South African biographies: Popular Culture
Celebrities, Sport Stars, Musicians and Actors
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Albrecht, Joseph. - Film-maker
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Bacher, Ali - Cricketer and South African Administrator of the United Cricket Board.
Benjamin, Sathima Bea - Jazz Singer
Budd, Zola - Former South African Athlete and World Record Holder
Black, Stephen - dramatist, actor, journalist & prize-fighter
Bouws, Jan - Composer
Brutus, Dennis - Former South African Athlete and World Record Holder
Bryceland, Yvonne - Actress.
Bungu, Vuyani ("The Beast") - Former South African & IBF Junior Featherweight Champion
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Castens, Herbert
Chaka Chaka, Yvonne - Musician (outside link
Clegg, Johnny - Musician (outside link)
Cloete, Hestrie -Commonwealth and African High Jump Record Holder
Coertse, Mimi - Vocalist and South Africa`s First Operatic prima donna
Coetzee, Basil 'Maneberg' - Musician
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De Villiers, Dawid Jacobus (Dawie) -SA Rugby Captain & Cabinet Minister
De Villiers, Petrus Stephanus (Fanie) - Cricket Player
De Villiers, Izak - Dominee, Poet, Author and Editor of Rapport and Sarie
De Wet, Pierre. Musical Film-maker
Dube, Lucky - Reggae Musician (outside link)
Dyer, Steve - Musician
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Els, Ernest Theodore "Ernie" - International Acclaimed Golfer
Endfield, Cy. - Producer and Film-maker
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Fassie, Brenda - Musician
Fish, Mark -Soccer Player
Folley, Lawrence - Musician
Fourie, Pierre Jacy -Boxer
Freedom's Children - 1960s acid rock band (outside link)
Freud, Wilhelmina Louisa Ida - Musician
Fugard, Harold Athol Lanigan - Playwright, Actor, and Novelist
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Galeta, Hotep Idris - Jazz musician and music educator
Gampu, Ken - Actor
Gibbs, Herschelle Herman - International Cricket player
Gillespie, Dizzy - Musician, jazz (outside link)
Gow (Adams, Vera - Opera singer and Social Worker
Gumede, Sipho - Musician
Gwangwa, Jonas - Musician, jazz (outside link)
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Hendricks, Bobby - Saxophone player
Hertz, Carl - Filmographer and Director
Heyns, Penny -International Acclaimed Swimmer & World Record Holder
Howes, Dulcie - Teacher and First South African Professional ballet dancer.
Howa, Hassan - founder member of the SA Cricket Board of Control
Hood, Gavin - Director and Film-maker
Hyman, Edgar - Entertainer and pioneer Filmmaker
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Ibrahim, Abdulah - Jazz Musician
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Jansen, Robert Edward - Musician
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Kani, John. - Actor, Director, and Playwright
Kellaway, Cecil - Actor
Khumalo, Leleti - Actor
Kushlick, Taubie - Actress and Producer
Klaasen, Thandi - Musician
Korda, Zoltan - Director and Film-maker
Koos Kombuis - Outside link
Kramer, David - Musician (outside link)
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Band (outside link)
Lazarus, Ashley. Writer and Director
Lottering, Mark. Playwright, TV personality and Comedian
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Mabaso, Lemmy - Musician
Mafela, Joe "Sdumo" - Television personality, actor, writer, director, producer and musician.
Malope, Rebecca - Musician
Makambi, Mpush - Former Apla Cadre, SA Boxing & IBO Champion
Makeba, Miriam - Musician
Mafokate, Arthur - Kwaito artist (outside link)
Mango Groove - Band (outside link)
Masekela, Hugh - Musician
Masinga, Philemon - International soccer player
Masuka, Dorothy - Musician
Matshikiza, Todd Tozama - Musician, Composer, and Writer
Mbulu, Letta - Musician - Outside link
McAdoo, Orpheus. Minstrel
McCarthy, Benedict Saul ('Bennie') - Soccer Player
Mentz, Esther Susanna - Opera Singer
Merry Blackbirds - the Jazz Band
Mhlophe, Gcina - Storyteller and Actress
Modisane, William 'Bloke' - Journalist, writer, and actor
Moeketsi, Kippie Jeremiah - Jazz Musician
Molelekwa, Moses - Musician
Moripe, Lucas 'Masterpieces' - Legendary Pretoria soccer player
Motshwarateu, Mathews ("Loop-en-val") - Athlet
Mthembu, Theo - Sportsman (Boxer), Politician and Writer
Mulholland, Gordon - Actor
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Naidoo, Morgan - President of South African Council on Sport (SACOS)
Ngema, Mbongeni - Actor, Musician and playwright
Ngqawana, Zim - Musician
Nkosi, Zamazulu Thembekile
Nokwe, Tu - musician
Ntini, Makhaya - International Cricket player
Ntshona, Winston - Actor and Dramatist
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Parker, Charlie - Musician
Phillips, James - Initiators of the working-class punk movement in SA (outside link)
Pienaar, Francois - SA Captain of the 1995 Rugby World Cup
Pocock, Mary Agard
Pollock, Shaun - International Cricket player
Pohl, Truida - Director and Film-maker
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Rabbitt - Band (outside link)
Radebe, Lucas - Soccer Player
Radio Rats - Band (outside link)
Ram, Deepak - Musician (outside link)
Rathebe, Dolly - Musician, Actor
Rautenbach Jans - Director and Film-maker
Rhodes, Jonathan Neil - Cricket Player
Rice, Clive Edward Butler - Former SA Cricket Captain
Richards, Barry (Anderson) - International Acclaimed Cricketer
Rogosin, Lionel - Author and Film-maker
Roodt, Darryl - Director and Film-maker
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Sabela, Simon M
Sakhile and Bayete
Schuster, Leon - Actor, Comedian and Director
Schlesinger, Isidore W - Patron and Producer of Theatre and Film
Seether - Rock Band (outside link)
Sekoto, Gerard - Musician
Sentso, Wilfred - Musician
Sepamla, Sydney Sipho - Novelist and Poet
Sepeng, Hezekiel - South African athlete and Olympic Games Silver Medallist.
Sewgolum, Sewsunker ?Papwa? - Golfer
Shabalala, Headman - Musician
Singh, Anant - Film producer
Singana, Margaret - Musician
Sikhakhane-Rankin, Joyce - Journalist, author, TV producer, editor and political activist
Sontonga, Enoch - Composer
Sonn, Percival Henry Frederick "Percy" - President of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sono, Matsilela Ephraim (Jomo) - Businessman and acclaimed Soccer Star
Sophiatown Modern Jazz Club
Soul Brothers - The Band
Springbok Nude Girls - Band
Swanson, Gloria - Actor
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Tabane, Philip - Musician
Tananas - Band - Outside link
Theron, Charlize - Actor (outside link)
Twala, Chicco - Musician (outside link)
Tyamzashe, Benjamin John Peter - Musician
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Upington, Beauclerk
Uys, Jamie - Producer and Actor
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Van den Berg, Clive - Artist
Van Wouw, Anton - Sculptor
Verster, Andrew Clement - Painter
Vlachakis, Andreas - Photographer
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Wood, Sam - Film-maker
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Zaidel-Rudolph, Jeanne - Pianist





