Valiant Swart (born Pierre Nolte, 25 November 1965), is a South African musician, Afrikaans folk rock singer-songwriter, and actor from Wellington.

[1] He is most famous for his male lead role as “Jinx” in the Afrikaans romantic drama series “Song vir Katryn”, which first aired in 2003 and 2004.

He played alongside lead actress Therese Benade, who portrayed Katryn, a mysterious woman with a complicated and dark past.

[4][5] He adds in an interview: "The song has since taken on a life of its own; it seems to have brought comfort to a lot of bereaved people, which, to be honest, makes me feel real good."

The song has been covered multiple times notably by Corlea Botha, Jurie Els, Laurika Rauch, Karen Zoid, Theuns Jordaan and Refentse.