List of South African poets
- Lionel Abrahams
- Tatamkulu Afrika
- Shabbir Banoobhai
- Robert Berold
- Breyten Breytenbach
- Dennis Brutus
- Roy Campbell
- Jeremy Cronin
- Patrick Cullinan
- Sheila Cussons
- Achmat Dangor
- Ingrid de Kok
- Sandile Dikeni
- Modikwe Dikobe
- Isobel Dixon
- CJ Driver
- Jeremy Gordin
- Nadine Gordimer
- Stephen Gray
- Mafika Gwala
- Bruce Hewett
- Christopher Hope
- Fhazel Johennesse
- Sarah Johnson
- Douglas Livingstone
- Chris Mann
- Andrew Martens
- Don Mattera
- Kim McClenaghan
- Joan Metelerkamp
- Benjamin Moloise
- Mzi Mahola
- Kobus Moolman
- Casey Motsisi
- Oswald Mtshali
- Ike Muila
- Candy Neubert
- Mike Nicol
- Arthur Nortje
- Essop Patel
- Sipho Sepamla
- Mongane Wally Serote
- Adam Small
- Kelwyn Sole
- Peter Strauss
- A.G. Visser
- Christopher van Wyk
- Stephen Watson
- Graham Walker
See also: List of writers from South Africa