| 100% | PIETER | 6 | 1980's South African president ___ Botha |
| 56% | NELSON | 6 | South African president |
| 54% | BOTHA | 5 | 1980s South African president |
| 54% | BOTHA | 5 | '80s South African president |
| 53% | MANDELA | 7 | Nelson ___, former South African president |
| 53% | MANDELA | 7 | Nelson, former South African president |
| 51% | ZUMA | 4 | Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009 |
| 48% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | South African president with a false memory "effect" named after him: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | South African president who became an honorary citizen of Canada in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MANDELA | 7 | S. African president once imprisoned for 27 years |
| 45% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Former South African president who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TAMBO | 5 | Oliver —, South African politician; president of the ANC from 1967-91 |
| 44% | MBEKI | 5 | South African president who was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Africa for the first time |
| 44% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Former South African president who received the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SMUTS | 5 | 1940's South African P.M. |
| 42% | UMTATA | 6 | Nelson Mandela's South African birthplace |
| 42% | TATA | 4 | Nelson Mandela's South African nickname |
| 42% | ZUMA | 4 | Jacob —, South African politician who was appointed president of the ANC in 2007 |
| 41% | RAUL | 4 | 1980's Argentine president ___ Alfonsín |
| 41% | AMIN | 4 | 1980's Lebanese president ___ Gemayel |
| 41% | ELS | 3 | South African with two U.S. Open wins |
| 41% | EXCELSIOR | 9 | South African diamond, once the world's largest |
| 40% | ELS | 3 | South African who twice won the U.S. Open |
| 40% | RHEE | 4 | South Korea's first president |
| 39% | RHEE | 4 | South Korea's first president Syngman ___ |
| 38% | NGO | 3 | South Vietnam's first president ___ Dinh Diem |
| 37% | RAND | 4 | South African money |
| 37% | STAD | 4 | South African village |
| 37% | VELD | 4 | South African grassland |
| 37% | NATAL | 5 | South African province |