Ladybrand

Notable residents

• Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs - State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.
• Arthur Setaba Pitso, an SACP supporter who was stabbed to death by unidentified persons at his home in Ladybrand, OFS, on 28 October 1972. Mr Pitso had organised stayaways, boycotts and other political activities, and was labelled a troublemaker by police in the area.
• Kobie Coetsee - South African lawyer, National Party politician and administrator as well as a negotiator during the country's transition to democracy.
• Lehlohonolo Majoro - Cape Town City FC Striker 1986-present
• Lefa Tsutsulupa - Morokwa Swallows middlefielder 1975-2013
• Dulcie van den Bergh ,the actress, lived in Ladybrand as a child with her brother Stefaans and sister Annemie. Parents were Anna Elisabeth and Stephanus Johannes Smit.
• Relebohile Pitso born 21 April 1993, Top 16 finalist for Miss Bachelorette South Africa. A top 10 finalist of the face of Miss Signature and a founder of an NGO called Hands Of Pure Hope and also a founder of Mr and Miss Ladybrand teen. She was born and bred in Ladybrand, the only child of Mme Nnyane Pitso. Started school at Yeshua pre-primary, went to Ladybrand Primary and completed matric at Ladybrand high school in the year 2011.