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Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies

Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies

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30 Sep 2019
Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies

Text: Lesotho born Ephraim Mojalefa (Kid) Ngatane, painter, musician, teacher and boxer, died of tuberculosis at the Barangwanath Hospital, Soweto. Ngatane used water colours and oil for his paintings and held a yearly solo exhibition throughout his career, except for 1970. As an enthusiastic musician he played penny whistle with Rankutsi, popular at the time. He later started his own band, in which he was the lead singer. Ngatane was buried at Doornkop farm cemetery in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg.  

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  1. 01Ref: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012156

South African History Online (2011) 'Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012156 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012156, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012156. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Artist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012156.

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