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Nontsikelelo is Born

Nontsikelelo Thethiwe was born to Bonilizwe and Monikazi Thethiwe on 21 October , in the Tsomo district of the Transkei in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Nontsikelelo was the second of five children.

Her mother was constantly ill and weak after surviving the Spanish Flu and Nontsikelelo often had to care for her younger siblings. When she was 11 years old her father died and by the time she was 15 her mother had passed on too, leaving her to take on a permanent motherly role providing for her three younger siblings.

She adopted the name Albertina when she started school in Xolobe.

By the time she reached the end of primary school she was two years older than the rest of her class due to her extensive absences. Despite this, she excelled in cultural and sporting activities and was even elected as head girl.

The only time her age worked against her was when she was denied a four-year high school sch