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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of the 'Natal Witness'
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Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of the ''[[The Natal Witness]]''. He also worked for the [[SABC]].
  
 
He passed away in Pietermaritzburg in July 2016.
 
He passed away in Pietermaritzburg in July 2016.
  
 
=== Career ===
 
=== Career ===
 
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Among the plays that he wrote is ''[[Pity! Maritzburg]]'' and the controversial ''[[Bone 4 Mandela]]''.
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Among the plays that he wrote are ''[[Pity! Maritzburg]]'', ''[[Hobo the Man]]'' and the controversial ''[[Bone 4 Mandela]]'' (2001).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
''[[Natal Witness]]'', 9 September 1991.
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''[[The Natal Witness]]'', 9 September 1991.
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''[[City Press]]'', 2 September 2001 (re: ''Bone 4 Mandela'').
  
 
''[[The Citizen]]'' [https://citizen.co.za/uncategorized/1221827/zuma-pays-tribute-to-journalist-khaba-mkhize/].
 
''[[The Citizen]]'' [https://citizen.co.za/uncategorized/1221827/zuma-pays-tribute-to-journalist-khaba-mkhize/].

Latest revision as of 10:10, 8 April 2020

Khaba Mkhize (19**-2016). Poet, playwright, journalist.

Biography

Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of the The Natal Witness. He also worked for the SABC.

He passed away in Pietermaritzburg in July 2016.

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Among the plays that he wrote are Pity! Maritzburg, Hobo the Man and the controversial Bone 4 Mandela (2001).

Awards, etc

His play Pity! Maritzburg was nominated for a Vita Award (National) in 1991.

He won a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a journalist in 2009.

Sources

The Natal Witness, 9 September 1991.

City Press, 2 September 2001 (re: Bone 4 Mandela).

The Citizen [1].

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