Mark Shuttleworth male

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African...

Tim Noakes male

Professor Timothy Noakes is a world-renowned professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town. He has run more than 70...

Breyten Breytenbach male

Breyten Breytenbach (born September 16, 1939) is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship. Breyten Breytenbach was born in...

Njabulo Ndebele male

Professor Njabulo S Ndebele is Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Cape Town. Njabulo Ndebele began his term of office at UCT in...

George Ellis male

George Ellis, FRS, (born August 11, 1939) is the Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied...

Amina Mama female

Amina Mama (born 19 September 1958) is a Nigerian feminist writer and academic. She received her doctorate in organizational psychology from the...

Shula Marks female

Shula Eta Marks, OBE, FBA (born 14 October 1938, Cape Town) is emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She was...

Aaron Klug male

Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS (born 11 August 1926 in Želva, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 N...

Stephen Watson male

Stephen Watson (1955-) is a South African poet. Most of his poetry is about the city of Cape Town, where he has lived most of his life. He...

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr male, deceased

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (March 20, 1894 - December 3, 1948). A delicate and precocious child, he became the special care of his widowed mother, whose...