Joab Mzamane

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Joab Mzamane
BornJoab Cornelius Mhlangenqaba Mzamane
(1920-10-10)October 10, 1920
Ngxaza, Tsolo
DiedMarch 14, 1989(1989-03-14) (aged 68)
Occupationagriculturalist

Joab Cornelius Mhlangenqaba Mzamane (10 October 1920 – 14 March 1989) was an agriculturalist and father of Bishop Sitembele Mzamane.

Life and work[edit]

Joab was born in Ngxaza, Tsolo, Eastern Cape in 1920. His mother was Martha Mzizi and his father was Shadrach Mzamane who was an Anglican voluntary preacher.[1]

Joab worked for most of his career around the Eastern Cape and contributed to the plantation of numerous forests in the Transkei area. He is most noted for the study of a "New approach to veld management." Ulimo Nemfuyo.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Godfrey Callaway, Missionary in Kaffraria, 1892-1942: His Life and Writings". Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1946. 1946.
  2. ^ "Mzamane, J. C. M. "New approach to veld management." Ulimo Nemfuyo (1972)". Agris.fao.