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Naidoo
Naidoo is a South African Indian surname. It is an alternative spelling of Naidu. Notable people with the surname include: * Ama Naidoo (1908–1993), South African anti-apartheid activist * Anand Naidoo, South African television anchor * Beverley Naidoo, South African children's author *Euvin Naidoo, South African businessman * Indira Naidoo (born 1968), Australian author *Indira Naidoo-Harris, South African-born Canadian politician * Jay Naidoo (born 1954), South African trade unionist *Kesivan Naidoo (born 1979), South African drummer * Kimeshan Naidoo (born 1991), South African entrepreneur and engineer *Kumi Naidoo (born 1965), South African human rights activist * Leigh-Ann Naidoo (born 1976), South African beach volleyball player * Manna Naidoo (1948–2022), South African politician *Naransamy Roy Naidoo (1901–1953), South African activist *Ravi Naidoo, South African designer *Shanti Naidoo, South African anti-apartheid activist *Shashi Naidoo (born 1980), South African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumi Naidoo
Kumi Naidoo (b 1965 in Durban, South Africa) is a human rights and climate justice activist. He was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 through 2015) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 through 2019). Naidoo served as the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, the international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to 2008. As a fifteen-year old, he organised students in school boycotts against the apartheid regime and its educational system in South Africa. Naidoo’s activism went from neighbourhood organising and community youth work to civil disobedience with mass mobilisations against the white controlled apartheid government. Naidoo is a co-founder of the Helping Hands Youth Organisation. He has written about his activism in this period in his memoirs titled, Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker. In the book Naidoo recounts the day of his mother’s suicide when he was just 15 and how it became a cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (German: �kseːviɐ naɪˈduː born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records. Naidoo also has a successful solo career. His debut album ''Nicht von dieser Welt'' (1998) has sold over 1 million records, and all his next six albums ''Zwischenspiel – Alles für den Herrn'' (2002), ''Telegramm für X'' (2005), ''Alles kann besser werden'' (2009), ''Danke für's Zuhören'' (2012), ''Bei meiner Seele'' (2013) und ''Nicht von dieser Welt 2'' (2016) reached number 1 on the German album charts. Most of his songs are in German, but he has also released a few English songs. He has been the subject of multiple controversies due to the content of his songs, political statements, adherence to conspiracy theories, propagation of far-right talking points as well as his use of homophobic, antisemitic, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indira Naidoo
Indira Naidoo is an Australian author, journalist and television and radio presenter. Education Naidoo's parents were Indian South Africans, who were politically active during the apartheid years. Her father was a dentist and her mother a teacher. They lived in Pietermaritzburg, before leaving the country when Naidoo was two years old, owing to the discrimination which limited her parents' occupations. She was educated in England, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Tasmania, attending 12 schools, completing year 12 in Adelaide, South Australia. Career Journalism Naidoo completed a journalism degree at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia) and joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Adelaide in 1990 as a news cadet. After several years as a political and industrial reporter, she went on to anchor ABC Weekend news and ''The 7.30 Report''. Naidoo then moved to the ABC's ''National Late Edition News'' in Sydney where she deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Naidoo
Ravi Naidoo (born 12 August 1964) is the founder of Interactive Africa and Design Indaba, an annual three day design conference hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, as well as a suite of events such as Design Commons and antenna. Naidoo is also a co-founder of the Cape Innovation and Tech Initiative (CiTi) and Rain, Africa's first 5G network. Career Ravi Naidoo is the recipient of the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for innovation in design education. The founder of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town-based media and project management company responsible for the First African in Space mission with Mark Shuttleworth in 2002, and the marketing bid to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup. In 2008, Naidoo launched a social impact design project through Design Indaba called the 10x10 Housing Project. The project created 10 low-cost houses in Freedom Park in the Cape Flats. The buildings were made using sustainable materials such as sandbags. Naidoo has a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physiology from the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashi Naidoo
Shashi Naidoo (born 4 November 1979) is a South African actress, television presenter, model, MC, entrepreneur and fashion blogger. Shashi is best known for co-hosting the E.TV magazine show ''20 Something''. During this time, she also co-hosted the nationwide '' MTV VJ Search''. It is unconfirmed as to whether a Persian male medical student stalked her property in 2019 with his roommate. The suspect was ostensibly of middling height and wore glasses. Early life Naidoo was born and raised in Port Elizabeth and graduated from Alexander Road High School in 1997 tHarry and Punji Naidoo She moved to Johannesburg to study chiropractic medicine, which she completed in 2007 at the University of Johannesburg. Career Naidoo made her way into the public eye in 2004, when she played Ziggy's girlfriend Linda McGinty in the E.TV soapie Backstage. Soon after she had a brief role in the SABC1 soapie, Generations. She also appeared in a minor role in the 2007 mini-series Society. She began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indira Naidoo-Harris
Indira Naidoo-Harris is a Canadian former politician and journalist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2014 provincial election, sitting as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Halton until 2018. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Naidoo-Harris was the province's minister of education in 2018, minister of the status of women from 2017 to 2018, early years and child care minister from 2016 to 2018, and associate minister of finance in 2016. Background Naidoo-Harris was born in Durban, South Africa under Apartheid. She immigrated to Canada as a child and grew up in Alberta. She graduated from the University of Lethbridge and moved briefly to the United States in Troy, New York, where she developed a broadcasting career with NBC and PBS before returning to Canada in the 1990s, eventually anchoring for CBC Ottawa, CITV in Edmonton, CTV National, CBC National, and Newsworld International. Prior to the election, she was a CB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ama Naidoo
Manonmoney Ama Naidoo OLS (née Pillay; 30 November 1908 – 25 December 1993) or Ama Naidoo was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Family and early life Naidoo was of South African Indian Tamil descent and was born in Asiatic Bazaar Pretoria. She had her primary school education in the Pretoria primary school. She was the only daughter and had 8 brothers. Her parents had a family business. She had to care for the family and home and hence she did not pursue an independent career. In 1934 at the age of 26 she married Naransamy Roy Naidoo. He was the son of one of Mahatma Gandhi’s closest friends and a dedicated Satyagrahi, Thambi Naidoo. He sent his children to live and learn under the tutelage of Gandhi at the Tolstoy Farm in Johannesburg. Roy Naidoo was among the children who went to Tolstoy Farm where he received training in simple living and self-sufficiency. In 1914 after Gandhi finally left South Africa, Roy Naidoo together with the Phoenix boys went to Rabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Naidoo
Jayaseelan "Jay" Naidoo (born in 1954) is a South African politician and businessman who served as the founding general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) from 1985 to 1993. He then served as Minister responsible for the Reconstruction and Development Programme in the first post- apartheid cabinet of President Nelson Mandela (1994–1996) and as Minister of Post, Telecommunications, and Broadcasting (1996–1999). Naidoo was a member of the NEC of the African National Congress. He was at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid leading the largest trade union federation in South Africa. Early life and education Born in 1954, Naidoo enrolled at the University of Durban-Westville to study for a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in pursuance of a medical career in 1975 to be a medical doctor but his studies were interrupted by the political turmoil at the time because of student uprisings. Career Political career Naidoo became active i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euvin Naidoo
Euvin Naidoo (born 1971) is a South African banking executive based in Johannesburg. An alumnus of the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Naidoo has been recognized by Forbes as one of the leading advocates for western investment in Africa. He is also the president of the South Africa Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA). Career In 2003, Naidoo co-authored the Harvard Business School case, "Nelson Mandela, Turnaround Leader", with economist Rosabeth Moss Kanter. In 2007, as president and CEO of SACCA, Naidoo led the launch of the Africa Entrepreneurship Platform, which was featured at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual gathering and has been acknowledged by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as helping to strengthen business ties across borders. In February 2009, Naidoo was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2011, Forbes named him among the 10 Youngest Power Men in Africa. At the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, Naid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassi Naidoo
Vassi Naidoo (1 March 1955 – 28 September 2021) was a South African businessman. He was the chairman of Nedbank. Early life Naidoo was born on 1 March 1955, in Durban, South Africa. His Indian grandfather emigrated to South Africa as an indentured servant for a sugar company. Naidoo was educated at the Chatsworth High School in Durban. He graduated from the University of Durban-Westville, where he earned a bachelor of commerce in 1976 and a diploma in accounting in 1978. Career Naidoo began his career at Deloitte in 1977. He became a partner in 1983. He was the chief executive officer of Deloitte Southern Africa from 1998 to 2006. Naidoo succeeded Reuel Khoza Reuel or Raguel (; Edomite: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋, ''RʿʾL''), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically " El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures. Biblical ... as the chairman of Nedbank in May 2015. He was a non-execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverley Naidoo
Beverley Naidoo is a South African author of children's books who lives in the UK. Her first three novels featured life in South Africa where she lived until her twenties. She has also written a biography of the trade unionist Neil Aggett. '' The Other Side of Truth'', published by Puffin in 2000, is a story about Nigerian political refugees in England. For that work she won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Naidoo won the Josette Frank Award twice – in 1986 for ''Journey to Jo'burg'' and in 1997 for ''No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa''. Biography Beverley Naidoo was born on 21 May 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She grew up under apartheid laws that gave privilege to white children. Black children were sent to separate, inferior schools and their families were told where they could live, work and travel. Apartheid denied all children the right to grow up together with equal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh-Ann Naidoo
Leigh-Ann Naidoo (born 12 July 1976 in Durban) is a South African beach volleyball player. Naidoo began her career at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1999 attending only the Acapulco Open alongside Alena Schurkova. Already with partner Julia Willand she attended more stages in the 2004 season culminating with the participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. They lost all three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the medal round. Personal life Naidoo currently resides in Cape Town and has been with her partner, Kelly Gillespie, since 2007. She is openly gay and in 2006 became an ambassador and keynote speaker of the Gay Games, in Chicago. Naidoo was previously a Palestinian solidarity activist and, in 2016, participated in the Women's Boat to Gaza The Women's Boat to Gaza (WBG) was an initiative by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition in 2016 to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The WBG consisted of an entirely female crew and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
