John Jacob Lavranos
South African insurance broker and botanist
Died on Sunday February 25th 2018
Famous Dead People from South Africa
Over 800 obituaries for famous people from South Africa who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Sampie Terreblanche
South African economist and writer
Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
Mogau Tshehla
South African footballer
Died on Tuesday February 13th 2018
David Phetoe
South African actor
Died on Friday February 2nd 2018
Jack Nel
South African cricketer
Died on Tuesday January 30th 2018
Clive van Ryneveld
South African cricketer.
Died on Monday January 29th 2018
Sandy Mokwena
South African actor
Died on Thursday January 25th 2018
David Pithey
South African cricketer
Died on Wednesday January 24th 2018
Hugh Masekela
South African jazz trumpeter
Died on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Harry Selby
South African hunter
Died on Sunday January 21st 2018
Dik Abed
South African cricketer
Died on Saturday January 20th 2018
Gerald Morkel
South African politician
Died on Tuesday January 9th 2018
Mlungisi Bali
South African rugby union player
Died on Friday January 5th 2018
Lara Kruger
South African disc jockey and transgender advocate
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Keorapetse Kgositsile
South African poet and journalist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Willie Toweel
South African boxer
Died on Tuesday December 26th 2017
Robbie Malinga
South African musician
Died on Monday December 25th 2017
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn
South African-born British jurist and life peer
Died on Wednesday November 29th 2017
Grahame Chevalier
South African cricketer (Western Province)
Died on Tuesday November 28th 2017
Henry Badenhorst
South African businessman
Died on Sunday November 12th 2017
Deon Stewardson
South African actor
Died on Monday October 30th 2017
Cecil Moss
South African rugby union player (national team)
Died on Saturday October 28th 2017
Ian McLeod
South African football referee
Died on Thursday October 26th 2017
Tom van Vollenhoven
South African rugby player (St Helens)
Died on Saturday October 21st 2017
Fulgence Werner Le Roy
South African Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday October 18th 2017
Mlondi Dlamini
South African footballer (Maritzburg United)
Died on Sunday October 8th 2017
Tarnia Baker
South African politician
Died on Friday October 6th 2017
Cees Bruggemans
South African economist
Died on Thursday September 21st 2017
Lionel Wilson
South African rugby union player (Western Province
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Badih Chaaban
South African politician
Died on Tuesday September 5th 2017
Alec Forbes
South African jockey
Died on Thursday August 24th 2017
Dumi Masilela
South African actor
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2017
Sydney Cohen
South African-born British pathologist
Died on Tuesday July 25th 2017
Errol Dyers
South African jazz guitarist and composer
Died on Saturday July 22nd 2017
Prudence Nobantu Mabele
South African HIV activist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Ray Phiri
South African jazz musician
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Emma Mashinini
South African trade unionist
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2017
Ntuthuko Radebe
South African footballer
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Suna Venter
South African journalist and radio producer (SABC)
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe
South African-born British human rights lawyer and life peer
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Jabu Christopher Kubheka
South African actor (Yizo Yizo)
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Vincent Tshabalala
South African golfer
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Washington Sixolo
South African actor (Shaka Zulu
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Patrick van Rensburg
South African educationalist and anti-apartheid activist
Died on Thursday May 25th 2017
Mandla Hlatshwayo
South African actor (Generations)
Died on Monday May 15th 2017
Bernard Mitton
South African tennis player
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Barry Wood
South African Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday May 5th 2017
Barry Alexander Anthony Wood
South African Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday May 4th 2017
Karel Schoeman
South African novelist
Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Danzel Becker
South African cricketer and umpire
Died on Friday April 21st 2017
Philip Kgosana
South African anti-apartheid activist
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
Ahmed Kathrada
South African politiician
Died on Tuesday March 28th 2017
Michael Maule
South African-born American ballet dancer and instructor
Died on Wednesday March 22nd 2017
Joe Mafela
South African actor
Died on Sunday March 19th 2017
Frances Hargreaves
South African-born Australian actress (Number 96)
Died on Monday March 6th 2017
Margaret Roberts
South African herbalist
Died on Sunday March 5th 2017
Miriam Tlali
South African author
Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Simon Hobday
South African golfer
Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Essa Moosa
South African judge and anti-apartheid activist
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Dan Vickerman
South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (Brumbies
Died on Tuesday February 21st 2017
Joost van der Westhuizen
South African rugby union player
Died on Monday February 6th 2017
Colin Rushmere
South African conservationist and cricketer
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Nolitha Langa
South African gospel singer
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Peter Abrahams
South African writer
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Marga van Rooy
South African actress (Fanie Fourie's Lobola
Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Thandi Klaasen
South African jazz singer
Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Wayne Westner
South African golfer
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Judith Mason
South African painter
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Frederich Stark
South African television producer (Generations)
Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Sid O’Linn
South African cricketer
Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Trevor Goddard
South African cricketer
Died on Saturday November 26th 2016
Kim Clement
South African-American evangelical pastor
Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Erwin Hecht
German-born South African Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Rocky Malebane-Metsing
South African politician
Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Clive Derby-Lewis
South African politician and convicted felon (assassination of Chris Hani)
Died on Thursday November 3rd 2016
Lionel Morrison
South African-born British journalist and trade unionist
Died on Wednesday November 2nd 2016
Tim Couzens
South African historian
Died on Thursday October 27th 2016
Allister Sparks
South African writer
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Desmond Tutu
South African Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Johan Botha
South African operatic tenor
Died on Thursday September 8th 2016
Lindsay Tuckett
South African Test cricketer.
Died on Monday September 5th 2016
Donald Lee
South African cricketer.
Died on Wednesday August 10th 2016
Makhenkesi Stofile
South African politician and ambassador
Died on Monday August 15th 2016
Bobbie Heine Miller
South African-born Canadian tennis player
Died on Sunday July 31st 2016
Seymour Papert
South African-born American mathematician
Died on Sunday July 31st 2016
Kenneth Brown
South African politician
Died on Wednesday July 27th 2016
Khaba Mkhize
South African journalist
Died on Sunday July 24th 2016
James Kriel
South African air force general
Died on Monday July 18th 2016
Gugu Zulu
South African rally car racer
Died on Monday July 18th 2016
Duma Mdutyana
South African army officer
Died on Wednesday July 6th 2016
Don Mkhwanazi
1 July 2016 (age 63). South African businessman
Died on Friday July 1st 2016
Margaret Bakkes
South African author
Died on Wednesday June 29th 2016
Jan Hettema
South African cyclist and rally driver.
Died on Wednesday June 29th 2016
Adam Small
South African writer and poet
Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Randolph Vigne
South African political activist
Died on Sunday June 19th 2016
Nyembezi Kunene
South African actor (Emzini Wezinsizwa)
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Greg Melvill-Smith
South African actor
Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Jules Browde
(South African lawyer).
Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Daniel Kunene
South African-American poet
Died on Friday May 27th 2016