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Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.

Date
4 Oct 1974
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.

Oliver Kgadime(Phukubjane) Matsepe is a novelist and poet   who was twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi Prize by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Arts and Science). He was born in the Groblersdal District on 22  March 1932. He received his education in various mission schools in Northrern Transvaal (now Limpopo) and was ultimately baptized in the Lutheran church. For most of his adult life Matsepe worked as a clerk and interpreter for the Department of Bantu Administration and Development. A devout Christian, his religious beliefs were reflected in his books. Matsepe died on 4 October 1974. In the two years prior to his death, he had produced 5 novels and 4 volumes of poetry.

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  1. 01Verwey E.J New Dictionary of South African Biography, Volume 1 HSRC Publishers Pretoria 1995 Pp 163-165
  2. 02 Brittanica Oliver Kgadime Matsepe[online] Available at: www.britannica.com[Accessed on 21 September 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2019, May 2). Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0129918

South African History Online (2019) 'Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.', South African History Online, 2 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0129918 (Accessed: 15 August 2026).

South African History Online, Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0129918, (accessed 15 August 2026).

"Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.." South African History Online, 2 May 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0129918. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Oliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.." South African History Online. May 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0129918.

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