Greeks in South Africa

Greeks in South Africa

Total population
(Greek South Africans 13,000 (estimated) alt. 120,000[1][2])
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.

The Greek community in South Africa numbers about 13,000 people, according to the US Library of Congress.^[3]

Notable people

• Katy Katopodis - Group editor in chief, EWN, for Primedia Broadcasting.
• George Bizos - human rights advocate
• Demetri Catrakilis - Professional rugby player for Montpellier
• Stanley Christodoulou - international boxing judge and referee
• Ivan Gazidis - sports business executive
• George Koumantarakis - former football player
• George Michalakis - Member of Parliament, Republic of South Africa
• Nic Pothas - cricketer
• John Comitis - Owner of Cape Town City Football Club, founder of Ajax Cape Town, Co-Founder of Steers
• Anastasia Tsichlas - football executive
• Dimitri Tsafendas- Greek-African, communist, assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "Architect of Apartheid"
• Demetri Augousti - Owner of "Bloemfontein Celtics" Football Club
• 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
• Penny Siopis - artist

See also

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

References

1. Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)
2. http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/South+Africa/
3. "English Speakers". US Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

Further reading

• Mantaris, E.A. (1999). "The Greeks in South Africa" (PDF). In Clogg, Richard. The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 120–136. ISBN 9780333600474.

External links

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