Khaba Mkhize

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

Biography

Former editor of 'Echo' newspaper and ex-assistant editor of the 'Natal Witness'

He passed away in Pietermaritzburg in July 2016.

Career

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

Among the plays that he wrote is Pity! Maritzburg and the controversial Bone 4 Mandela.

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.

The Citizen [1].

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