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Thandi Gloria Mpambo-Sibhukwana
Thandi may refer to: People Given name *Thandi Brewer, South African television actress *Thandi Klaasen (1931–2017), South African jazz singer *Thandi Modise (born 1959), South African politician *Thandi Ndlovu (c. 1954–2019), South African medical doctor and businesswoman * Thandi Gloria Mpambo-Sibhukwana (died 2020), South African educator and legislator *Thandie Newton (known as Thandi; born 1972), English actress *Thandi Orleyn (born 1956), South African lawyer *Thandi Phoenix (born 1993), Australian singer-songwriter * Thandi Sibisi (born 1986), South African art gallery owner and former model *Thandi Tshabalala (born 1984), South African cricketer Surname *Karman Thandi (born 1998), Indian tennis player Other uses *Thandi River Thandi River is a river of Burma. The Thandi River lies in Burma's southern region of Ayeyarwady. It is a tributary of the Irrawaddy River. The river flows for most part at an elevation of below sea level. The course of the river passes through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Brewer
Thandi Brewer was a South African showrunner, screenwriter, film producer, director, and script editor. Career Brewer has produced about 300 hours of film in her life. Her capital has produced over 97 million rands worth of product. Her productions include children's series ''Dynamite Diepkloof Dudes'', ''37 Honey Street'', making countrywide headlines with the first-ever lesbian kiss on South African television, the 7 x SAFTA Award-winning and International Emmy-nominated ''Usindiso'', ''Sticks and Stones'', the first series in the history of South African television to have an audiovisual description for the blind, ''Bahati Close'' first series produced by Mnet East Africa where she headwrote and trained Kenyan and Ugandan writers, and ''End Game.'' She has been show running ''Keeping Score'', a 156-part telenovela she created, which is the first telenovela that SABC 2 has done. As a script editor, she has worked with writers to produce ''Society'' on SABC 1, ''Tiger on'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Klaasen
Thandi Klaasen (born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, 27 September 1931 – 15 January 2017) was a jazz musician from Sophiatown, Gauteng. She was the mother of singer Lorraine Klaasen. Biography Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani grew up in Sophiatown, the daughter of a shoemaker and a domestic worker.Thandi Klaasen profile When she was a teenager, she was attacked with an acid bomb and her face was permanently scarred.Kagiso Msimango, "Warrior Goddess: Thandi Klaasen" The Goddess Academy, 20 May 2006. Her career as a singer and dancer began in the mid-1950s. Klaasen performed with |
Thandi Modise
Thandi Modise (born 25 December 1959) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. She was previously the Premier of the North West from 2010 to 2014, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019, and Speaker of the National Assembly from 2019 to 2021. Modise has been a member of the African National Congress (ANC) since the 1976 Soweto uprising, when she dropped out of high school to join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ANC's armed wing, in exile. In 1978 she returned to South Africa as a trained guerrilla operative for MK and from 1980 to 1988 she was imprisoned under the Terrorism Act for her anti-apartheid activism. She was elected to the South African Parliament in South Africa's first democratic election in 1994. After ten years in the National Assembly, she served as the Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature from 2004 to 2009 before becoming Premier in 2010. She next returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Ndlovu
Thandi Ndlovu (1953/1954 - August 24, 2019) was a South African medical doctor and businesswoman who was best known as the founder of the Motheo Construction Group. Early life and education Ndlovu was born in Soweto, South Africa where she attended Orlando High School. In 1976, whilst a student at the University of Fort Hare, Ndlovu entered into exile in order to escape the attention of apartheid security services. Between 1977 and 1984, Ndlovu joined African National Congress as an Umkhonto we Sizwe member operating outside of South Africa, moving from Mozambique to Zambia, and then onto southern Angola, where she received training; afterward, she attended a school for the Young Communist League in Moscow, USSR. In 1984 she enrolled at the University of Zambia to study medicine, after which she returned to South Africa and interned at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Business career Whilst practicing medicine in South Africa, Ndlovu noticed that many of the ailments among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Gloria Mpambo-Sibhukwana
Thandi may refer to: People Given name *Thandi Brewer, South African television actress *Thandi Klaasen (1931–2017), South African jazz singer *Thandi Modise (born 1959), South African politician *Thandi Ndlovu (c. 1954–2019), South African medical doctor and businesswoman * Thandi Gloria Mpambo-Sibhukwana (died 2020), South African educator and legislator *Thandie Newton (known as Thandi; born 1972), English actress *Thandi Orleyn (born 1956), South African lawyer *Thandi Phoenix (born 1993), Australian singer-songwriter * Thandi Sibisi (born 1986), South African art gallery owner and former model *Thandi Tshabalala (born 1984), South African cricketer Surname *Karman Thandi (born 1998), Indian tennis player Other uses *Thandi River Thandi River is a river of Burma. The Thandi River lies in Burma's southern region of Ayeyarwady. It is a tributary of the Irrawaddy River. The river flows for most part at an elevation of below sea level. The course of the river passes through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandie Newton
Melanie Thandiwe Newton ( ; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. Newton has received various awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity. Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in ''Beloved'' (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in '' Mission: Impossible 2'' (2000), Tiffany in '' Shade'' (2003), Dame Vaako in '' The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004), Christine in ''Crash'' (2004), for which she received a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Linda in ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' (2006), Libby in '' Run Fatboy Run'' (2007), Stella in '' RockNRolla'' (2008), Condoleezza Rice in '' W.'' (2008), Laura Wilson in ''2012'' (2009), Tangie Adrose in '' For Colored Girls'' (2010), and Val in '' Solo: A Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Orleyn
Noluthando Dorian Bahedile Orleyn, commonly known as Thandi Orleyn, (born 1956) is a South African lawyer and business executive who has been active mainly in the financial sector. She is a co-founder and executive director of Peotona Group Holdings. Orleyn was born in Port Elizabeth on 13 January 1956. She received her secondary education at Inanda Seminary School before studying law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of South Africa. Orleyn chairs the board of BP Southern Africa and serves on the boards of Toyota SA and Toyota Financial Services (South Africa). She has also served as a non-executive director of the South African Reserve Bank. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Orleyn, Thandi 1956 births Living people People from Port Elizabeth South African businesspeople University of Fort Hare alumni University of South Africa alumni South African women lawyers 20th-century South African lawyers 21st-century South African lawyers 20th-century women lawyers 21st- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Phoenix
Thandiwe Helen Phoenix (born 5 September 1993), better known by her stage name Thandi Phoenix, is an Australian singer-songwriter from Newtown in Inner Sydney. Thandi is half South African. Career Thandi Phoenix has performed at festivals such as Spilt Milk, Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay Bluesfest and Womadelaide. She has supported Rudimental, Vera Blue, Jhene Aiko, Tinashe, and Tinie Tempah on their national tours. In March 2019, Thandi performed on Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad ...'s Like a Version and in October 2019, she released her self-titled debut EP. Discography Extended plays Singles As featured artist References Singers from Sydney Living people 21st-century Australian singers Australian musicians Australian women pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Sibisi
Thandiwe Ithandile Sibisi (born 4 November 1986) is a South African art gallery owner and businesswoman. Sibisi is renowned for her cultural activism in South Africa and becoming the first black female to own an art gallery in South Africa at the age of 25. She was born in rural KZN and is the daughter of farmers. Sibisi initially moved to Johannesburg to study and pursue a modelling career, which she eventually moved away from to start her first business, Invogue Concepts, which she founded at the age of 18. Sibisi now runs several businesses, including an art gallery, Sibisi Gallery, for which she is so widely acclaimed. Early life and education Sibisi was born on 4 November 1986 in Estcourt, South Africa to Siphiwo Sibisi and Sizeni MaMncube Sibisi. She is the last born of 9 children. Sibisi grew up in Weenen, a small town well known for its political and tribal conflicts. Sibisi and her family lived in a village named KwaMtebhelu, surrounded by faction fighting. As a 6-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandi Tshabalala
Thandi Tshabalala (born 19 November 1984) is a South African cricketer who plays first-class cricket for the Eagles as a specialist off spinner. He was first called up to the South African team in February 2006, as he made the squad for their Twenty20 International against Australia, but did not play. In July, he was again selected, this time in a 14-man squad to tour Sri Lanka, but was not picked for the final eleven in the first Test. UCBSA chief of selectors, Haroon Lorgat, said it was "very unlikely that he ouldplay in the first Test." and that he was there to "gain exposure and experience." Tshabalala has won two Man of the Match awards in his 52 official matches for Eagles and Free State, from CricketArchive, retrieved 30 July 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karman Thandi
Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player. She has been a previous Indian No. 1 in singles. Thandi has career-high WTA rankings of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019. Tennis career She started playing tennis at the age of eight. Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the WTA rankings, after the likes of Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, and Ankita Raina. Thandi has won four doubles titles and three singles titles on the ITF Circuit- the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016. Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China. Since 2017 she has represented India in Fed Cup, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
