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Greeks in South Africa

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The Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 community in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 numbers 130,000 people.

Notable people

  • George Bizos
    George Bizos
    George Bizos is a distinguished human rights advocate who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa, most notably during the Rivonia Trial.-Early life:...

     - human rights advocate
  • Stanley Christodoulou
    Stanley Christodoulou
    Stanley Christodoulou is a South African international boxing judge and referee. Christodoulou has judged bouts in his native South Africa, as well as internationally with the WBA, with whom he is involved in leaderships roles dealing with officiating...

     - international boxing judge and referee
  • Ivan Gazidis
    Ivan Gazidis
    Ivan Gazidis is a sports business executive, currently the chief executive of English Premier League club Arsenal FC...

     - sports business executive
  • George Koumantarakis
    George Koumantarakis
    Georgios "George" Koumantarakis is a retired South African football player of Greek descent. He was born in Athens, Greece but grew up in Durban, South Africa....

     - former football player
  • Leonidas Messaris
  • Dennis Philippides
  • Nic Pothas
    Nic Pothas
    Nic Pothas is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and who fields as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches...

     - cricketer
  • Anastasia Tsichlas
    Anastasia Tsichlas
    Anastasia Tsichlas was a prominent football Managing Director for the Mamelodi Sundowns, a successful South African first-division club. She and her husband Angelo came on the board of the Sundowns in 1988, Anastasia became the Managing Director while Angelo became the Chairman.She has been...

     - football executive

See also

  • Greek people
  • Greek diaspora
    Greek diaspora
    The Greek diaspora, also known as Hellenic Diaspora or Diaspora of Hellenism, is a term used to refer to the communities of Greek people living outside the traditional Greek homelands, but more commonly in southeast Europe and Asia Minor...

  • Greek-South African relations
    Greek-South African relations
    Greek–South African relations are the relations between Greece and South Africa. The presence of a large Greek Diaspora in South Africa led to the establishment of diplomatic relations as far back as the early 20th century...

  • South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

  • Greece
    Greece
    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


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