| 100% | CISKEI | 6 | 1981-94 Bantustan in southeast South Africa now part of Eastern Cape |
| 71% | CISKEI | 6 | Bantustan in south-east South Africa from 1981-94 now part of Eastern Cape |
| 64% | TRANSKEI | 8 | Former Bantustan of South Africa now part of Eastern Cape Province |
| 42% | UMTATA | 6 | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| 33% | EASTLONDON | 10 | City in Eastern Cape, South Africa on the Indian Ocean coast |
| 33% | MACADAMIAS | 10 | South Africa now tops Hawaii in their production |
| 31% | ZULU | 4 | Native of eastern South Africa |
| 30% | NEPALPLANE | 10 | Part of an air force in south-central Asia? |
| 30% | ELONMUSK | 8 | South Africa-born technology entrepreneur; founder in 2002 of SpaceX |
| 30% | MONSOONSEASON | 13 | Rainy part of the year in Southeast Asia |
| 30% | MEDINA | 6 | Old part of cities in North Africa, often walled |
| 29% | STELLENBOSCH | 12 | University town in Western Cape, South Africa, on the banks of the Eerste River |
| 28% | MUNGO | 5 | — National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region in New South Wales, Australia |
| 28% | LAN | 3 | David —, South Africa-born playwright; artistic director of the Young Vic, London appointed in 2000 |
| 28% | SSE | 3 | Compass direction in the middle of south and southeast |
| 28% | GOODHOPE | 8 | Optimistic Cape in South Africa |
| 27% | PIKBOTHA | 8 | Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa from 1977-94 |
| 27% | GIBBS | 5 | H H —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 228 against Pakistan at Cape Town in 2003 |
| 27% | SINGAPORE | 9 | ___ Sling, cocktail that shares part of its name with a city-state in Southeast Asia |
| 27% | VERACRUZ | 8 | Town now part of Mexico, attacked by pirates Laurens de Graaf, Nicholas van Hoorn and Michel de Grammont in 1683 |
| 27% | SSRS | 4 | Parts of Eastern Eur., once |
| 26% | JOHANNESBURG | 12 | City in Gauteng, South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand |
| 26% | BOTHA | 5 | Pik —, South Africa Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977-94 |
| 26% | PRETORIA | 8 | Administrative capital of South Africa in Gauteng province |
| 26% | HOPE | 4 | The Good cape in South Africa |
| 26% | SSRS | 4 | Part of Eastern Europe, once: Abbr. |
| 26% | IAN | 3 | ___ Roberts, South African actor who played Mike Donovan in "I Dreamed of Africa" |
| 26% | KIMBERLEY | 9 | Capital of Northern Cape, South Africa, associated with the diamond industry |
| 26% | CAVEIN | 6 | Cause of South Africa's massive Coalbrook mine disaster in 1960 |