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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using www.iol.co.za: Owen Coetzee was a South African journalist and author. He worked for several newspapers in South Africa and wrote three books, the best known of which was an account of the burning of Boer farms during the Anglo-Boer War, "Fire In The Sky". After starting his career as a journalist in the late 1950s at the Diamond Fields Advertiser in Kimberley, Coetzer moved to The Friend in Bloemfontein. He worked at the Daily News in Durban until 1979 when he then moved to Cape Town where he worked for The Argus. Later he worked as the editor of Navy News as well as the editor of Getaway magazine. In Durban, he served as chairman of the Natal Folk Music Association, and in the 1970s started his own music magazine in Durban, Trend.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using the SA History Online website and the De Beers Group website: The Oppenheimer family rose to prominence in the early 1900s when Ernest Oppenheimer founded the Anglo American Corporation to develop gold mining in South Africa. The Anglo American Corporation then became a major shareholder in De Beers. Ernest Oppenheimer was elected chairman of De Beers in 1929. Ernest's son, Harry Oppenheimer, joined the De Beers board in 1934, and succeeded his father as chairman following his death in 1957. In 1998 Nicky Oppenheimer succeeded his father Harry. Harry died in 2000. In 2012 the family's personal stake in De Beers was sold to Anglo American.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using material written by Val Ward of KZNM, and the obituary of Oliver Davies in the Natalia journal: Oliver Davies was born in Chelsea, London in 1905. He studied Classics at the University of Oxford. He worked as a lecturer in Archaeology and Ancient History at Queen’s University in 1930, and was appointed secretary of a committee of the British Association in 1935. In 1948 he moved to South Africa and took up the Chair of Classics at the University of Natal Pietermaritzburg. He left Natal in 1951, but returned in 1966 following his retirement from the University of the Gold Coast in Ghana. He started the Natal Branch of the South African Archaeological Society in 1949, and did voluntary work at the Natal Museum during his time in Natal, curating both his own and earlier collections. He became Keeper of Antiquities at Natal Museum in 1968 and in 1978 was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of Natal. He also looked after the archaeological collections and site records at the Natal Museum, until the appointment of Tim Maggs in 1971. For his services to archaeology in Natal he was made Life Patron of the Natal Branch of the South African Archaeological Society in 1986. Oliver Davies was murdered in his home on 26 August 1986.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about John Ogle. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Nyandza Nhlabatsi. He was interviewed by Carolyn Hamilton in the Kazameya area of Swaziland in the 1980s.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nungu kaMatshobana was a member of Ntshingwayo's people, Zululand (Eshowe). He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1903.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Nukani. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1900 in Ladysmith.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Ntulizwe kaMaqubandaba was born in roughly 1882. He was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment with hard labour for allegedly taking part in the Bambata rebellion. He maintained that he was not a rebel, and was the victim of a conspiracy. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1920 at High Brae (Stuart's home in Hilton, near Pietermaritzburg).]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Ntshelele kaGodide (alias Nkobe) was a member of the Ntuli people and a part of the Uve regiment. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1918 and 1922. He was interviewed multiple times, and at least one of these interviews took place at Pietermaritzburg.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Ntazini. He was probably an employee of the Stuart household in Pietermaritzburg. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1910.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nsuze kaMfelafuti was born in the Nsuze district of Zululand and was a member of the Felapakati regiment and a part of the Ngcobo people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1912.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nozulela kaHlangwana was a member of the Mdhlalose people. He lived in Natal. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1922.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: Nondhleko was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908. She was married and was about 40 years old at the time of recording.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: Nomhoyi was from Greytown, Natal, and was the adviser of chieftain Nogwaja of the Makabele people. He was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908. He was about 50 years old at the time of recording.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nombatshana kaGwadhlela was born in roughly 1890 and was a member of the Bengu people of the Ngcolosi people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1921.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nombashini kaNdhlela was born at the source of the Mkuzane river in roughly 1843 and was a member of the amaNcwabeni, who were abeNguni. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1907.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nombango (alias Topsy) was born in Mpande's umbango. She was Dhlozi kaLanga's wife. She was interviewed by James Stuart in 1903.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: Nokuthula Vilakati (variations in title: Vilakathi, Vilakazi) was a translator and transcriber who worked on the interviews conducted by Philip Bonner and Carolyn Hamilton in Swaziland in the 1970s and 1980s.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: Nogwaja was from Greytown, Natal, and was the chieftain of the Makabela people. He was recoded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908. He was about 40 years old at the time of recording.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018: No attribution is used when the 'event actor' is unknown. In AtoM, an 'event' registers an action by an 'actor' (for example, a person, family, corporate body etc) at a particular time or over a span of time.]