Mbongeni Malaba
Mbongeni is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mbongeni Buthelezi (born 1966), South African artist * Mbongeni Khumalo, South African poet *Mbongeni Mzimela, South African footballer * Mbongeni Ngema, South African writer *Phesheya Mbongeni Dlamini Phesheya Mbongeni Dlamini (born 1 January 1966 in Lobamba) has been the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Swaziland to the United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to ma ...

Mbongeni Buthelezi
Mbongeni Buthelezi, born 1966 in Johannesburg in South Africa, is an artist who became known for "painting" in plastic. Life Buthelezi attended courses at the Singaporean Institute of Art in Johannesburg from 1986 until 1992 and later also at the University of Witwatersrand from 1997 until 1998. He was "artist in residence" several times: *Guest Artist, Wiesbaden, Germany *Kunst:Raum Sylt-Quelle, Rantum, Germany *Atelierhaus Höherweg e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany *Standard Bank National Art Festival, South Africa *Vermont Studio Centre, New York, USA *Art Omi International Artists Centre, New York USA Work philosophy The material that Mbongeni Buthelezi uses for his "paintings" is always waste made of plastic: he cuts it into little pieces and glues them onto the canvas, creating surfaces and structures with subtle and changing tones and coloures. The use of such material shows Buthelezi's awareness of environmental problems and the physical decay of the Township (South A ...
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