Greeks in South Africa

Greek South Africans
Έλληνες Νοτιοαφρικανοί

Total population
Greek South Africans 138,000 (estimated) alt. 138,000
Languages
South African English Greek
Religion
Greek Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Mediterraneans, Italian South African, Portuguese South African

Map of the top 50 countries with the largest Greek communities.

Greek South Africans are South Africans of Greek ancestry from Greece and Cyprus. According to various Greek leaders in South Africa, the Greek population is generally estimated to be around 138,000 in 2018

Notable people

• George Bizos - human rights advocate
• Demetri Catrakilis - Professional rugby union player for Harlequins
• Stanley Christodoulou - international boxing judge and referee
• Ivan Gazidis - Chief Executive of AC Milan
• George Koumantarakis - former football player
• Nic Pothas - former professional cricketer
• Anastasia Tsichlas - football executive
• Dimitri Tsafendas- Greek-African, communist, assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "Architect of Apartheid"
• 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
• Stelio Savante - Actor, producer and screenwriter
• Penny Siopis - artist
• Angelique Rockas - Actress and Theatre Practitioner, pioneer of multi-racial theatre in London
• Panagiotis Retsos - Footballer

See also

• Greeks
• Greek diaspora
• Greece–South Africa relations
• White South Africans

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05.

External links

• Greeks in South Africa on AusGreekNet.com
• Hellenic Community of Cape Town