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1918 - ? |
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| Freedom fighter, boxer, lawyer, political prisoner, president and ‘Father of the Nation’. He founded the ANC’s armed wing ‘Umkhonto we Sizwe’ in 1961 and led his country into the post-Apartheid era in 1994. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. |
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Desmond
Tutu
1931 - ? |
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| Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Cape Town, head of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and activist. He boldly engaged in a nationwide defiance campaign under Apartheid. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. |
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Miriam
Makeba
1932 - ? |
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| Singer and human
rights activist was exiled for 30 years
from her home country and is the first
South African to win a Grammy award. She
twice addressed the General Assembly of
the United Nations and is a winner of
the 1986 Dag Hammerskjold Peace Prize. |
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Charlize Theron
1975 - ? |
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| Oscar and Golden
Globe-winning actress, dancer and animal
activist had a major role in a
hard-hitting anti-rape campaign in South
Africa and frequently acts as an unofficial, but highly effective ambassador
for her home country. |
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J. M.
Coetzee
1940 - ? |
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| This Professor of
Literature and author became the first
writer to win two Booker prizes. He won
the first in 1983, for the «Life and
Times of Michael K.» and the second in
1999 for «Disgrace». In 2003 he won the
Nobel Prize for Literature. |
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South Africa has been the
birthplace of many,
great individuals – the stuff of legend.
They have been a source of inspiration to many.
We have invited one of them to be the keynote
presenter
at our Opening Ceremony.
Can you guess
who ? |
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Gary
Player
1935 - ? |
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| Golfing legend and
philanthropist who has won 160-plus
tournaments worldwide, including 9 Grand
Slam tournaments. He was inducted into
the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. |
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Hugh
Masekela
1939 - ? |
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| Renowned trumpeter
and musical innovator who has
popularised his particular brand of
African music accross the globe for over
four decades. |
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‘Baby
Jake’ Matlala
1962 - ? |
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| Four-time world
flyweight boxing champion who was the
shortest man in boxing and retired
successfully defending his crown, at the
age of 40. |
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Mike
Horn
1966 - ? |
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| Adventurer and
extreme sport enthusiast that has set
several world records and firsts, among
them the solo, unpowered
circumnavigation of the globe. |
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Josiah
Thugwane
1971 - ? |
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| Hijack survivor,
marathon runner and the first black
South African to win a gold medal at the
1996 Atlanta Olympics. |
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