List of South African poets
This is a list of noted South African poets, poets born or raised in South Africa, whether living there or overseas, and writing in one of the indigenous South African languages. The first is Tp Da PoeT, Thapelo Skosana.
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A-C
- Lionel Abrahams
- Tatamkulu Afrika
- Mike Alfred
- Ingrid Andersen
- Athol Williams
- Gabeba Baderoon
- Shabbir Banoobhai
- Sinclair Beiles
- Robert Berold
- Vonani Bila
- Roy Blumenthal
- Herman Charles Bosman
- Breyten Breytenbach
- Dennis Brutus
- Guy Butler
- Roy Campbell
- Charl Cilliers
- Sue Clark
- Johnny Clegg
- Jack Cope
- Jeremy Cronin
- Patrick Cullinan
- Gary Cummiskey
- Sheila Cussons
D-G
- Achmat Dangor
- Ingrid de Kok
- Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
- Isobel Dixon
- Modikwe Dikobe
- Angifi Dladla
- I D du Plessis
- Koos du Plessis
- Finuala Dowling
- Elisabeth Eybers
- Kingsley Fairbridge
- Gus Ferguson
- Sheila Meiring Fugard
- Vangi Gantsho
- Keith Gottschalk
- Stephen Gray
- Robert Greig
- Mafika Gwala
H-L
- Megan Hall
- Joan Hambidge
- Colleen Higgs
- Robert Homem
- Christopher Hope
- Peter Horn
- Allan Kolski Horwitz
- Alan James
- Wopko Jensma
- Liesl Jobson
- Sarah Johnson
- Ingrid Jonker
- Aryan Kaganof
- Anne Kellas
- Keorapetse Kgositsile
- Olga Kirsch
- Koos Kombuis
- Rustum Kozain
- Uys Krige
- Antjie Krog
- Anton Krueger
- Mazisi Kunene
- Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
- C. Louis Leipoldt
- Douglas Livingstone
M
- Don Maclennan
- Mzi Mahola
- Eugene Marais
- Andrew Martens
- Lebogang Mashile
- John Mateer
- Don Mattera
- James Matthews
- Mzwakhe Mbuli
- Kim McClenaghan
- Michelle McGrane
- Sheila Meiring Fugard
- Joan Metelerkamp
- Ruth Miller
- Abdul Milazi
- Kobus Moolman
- Isabella Motadinyane
- Seitlhamo Motsapi
- Casey Motsisi
- S.E.K. Mqhayi
- Oswald Mtshali
- Amitabh Mitra
N-S
- Arthur Nortje
- D. J. Opperman
- William Plomer
- Karen Press
- Thomas Pringle
- Lesego Rampolokeng
- Azila Talit Reisenberger
- Robert Royston
- Arja Salafranca
- Sipho Sepamla
- Mongane Wally Serote
- Steve Shapiro
- Ari Sitas
- Adam Small
T-Z
- Totius
- Ernst van Heerden
- Christopher van Wyk
- A.G. Visser
- Wayne Visser
- Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
- Crystal Warren
- Stephen Watson
- Mary Morison Webster
- George Weideman
- David Wright
- Makhosazana Xaba
- Gert Vlok Nel
