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| Languages | |
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| Religion | |
| Greek Orthodox Church, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mediterraneans, Italian South African, Portuguese South African |
The Greek community in South Africa numbers about 13,000 people, according to the US Library of Congress.[3]
Notable people
- Katy Katopodis - Group editor in chief, EWN, for Primedia Broadcasting.
- George Bizos - human rights advocate
- Demetri Catrakilis - Professional rugby player for Template:Rut Montpellier
- Stanley Christodoulou - international boxing judge and referee
- Ivan Gazidis - sports business executive
- George Koumantarakis - former football player
- George Michalakis - Member of Parliament, Republic of South Africa
- Nic Pothas - cricketer
- John Comitis - Owner of Cape Town City Football Club, founder of Ajax Cape Town, Co-Founder of Steers
- Anastasia Tsichlas - football executive
- Dimitri Tsafendas- Greek-African, communist, assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "Architect of Apartheid"
- Demetri Augousti - Owner of "Bloemfontein Celtics" Football Club
- John Costa (b. 1868 - d. 1932) also known as Ioannis Papakostas was a Greek revolutionary and veteran of the Second Boer War
- Xen Balaskas (b. 1910 – d. 1994) - cricketer
- Penny Siopis - artist
See also
References
- ^ Greeks around the Globe Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)
- ^ http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/South+Africa/
- ^ "English Speakers". US Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
Further reading
- Mantaris, E.A. (1999). "The Greeks in South Africa" (PDF). In Clogg, Richard (ed.). The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 120–136. ISBN 9780333600474.
External links
- Greeks in South Africa on AusGreekNet.com
- Hellenic Community of Cape Town
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