| 100% | ZUMA | 4 | Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009 |
| 70% | JACOBZUMA | 9 | South African leader beginning in 2009 |
| 57% | ZUMA | 4 | Jacob —, South African politician who was appointed president of the ANC in 2007 |
| 55% | BOERWAR | 7 | South African conflict begun in 1899 |
| 50% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | South African president who became an honorary citizen of Canada in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Former South African president who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MBEKI | 5 | South African president who was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Africa for the first time |
| 47% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | Former South African president who received the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NELSON | 6 | South African president |
| 45% | CHIRAC | 6 | President beginning in 1995 |
| 43% | BOTHA | 5 | 1980s South African president |
| 43% | BOTHA | 5 | '80s South African president |
| 43% | OBAMAERA | 8 | It began in 2009 |
| 42% | MANDELA | 7 | Nelson ___, former South African president |
| 42% | MANDELA | 7 | Nelson, former South African president |
| 42% | PIETER | 6 | 1980's South African president ___ Botha |
| 41% | NIETO | 5 | Enrique Peña ___, Mexican president beginning in 2012 |
| 41% | SILVA | 5 | Aníbal Cavaco ___, Portuguese president beginning in 2006 |
| 39% | VERWOERD | 8 | South African PM assassinated in 1966 |
| 38% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | South African president with a false memory "effect" named after him: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CAPETOWN | 8 | South African city founded by the Dutch in 1652 |
| 38% | KRUGER | 6 | South African national park in Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
| 38% | OBAMA | 5 | US president starting in 2009 |
| 37% | CRONJE | 6 | Piet __, South African commander in the Boer War |
| 37% | MANDELA | 7 | President in the 2009 film "Invictus" |
| 37% | ELS | 3 | South African golfer Ernie who held the #1 ranking in 1997 |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | With 23-Across, period that began in January 2009 |
| 36% | MANDELA | 7 | South African leader Nelson played by Idris Elba in a 2013 biopic |
| 36% | ERNIEELS | 8 | South African golfer who won The Open Championship in 2002 and 2012 |