Jim Pothecary
South African cricketer
Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Famous Dead People from South Africa
Over 800 obituaries for famous people from South Africa who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Eddie Keizan
South African racing driver
Died on Saturday May 21st 2016
Dene Smuts
South African politician
Died on Friday April 22nd 2016
Abe Segal
South African tennis player
Died on Monday April 4th 2016
Clarence Makwetu
South African politician
Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Arthur W. Walker
South African air force helicopter pilot
Died on Monday March 28th 2016
Koyo Bala
South African musician
Died on Sunday March 6th 2016
John F. G. Howe
South African-born British air marshal
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Laurence Lerner
South African born British literary critic
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Schalk van der Merwe
South African tennis player
Died on Sunday January 24th 2016
Mondli Cele
South African footballer (Maritzburg United)
Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Chris Barnard
South African author
Died on Monday December 28th 2015
Mark Behr
Tanzanian-born South African author (The Smell of Apples)
Died on Friday November 27th 2015
Redvers Kyle
South African/British television continuity announcer
Died on Wednesday November 18th 2015
John Gainsford
South African rugby union player (Springboks)
Died on Wednesday November 18th 2015
Lauretta Ngcobo
South African author and activist
Died on Tuesday November 3rd 2015
Nancy Charton
South African Anglican priest
Died on Wednesday November 11th 2015
Hans Dreyer
South African paramilitary officer
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
Hans Dryer
South African paramilitary officer
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
Tshepo Ngwane
South African actor
Died on Tuesday October 27th 2015
Cecil Lolo
South African footballer
Died on Sunday October 25th 2015
Sam Moeti
South African actor (Muvhango)
Died on Monday October 12th 2015
Philip Amm
South African cricketer.
Died on Thursday September 10th 2015
Cyril Zuma
South African footballer
Died on Friday September 4th 2015
Ian Smith
South African cricketer
Died on Tuesday August 25th 2015
Sir Bob Hepple
South African-born British legal scholar
Died on Friday August 21st 2015
Sandy Kennon
South African footballer (Norwich City)
Died on Monday August 17th 2015
Charl Van Den Berg
South African model
Died on Thursday August 6th 2015
T. T. Cloete
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholar
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2015
T.T. Cloete
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholar
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Clive Rice
South African cricketer
Died on Tuesday July 28th 2015
Ndidani
South African Maskandi singer
Died on Monday July 27th 2015
Ingrid Sischy
South African born magazine editor and critic
Died on Friday July 24th 2015
Des Horne
South African footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Died on Tuesday July 21st 2015
Bryan O’Linn
South African-born Namibian jurist and human rights advocate
Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Hernus Kriel
South African politician
Died on Sunday July 5th 2015
Peter de Klerk
South African racing driver
Died on Friday July 10th 2015
Piet Malan
South African rugby union player
Died on Sunday July 5th 2015
Esther Brand
South African athlete
Died on Saturday June 20th 2015
Sean Pappas
South African golfer
Died on Sunday June 7th 2015
Tiki Nxumalo
South African actor
Died on Monday June 8th 2015
Mario Saliwa
South African first-class cricketer
Died on Sunday May 31st 2015
Ruth Mompati
South African politician (1956 Women's March)
Died on Tuesday May 12th 2015
Alexander Kok
South African-born British cellist
Died on Friday May 1st 2015
Jan Steyn
South African judge
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Kobus Van Rensburg
South African televangelist and author
Died on Saturday December 21st 2013
Graham Mackay
South African businessman (SABMiller)
Died on Wednesday December 18th 2013
Jacob Matlala
South African WBO flyweight and light flyweight champion boxer (1993
Died on Saturday December 7th 2013
Nelson Mandela
South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
Died on Thursday December 5th 2013
Alexander Rennie
South African Olympic slalom canoer (1992)
Died on Wednesday December 4th 2013
Colin Eglin
South African politician
Died on Friday November 29th 2013
Reggie September
South African politician and trade unionist
Died on Friday November 22nd 2013
Theo Gerdener
South African politician
Died on Thursday November 21st 2013
Bennett Masinga
South African footballer
Died on Thursday November 14th 2013
Peter Krummeck
66. South African actor and playwright
Died on Saturday November 9th 2013
Charles Castle
South African-born British television producer and author
Died on Saturday October 5th 2013
Arnold Lazarus
South African psychologist
Died on Tuesday October 1st 2013
Darryn Randall
South African cricketer (Border)
Died on Sunday October 27th 2013
Andries Maseko
South African footballer
Died on Saturday October 26th 2013
Keryn Jordan
South African footballer (Auckland City)
Died on Monday October 21st 2013
Glen Dell
South African aerobatics pilot
Died on Saturday October 12th 2013
Bruce McPherson
South African-born Australian jurist
Died on Monday October 7th 2013
Jonathan Fellows-Smith
South African cricket player
Died on Saturday September 28th 2013
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer
Died on Tuesday August 20th 2013
Qaqambile Matanzima
South African tribal leader and politician
Died on Monday August 5th 2013
Philip Russell
South African primate
Died on Thursday July 25th 2013
Pius Langa
South African judge
Died on Wednesday July 24th 2013
Nkosiphendule Kolisile
South African politician
Died on Saturday July 20th 2013
Robert Hamerton-Kelly
South African-born American Christian theologian and academic
Died on Sunday July 7th 2013
John Bockris
South African–born American scientist
Died on Sunday July 7th 2013
Lambert Jackson Woodburne
South African admiral
Died on Friday July 5th 2013
Happy Pieterse
South African boxer
Died on Sunday May 26th 2013
Karen Muir
South African swimmer and physician
Died on Monday April 1st 2013
Johnny DuPlooy
South African heavyweight boxer
Died on Friday April 12th 2013
Zachariah Alpheus Mahlomola Molotsi
South African politician
Died on Thursday April 11th 2013
Harry Birkhead
South African philatelist
Died on Thursday April 4th 2013
Adrian Leftwich
South African political activist
Died on Tuesday April 2nd 2013
Phil Ramone
South African-born American record producer
Died on Saturday March 30th 2013
Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu
South African Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Freda Linde
South African children's writer and translator
Died on Thursday March 7th 2013
Dirk Coetzee
South African paramilitary commander (Vlakplaas)
Died on Thursday March 7th 2013
Richard Matthews
South African Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife filmmaker (BBC Natural History Unit)
Died on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Danie G. Krige
South African mining engineer and geologist
Died on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Dave Charlton
British-born South African racing driver
Died on Sunday February 24th 2013
Reeva Steenkamp
South African model
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Jan Ellis
South African rugby player
Died on Friday February 8th 2013
Louis Luyt
South African rugby union administrator and politician
Died on Friday February 1st 2013
Morné van der Merwe
South African rugby union player (Western Province
Died on Friday January 18th 2013
Dick Westcott
Portuguese-born South African cricket player (Western Province)
Died on Wednesday January 16th 2013
James Draper
South African cricket umpire
Died on Thursday January 10th 2013
Neil Adcock
South African cricketer
Died on Sunday January 6th 2013
Burry Stander
South African Olympic (2008
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Keith Joubert
South African artist and conservationist
Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
Amina Cachalia
South African activist and politician
Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
John Karlin
South African industrial psychologist
Died on Monday January 28th 2013
Lloyd Phillips
South African-born New Zealand producer (Inglourious Basterds
Died on Friday January 25th 2013
Peter van der Merwe
South African cricketer
Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2013
Ian Player
South African conservationist
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Cherry Wainer
South African musician (Lord Rockingham's XI)
Died on Friday November 14th 2014