People
Those liberals who served and continue to serve the cause of freedom in South Africa.
- John Philip
- John Fairbairn
- William Porter
- Saul Solomon
- Thomas Francois Burgers
- William Philip Schreiner
- John Tengo Jabavu
- Howard Pim
- Charles Templeman Loram
- John David Rheinallt Jones
- Reinhold Friedrich Alfred Hoernlé
- Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
- Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
- Leo Marquard
- Edgar Harry Brookes
- Harry Lawrence
- William Harold Hutt
- Sailor Malan
- Louis Kane-Berman
- Ludwig Maurits Lachmann
- Alan Paton
- Stephan P du Toit Viljoen
- Jordan Kush Ngubane
- Harry Schwarz
- Don Caldwell
- Michael Conway O’Dowd
- Helen Suzman
- John Kane-Berman
- Leon Marais Louw
- Temba A Nolutshungu
- Frans Cronje
Periods
Themed periods throughout South African history in which liberals have played a role.
- Cape Liberal Tradition (1820s-1959)
- Apartheid (1948-1993)
- Democratic Transition (1990-1996)
- Rainbow Nation (1994-2008)
- Radical Economic Transformation (2008-present)
- Expropriation Without Compensation (2017-present)
Parties
Political parties that were liberal or had notable liberal factions or personalities.
- United South African National Party
- Liberal Party
- Progressive Party (including the Progressive Reform Party and Progressive Federal Party)
- A Rigid Constitution: The 1960-62 Molteno Report
- Democratic Party
- Federal Party
- Democratic Alliance
- Libertarian Party
- Capitalist Party
Civil society
Liberal organisations and people in civil society or the press.
- Institute of Race Relations
- Black Sash
- Torch Commando
- Rand Daily Mail
- Free Market Foundation
- Federated Chamber of Industries
- Groundswell
- Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa
- Centre for Development and Enterprise
- Politicsweb
- Rational Standard
- Progress SA