# List of political families in South Africa

This is a partial list of prominent political families in South Africa.

## Aucamp

* Cassie Aucamp, leader of the Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging, father to:
** Willie Aucamp, Member of Parliament; formerly married to Carol Johnson, Member of Parliament.

## Bellhouse

* Elgar Bellhouse, chairperson of the Progressive Party, father to:
** Molly Blackburn (née Bellhouse; 1930–1985), political activist.
** Judy Chalmers (née Bellhouse), Member of Parliament.

## Bunting

* Sidney Bunting (1873–1936), chairman of the Communist Party of South Africa, father to:
** Brian Bunting (1920–2008), Member of Parliament; married to Sonia Bunting (1922–2001), anti-apartheid activist.

## Cachalia and Asvat

* Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (died 1940), political activist, father to:
** Zainab Asvat, political activist.
** Amina Cachalia (née Asvat; 1930–2013), Member of Parliament; married to Yusuf Cachalia, political activist; mother to:
*** Ghaleb Cachalia, Member of Parliament.
* Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia, political activist, father to:
** Moulvi Cachalia (1908–2003), political activist.
** Yusuf Cachalia (1915–1995), political activist; formerly married to Bettie du Toit, political activist; married to Amina Cachalia, political activist; father to Ghaleb Cachalia.
* Ismail Cachalia, Member of Parliament, father to:
** Firoz Cachalia, Member of Parliament.
** Azhar Cachalia, anti-apartheid activist.

## Calata

* James Calata (1895–1983), political activist, grandfather to:
** Fort Calata (1956–1985), political activist, member of the Cradock Four.

## Capa

* Ndumiso Capa, Member of Parliament; married to Rosemary Capa, Member of Parliament; father to:
** Ntandokazi Capa, Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature.

## Coleman

* Max Coleman (1926–2022), Member of Parliament; married to Audrey Coleman, activist; father to:
** Colin Coleman, Goldman Sachs executive.
** Neil Coleman, trade unionist.

## Dangor

* Ebrahim Dangor, activist, father to:
** Mohammed Dangor, diplomat and politician.
** Achmat Dangor (1948–2020), author and activist.
** Jessie Duarte (née Dangor; 1953–2022), Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.

## De Klerk

* Jan de Klerk (1903–1979), member of cabinet, father to:
** Frederik Willem de Klerk (1936–2021), State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994.

## Ebrahim

* Ebrahim Ebrahim (1937–2021), member of cabinet.
* Gora Ebrahim (1936–1999), Member of Parliament, brother to Ebrahim.

## First and Slovo

* Julius First, treasurer of the Communist Party of South Africa, father to:
** Ruth First (1925–1982), anti-apartheid activist; married to Joe Slovo (1926–1995), leader of the South African Communist Party.

## Fraser and Moleketi

* Arthur Fraser, anti-apartheid activist.
* Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, member of cabinet, sister to Arthur; married to Jabu Moleketi, member of cabinet.

## Gandhi and Ramgobin

* Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), political activist, grandfather to:
** Ela Gandhi, Member of Parliament; formerly married to Mewa Ramgobin (1932–2016), Member of Parliament.

## Graaff

* David Pieter de Villiers Graaff (1859–1931), minister in the Cape Colony, father to:
** De Villiers Graaff (1913–1999), leader of the United Party, father of:
*** David de Villiers Graaff, Member of Parliament.

## Goniwe

* Matthew Goniwe (1947–1985), member of the Cradock Four, uncle to:
** Mbulelo Goniwe, Member of Parliament.

## Groenewald

* Pieter Groenewald, leader of the Freedom Front Plus, father to:
** Michal Groenewald, Member of Parliament.

## Gumede

* Josiah Gumede (1867–1946), founding member of the South African Native National Congress, father to:
** Archie Gumede (1914–1998), leader of the United Democratic Front, father to:
*** Donald Gumede, Member of Parliament.

## Hendrickse

* Allan Hendrickse (1927–2005), leader of the Labour Party, father to:
** Peter Hendrickse, Member of Parliament.
** Michael Hendrickse, Member of Parliament.
** Marie-Louise Hendrickse; formerly married to Desmond Lockey, Member of Parliament.

## Hlengwa

* Mhlabunzima Hlengwa (1945–2005), Member of Parliament, father to:
** Mkhuleko Hlengwa, Member of Parliament.

## Kadalie

* Clements Kadalie (1896–1951), founder of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, father to:
** Fenner Kadalie (1928–2011), pastor and activist in District Six, father to:
*** Rhoda Kadalie (1953–2022), activist, mother to:
**** Julia Pollak, economist; married to Joel Pollak, editor of Breitbart News.

## Koornhof

* Piet Koornhof (1925–2007), member of cabinet, father to:
** Gerhard Koornhof, Member of Parliament.
* Nic Koornhof, Member of Parliament, cousin to Piet.

## Luthuli

* Albert Luthuli (c. 1898–1967), leader of the African National Congress, father to:
** Albertina Luthuli, Member of Parliament.

## Mahlangu

* David Mabhoko Mahlangu (Mabusabesala II), King of the Southern Ndebele–Ndzundza, father to:
** Cornelius Mahlangu (Mayitjha II; 1947–2005), King of the Southern Ndebele–Ndzundza from 1992 to 2005.
** James Mahlangu (1953–2005), Chief Minister of KwaNdebele from 1990 to 1994.

## Manana

* Sibongile Manana, Member of Parliament, mother to:
** Mduduzi Manana, Member of Parliament.

## Mandela and Machel

* Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, grandfather to:
** Mandla Mandela, Member of Parliament.
* Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936–2018), Member of Parliament, second wife of Nelson.
* Graça Machel, First Lady of Mozambique from 1975 to 1983 and First Lady of South Africa from 1998 to 1999, third wife of Nelson; formerly married to Samora Machel (1933–1986), President of Mozambique from 1975 to 1983.

## Mantashe

* Gwede Mantashe, member of cabinet.
* Tozama Mantashe (1960–2021), Member of Parliament, sister to Gwede.

## Mashinini

* Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini, political activist, mother to:
** Tsietsi Mashinini, political activist.

## Matanzima

* Kaiser Matanzima (1915–2003), Prime Minister of Transkei from 1976 to 1979, President of Transkei from 1979 to 1986, grandfather to:
** Lwandile Zwelenkosi Matanzima (c. 1970–2010), traditional leader in Western Thembuland.
* George Matanzima (1918–2000), Prime Minister of Transkei from 1979 to 1987, brother to Kaiser, father to:
** Qaqambile Matanzima (1949–2013), officer in the Transkei Defence Force and South African National Defence Force.

## Matthews

* Z. K. Matthews (1901–1968), political activist, father to:
** Joe Matthews (1929–2010), Member of Parliament, father to:
*** Naledi Pandor (née Matthews), member of cabinet.

## Mbeki

* Govan Mbeki (1910–2001), defendant in the Rivonia Trial; married to Epainette Mbeki, political activist; father to:
** Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008, father to:
*** Kwanda Mbeki, political activist.
** Moeletsi Mbeki, political activist.

## Meer

* Fatima Meer (1928–2010), political activist; married to Ismail Chota Meer (1918–2000), Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature; mother to:
** Shehnaz Meer, judge of the Land Claims Court.
* Farouk Meer, political activist, brother to Fatima.

## Mncwango

* Albert Mncwango, Member of Parliament, uncle to:
** Zwakele Mncwango, Member of Parliament.

## Moosa

* Valli Moosa, member of cabinet.
* Mohseen Moosa, Member of Parliament, brother to Valli.

## Morkel

* Gerald Morkel (1941–2018), Premier of the Western Cape, father to:
** Kent Morkel, Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.
** Craig Morkel, Member of Parliament.

## Motsepe

* Augustine Motsepe (1915–2007), chief of the Bakgatla-Ba-Mmakau, father to:
** Patrice Motsepe, businessman; married to Precious Moloi, businesswoman.
** Bridgette Radebe (née Motsepe), businesswoman; married to Jeff Radebe, member of cabinet.
** Tshepo Motsepe, First Lady of South Africa; married to Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa since 2018.

## Motsoaledi

* Elias Motsoaledi (1924–1994), political activist; paternal uncle to:
** Aaron Motsoaledi, member of cabinet.

## Mulder

* Connie Mulder (1925–1988), cabinet minister, father to:
** Pieter Mulder, Member of Parliament.
** Corné Mulder, Member of Parliament.

## Naidoo and David

* M. D. Naidoo (1919–1995), political activist; former husband of Phyllis Naidoo (née David; 1928–2013), political activist.
* M. J. Naidoo (1931–1997), political activist, brother of M. D.
* Ompragash "Tim" Naidoo (1933–2012), political activist; sister of M. D. and M. J.; former wife of Mac Maharaj, member of cabinet.
* Paul David (1940–2020), political activist, brother of Phyllis.

## Nchabeleng

* Peter Nchabeleng (1928–1986), political activist, father to:
** Elleck Nchabeleng, Member of Parliament.

## Ngubane

* Ben Ngubane (1941–2021), member of cabinet.
* Harriet Ngubane (1929–2007), Member of Parliament, sister to Ben.

## Ntsebeza

* Dumisa Ntsebeza, lawyer and political activist.
* Lungisile Ntsebeza, sociologist and political activist, brother to Dumisa.

## Ntuli (Cato Ridge)

* Bheki Ntuli, eThekwini politician, uncle to:
** Mdumiseni Ntuli, African National Congress politician.
** Thembo Ntuli, African National Congress politician.

## Pahad

* Amina Pahad, activist; wife of Goolam Pahad, activist; mother to:
** Aziz Pahad, member of cabinet.
** Essop Pahad, member of cabinet.

## Pheko

* Charlotte Pheko-Lobe, Member of Parliament.
* Gertrude Pheko-Mothupi, Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature, sister to Charlotte.

## Sebe

* Lennox Sebe (1926–1994), a chief minister of the Xhosa Bantustan of Ciskei.
* Charles Sebe (died c. 1991), a leader of the Ciskei Defence Force, the military of the Bantustan of Ciskei, and its Director of State Security; younger brother of Lennox Sebe.

## Shaik

* Moe Shaik, anti-apartheid activist and civil servant.
* Schabir Shaik, anti-apartheid activist and businessman, brother to Moe.
* Yunus Shaik, anti-apartheid activist and businessman, brother to Moe and Schabir.
* Chippy Shaik, anti-apartheid activist and civil servant, brother to Moe, Schabir, and Yunus.

## Schreiner

* William Schreiner (1857–1919), Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1989 to 1900, father to:
** Olive Schreiner (1855–1920), author and activist.
** Oliver Schreiner (1890–1980), Supreme Court judge, grandfather to:
*** Jenny Schreiner, Member of Parliament.

## Shope

* Mark Shope (1919–1998), trade unionist; married to Gertrude Shope, Member of Parliament; father to:
** Sheila Sithole, Member of Parliament.
** Ntombi Shope (1950–2003), Member of Parliament.
** Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Member of Parliament.
** Lenin Shope, ambassador.
** Thaninga Shope-Linney, ambassador.

## Sigcau

* Botha Sigcau (died 1978), President of Transkei from 1976 to 1978, father to:
** Stella Sigcau (1937–2006), Prime Minister of Transkei in 1987.
** Ntsikayezwe Sigcau (1947–1996), Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature.

## Sisulu

* Walter Sisulu, political activist; married to Albertina Sisulu, Member of Parliament; father to:
** Max Sisulu, Member of Parliament; married to Elinor Sisulu, academic and activist.
** Mlungisi Sisulu, business and activist.
** Zwelakhe Sisulu, activist and journalist.
** Lindiwe Sisulu, member of cabinet.
** Beryl Sisulu, diplomat.

## Tambo

* Oliver Tambo, leader of the African National Congress; married to Adelaide Tambo, Member of Parliament; father to:
** Dali Tambo, activist and media personality.
** Nomatemba Tambo, diplomat and politician.

## Verwoerd and Boshoff

* Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966), Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966, married to Betsie Verwoerd (1901–2000); father to:
** Wilhelm Verwoerd; formerly married to Melanie Verwoerd, Member of Parliament.
** Anna Boshoff (died 2007); married to Carel Boshoff (1927–2011), founder of Orania; mother to:
*** Carel Boshoff IV, Member of the Northern Cape Legislature and leader of Orania.
*** Wynand Boshoff, Member of Parliament.

## Zulu and Buthelezi

* Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868–1913), King of the Zulus from 1884 to 1913, father to:
** Solomon kaDinizulu (1890–1933), King of the Zulus from 1913 to 1933, father to:
*** Mcwayizeni Zulu (1931–1999), Member of Parliament.
*** Cyprian Bhekuzulu (1924–1968), King of the Zulus from 1948 to 1968, father to:
**** Goodwill Zwelithini (1948–2021), King of the Zulus from 1971 to 2021, father to:
***** Misuzulu Zulu, King of the Zulus since 2021.
** Magogo kaDinuzulu (1900–1984), mother to:
*** Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Chief Minister of KwaZulu, father to:
**** Angela Buthelezi, Member of Parliament.
** Phikisele Harriet kaDinuzulu; married to Pixley ka Seme (1881–1951), president of the African National Congress.

## Zuma and Dlamini

* Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018, father to:
** Duduzane Zuma, businessman and media personality.
** Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, politician and media personality.
** Thuthukile Zuma, civil servant and media personality.
** Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube, media personality; daughter-in-law of Welshman Ncube, leader of Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube.
* Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, member of cabinet, formerly married to Jacob, mother of Thuthukile and Gugulethu.
* Hlobisile Dlamini, sister of Nkosazana.

## Other marriages

* Rusty Bernstein and Hilda Bernstein
* Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele
* Benny Boshielo and Polly Boshielo
* Andries Botha and Sandra Botha
* Hendry Cupido and Pauline Cupido
* Paul Ditshetelo and Celia Ditshetelo
* Henry Fazzie and Buyiswa Fazzie
* Sipho Gcabashe and Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe
* Chris Hani and Limpho Hani
* Ahmed Kathrada and Barbara Hogan
* Ronnie Kasrils and Eleanor Kasrils
* Jacob Khawe and Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe
* Jacob Khawe and Khusela Diko
* Gcina Malindi and Caroline Nicholls
* George Mashamba and Joyce Mashamba
* Zibuse Mlaba and Bongi Sithole-Moloi
* Mendi Msimang and Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
* Abraham Mzizi and Gertrude Mzizi
* Bulelani Ngcuka and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
* Sifiso Nkabinde and Nonhlanhla Nkabinde
* Charles Nqakula and Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
* Mamabolo Nwedamutswu and Thembi Nwedamutswu
* Mathole Motshekga and Angie Motshekga
* Griffiths Mxenge and Victoria Mxenge
* Mathews Phosa and Pinky Phosa
* Vusi Pikoli and Girly Pikoli
* Amichand Rajbansi and Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi
* Zola Saphetha and Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha
* Steve Tshwete and Pam Tshwete
* Ben Turok and Mary Turok
* Tony Yengeni and Lumka Yengeni