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KNOW YOUR HEROES: Names: Ntsanwisi, Hudson William Edison Born: 11 July 1920, Shiluvane Mission Station, Letaba District, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) Died: 23 March 1993 In summary: Educationist, author, Professor of African Languages and Dean at the University of the North (Turfloop). Later became Vice–President of the Transvaal African Teacher’s Union, Chief of the Majeje people and Chief Minister of Gazankulu . Ntsanwisi was born on 11 July 1920 at the Shiluvane Mission Station in the Letaba District of Limpopo. He was the eldest child in a family of three. With only a Standard 6 certificate (but later obtaining a matric via correspondence), he entered Lemana Training Institution, a Swiss Mission Teachers’ College at Elim, Limpopo province. Ntsanwisi received a BA (1962) and MA in African studies (1965) from the University of South Africa. Overseas scholarships took him to Georgetown University in Washington DC and at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut, USA to study linguistics. Upon his return to SA he taught at Emmarentia High School, Bela – Bela. He then became the founding principal of Shiluvane Secondary and Bokgaga High schools, both in the Letaba district. After becoming the Polokwane–Lowveld and Zoutpansberg–Sibasa circuits school inspector in 1964, he lectured at the University of the North (Turfloop). There he was also Professor of African Languages and Dean, and later became Vice–President of the Transvaal African Teacher’s Union. He authored plays (e.g. Masungi, Makomba Ndlela ) and a descriptive study of idioms in Tsonga. Ntsanwisi was the first African moderator of the Tsonga Presbyterian Church, a position he held for 12 years. From 1966 to 1968 he toured extensively in Europe and the USA, presenting lectures and addressing conferences. He was awarded a Doctorate of Administration in 1985 by the University of the North. Supported by Tsonga–speaking Chiefs, Ntsanwisi entered.