southern Africa who may have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including African, European, and Asian. South ...
" is currently treated as a neutral description in Southern Africa, classifying people of mixed race ancestry. "Coloured" may be seen as offensive in some other western countries, such as Britain and the United States of America.
Notable people
Politicians
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Midi Achmat, South African writer and
LGBT rights activist
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Zackie Achmat
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, South African HIV/AIDS activist and filmmaker
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Neville Alexander
Neville Edward Alexander (22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012) was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow-prisoner of Nelson Mandela.
Early life
Alexander was born ...
, Political activist, educationalist and lecturer.
*
Allan Boesak
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(Political activist & Cleric).
*
Patricia de Lille
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, former
PAC, then
Independent Democrats
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leader, then
Democratic Alliance mayor of
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
, now leader of Good Party
*
Tony Ehrenreich, South African
trades union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
ist.
*
Zainunnisa Gool
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, South African Political activist and representative on the
Cape Town City Council
The City of Cape Town ( af, Stad Kaapstad; xh, IsiXeko saseKapa) is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 3,740,026.
The remot ...
.
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Alex La Guma
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, South African novelist and leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation.
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Trevor Manuel
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, former Finance Minister, currently Head of the
National Planning Commission of South Africa
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The head of the commission reports to the President, and works with various mini ...
.
*
Peter Marais
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He previously served as the inaugural Mayor of Cape Town from 2000 until his dis ...
, former Unicity Mayor of Cape Town and Former Premier of the Western Cape
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Gerald Morkel
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, former mayor of
Cape Town
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*
Dan Plato
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, Western Cape Community Safety Minister.
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Dulcie September
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Early life
The second eldest daughter of Jak ...
, political activist.
*
Adam Small
Adam Small (21 December 1936 – 25 June 2016) was a South African writer who was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement and other activism. He was noted as a Coloured writer who wrote works in Afrikaans that dealt with racial discriminatio ...
, political activist, poet and writer.
*
Percy Sonn
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, former president of the
International Cricket Council
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.
*
Simon van der Stel
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Background
Simon was the son of Adriaan van der Steland Maria Lievens ...
, last commander and first Governor of the
Dutch Cape Colony
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.
Artists and writers
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Peter Abrahams, writer
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Tyrone Appollis, academic
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Willie Bester
Willie Bester (born February 29, 1956) is a South African painter, sculptor and collage artist. He is best known for his role in the protesting of the apartheid system through his artwork. He currently lives in Kuilsrivier, South Africa with his w ...
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Dennis Brutus
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...
, journalist, poet, activist
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Peter Clarke
*
, writer and performance artist
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Garth Erasmus, artist
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Diana Ferrus
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, poet, writer and performance artist
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Oliver Hermanus
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"Oliver Hermanus." IMDb: The Internet Movie Dat ...
, writer, director
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Rozena Maart, writer
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Mustafa Maluka
* Dr.
Don Mattera
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James Matthews, writer
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Selwyn Milborrow, poet, writer, journalist
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Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh
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*
Arthur Nortje
Arthur Kenneth Nortje (16 December 1942 – 11 December 1970) was a South African poet.
Life
Nortje was born in Oudtshoorn and went to school in Port Elizabeth, where he was taught by the acclaimed writer Dennis Brutus. After school he studied ...
, poet
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Robin Rhode
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Education
Rhode was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied fine art at Technikon Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (n ...
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Richard Moore Rive
Richard Moore Rive (1 March 1931 – 4 June 1989) was a South African writer and academic, who was from Cape Town.
Biography
Rive was born on 1 March 1931 in Caledon Street in the working-class Coloured residential area District Six, Cape Town, ...
, writer
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Tracey Rose
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Biography
Rose was born in 1974 in Durban, South Africa. She attended the University o ...
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Adam Small
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, writer
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Zoë Wicomb
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Early life
Zoë Wicomb w ...
, writer
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Athol Williams
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Life
Williams was born in Lansdowne, Cape Town, South Africa, and grew up in Mitchells Plain, the coloured t ...
, poet, writer, scholar,
social philosopher
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Actors and actresses
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Quanita Adams
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, actress
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Natalie Becker
Natalie Bridgette Becker is a South African actress.
Biography
Becker was born in George, Western Cape province and raised in Cape Town. She is of Cape Coloured descent. Becker has spoken about growing up lonely on a small holding because her mo ...
, actress
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Lesley-Ann Brandt
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, actress
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Meryl Cassie
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, actress from the television series ''
The Tribe''.
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Vincent Ebrahim
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, actor
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Vinette Ebrahim
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Early life
Ebrahim is the sister of ...
, actress
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Kim Engelbrecht
Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht (born 20 June 1980) is a South African actress. She is the recipient of two South African Film and Television Awards as well as a nomination for an International Emmy Award.
She is known for her roles as Lolly in the soap ...
, actress,
Dominion
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"Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 192 ...
,
Isidingo
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,
The Flash
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,
Boy Called Twist
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Jarrid Geduld, actor,
Boy Called Twist,
A Lucky Man
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,
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story,
Indemnity
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, Aarendsvlei
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Kandyse McClure
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, actress,
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
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(resides in Canada)
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Shamilla Miller, actress
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Blossom Tainton-Lindquist
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Her father, Graham Tainton, is a choreographer. Tainton danced and sang at an early age. She ...
Beauty queens
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Tansey Coetzee
Tansey Coetzee (born 8 October 1984) is a South African beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 2007, and later represented South Africa in Miss Universe 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam, where she placed among the top 15 semifinalists. ...
, Miss South Africa 2007
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Tamaryn Green, Miss South Africa 2018
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Amy Kleinhans, former Miss South Africa 1992 and first non-white Miss South Africa.
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Liesl Laurie
Liesl Laurie (born 24 December 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 2015. She has represented her country at the Miss World 2015, in Sanya, China on 19 Dece ...
, Miss South Africa 2015
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Jo-Ann Strauss
Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss (born 3 February 1981 in Cape Town) is a South African model, public speaker and businesswoman. In 2001, she represented her country as Miss South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico as well as at the Miss W ...
, Miss South Africa 2000, media personality and business woman.
Musicians
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AKA, hip-hop recording artist
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Fallon Bowman
Fallon Bowman (born 16 November 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a musician and actor from London, Ontario, Canada, best known for her involvement with the band Kittie. She is of mixed ethnicity, as is characteristic of most Cape Coloureds fr ...
, South African-born guitarist, singer, and actor.
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Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.
Biography
Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during Ap ...
,
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
musician.
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Paxton Fielies, singer
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Jean Grae
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, hip-hop artist.
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Paul Hanmer, pianist and composer
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cap ...
, jazz pianist
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Robbie Jansen
Robert Edward Jansen (5 August 1949 – 7 July 2010) was a South African musician. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa.
Biography
Jansen began his career in the pop band The Rockets. The first instruments he played were concertina and mouth ...
, musician
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Trevor Jones, South African-born film composer.
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Taliep Petersen
Taliep Petersen (15 April 1950 – 16 December 2006) was a South African singer, composer and director of a number of popular musicals. He worked most notably with David Kramer, with whom he won an Olivier Award.
Career
One of "South Africa' ...
, musician and director
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YoungstaCPT
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, rapper
Others
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Marc Lottering, comedian
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Jenny Powell
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, television presenter.
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Trevor Noah
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Athletics
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Shaun Abrahams
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Prior to his appointment in 2015 when Mxolisi Nxasana stepped down as NDPP, Abrahams had been a seni ...
, 800m runner
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Cornel Fredericks
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He was the silver medallist at the ...
, track-and-field sprinter
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Paul Gorries
Paul Gorries (born 28 February 1981 in Cape Town
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, Sprinter
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Leigh Julius, 2004-08 Olympian
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Geraldine Pillay, 2004 Olympian, Commonwealth medallist
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Wayde van Niekerk
Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: , ; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 200 metres, 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world record, world and ...
, track-and-field sprinter, Olympic and World Champion, and World Record Holder
Cricket
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Paul Adams
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Vincent Barnes
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Loots Bosman
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Henry Davids
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Basil D'Oliveira
Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE OIS (4 October 1931 – 19 November 2011) was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background, whose potential selection by England for the scheduled 1968–69 tour of apartheid-era South ...
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Damian D'Oliveira
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Playing for Worcestersh ...
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JP Duminy
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Herschelle Gibbs
Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for fourteen years. A right-handed batsman, mostly opened the batting, Gibbs became the first player to hi ...
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Beuran Hendricks
Beuran Eric Hendricks (born 8 June 1990) is a South African cricketer who plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batter for Western Province. He made his international debut for South Africa in March 2014.
Domestic career
Follo ...
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Reeza Hendricks
Reeza Raphael Hendricks (born 14 August 1989) is a South African cricketer who plays for Gauteng and for the South Africa national cricket team. He is a right-handed opening batsman. He made his international debut for South Africa in November 2 ...
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Omar Henry
Omar Henry (born 23 January 1952) is a former cricketer who represented South Africa at international level, and also played for Scotland. He played in three Tests and three One Day Internationals for South Africa. He is notable for being the ...
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Garnett Kruger
Garnett John-Peter Kruger (born 5 January 1977) is a South African cricketer. Kruger started his first-class cricket career in 1997–98 for Eastern Province B, moving up to the A team in 1999–2000. In 2003–04 he played for Gauteng, before mo ...
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Charl Langeveldt
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Wayne Parnell
Wayne Dillon Parnell (born 30 July 1989) is a South African professional cricketer who most recently played for Northamptonshire in English county cricket.
Previously, Parnell played Test cricket, One Day International cricket and Twenty20 matc ...
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Alviro Petersen
Alviro Nathan Petersen (born 25 November 1980) is a former South African international cricketer who played domestic cricket in South Africa for the Highveld Lions and in England for Lancashire. A right-handed batsman, he has represented South Af ...
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Robin Peterson
Robin John Peterson (born 4 August 1979) is a former South African cricketer who bowls left arm spin and is a capable batsman. He has played 14 Tests and over 70 ODIs for South Africa. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on ...
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Keegan Petersen
Keegan Darryl Petersen (born 8 August 1993) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman, occasional wicket-keeper and occasional leg break bowler, he has played for Boland, Cape Cobras, Knights and Northern Cape in South African do ...
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Vernon Philander
Vernon Darryl Philander (born 24 June 1985) is a South African former international cricketer. He was a right-handed bowling all-rounder; he had previously represented his country at under 19 level. He played for the South Africa national cricke ...
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Dane Piedt
Dane Leeroy Piedt (born 6 March 1990) is a South African former cricketer. He played for the Cape Cobras. He made his Test cricket debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe in August 2014. In March 2020, Piedt announced his retirement from crick ...
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Ashwell Prince
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Roger Telemachus
Roger Telemachus (born 27 March 1973) is a former South African international cricketer. He has played 37 One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals for his country.
International career
In the famous 438-game played at the Wan ...
Field hockey
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Clyde Abrahams
Clyde Abrahams (born 15 October 1978) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
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1978 births
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South African male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey pla ...
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Liesel Dorothy
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Ignatius Malgraff
Football
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Cole Alexander
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James Musa
James Mzamo Musa (born 1 April 1992) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Colorado Springs Switchbacks.
Early life
Born in Plymouth, England, of South African Xhosa, Zimbabwean shona and ...
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Oswin Appollis
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Andre Arendse
Andre Leander Arendse (born 27 June 1967) is a South African former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.
He now works as an assistant and goalkeeper coach for Supersport United and has also been a co-presenter with SuperSport.
Playing ...
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Tyren Arendse
Tyren Arendse (born 31 December 1980 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African association football midfielder for National First Division club Engen Santos and South Africa.
He is from Elsie's River on the Cape Flats
The Cape Flats ...
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Wayne Arendse
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Bradley August
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Brendan Augustine
Brendan Augustine (born 26 October 1971 in East London) is a South African former football player. He played professionally for Bush Bucks, LASK Linz (Austria) and Ajax Cape Town.
He played for South Africa national soccer team and was a pa ...
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Emile Baron
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Shaun Bartlett
Shaun Bartlett (born 31 October 1972) is a South African professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of Cape Town Spurs F.C., Cape Town Spurs. During his playing career, h ...
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Tyrique Bartlett
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David Booysen
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Mario Booysen
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Ethan Brooks
Ethan Barbier Brooks (born April 27, 1972) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys. He played college f ...
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Delron Buckley
Delron Sebastian Buckley (born 7 December 1977) is a South African former professional footballer. His preferred position was the left wing although he could also play as a striker. In September 2021, he was appointed Head Coach of the Universi ...
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Brent Carelse
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Daylon Claasen
Daylon Kayton Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international soccer player who last played for Maritzburg United, as a winger.
Club career
Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and ...
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Rivaldo Coetzee
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Keanu Cupido
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Clayton Daniels
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Lance Davids
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Rushine De Reuck
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Keagan Dolly
Keagan Larenzo Dolly (born 22 January 1993) is a South African professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League and the South Africa national team. He won the Premier Soccer Lea ...
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Kermit Erasmus
Kermit Romeo Erasmus (born 8 July 1990) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for South African Premier Soccer League side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team.
Born in Port Elizabeth, Erasmus moved to Pretor ...
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Jody February
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Taariq Fielies
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Quinton Fortune
Quinton Fortune (born 21 May 1977) is a South African professional football coach and former player, who played as both a midfielder and a defender. His career began in Europe and after stints with Tottenham Hotspur, Mallorca and Atlético M ...
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Bevan Fransman
Bevan Fransman (born 31 October 1983 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African Association football, footballer, currently playing as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back for TS Galaxy F.C., TS Galaxy.
He was in the S ...
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Stanton Fredericks
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Reeve Frosler
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Ruzaigh Gamildien
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Morgan Gould
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Victor Gomes
Victor Miguel de Freitas Gomes (born 15 December 1982) is a South African football referee.
A PSL referee since 2008, Gomes was voted PSL Referee of the Season in 2012–13 and 2017–18 and has been an international referee since 2011.
In ...
, referee
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Travis Graham
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Ashraf Hendricks
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Rowan Human
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Rudi Isaacs
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Willem Jackson
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Moeneeb Josephs
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David Kannemeyer
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Ricardo Katza
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Daine Klate
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Lyle Lakay
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Lee Langeveldt
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Clinton Larsen
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Luke Le Roux
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Stanton Lewis
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Benni McCarthy
Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) is a South African coach and former footballer who is a first-team coach at Manchester United. He previously worked as head coach of South African Premier Division team AmaZulu.
A former f ...
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South Africa national team's all-time top scorer with 31 goals
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Fabian McCarthy
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Leroy Maluka
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Grant Margeman
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Wiseman Meyiwa
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Bryce Moon
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Nasief Morris
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Tashreeq Morris
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Andile Ncobo, referee
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Andras Nemeth
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Reagan Noble
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Brad Norman
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Riyaad Norodien
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Bernard Parker
Bernard Parker (born 16 March 1986) is a South African professional association footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Premier Soccer League club TS Galaxy. Between 2007 and 2015 he made 73 appearances for the South Africa n ...
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Peter Petersen
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Brandon Peterson
Brandon Peterson is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on Marvel Comics from Paterson New Jersey and Top Cow's '' Codename: Strykeforce'' in the 1990s.
Career
Peterson's early works for Marvel include a ''New Warriors'' ...
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Steven Pienaar
Steven Jerome Pienaar (; born 17 March 1982) is a South African former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the U18 team of the Ajax Youth Academy.
He was a captain of the South African national team. He primarily played as ...
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Reyaad Pieterse
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Wayne Roberts
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Frank Schoeman
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Ebrahim Seedat
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Brandon Silent
Brandon Silent (born 22 January 1973) is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a right-sided midfielder and fullback.
Career
Silent played club football for Orlando Pirates, scoring 22 go ...
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Elrio van Heerden
Elrio van Heerden (, ; born 11 July 1983) is a South African retired footballer who played as a midfielder for the likes of Copenhagen, Club Brugge and Blackburn Rovers, among other clubs. He was previously also been an established member of th ...
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Dino Visser
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Shu-Aib Walters
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Mark Williams, scored both goals to win the
1996 African Cup of Nations final
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Ronwen Williams
Ronwen Hayden Williams (born 21 January 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for both Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa national team.
Club career
Early career
Will ...
Rugby
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Gio Aplon
Gio Giaan Aplon (born 6 October 1982) is a South African rugby union player for Toyota Verblitz in the Top League in Japan. He scored two tries in a 42–17 triumph against the Six Nations Tournament, Six Nations winner – France. The match wa ...
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Nizaam Carr
Nizaam Carr (born 4 April 1991) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays either as a flanker, loose forward or number 8 and back rower. He is renowned for his athleticism and linking play.
Personal life
Carr grew up in Mitchell's ...
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Kurt Coleman, Western Province and Stormers player
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Bolla Conradie
Bolla Conradie (born 24 February 1978) is a former South African rugby union footballer.
See also
*List of South Africa national rugby union players
South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several p ...
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Juan de Jongh
Juan Leon de Jongh (born 15 April 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer. He was one of the stars of Vodacom WP's ABSA Currie Cup campaign in 2009 and he made his debut against the . He became the first choice inside centre for the Stor ...
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Peter de Villiers
Peter de Villiers (born 3 June 1957) is a South African professional rugby union coach and Good Party politician. He was coach of the South Africa national rugby union team from 2008 to 2011, after successes with the South African U19 and U21 ...
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Justin Geduld
Justin Gilberto Geduld (born 1 October 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently contracted to SARU as a sevens rugby player, as well as playing domestic rugby union for . His regular position is centre.
He was a member of the S ...
, Sprinbok 7’s
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Bryan Habana
Bryan Gary Habana OIS (born 12 June 1983) is a South African former professional rugby union player who initially played as an outside centre but later on, he shifted to the wing. He most recently played for Toulon in the French Top 14 compet ...
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Cornal Hendricks
Cornal Hendricks (born 18 April 1988) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. His usual position is wing.
Career
Boland Cavaliers
He represented local team thr ...
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Adrian Jacobs
Adrian Abraham 'Adi' Jacobs (born 14 August 1980) is a South African former rugby union footballer who played for the provincially and The Sharks in Super Rugby.
Playing career
At high school, Jacobs was often riled and made fun of because ...
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Conrad Jantjes
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Elton Jantjies
Elton Thomas Jantjies (born 1 August 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the in the Japan Rugby Football Union and the in the Currie Cup.
Jantjies made his professional debut with the ...
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Herschel Jantjies
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Ricky Januarie
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Ashley Johnson
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Cheslin Kolbe
Cheslin Kolbe (born 28 October 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and for in the Top 14 in France. His regular position is Wing (rugby union), wing, but he also plays ...
, Western Province and Stormers player
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Dillyn Leyds
Dillyn Yullrich Leyds (born 12 September 1992 in Somerset West, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Stade Rochelais in the French Top 14. He can play as a fullback, fly-half or wing.
Career ...
, Western Province and Stormers player
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Lionel Mapoe
Grenton Lionel Starlone Mapoe (born 13 July 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays mostly as a centre or winger. He plays for the in the United Rugby Championship and for the in the Currie Cup. He played for the in Super ...
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Breyton Paulse
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Earl Rose
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Tian Schoeman
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Errol Tobias
Errol George Tobias (born 18 March 1950) is a former South African rugby union footballer, and the first player of colour to play in a test match for the South African national side. He gained six caps between 1981 and 1984 when the country was ...
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Jaco van Tonder
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Ashwin Willemse
Ashwin Willemse (born 8 September 1981 in Caledon, Cape Province) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played at wing for the national team, the Springboks.
After winning an IRB Under-21 World Cup gold medal for South Africa in 2 ...
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Chester Williams
Chester Mornay Williams (8 August 1970 – 6 September 2019) was a South African rugby union player. He played as a winger for the South Africa national rugby union team (Springboks) from 1993 to 2000, most notably for the team that won the ...
Others
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Christopher Gabriel, basketball player
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Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
- tennis player
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Devon Petersen
Devon Petersen (born 4 June 1986) is a South African professional darts player and a pundit for Sky Sports. He has qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached th ...
- darts player
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Kenny Solomon
Kenneth Terence Solomon (born 8 October 1979) is a South African chess Grandmaster. He is the first and currently the only Grandmaster South Africa has ever produced.
He took up chess at the age of 13, inspired by his elder brother's qualifi ...
, South Africa's first chess grandmaster
See also
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Cape Corps
The Cape Corps and its predecessor units were the main military organisations in which the Coloured members of South Africa's population served.
History
As one of the military units of South Africa with one of the longest histories, the Cape ...
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District Six
District Six (Afrikaans ''Distrik Ses'') is a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. Over 60,000 of its inhabitants were History of South Africa in the Apartheid era#Forced removal, forcibly removed during the 1970s ...
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Kaapse Klopse
The Kaapse Klopse (or simply Klopse), formerly known as the Coon Carnival and officially called Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, is a Cape coloured minstrel festival that takes place annually on 2 January in Cape Town, South Africa. It is also refe ...
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