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South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.
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South Africa's most talked about people

Geographical media regularly compiles statistics from hundreds of online sources from different countries from around the world. We focus on gathering top news sources which are mainstream news papers preferrably also in print. From these sources we monitor who, what and where each article is about and compile statistics based on what we find.

We use the information from this media montoring to calculate a rating for each person, place or thing which we call their World Coverage Rating which is based on three factors:

  • Population: The amount of population in the given country where the news stories were published. We call this Exposure.

  • Percent of Local News: The percent of all front page news stories in which the person or company appears which were first published in the given country. We call this Coverage.

  • Geographical and Geopolitical Distance: The physical distance between the country where the person or company is from and the publishing country and the total number of countries in which they were published. We call this Reach.

The result is a continuously updated list (below) of the most talked about people in the past week organized by where the person, company or organization is from. To see the details of the statistical calulation of any individual click on their World Coverage Rating score. To narrow your search to a specific location click on one of the locations above.

The following are the most talked about people from South Africa based on their World Coverage Rating:

World Coverage Rating

1.

Mark González

Mark González

Mark Dennis González Hoffman commonly known as Mark González, is a Chilean footballer whose preferred position is as a left winger.

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( 25.86 )


2.

Jacob Zuma

Jacob Zuma

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election.

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( 17.79 )


3.

Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis

Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer.

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( 7.99 )


4.

Craig Kieswetter

Craig Kieswetter

Craig Kieswetter (born 28 November 1987) is a South Africa-born wicket-keeper batsman who has, despite playing for South Africa Under-19s, stated that he wishes to play international cricket for England.

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( 3.70 )


5.

Jackie Selebi

Jackie Selebi

Jacob Sello Selebi is the suspended national commissioner of the South African Police Service, and a former president of Interpol.

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( 3.44 )


6.

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu is the reigning king of the Zulu nation under the Traditional Leadership clause of South Africa's republican constitution.

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( 2.29 )


7.

Emile Baron

Emile Baron

Emile Baron (born June 17, 1979 in Fish Hoek, Western Cape) is a South African football (soccer) goalkeeper for Supersport United in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.

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( 0.57 )


8.

Asanda Sishuba

Asanda Sishuba

Asanda Sishuba (born 13 April 1980 in Langa) is a South African football midfielder who currently plays for RE.

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( 0.57 )


9.

Heinrich Brussow

Heinrich Brussow

Heinrich Wilhelm Brüssow (born 21 July, 1986) is a South African rugby union footballer.

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( 0.57 )


10.

Tina Joemat-Pettersson

Tina Joemat-Pettersson

On 10 May 2009, South African President, Jacob Zuma, appointed Tina Joemat-Pettersson as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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( 0.57 )


11.

Naledi Pandor

Naledi Pandor

Ms Naledi Pandor the South African Minister of Education and was appointed to the cabinet following the 2004 South African general elections.

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( 0.57 )


12.

Jean de Villiers

Jean de Villiers

Jean de Villiers in Paarl) is a South African rugby union footballer.

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( 0.57 )


13.

Helen Zille

Helen Zille

Helen Zille (born 9 March 1951) is the Mayor of Cape Town in South Africa's Western Cape province and leader of the Democratic Alliance political party, South Africa's official opposition.

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( 0.57 )


14.

Kagiso Dikgacoi

Kagiso Dikgacoi

Kagisho Dikgacoi is a South African football midfielder for Premier League club Fulham and South Africa.

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( 0.56 )


15.

Gordon Igesund

Gordon Igesund

Gordon Igesund is a former South African football player and coach currently managing Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United.

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( 0.56 )


16.

Albert van den Berg

Albert van den Berg

Albert van den Berg is a South African rugby union footballer.

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( 0.44 )


17.

Steven Pienaar

Steven Pienaar

Steven Jerome Pienaar (born 17 March 1982) is a South African football midfielder currently playing for English Premier League club Everton.

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( 0.21 )


18.

Tim Clark

Tim Clark

Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer.

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( 0.16 )


19.

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.

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( 0.14 )


20.

John Dugard

John Dugard

John Dugard (born in 1936 in Fort Beaufort) is a South African professor of international law.

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( 0.10 )


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