Great South Africans was a series that ran on SABC3 in South Africa, based on the licsenced format of the BBC series Great Britons. Hosted by Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu and Denis Beckett , the series asked viewers to nominate for their greatest South African.
The top 100 were revealed on-air, and the top 10 were then voted upon.
- Nelson Mandela
- Gary Player
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Dr. Christiaan Barnard
- F. W. de Klerk
- Jan Smuts
- Winnie Madikizela Mandela
- Thabo Mbeki
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Nkosi Johnson
The 12th Greatest was actually Hollywood starlet Charlize Theron.
