List of South African poets

• Tatamkulu Afrika
• Shabbir Banoobhai
• Breyten Breytenbach
• Jeremy Cronin
• Patrick Cullinan
• John Maxwell Coetzee
• Achmat Dangor
• Ingrid de Kok
• Sandile Dikeni
• Modikwe Dikobe
• CJ Driver
• Jeremy Gordin
• Nadine Gordimer
• Stephen Gray
• Mafika Gwala
• Bruce Hewett
• Christopher Hope
• Fhazel Johennesse
• Douglas Livingstone
• Chris Mann
• Andrew Martens
• Don Mattera
• Benjamin Moloise
• Casey Motsisi
• Oswald Mtshali
• Mike Nicol
• Arthur Nortje
• Essop Patel
• Sipho Sepamla
• Mongane Wally Serote
• Adam Small
• Kelwyn Sole
• Christopher van Wyk
• Stephen Watson
• Graham Walker