D. J. Opperman — Classmates
J. M. Coetzee
1940
· Age 86
Alive
Roger Ebert
1942
– 2013
· Age 70
Deceased
Steve Biko
1946
– 1977
· Age 30
Deceased
Angelique Rockas
1951
· Age 75
Alive
Mark Shuttleworth
1973
· Age 52
Alive
Aaron Klug
1926
– 2018
· Age 92
Deceased
Christiaan Barnard
1922
– 2001
· Age 78
Deceased
Max Theiler
1899
– 1972
· Age 73
Deceased
Allan McLeod Cormack
1924
– 1998
· Age 74
Deceased
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
1949
· Age 77
Alive
Alan Paton
1903
– 1988
· Age 85
Deceased
Richard E. Grant
1957
· Age 68
Alive
Nigel Hawthorne
1929
– 2001
· Age 72
Deceased
Breyten Breytenbach
1939
– 2024
· Age 85
Deceased
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
1955
· Age 70
Alive
Navanethem Pillay
1941
· Age 84
Alive
Damon Galgut
1963
· Age 62
Alive
A
Athol Fugard
1932
– 2025
· Age 92
Deceased
Marais Viljoen
1915
– 2007
· Age 91
Deceased
Israel Kirzner
1930
· Age 96
Alive
Roger Whittaker
1936
– 2023
· Age 87
Deceased
Zindzi Mandela
1960
– 2020
· Age 59
Deceased
Lauren Beukes
1976
· Age 49
Alive
D
David Benatar
1966
· Age 60
Alive
Natalie du Toit
1984
· Age 42
Alive
F
Fatima Meer
1928
– 2010
· Age 81
Deceased
Ela Gandhi
1940
· Age 85
Alive
George F. R. Ellis
1939
· Age 86
Alive
Lara Logan
1971
· Age 54
Alive
Stephen Brislin
1956
· Age 69
Alive
E
Elsa Joubert
1922
– 2020
· Age 97
Deceased
D
David Bateson
1960
· Age 66
Alive
Mamphela Ramphele
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Denis Goldberg
1933
– 2020
· Age 87
Deceased
D
David Cooper
1931
– 1986
· Age 55
Deceased
W
Werner Israel
1931
– 2022
· Age 90
Deceased
Michele Dougherty
1962
· Age 64
Alive
Shaun Pollock
1973
· Age 52
Alive
Quarraisha Karim
1960
· Age 65
Alive
S
Stanley Skewes
1899
– 1988
· Age 89
Deceased
R
Richard van der Riet Woolley
1906
– 1986
· Age 80
Deceased
John Cranko
1927
– 1973
· Age 45
Deceased
A
Alex Ferns
1968
· Age 57
Alive
Margaret Levyns
1890
– 1975
· Age 85
Deceased
Galt MacDermot
1928
– 2018
· Age 89
Deceased
Tikvah Alper
1909
– 1995
· Age 86
Deceased
John Smit
1978
· Age 47
Alive
Richard Stanley
1966
· Age 59
Alive
R
Roland Huntford
1927
– 2026
· Age 99
Deceased
Albie Sachs
1935
· Age 91
Alive