Notable Alumni of University of Stellenbosch [Sorted List]

1. Gordon Tomlinson

1887-1955 (aged 68)

lawyer poet

Gordon Tomlinson was a lawyer, writer, and champion of Afrikaans.

2. Dirk Daniël Hammann

1937-. (aged 89)

journalist

Dirk Daniël Hammann, known as Niel Hammann, is a retired South African senior journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the Afrikaans weekly family magazine Huisgenoot, as well as its English sister publication, You.

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3. Anrune Liebenberg

1992-. (aged 34)

athletics competitor

Anrune Weyers, is a South African para-athlete. She took up athletics in 2010. Weyers was born with a congenital defect in her left arm and competes in the T47 disability class. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships she came second in the 400 m and sixth in the 200 m. In 2012, she won two medals at the London...

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4. Chris Hunsinger

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Chris Hunsinger is a South African politician. a Member of the South African Parliament since 2014, Caucus Whip and Treasurer with the Democratic Alliance (South Africa). He was appointed by the then Leader of the Opposition Mmusi Maimane on 5 June 2019 and retained by the current Leader of the Opposition John Steenhuisen in October 2019 and again in December...

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5. Lulu Latsky

1901-1980 (aged 79)

academic writer zoologist

Lulu Latsky was a South African writer and zoologist, and the first woman to earn a doctorate in science in South Africa. She wrote about 70 books including many that were written for children and based on her knowledge of zoology.

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6. Peter Johan Lor

1946-. (aged 80)

university teacher librarian library scientist

Peter Johan Lor is a South African librarian and library and information science scholar specialising in international librarianship.

7. Conrad J. Wethmar

1943-. (aged 83)

theologian

Conrad Johannes Wethmar is a systematic theologian, reformed theologian and emeritus professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is guest editor of Verbum et Ecclesia.

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8. Johan Frederik Holleman

1915-2001 (aged 86)

university teacher

Johan 'Hans' Frederik Holleman was a Dutch and South African professor, ethnologist, and legal scholar, best known for his research into the indigenous legal systems of Southern Africa. During his life he published twenty books, including five works of fiction. He also published works using the pseudonyms 'Jacobus van der Blaeswindt' and 'Holmer Johanssen'. He is also known for his...

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9. Joan Swart

1965-. (aged 61)

psychologist

Joan Swart is a South African psychologist, author, politician, and researcher who is currently serving as the chief of staff of the Referendum Party (RP).

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10. Butch Lochner

1931-2010 (aged 79)

rugby union player

George Philip "Butch" Lochner was a South African international rugby union player. He made nine appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958, mostly as a number eight. He also scored two tries during his international career, at a time when tries were worth three points. Lochner, who studied agriculture at the University of Stellenbosch, started playing provincial rugby with...

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11. Jan du Preez

1930-2024 (aged 94)

rugby union player

Jan Gysbert Hermanus du Preez was a South African rugby union player who made one Test match appearance in 1956. He was the last surviving member of the 1956 Springboks rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand, dying in June 2024.

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12. Marius Swart

1941-2021 (aged 80)

businessperson politician

Marius Swart was a South African politician and businessman. A member of the Democratic Alliance, he served as the inaugural Executive Mayor of the George Local Municipality from 2000 to 2004, when he was elected to the National Assembly. After serving two terms in parliament, Swart retired from politics in 2014.

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13. Donald du Toit

1946-. (aged 80)

surgeon

Donald du Toit, FCS., FRCS., is a South African specialist general surgeon, clinician and emeritus professor as well as chief of Anatomy and Histology and previous ad hominem professor of surgery at the University of Stellenbosch.

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14. André du Pisani

1949-. (aged 77)

university teacher

André du Pisani is a Namibian political scientist, author of several books, articles and journals, he has written several conference papers for SADC, the Namibian government and several ministries, he is a professor at the University of Namibia Department of Political Science. Du Pisani has been a professor at the university since 1998.

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15. Theo Gerdener

1916-2013 (aged 97)

writer journalist minister politician

Theodor Johannes Adolph Gerdener was a South African politician and author.

16. Marianne du Toit

1970-. (aged 56)

writer psychologist

Marianne du Toit is a South African adventurer and photographer, notable for her epic journey on horseback and foot from Argentina to New York over a period of 21 months.

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17. Allan du Toit

military personnel

Rear Admiral Allan Kendall du Toit, AM is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Australia's Military Representative to NATO and the European Union from 2013 until his retirement in 2016. Du Toit previously served as the Commander Border Protection Command until being succeeded by Rear Admiral Tim Barrett in February 2010.

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18. Coenie van Wyk

1988-. (aged 38)

rugby union player

Coenraad bleskop George van Wyk is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays either as a fly-half or full-back. Currently, he represents Toshiba Brave Lupus in the Japanese Top League. He has previously played Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup rugby for Western Province, Griquas, the Pumas, the Free State Cheetahs and the Griffons, Super Rugby for the Lions and...

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19. Dan J. Stein

1962-2025 (aged 63)

psychiatrist professor

Dan Joseph Stein was a South African psychiatrist who was a professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the South African MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders. Stein was the Director of UCT's early Brain and Behaviour Initiative, and was the inaugural Scientific Director...

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20. P. K. Le Roux

1904-1985 (aged 81)

politician minister

Pieter Mattheus Kruger Le Roux, generally known as P. K. Le Roux was a South African National Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister between 1958 and 1968, first as Minister of Water Affairs and Agricultural Technical Services and latterly as Minister of the Interior.

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21. Anton van Zyl

1980-. (aged 46)

rugby union player

Anton van Zyl is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Western Province in the Currie Cup. His regular playing position is Lock. He won the Hector Klette floating trophy for participation in school life in 1993 at Rondebosch boys High School.

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22. Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet

1940-2015 (aged 75)

minister

Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet, was a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate.

23. Karl Bremer

1885-1953 (aged 68)

politician physician

Karl Bremer was a medical doctor and a South African politician who became the Minister of Health and Social Welfare in South Africa in Dr D. F. Malan's cabinet.

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24. Margaret Brenda Vertue

1951-. (aged 75)

Anglican priest

Margaret Brenda Vertue is a retired South African Anglican bishop. She was the second woman to be elected as a bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and of the whole African continent, as the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of False Bay.

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25. Pat Barnard

1981-. (aged 45)

rugby union player

Patrick Christian "Pat" Barnard is an English-qualified rugby union player who last played for CA Brive in the Top 14.

26. Jürgen Visser

1989-. (aged 37)

rugby union player

Petrus Jurgen Visser is a South African rugby union footballer whose usual position is full back. He represented Western Province in 2010 before moving to Pretoria, where he played for the Blue Bulls in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and for the Bulls in Super Rugby.

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27. F. S. Malan

1871-1941 (aged 70)

newspaper editor politician

François Stephanus Malan PC, usually called F. S. Malan or just F. S., was a South African politician.

28. Mikro

1903-1968 (aged 65)

poet writer

Christoffel Hermanus Kühn was a South African writer and poet who published under the pseudonym "Mikro" in Afrikaans. Kühn was born at "Van Reenensplaas" in Williston district of the former Cape Colony (later province of South Africa).

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29. Gillian Sanders

1981-. (aged 45)

triathlete

Gillian Sanders is a South African triathlete. She grew up in Pietermaritzburg, and took up triathlon in her youth under the influence of her father and older sister, who both competed in the sport. After competing internationally in age group and junior competition Sanders put her triathlon career on hold whilst studying law at Stellenbosch University, where she competed as...

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30. Wilma Stockenström

1933-. (aged 93)

film actor poet writer

Wilma Johanna Stockenström is a South African writer, translator, and actor. She writes in the Afrikaans language, and along with Sheila Cussons, Elisabeth Eybers, Antjie Krog and Ina Rousseau, she is one of the leading female writers in the language.

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31. Tinus du Plessis

1984-. (aged 42)

rugby union player

Tinus du Plessis is a Namibian rugby union player and a member of the Namibia national rugby union team. He is a back-row player who plays on both flanks and at number eight.

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32. Simoné Nortmann

1990-. (aged 36)

actor film actor

Simoné Pretorius is a South African actress, director, screenwriter and producer. As an actress Pretorius is best known for portraying Irma Humpel in the 2016 Afrikaans biographical film Vir die voëls, for which she gained prominence and international recognition. In 2024 she makes her screenwriting and directorial debut for the award-winning, "Som van Twee", that won seven awards at the...

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33. Hennie Aucamp

1934-2014 (aged 80)

poet writer

Hennie Aucamp was a South African Afrikaans poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic. He grew up on a farm in the Stormberg highlands and matriculated at Jamestown, Eastern Cape before continuing his higher education at the University of Stellenbosch. He died in Cape Town at age 80 on 20 March 2014 after suffering a stroke.

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34. Grant Hattingh

1990-. (aged 36)

rugby union player

Grant Neil Hattingh is a rugby union player who plays as a lock, flanker or eighthman for Japanese sides the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Kobelco Steelers in the Top League.

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35. Neil de Kock

1978-. (aged 48)

rugby union player

Neil de Kock (born 20 November 1978) is a retired rugby union footballer who last played at scrum half for Saracens. He has claimed ten caps for South Africa. Before moving to the Guinness Premiership in 2006 he had gained a reputation for hard work and personal integrity from his days in South African rugby, representing Western Province and the...

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36. Mark Nigrini

1957-. (aged 69)

mathematician statistician

Mark J. Nigrini, born in Cape Town, South Africa, is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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37. Monique Nsanzabaganwa

1971-. (aged 55)

minister economist politician

Monique Nsanzabaganwa is a Rwanda economist, politician and diplomat, who served as the vice-chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2021 to 2025. Before that, between 2011 and 2021, she served as the deputy governor of the National Bank of Rwanda.

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38. Paul Sauer

1898-1976 (aged 78)

minister winegrower politician

Paul Oliver Sauer was a South African Cabinet Minister and lifelong member of the National Party.

39. Jannie Engelbrecht

1938-. (aged 88)

rugby union player

Jannie Engelbrecht was a Springbok rugby player who represented his country from 1960 to 1969. He gained a reputation for tenacity as a result of scoring two tries during a vital 1964 provincial match despite having broken his collarbone earlier in the game.

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40. Bobby Skinstad

1976-. (aged 50)

rugby union player

Robert Brian Skinstad is a former professional rugby union player. Born in Rhodesia, he represented the South Africa national team, the Springboks, winning 42 caps. He played in the positions of flanker and number eight.

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41. Jan Pickard

1927-1998 (aged 71)

rugby union player

Jan Albertus Jacobus Pickard was a South African rugby union international who played as a lock. Born in Paarl and a product of Stellenbosch University, Pickard made his provincial debut for Western Province in 1951. He was the grandfather of Francois Louw, who also played for Western Province and South Africa. Pickard was selected to represent South Africa on the...

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42. Ntsiki Biyela

1978-. (aged 48)

businessperson winemaker

Ntsiki Biyela is a South African winemaker and businesswoman who runs Aslina wines. Previously, she was head winemaker at Stellekaya Wines, where Biyela became the first black female winemaker in South Africa.

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43. Dene Smuts

1949-2016 (aged 67)

author journalist editor politician

Mudene "Dene" Smuts was a South African politician. She was a member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance, serving in various capacities, including as Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.

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44. Jacobie Adriaanse

1985-. (aged 41)

rugby union player

Jacobus Petrus Adriaanse is a former South African rugby union player that played first class rugby between 2008 and 2019 and represented the Emerging Springboks internationally. His regular position is tighthead prop.

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45. Nicky Newton-King

1966-. (aged 60)

businessperson

Nicky Newton-King is a corporate finance and securities regulation lawyer and was the first woman Chief Executive Officer in the 125-year history of the Johannesburg Stock exchange (JSE).

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46. Calle Schlettwein

1954-. (aged 72)

minister entomologist politician

Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein is a Namibian politician who has served in the country's cabinet from 2012 to 21 March 2025. In March 2020 to 21 March 2025 he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform after serving as the Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2020 and previously as the Minister of Trade and Industry from...

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47. Heinz Winckler

1978-. (aged 48)

singer

Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler is a South African singer and the winner of the first series of South African Idols and is also an actor.

48. Riaan Cruywagen

1945-. (aged 81)

voice actor news presenter journalist

Riaan Cruywagen is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975. Cruywagen continued to present the Afrikaans news on the SABC network every weeknight until his final broadcast on SABC 2 on 26 November 2012 at 7pm CAT. He has made approximately...

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49. Albert Hertzog

1899-1982 (aged 83)

minister lawyer politician

Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog was a South African politician, Afrikaner nationalist, cabinet minister, and founding leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party. He was the son of J. B. M. (Barry) Hertzog, a former Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.

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50. Lerato Mbele

journalist

Lerato Mbele is a South African journalist and broadcaster working for the BBC. Mbele currently presents Talking Business Africa for the network. She previously presented the Africa Business Report and Newsday.

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51. Max du Preez

1951-. (aged 75)

journalist writer

Max du Preez is a South African author, columnist and documentary filmmaker and was the founding editor of Vrye Weekblad. Vrye Weekblad Online or Vrye Weekblad II was launched on 5 April 2019 again with Max du Preez as editor.

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52. Marlene van Niekerk

1954-. (aged 72)

university teacher poet writer

Marlene van Niekerk is a South African poet, writer, and academic. She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy Triomf (1994) and the Hertzog-winning Agaat (2004), which explore themes including the family, the change in power dynamics occasioned by the end of Apartheid, and inequalities of race, gender, and class. Van Niekerk is also a poet. She writes...

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53. Robert du Preez

1993-. (aged 33)

rugby union player

Robert James du Preez is a South African professional rugby union player for English Premiership side Sale Sharks. His regular position is fly-half.

54. Henry Fagan

1889-1963 (aged 74)

journalist writer

Henry Allan Fagan, QC was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959 and previously a Member of Parliament and the Minister of Native Affairs in J. B. M. Hertzog's government. Fagan had been an early supporter of the Afrikaans language movement and a noted Afrikaans playwright and novelist. Though he was a significant figure in the rise...

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55. Pieter-Jan van Lill

1983-. (aged 43)

rugby union player

Pieter-Jan van Lill is a Namibian rugby union player. Van Lill was on the Namibian squads for the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup.

56. Etienne Leroux

1922-1989 (aged 67)

writer

Etienne Leroux was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.

57. Aimee Barrett-Theron

1987-. (aged 39)

rugby union match official rugby union player kinesiologist

Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron is a South African rugby union former player, and currently a referee on South Africa's Premier Panel.

58. Josh Strauss

1986-. (aged 40)

rugby union player

Josh Strauss is a South African-born Scotland international rugby union player who currently plays for Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and the Bulls. His regular playing position is flanker or number 8.

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59. Breyton Paulse

1976-. (aged 50)

rugby union player

Breyton Paulse is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Africa, scoring 26 tries.

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60. Betsie Verwoerd

1901-2000 (aged 99)

politician

Elizabeth "Betsie" Verwoerd was the spouse of the Prime Minister of South Africa from 2 September 1958 until the assassination of her husband Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966.

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61. Piet du Toit

1935-1996 (aged 61)

rugby union player

Pieter Stephanus "Piet" du Toit, was a South African rugby international. He played as a prop. Due to his relative small stature and light weight for a prop, but still being a strong scrummager, he was known as Piet "Spiere" du Toit. Spiere is the Afrikaans word for "muscles".

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62. María Susana Muhamad

1976-. (aged 50)

politician environmentalist

María Susana Muhamad González is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist, politician, and member of Humane Colombia who served as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2022 to 2025.

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63. Kyle Steyn

1994-. (aged 32)

rugby sevens player rugby union player

Kyle Douglas Steyn is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors. Born in South Africa, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

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64. Andries Treurnicht

1921-1993 (aged 72)

Christian minister minister politician

Andries Petrus Treurnicht was a South African politician, Minister of Education during the Soweto Riots and for a short time leader of the National Party in Transvaal. In 1982 he founded and led the Conservative Party of South Africa whose successes among the white electorate made him Leader of the Opposition in 1987, a position he retained until his death....

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65. Jacobus Johannes Fouché

1898-1980 (aged 82)

politician minister

Jacobus Johannes Fouché DMS, also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.

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66. Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven

1873-1932 (aged 59)

politician lawyer writer translator poet

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of the then young language's foremost promoters. He is best known for writing the words for "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", which was used previously as the national...

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67. Ole Schröder

1971-. (aged 55)

lawyer politician

Ole Schröder is a German politician and member of the CDU. From 2009 until 2018, he served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of the Interior.

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68. Danie Craven

1910-1993 (aged 83)

rugby union player

Daniël Hartman Craven was a South African rugby union player (1931–1938), national coach, national and international rugby administrator, academic, and author. Popularly known as Danie, Doc, or Mr Rugby, Craven's appointment from 1949 to 1956 as coach of the Springboks signalled "one of the most successful spells in South African rugby history" during which the national team won 74% of...

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69. Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges

1898-1968 (aged 70)

politician minister

Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges was a South African politician who was elected the state president of South Africa, but died before he could take office, aged 69.

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70. Beyers Naudé

1915-2004 (aged 89)

activist Christian minister university teacher theologian

Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé was a South African Afrikaner Calvinist Dominee, theologian and the leading Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist. He was nicknamed Oom Bey (Afrikaans for "Uncle Bey").

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71. Jo-Ann Strauss

1981-. (aged 45)

television presenter model beauty pageant contestant businessperson actor

Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss is a South African model, public speaker, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. In 2001 she represented her country as Miss South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico as well as at the Miss World pageant hosted at Sun City in her home country in 2001. She was featured in the 2001 music video of...

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72. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

1901-1966 (aged 65)

university teacher politician

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.

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73. Jonathan Trott

1981-. (aged 45)

cricketer

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is an English former professional cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team and is the former head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team. Domestically, he played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as well as playing in South Africa and New Zealand. He was ICC and ECB Cricketer of the Year in 2011.

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74. Daniel François Malan

1874-1959 (aged 85)

politician Christian minister

Daniël François Malan PC was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of apartheid, which enforced racial segregation laws, during his tenure as prime minister.

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75. James Barry Munnik Hertzog

1866-1942 (aged 76)

military personnel politician

General James Barry Munnik Hertzog KC, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served as the third prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Hertzog advocated for the development of Afrikaner culture and was...

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76. Theuns Jordaan

1971-2021 (aged 50)

singer guitarist singer-songwriter

Theuns Jordaan was a South African singer-songwriter.

77. Schalk Brits

1981-. (aged 45)

rugby union player

Schalk Burger Brits is a South African former professional rugby union player who last played for the South Africa national team and the Bulls in Super Rugby. He primarily played as a hooker. He was part of the 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning team, and is the oldest player to win a Rugby World Cup, aged 38 years, 170 days.

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78. Mike Horn

1965-. (aged 61)

adventurer explorer

Michael Horn is a South African–born Swiss professional explorer and adventurer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he currently resides in Château d'Œx, Switzerland. He studied Human Movement Science at Stellenbosch University in Western Cape, South Africa.

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79. Jan Christiaan Smuts

1870-1950 (aged 80)

botanist lawyer writer military officer philosopher

Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, OM, CH, DTD, ED, PC, KC, FRS was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948.

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80. Siyabonga Cwele

1958-. (aged 68)

politician minister

Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele is a South African politician who served in the cabinet of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2019, most recently as the Minister of Home Affairs between 2018 and 2019. He was appointed as the South African Ambassador to China in December 2020. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and represented the...

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81. Glenn Babb

1943-. (aged 83)

diplomat politician

Glenn Robin Ware Babb was a former politician and diplomat for the former apartheid government in South Africa. More recently he was a businessman and entrepreneur. From 1985 to 1987 he had a high-profile posting in Canada where he was his government's ambassador to Ottawa and made frequent public statements against the anti-apartheid movement and in defence of his government...

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82. Edwin Cameron

1953-. (aged 73)

lawyer judge

Edwin Cameron SCOB is a retired judge who served as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He is well known for his HIV/AIDS and gay-rights activism and was hailed by Nelson Mandela as "one of South Africa's new heroes". President Ramaphosa appointed him as Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services from 1 January 2020 and in October 2019...

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83. Thabo Mbeki

1942-. (aged 84)

minister economist politician

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician and economist who served as the president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Before that, he was deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.

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84. Eric Louw

1890-1968 (aged 78)

diplomat minister politician

Eric Hendrik Louw was a South African diplomat and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1954 to 1956, and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1955 to 1963.

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85. Joan Hambidge

1956-. (aged 70)

poet writer

Joan Helene Hambidge, is an Afrikaans poet, literary theorist and academic. She is a prolific poet in Afrikaans, controversial as a public figure and critic and notorious for her out-of-the-closet style of writing. Her theoretic contributions deal mainly with Roland Barthes, deconstruction, postmodernism, psychoanalysis and metaphysics.

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86. Job Amupanda

1987-. (aged 39)

politician

Job Shipululo Amupanda is a Namibian activist, associate professor, and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He was an associate professor at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement set up by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth...

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87. Gifty Oware-Mensah

1986-. (aged 40)

chief executive officer politician executive director

Gifty Oware-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and former deputy executive director of the National Service Scheme in Ghana. She had responsibility for administration and finance, helping to manage an annual personnel pool of about 100,000.

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88. Russell Dlamini

1973-. (aged 53)

politician prime minister

Russell Mmiso Dlamini is a Liswati politician. He has been serving as Prime Minister of Eswatini since 7 November 2023.

89. Naledi Pandor

1953-. (aged 73)

politician minister

Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 until 2024. She also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) from 1994 to 2024.

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90. Justine Shaw

scientist

Justine Shaw is an Australian Antarctic researcher, best known for her conservation work on subantarctic islands, currently working at the Queensland University of Technology. She has a wide global research network, having worked in Australia, South Africa, sub-Antarctic/Antarctic and the Arctic.

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