D. J. Opperman — Colleagues
J. M. Coetzee
1940
· Age 86
Alive
Christiaan Barnard
1922
– 2001
· Age 78
Deceased
Allan McLeod Cormack
1924
– 1998
· Age 74
Deceased
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
1901
– 1966
· Age 64
Deceased
André Brink
1935
– 2015
· Age 79
Deceased
Breyten Breytenbach
1939
– 2024
· Age 85
Deceased
L
Lancelot Hogben
1895
– 1975
· Age 79
Deceased
Robert Broom
1866
– 1951
· Age 84
Deceased
A
Athol Fugard
1932
– 2025
· Age 92
Deceased
D
David Benatar
1966
· Age 60
Alive
Harry Hammond Hess
1906
– 1969
· Age 63
Deceased
George F. R. Ellis
1939
· Age 86
Alive
Mahmood Mamdani
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Mamphela Ramphele
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Francis Guthrie
1831
– 1899
· Age 68
Deceased
Rudolf Marloth
1855
– 1931
· Age 75
Deceased
Marlene van Niekerk
1954
· Age 71
Alive
Margaret Levyns
1890
– 1975
· Age 85
Deceased
Judith Mason
1938
– 2016
· Age 78
Deceased
Shaul Ladany
1936
· Age 89
Alive
Neville Alexander
1936
– 2012
· Age 75
Deceased
Amina Mama
1958
· Age 67
Alive
E
Erik Chisholm
1904
– 1965
· Age 61
Deceased
M
Mary Agard Pocock
1886
– 1977
· Age 90
Deceased
Reginald W. James
1891
– 1964
· Age 73
Deceased
Ian Shapiro
1956
· Age 69
Alive
Miriam Phoebe de Vos
1912
– 2005
· Age 93
Deceased
F
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
1940
– 2010
· Age 70
Deceased
Mamokgethi Phakeng
1966
· Age 59
Alive
Robert Stephen Adamson
1885
– 1965
· Age 80
Deceased
Philippe-Joseph Salazar
1955
· Age 71
Alive
B
Basil Schonland
1896
– 1972
· Age 76
Deceased
N
Njabulo Ndebele
1948
· Age 77
Alive
H
Hamilton Naki
1926
– 2005
· Age 78
Deceased
W
Walter Veith
1949
· Age 77
Alive
Joan Hambidge
1956
· Age 69
Alive
Z
Zwelethu Mthethwa
1960
· Age 66
Alive
Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal
1919
– 1990
· Age 71
Deceased
W
William Henry Bell
1873
– 1946
· Age 72
Deceased
B
Benjamin Farrington
1891
– 1974
· Age 83
Deceased
L
Leon Kamin
1927
– 2017
· Age 89
Deceased
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
1955
· Age 71
Alive
E
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze
1963
– 2007
· Age 44
Deceased
Catherine O’Regan
1957
· Age 68
Alive
R
Ronald Stevenson
1928
– 2015
· Age 87
Deceased
Jan F. E. Celliers
1865
– 1940
· Age 75
Deceased
K
Kathleen Coleman
1953
· Age 73
Alive
Hennie Aucamp
1934
– 2014
· Age 80
Deceased
Mark Solms
1961
· Age 64
Alive