Kyalami · 15 October 1983
Riccardo Patrese won the 1983 South African Grand Prix for Brabham from 3rd on the grid, 9.319s ahead of Andrea de Cesaris. Marc Surer gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 8th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham Patrese 9 + Piquet 4 | Patrese 9 + Piquet 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Alfa Romeo de Cesaris 6 + Baldi 0 | de Cesaris 6 + Baldi 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Toleman Warwick 3 + Giacomelli 0 | Warwick 3 + Giacomelli 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Rosberg 2 + Laffite 0 | Rosberg 2 + Laffite 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Renault Cheever 1 + Prost 0 | Cheever 1 + Prost 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Sullivan 0 + Alboreto 0 | Sullivan 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arrows Surer 0 + Boutsen 0 | Surer 0 + Boutsen 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Jarier 0 + Boesel 0 | Jarier 0 + Boesel 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | McLaren Lauda 0 + Watson 0 | Lauda 0 + Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | RAM Acheson 0 | Acheson 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Team Lotus Mansell 0 + de Angelis 0 | Mansell 0 + de Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ferrari Tambay 0 + Arnoux 0 | Tambay 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Osella Fabi 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Fabi 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | ATS Winkelhock 0 | Winkelhock 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | 1:33:25.708 | 77 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +9.319s | 77 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +21.969s | 77 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Derek Warwick Toleman | Toleman | +1 Lap | 76 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 76 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever Renault | Renault | +1 Lap | 76 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Danny Sullivan Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 8 | Marc Surer Arrows | Arrows | +2 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | +3 Laps | 74 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier | Ligier | +4 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 11 | Niki Lauda McLaren | McLaren | DNF Electrical | 71 | — | — | |
| 12 | Kenny Acheson RAM | RAM | +6 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| NC | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | NC | 68 | — | — | |
| NC | Raul Boesel Ligier | Ligier | NC | 66 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 60 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Turbo | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli Toleman | Toleman | DNF Turbo | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | DNF Turbo | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Corrado Fabi Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 20 | — | — | |
| DSQ | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | DSQ | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Engine | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Manfred Winkelhock ATS | ATS | DNF Engine | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Williams | Williams | DNF Spun off | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 1 | — | — |