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Siphiwe Nyanda was the eldest of the six children of Betsy and Henry Nyanda, a traffic inspector and area supervisor of liquor outlets for the Johannesburg municipality.

Nyanda attended Thulasizwe Primary School in Soweto and Orlando West High School where he completed his junior certificate.

He matriculated from Orlando High School in 1969.

Nyanda enrolled for a BSc at the University of Zululand in 1970, but was expelled in 1971 for a minor misdemeanor. He tried to pursue his science studies through the University of South Africa, but found this difficult through correspondence and switched to a BA degree.

During this time he began working as a reporter on the World newspaper and joined the Union of Black Journalists.

Nyanda's parents were members of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1950s and he came from a politicised household.

This influence, together with his contacts with the South African Students Organisation (Saso) at university cemented his p