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Harriet Ngubane

Harriet Ngubane
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 1994 – April 2004
Personal details
Born(1929-11-11)11 November 1929
Inchanga, Natal Province
Union of South Africa
DiedOctober 2007 (aged 77)
Political partyInkatha Freedom Party
SpouseJethro Sibisi
RelationsBen Ngubane (brother)
Children7, including Sibusiso Sibisi
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Natal
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineSocial anthropology
Notable worksBody and Mind in Zulu Medicine (1977)

Harriet Ngubane (11 November 1929 – October 2007), formerly known as Harriet Sibisi, was a South African social anthropologist best known for her work on Zulu belief systems. Though educated in England, Ngubane spent the latter years of her career as a professor at the University of Cape Town. She represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004.


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