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South African journalist, editor, writer and educator

Niq Mhlongo (born 10 June 1973) is a South African journalist, editor, writer and educator.

Early life and education

Mhlongo was born in Midway-Chiawelo, Soweto, the seventh of nine children, and raised in Soweto. His father, who died when Mhlongo was a teenager, worked as a post-office sweeper.

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Mhlongo was sent to Limpopo Province, the province his mother came from, to finish high school. Initially failing his matriculation exam in October 1990,^[1] Mhlongo completed his matric at Malenga High School in 1991.

He studied African literature and political studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, gaining a BA in 1996. In 1997, he enrolled to study law there, transferring to the University of Cape Town the following year.

In 2000, he discontinued university study to write his first novel, Dog Eat Dog.^[2]

Writing

Mhlongo was described by Rachel Donadio in The New York Times as