Irreligion, according to the South African National Census of 2001, accounts for the beliefs of 15.1% of people in South Africa, the majority of those being White.
A 2012 poll indicated that the number of South Africans who consider themselves religious decreased from 83% of the population in 2005 to 64% of the population in 2012.
List of Non-Religious South Africans
Zackie Achmat
J. M. Coetzee
Bettie du Toit
Pierre de Vos
Nadine Gordimer
Chris Hani
Govan Mbeki
Eusebius McKaiser
Jacques Rousseau (secular activist) Joe Slovo