Smangaliso, Rutherford Zulu was born in 1974-07-04 in a small town called
Pongola in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.He attended his primary education
in Dumenkungwini Higher Primary School at Pongola.In 1993, Smangaliso obtained
his Senior certificate in Khulumeluzulu High School. In his school days,
Smangaliso had a great interests in soccer. Through playing soccer, he
acquired the nickname "Ryder". Smangaliso is still involved with soccer
and is currently playing for Real Madrid, one of the successful team in
the University of Zululand.
After completing standard ten, Smangaliso went to Johannesburg in search
of employment. After staying a long time without employment, he finally
got the job of being a Security officer late in 1994.But how ever, this
was not Smangaliso's favorite job. As a result, he quitted the post
of being a Security officer late 1995. During his stay in Johannesburg,
he continued with playing soccer, but now in a more competitive nature.
In actual fact playing soccer in a more competitive nature is what kept
him going in Johannesburg, otherwise he would have returned home after
a few weeks. In 1996, Smangaliso went to University of Zululand to pursue
his dream of becoming either a Journalism or a Human resource manager.In
1998, he completed his Junior degree in Communication Science, Industrial
psychology and English.
Presently, Smangaliso Zulu is doing Honours in Communication Science
at the University of Zululand.At his age Smangaliso is a single man, that
is he is not married. His parents are are staying at Pongola. Apart from
having a great interests in soccer, Smanga, as they use to call him is
also very fond of music. He likes the O'jay's music very much because it
reminds him of the days goneby and provides him with memories which
unlike people always stays with him, especially the good ones.