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Cyril Ramaphosa leads this board. 1.9K readers a day over recent months.

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  1. Cyril RamaphosaPoliticiansSouth Africa

    68.7Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  2. Jacob ZumaPoliticiansSouth Africa

    67.0Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  3. Errol MuskPoliticiansSouth Africa

    66.6Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

#PersonCountryCategoryFame score, How we know
4thThabo MbekiPresident of South Africa from 1999 to 2008 b. 1942South AfricaPoliticians63.8of 100
5thGraça MachelMozambican humanitarian activist and politician b. 1945South AfricaPoliticians58.5of 100
6thJulius MalemaSouth African politician and activist b. 1981South AfricaPoliticians56.2of 100
7thPatrice MotsepeSouth African businessman b. 1962South AfricaPoliticians54.6of 100Counted to 16 September 2026, not since.
8thDavid PocockAustralian rugby union player and politician b. 1988South AfricaPoliticians53.3of 100Counted to 15 September 2026, not since.
9thGeordin Hill-LewisSouth African politician b. 1986South AfricaPoliticians52.4of 100
10thAndrew FeinsteinSouth African politician b. 1964South AfricaPoliticians49.0of 100

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Cyril Ramaphosa leads the 170 living politicians from South Africa. Ranked by public attention and updated every day. Climbing fastest this week: Geordin Hill-Lewis.

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