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Njabulo Ndebele was born on 4 July, 1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a South African writer. Discover Njabulo Ndebele's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?
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Chancellor
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76 years old |
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Cancer |
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4 July 1947 |
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4 July |
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Johannesburg, South Africa |
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South Africa
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Njabulo Ndebele Height, Weight & Measurements
At 76 years old, Njabulo Ndebele height not available right now. We will update Njabulo Ndebele's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Njabulo Ndebele Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Njabulo Ndebele worth at the age of 76 years old? Njabulo Ndebele’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Njabulo Ndebele's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele is an academic and writer of fiction who is the former vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Cape Town (UCT).
He married Mpho Kathleen Malebo on 30 July 1971.
They have one son and two daughters.
Ndebele was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in English and philosophy by the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland in 1973; a Master of Arts in English literature by the University of Cambridge in 1975; and a Doctor of Philosophy in creative writing by the University of Denver in 1983.
He also studied at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, where he was the first recipient of the South African Bursary.
An earlier publication Fools and Other Stories won the Noma Award, Africa's highest literary award for the best book published in Africa in 1984.
His highly influential essays on South African literature and culture were published in a collection Rediscovery of the Ordinary.
Ndebele served as president of the Congress of South African Writers for many years.
As a public figure he is known for his incisive insights in commentaries on a range of public issues in South Africa.
Ndebele is also a key figure in South African higher education.
He joined the foundation in September 1998, immediately after a five-year term of office as vice-chancellor and principal of the University of the North in Sovenga, in the then Northern Province.
Previously he served as vice-rector of the University of the Western Cape.
Earlier positions include chair of the Department of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand; and pro-vice-chancellor, Dean, and head of the English department at the National University of Lesotho.
Njabulo Ndebele was vice-chancellor and principal at the University of Cape Town from July 2000 to June 2008, following tenure as a scholar in residence at the Ford Foundation’s headquarters in New York.
He has served as chair of the South African Universities Vice-Chancellors Association from 2002 to 2005, and served on the executive board of the Association of African Universities since 2001.
He has done public service in South Africa in the areas of broadcasting policy, school curriculum in history, and more recently as chair of a government commission on the development and use of African languages as media of instruction in South African higher education.
An established novelist, Ndebele published The Cry of Winnie Mandela in 2004 to critical acclaim.
He served as president of the AAU from 2005 to 2009 and was chair of the Southern African Regional Universities Association.
He is also a fellow of UCT.
He holds honorary doctorates from universities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, South Africa and the United States.
The University of Cambridge awarded him an honorary doctorate in law in 2006, and he was made an honorary fellow of Churchill College in 2007.
In 2008 the University of Michigan awarded him another honorary doctorate in law.
Njabulo Ndebele also contributed to Chimurenga magazine.
On 16 November 2012 he was inaugurated as the chancellor of the University of Johannesburg.
he is the chairman of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Ndebele's father was Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and his mother was Makhosazana Regina Tshabangu.
