Nokuthula radebe biography books
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2023 Contributors
Ms Thobile Nokuthula Radebe
Paper 1: The current state of women’s entrepreneurship in South Africa
Thobile Nokuthula Radebe holds a BCom degree (Banking and Business Management), an honours degree (Business Management), and an MCom degree (Entrepreneurship) from the University of Zululand. She is currently completing a PhD in entrepreneurship at North-West University. She is currently employed at the University of Stellenbosch Business School as a lecturer in Strategic Management. Prior to working as a lecturer, Thobile Nokuthula Radebe served the University of Zululand, Department of Business Management, as a student and, thereafter, as a part-time lecturer. Outside of academia, she has been involved in various programmes and exhibitions, such as the Entrepreneurship Week programme, the Mbali International Conference, and the SAB Foundation programme as part of the organising team. She has published in accredited journals, and her primary research interest
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DOLLY RADEBE, queen of African jazz, blues & mbaqanga
129pp., illus., paperback, Xarra Books, Midrand, 2023
ISBN: 9781776453290
Dolly Rathebe (1928-2004) grew up in Sophiatown. Spotted by a talent scout in 1948 she rose to fame as a nightclub singer and actress, and appeared on the cover of Drum Magazine. She toured with various South African bands, including the Manhattan Stars and the Harlem Swingsters, was the star attraction onAlf Herbert’s African Jazz and Variety Show, toured with the South African production of King Kong, and with the Afro-jazz group, the Elite Swingsters. After Sophiatown was destroyed bygd the apartheid government she found it more difficult to perform and lived in Port Elizabeth, Durban and Cape Town before settling in Mobopane nära Pretoria in 1971, only occasionally appearing on scen. Her gods recording was with the re-united Elite Swingsters in 1991.
"... a thoroughly researched, articulately written, heartfelt celebration and commemoration