C.M. Doke was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages. He was Head of Department of Bantu Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
UBenedict Wallet Vilakazi (1906–1947) wayeyimbongi, umbhali wamanoveli, kanye nomuntu onsundu wokuqala ukuthola iziqu zoBudokotela nokuba wumsizi wabafundi eNyuvesi yaseWits, eGoli. Ngowezi-2016 wahlonishwa ngendondo yeGolide eyaziwa ngele-Order of Ikhamanga.
D. M. Malcolm was a linguist and lecturer at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (previously the University of Natal).
Mzilikazi Khumalo is a South African composer, and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.