Louis Oosthuizen continued the dominance of South African players on home soil and his own unique winning streak by successfully defending his Volvo Golf Champions title.
One shot behind compatriot Branden Grace with two holes to play, he birdied both for a 68 to win by one shot on 12 under.
That means all seven European Tour events staged at Durban Country Club have now been won by South Africans, while eight of the last 11 tournaments in South Africa have been won by home players.
Oosthuizen has also now started each of the last four calendar years with a victory thanks to a perfect finish after falling foul of the 16th hole for the second day running.
The 31-year-old followed his triple-bogey seven on Saturday with a bogey five yesterday to fall one shot behind Grace, who had birdied two of his last three holes to shoot a 68 and set the clubhouse target.
However, as Grace watched on television, Oosthuizen hit a superb approach to two feet on the 17th and then chipped to the same distance on the short par-four 18th to seal the win and first prize of £420,000.
“I haven’t really played well last year with all the injuries, so hopefully I can build from here on and just go better next time,” he said.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood had held a one-shot advantage heading into the final round and briefly stretched that to three thanks to a birdie at the second and mistakes from his rivals.
Three bogeys in five holes from the fifth cost Fleetwood a second European Tour title and he had to settle for a closing 72 and a tie for third with Holland’s Joost Luiten, with Padraig Harrington and French duo Raphael Jacquelin and Victor Dubuisson another shot back on nine under.
Harrington has not won on the European Tour since his 2008 US PGA triumph. He said after his 67: “I’m happy with how I am hitting the ball but distraught with the way I’m putting.”