11 Notable alumni of
Tshwane University of Technology
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The Tshwane University of Technology is 2523rd in the world, 62nd in Africa, and 13th in South Africa by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from the Tshwane University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Oti Mabuse
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- choreographerdancer
- Biography
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Otlile "Oti" Mabuse is a South African talent show judge, presenter, dancer and Latin dance champion currently based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020, and its German equivalent, Let's Dance. She was a Dance Captain on The Greatest Dancer. Between 2021 and 2022, she was a panellist on The Masked Dancer, and has served as a judge on Dancing on Ice since 2022.
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Nelisiwe Sibiya
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- actorsinger
- Biography
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Nelisiwe Faith Sibiya also known as Mbali Mthethwa from Durban Gen.She is a South African actress and singer. She is best known for the role in the television series Durban Gen. She released an African cultured music called "Mama ka Bafana" in 2016
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Refilwe Mtsweni
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- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane, also spelled Mtshweni-Tsipane, is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces since June 2024. Before that, she served as the fifth Premier of Mpumalanga between 2018 and 2024.
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Wayne Barker
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- installation artistvisual artistconceptual artist
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Wayne Barker, South African visual artist. Barker is based in Johannesburg. He rose to prominence in the late 80s, at the height of political unrest under the Apartheid regime. His work has featured in several global biennales, art fairs and important retrospective exhibitions. He works in various mediums, including but not limited to painting, printmaking, sculpture, video, performance and installation. In addition to collaborations with other artists, Barker has collaborated with the Qubeka Beadwork Studio based in Cape Town, to realise large scale glass beadworks.
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Lerato Walaza
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- actor
- Biography
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Lerato Walaza is a South African actress who appears in the TV series Shuga. She was a recurring character who was still in Shuga when the series went into a nightly mini-series to highlight issues surrounding Coronavirus. The series is filmed by the actors and the story will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire.
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Paula Francisco Coelho
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- politicianenvironmentalist
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Paula Cristina Francisco Coelho was appointed the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Angola in September 2017 under João Lourenço Government. Prior to her mandate as Minister of Environment, she was the Secretary of State for Biodiversity and Protected Areas. She started her work with the Ministry of Environment as a technician, later becoming the National Director for Biodiversity.
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Wikus du Toit
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Wikus du Toit is a South African producer, actor, comedian, composer, and director.
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Lejeanne Marais
- Occupations
- figure skater
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Lejeanne Marais is a South African former competitive figure skater. She is a five-time (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) South African national champion and competed in the free skate at six Four Continents Championships. She was coached by her mother, Susan Marais, and Laurent Depouilly, in Cape Town. She studied architecture at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Neo Ntsoma
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- photographer
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Neo Ntsoma is a South African photographer known for her photojournalism, portraiture, music and popular culture photography. Born in Vryburg and brought up in the rural areas of Mafikeng in the North West Province, her fascination about films was triggered at an early age. Growing up in the apartheid era and seeing the negative portrayal images of black South Africans and the lack of participation of black women in a media industry dominated by white males, this reinvigorated her to want to make change, however it was not an easy dream to fulfill due to race restrictions at the time. Ntsoma attended St Mary's High School where she would be introduced to music, dance and drama, this is where she knew her career path was different from her peers. Despite several setbacks throughout her life she kept on pursuing her dream of being a photographer and succeeded. Ntsoma is known for her photographs that stand out for the odd angles from which they are taken and the way she plays with what is in focus in the photos and what is not. Besides being a photographer she has become an enthusiastic mentor for young photojournalists.
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Frank Marshall
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- photographer
- Biography
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Frank Marshall is a South African photographer mostly concerned with portraiture and the photography of music and known for his work on portraying heavy metal subculture in Botswana. He is represented by Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Zivan Smith
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- 1991-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Zivan Smith is a South African Paralympic athlete. Smith has the use of only one arm, and completes in the T46 class. He attends Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa.
