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− | Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of the 'Natal Witness' | + | Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of 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 === | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== |
Revision as of 08:53, 10 April 2018
Khaba Mkhize (19**-2016). Poet, playwright, journalist.
Contents
Biography
Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of 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 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
Natal Witness, 9 September 1991.
City Press, 2 September 2001 (re: Bone 4 Mandela).
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