Contents Early years Education Vilakazi the educationist Vilakazi the novelist and poet Early years Benedict Vilakazi was born on January 6, 1906 at Groutville Mission Station on the north coast of kwaZulu-Natal, where he attended the local Groutville Mission School up till his 10th year. He completed his school career at St Francis College, at … Read more
Dudu ‘Lady D’ Khoza is an award winning South African presenter. Born in Marianhill Mission, near Pinetown, she grew up in Umlazi Township and matriculated in Ohlange High School. After high school she went on to pursue a nursing profession and obtained a diploma in General Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Nursing. Under the nom … Read more
Dudley Dlamini was born in Umzinto in 1931 and moved to Glebelands, South of Durban. He started playing trumpet at the tender age of 19 years. He played for the “Mezzow Swing Band” which was based at Umlazi. In 1956, he joined Modern Masters Band, and they played mostly at the hostels. He spent five years … Read more
Daphney Hlomuka was born and raised in KwaMashu during the Apartheid era. She began acting in the theater in Durban in 1968, and was considered to be a protégé of the Durban-based playwright, Welcome Msomi. Her earliest theatre credits included performances in two of Msomi’s theatrical productions: Qombeni and Umabatha, which was a Zulu adaptation … Read more
Dr. Fred Roberts was born in Durban in 1932. He established one of the first Inter-denominational non-racial charismatic Churches in South Africa, called the Durban Christian Centre. In 1952 he sailed from Durban to Britain where he studied at the Assemblies of God College. In 1956 he moved to Estcourt where he built up a … Read more
Curnick Ndlovu was born in Matatiele in 1932. His parents moved to Durban’s uMkhumbane settlement in 1941, then on to KwaMashu after the demolition of Cato Manor in the 1950s. It was the squalid conditions there that prompted him to become involved in politics. He joined the ANC in 1952 and Umkhonto weSizwe in 1961. … Read more