- Benjamin D'Urban
Major-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban (1777- 25 May, 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa). d'Urban was born in Halesworth, and joined the British Army in 1793, enlisting as a cornet in the Queen's Bays at the age of sixteen.
- Alan Durban
Alan Durban was a Welsh international football player and a Football manager between the 1970s and 1990s. Durban played for Derby County and gained 27 caps for Wales between 1966 and 1972 He began his managerial career at Shrewsbury Town in February 1974 managing them until 1978 when he joined Stoke City. In three years at Stoke, Durban won 53 out of 143 games, and in 1981 he became manager of Sunderland managing them until 1984 but failing to win anything.
- Piet Retief
Pieter Retief (usually referred to as Piet Retief), was born about 1780 in the Cape Colony, South Africa, and died 6 February 1838 in what is now Kwa-Zulu Natal. His family were Boers of French Huguenot ancestry, and Retief grew up on one of the vineyards established by French wine-making immigrants near Stellenbosch. After moving to the vicinity of Grahamstown Retief, like other Boers, …
- Tony Leon
Anthony James Leon (born December 15, 1956) is a South African politician and the former leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa's main opposition party and former leader of the opposition.
- Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. He is a talented right-handed batsman and effective fast-medium bowler who can swing the ball both ways off a good line and length. As of September 2006 he became the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 8,000 runs and 200 wickets in both Test and One Day International cricket. Sanath Jayasuriya has achieved that feat in ODIs but not Tests, …
- Schabir Shaik
Schabir Shaik is a South African businessman from the Berea, Durban, who rose to prominence due to his close association with South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma. On 2 June 2005, he was found guilty of corruption and fraud, which also led to the dismissal of Zuma two weeks later.
- Hashim Amla
Hashim Mahomed Amla (born 31 March, 1983 in Durban) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In November 2004, Amla became the first South African team player of Indian descent. He is also a devout Muslim, which has led to campaigns to remove all alcohol-promoting logos from merchandise and playing gear.
- Butch James
Butch James is a South African rugby union player. His usual position is at fly-half, where he plays for the Sharks in the international Super 14 competition. He has also represented the Springboks, having played for the Springboks on numerous occasions. His career has been substantially hampered by injury, particularly to his knees.
- Andrew Hall
Andrew James Hall (born July 31, 1975, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) is a South African cricketer and member of the South African cricket team since 1999. He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played indoor cricket for South Africa. He broke through in 1995/96 and has played for Transvaal, Gauteng and Easterns.
- Juan Smith
Juan Smith (born 30 July 1981 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at blindside flank, and he has played for the Springboks. He played for the Central Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition as well as the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup. He is the current captain of the Central Cheetahs. Smith made his international debut for South Africa on June 7, 2003, …
- Justin Kemp
Justin Miles Kemp is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. His batting is noted for the high frequency of sixes, particularly those which are hit out of the stadium. Kemp currently plays for Kent and has some large totals to his name as a batsman. His 56 ball century at Canterbury helped win the game and he ended up on 118 from 67.
- Shaun Tomson
Shaun Tomson was born on August 21, 1955 in Durban, South Africa. He is considered one of the world's most significant surfers and was the 1977 world champion. He first gained notoriety while surfing at Jeffery's Bay. He currently lives in Montecito, CA and is active with the The Surfrider Foundation. He is involved with his family clothing venture, Solitude. Son Mathew died on 24 the April 2006 in Durban, …
- Wasim Jaffer
Wasim Jaffer (born February 16, 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer, and a prolific scorer in Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and he bowls a right-arm offbreak. He made his entry into the first class cricket scoring a triple century in his second match. An opening batsman, with the style of Mohammed Azharuddin, much was expected of Jaffer as he entered Test cricket for the first time, however, …
- Obed Mlaba
Obed Mlaba is the mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, which includes Durban, the second most populous city in South Africa. He was born in 1943 in Ntambamhlope near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal. He holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing Management from the International Management Centre (United Kingdom). He gained extensive experience in human resources and business development while working for the sugar firm Huletts, …
- Ian Smith
Vivian Ian Smith (born February 23, 1925, Durban, Natal) is a former South African cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1947 to 1957.
- Waylon Murray
Waylon Murray (born 25 April 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is a current player in a provincial rugby union team, the Sharks. He stands 190cm tall and weighs in at 105kg and plays the position of centre. During his debut season in the 2006 Currie Cup and Super 14 season for the Natal Sharks and Sharks, Murray showed great promise as a quality centre for his provincial team. Parlaying those performances into his debut Super 14 season (2007), …
- Hilary Squires
Hilary Gwyn Squires is a retired South African judge and barrister, who was brought in to preside over the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in Durban, South Africa, so as not to tie up legal proceedings elsewhere while the trial proceeded. Squires was born in South Africa in 1933 and was educated at Rhodes Preparatory School and the University of Cape Town. He left South Africa in 1956 for Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. He first practiced in Bulawayo and then in Salisbury.
- Lance Klusener
Lance Klusener (born on September 4, 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his intelligent fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. He made his Test match debut for South Africa against India in Calcutta during the second Test in 1996/97. Klusener, at the time playing primarily as a bowler, …
- Jeremy Mansfield
Jeremy Mansfield is a South African radio host, television presenter and comedian. He is currently (2006) the morning show host of The Rude Awakening, on a Johannesburg-based radio station 94.7 Highveld Stereo. Grahamstown-born Mansfield's broadcasting career started at Rhodes University in the same city, where he studied speech, journalism and drama. In 1985, while still a student, he started working for the Durban-based radio station "Capital Radio 604".
- Wikus van Heerden
Wikus van Heerden (born 25 February, 1979 in Johannesburg) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a Flanker, currently signed to play for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, and the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Van Heerden has also played for the national team, the Springboks. Before his move to the Bulls, he was the captain of the Cats (Now known as the Lions). He weighs 105kg and stands 193cm tall (6'4", 231lbs).
- Tim Clark
Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South African golfer. Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career. During this time he won the 1997 Public Links Championship to qualify for his first PGA Tour event, which was the 1998 Masters Tournament.
- Bradley Barritt
Bradley Barritt (born 7 August 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is a current player in a provincial rugby union team, the Sharks. He stands 186cm tall and weighs in at 95kg and plays the position of centre. During his debut season in the 2006 Currie Cup and Super 14 season for the Natal Sharks and Sharks, Barritt showed great promise as a quality centre and fly-half for his provincial team. Parlaying those performances into his debut Super 14 season (2007), …
- Geraint Jones
Geraint Owen Jones MBE (born 14 July 1976, Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea) is an English cricketer. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon and now Matt Prior. He plays county cricket for Kent. Jones moved to Australia with his parents, who were originally from Wales, soon after he was born. He grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland and lived in Australia until he was 22.
- Thoko Didiza
Angela Thoko Didiza (2 June 1965 -) is the former South African Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, a position she has held since 17 June 1999. She is now the Minister of Public Works. She is considered to be a contender for the Presidency. Didiza was born in the city of Durban. She is married and has five children. She was selected as one of the Young Global Leaders by the Forum of Young Global Leaders in 2004.
- Mark Benson
Mark Richard Benson (born 6 July 1958) is a former first class cricketer and now a ICC Elite Panel cricket umpire - he played for England in one Test match and one one-day international in 1986. Benson was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England. He was educated at Sutton Valence school in Kent and worked for a time as a marketing assistant for Shell. He then took up full time cricket with Kent.
- Robert McBride
Robert McBride (born July 6, 1963 in Durban, South Africa) is an African National Congress activist convicted of the 1986 bombing of Magoo's Bar in Durban, which killed 3 and injured 69. He is currently Chief of the Metropolitan Police for Ekurhuleni. Speculation is rife that he may take over as the National Police Commissioner, replacing Jackie Selebi.
- Gordon Igesund
Gordon George Igesund (born July 26, 1956 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a former South African football (soccer) player and coach currently managing Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns. As a player, he spent much of his playing days in Austria for Admira Wacker. Igesund is the only coach to have won four PSL championships with four different clubs. His son Grant plays for PSL side Maritzburg United. Previous clubs managed: Manning Rangers, Orlando Pirates, Santos, …
- Eddie Andrews
Eddie Andrews (born 18 March, 1977 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at, and he has played for the Springboks. He plays for the Stormers in the international Super 14. Andrews made his provincial debut for Western Province against Eastern Province in the Currie Cup in 2000. Three seasons later he made his Super 12 debut for the Stormers against the Queensland Reds.
- Rory Sabbatini
Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born April 2, 1976) is a South African professional golfer. Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa. He started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999. He was the youngest member of the tour that year. He has four career wins on the PGA Tour and finished 2006 placed 12th on the money list.
- Lawrence Sephaka
Lawrence Sephaka (born 8 August, 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at prop. He currently plays for the Cats in the international Super 14 competition as well as the Golden Lions in the domestic Currie Cup competition. Sephaka made his international debut for the Springboks on the 1st of December in 2001 in a match against the United States at Robertson Stadium in Houston.
- Baleka Mbete
Baleka Mbete (born September 24, 1949) is a South African politician and the current Speaker of the South African National Assembly. She received a teacher's certificate from Lovedale Teachers' College and taught in Durban. After going into exile Mbete taught in Mbabane, and went on to work for the African National Congress in several other African cities including Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Gaborone, Harare, and Lusaka.
- Andries Pretorius
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (November 27, 1798 - 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic in present-day South Africa. Originally a Boer farmer from Graaff-Reinet in the Cape Colony, and a descendant from one of the earliest Dutch settlers in South Africa, he left his home and joined the Great Trek.
- Clive Barker
Clive Barker (born June 23, 1944 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African football (soccer) coach who guided South Africa's football team to their only African Nations Cup title in 1996. Since the 1970s, 'The Dog', as he's popularly known, has coached numerous clubs in South Africa, including Manning Rangers, AmaZulu (Zulu Royals), Santos.
- Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born January 28, 1957) is a professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.
- Andrew Mehrtens
Andrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM (born 28 April 1973 in Durban, South Africa) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who has been one of the top fly-halves (or first five-eighths) in the world since the advent of the sport's professional era in the mid-1990s. He recently played in England for Harlequins for two seasons, where in his first season he played a major factor in leading the freshly relegated club to an immediate return to the top-level Guinness Premiership.
- Delron Buckley
Delron Buckley (born December 7, 1977 in Durban) is a South African football (soccer) player. He also has a German passport. His soccer career began with his local team "Butcherfille Rovers Durban", but when he was 8 years old he was signed for German club VfL Bochum, but he left VfL Bochum in 2004 for Arminia Bielefeld. However, after only one season there, he moved to Borussia Dortmund on July 1, 2005.
- Mark Gerrard
Mark Gerrard (born 4 September, 1982) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the Southern Hemisphere Super 14 competition. He usually plays at fullback or on the wing but can also cover in the centres and has recently been trailled (very successfully) at Flyhalf. His sister Mo'onia Gerrard is an Australian representative netballer. He is the cousin of Fellow Australian rugby union footballer Wycliff Palu.
- Clyde Rathbone
Clyde Rathbone (born 23 July 1981 in Durban, South Africa) is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Brumbies in Super 14 and internationally for Australia. He began his Australia career as a centre, but now mainly plays wing. He spent his entire childhood in Durban and played most of his rugby as a South African junior, representing South African Schools and even captaining the under-21 national team to victory in the 2002 U21 Rugby World Cup.
- Andre Snyman
Andre Snyman (born 2 February, 1974 in Newcastle, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres. Snyman has earned well over thirty Test caps for the national side, making his debut in 1996 against the All Blacks in Durban. Snyman joined English club Leeds Tykes for the 2003 season. He would later move to France, signing with USA Perpignan for the 2006-07 season.
- Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer (28 August 1928 -) is a South African writer and academic, a screenwriter, and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist.