List of University of Pretoria alumni

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The University of Pretoria is a public university in Pretoria,[1] the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.[2] The university in its more than a century of academic service has delivered more than 200,000 alumni.[3] Below is a list of prominent alumni.[4]

## Authors and academics

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* Prof Tshilidzi Marwala: academic, engineer
* Paul Moorcraft: author, BBC commentator
* Prof Pierre de Villiers Pienaar: author and pioneer of speech therapy in South Africa
* Prof Calie Pistorius: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, 2001–2009
* Professor Fransjohan Pretorius: historian of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)
* Prof Saurabh Sinha: academic, engineer, author and executive dean
* Prof Bettine van Vuuren, zoologist[5]

## Arts and entertainment

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Mimi Coertse in Vienna

* Jana Cilliers: actress
* Bettie Cilliers-Barnard: fine artist
* Dr Mimi Coertse: opera singer
* Ampie du Preez: actor
* Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi
* Focalistic: South African Rapper and Amapiano artist
* Sandra Prinsloo: actress
* Amanda Strydom: actress
* Brümilda van Rensburg: actress
* Verna Vels: voice artist, television director
* Carrol Boyes: artist and businesswoman

## Sport personalities

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Victor Matfield wins a line-out for South Africa.

Springbok captains:

* Naas Botha
* Wynand Claassen
* Victor Matfield
* Joost van der Westhuizen

Other Springboks:

* Gary Botha
* Fanie de Villiers
* Ernst Dinkelmann
* Heyneke Meyer
* Wynand Olivier
* Danie Rossouw
* Pierre Spies

Other rugby internationals:

* Duhan van der Merwe (represents Scotland)

MMA:

* Dricus du Plessis

## Business leaders and entrepreneurs

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* Dr Willem Barnard: CEO, KWV
* Laurie Dippenaar: FirstRand Bank Chairman
* Dr Marius Kloppers: international CEO of global mining giant BHP Billitoni
* Daniel Snzile Ndima, biotechnology entrepreneur
* Dr Anton Rupert: billionaire, former UP chancellor and Tukkie of the Century
* Dr Chris Stals: business leader; former UP chancellor
* Giam Swiegers: CEO of Deloitte Australia
* Elon Musk, a founder, CEO or both of all of: PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, OpenAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink.

## Law

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* Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi: former Minister of Public Service and Administration
* Prof Christof Heyns: United Nations Human Rights Council; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions[6]
* Judge Johann Kriegler
* Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, Chief Justice of South Africa
* Judge Johann van der Westhuizen: Constitution Court
* Prof. Kithure A. Kindiki, former Tharaka-Nithi senator, Cabinet Secretary of Interior and National Administration of Kenya.

## Health and medicine

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Dr Doreen Sindisiwe van Zyl

* Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl, physician, radio DJ, columnist, health activist and researcher
* Prof Flavia Senkubuge, physician, professor of public health medicine, past president of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

## Theologians, welfare, psychology

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* Michael Licona
* Archbishop Desmond Tutu: social rights activist; winner of Nobel Peace Prize

## Others

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* Etienne de Villiers: executive chairperson and president, ATP Tennis
* Elizabeth Voigt: late director of the McGregor Museum, Kimberley
* Naledi Chirwa: EFF Member of Parliament[7]
* Shudufhadzo Musida: Miss South Africa 2020
* Lalela Mswane: Miss South Africa 2021 & Miss Supranational 2022
* Ndavi Nokeri: Miss South Africa 2022

## References

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1. ^ South Africa's universities. Retrieved August 31, 2009
2. ^ Conference Venues and Conference Centres Pretoria, Gauteng. Retrieved September 18, 2009
3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) UP in a Nutshell 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2009
4. ^ "Alumni Gallery. Retrieved October 1, 2009". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
5. ^ "Prof Bettine Jansen-van-Vuuren". www.uj.ac.za. University of Johannesburg. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
6. ^ United Nations Human Rights Council appoints Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria as Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Retrieved 23 September 2010 Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ Who is Naledi Chirwa - Drama student‚ Zuma tormentor‚ EFF student leader and fees must fall campaigner

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