Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (Afrikaans pronunciation: [stəˈfɑːnœs jaˈkuəbœs dyˈtwa]; 9 October 1847 – 29 May 1911) was a South African nationalist, theologian, journalist and translator.

[2][6] Although Du Toit could not openly control Die Afrikaanse Patriot without the consent of his church council, he was the driving force behind the paper, while his brother D.F.

[7] In 1882, after the Transvaal (now the South African Republic) regained its independence, its president Paul Kruger invited Du Toit to become Superintendent of Education,[8] a post that he held until 1889.

[1][10] After his resignation, he returned to the Cape Colony and publicly took over the post of editor of Die Patriot,[2] breaking with his brother and other members of the Afrikaner Bond.

Under his editorship Die Patriot adopted a much more conciliatory stance towards the British Government, possibly as a result of financial backing he received from Cecil Rhodes,[1] though this is disputed.

Du Toit broke with the Afrikaner Bond and through Die Afrikaanse Patriot backed Rhodes both in the Jameson Raid and in the Second Anglo-Boer War.

In 1904, following financial problems DF du Toit & Co, the company that owned Die Afrikaanse Patriot was sold[2] and the paper was succeeded by the Paarl Post.

[11] Du Toit died on 25 May 1911 as a result of injuries sustained in August the previous year when the cart in which he was travelling overturned while he was journeying to Calvinia to visit one of his congregations.

[10] Du Toit was a prolific writer – the anonymous author of the epitaph on his tombstone described him as "The father of the Afrikaans language",[9] though this honour has also be given to Pannevis,[12] to Hoogenhout or to all three.