    the following is an incomplete list of south african politicians, both past and present. see also: list of south africans, president of south africa __notoc__  == a == * prince arthur of connaught 1883 â 1938; governor-general 1920â23 * ken andrew b.1943, chairman of democratic party 1991â94 * kader asmal b.1934, minister of education 1999â2004 == b == * glenn babb b.1943, ambassador to canada (1985â87), and to italy; nationalist party member of parliament * sibusiso bengu b.1934 minister of education (1994â99) * goodwill zwelethini kabhekuzulu, b.1948 traditional king of zulu nation 1971âpresent * louis botha, 1862â1919 prime minister of south africa, 1910â1919 * p.w. botha, 1916â2006 prime minister of south africa (1978â84); state president (1984â89) * thozamile botha (b. 1948), anc activist * mangosuthu buthelezi (b. 1928); inkosi of the buthelezi tribe, 1953âpresent; chief minister of kwazulu "homeland" (1976â94) * sydney buxton, 1st earl buxton (1853â1934); governor-general 1914â1920 * steve biko (1946â1977); black consciousness leader; * schalk willem burger (1852â1918); president of the south african republic, (transvaal), 1900â1902 == c == * the 1st earl of athlone 1874â1957; governor-general 1924â30; * arthur chaskalson b.1931; chief justice of south africa, 2001â2005 * jeremy cronin (b. 1949); communist sacp activist == d ==  * zach de beer (1928â99), last leader of progressive federal party, co-founder of democratic party * f.w. de klerk (b. 1936); last state president, 1989â94; succeeded by nelson mandela * patricia de lille (b. 1951); founder, in 2003, of independent democrats * nicolaas jacobus de wet (1873â1960); governor-general 1943â46 * nicolaas johannes diederichs (1903â78); state president 1975â78 * nkosazana dlamini-zuma (b. 1949); foreign minister 1999â2009 * patrick duncan (1870â1943); governor-general 1937â43; == e ==  *abba eban (1915â2002), israeli diplomat and politician; vp of the united nations general assembly, and foreign minister of israel * colin eglin (b.
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