The richest people in South Africa

These 76 people are on the index but carry no published figure. Their businesses and their roles in them are matters of public record; the size of their shareholding is not, until we have sourced it from a company disclosure. Rather than publish a guess, we list them here and add a figure once the stake is verified.

South Africa's biggest fortunes span mining, luxury goods, financial services, retail, technology and pharmaceuticals. Names like Johann Rupert (Richemont), the Oppenheimer family (De Beers), Patrice Motsepe (African Rainbow Minerals) and Koos Bekker (Naspers) sit at the top, but the list reaches across the economy — from banking founders to healthcare entrepreneurs.

The Rateweb South African Billionaires Index estimates each person's net worth from publicly available information: listed-company shareholdings valued at current share prices, disclosed transactions, and credible reporting on private holdings. Where a figure is harder to verify, we lower its confidence rating rather than overstate it.