USandile Dikeni (1966 - 9 Novemba 2019) wayeyimbongi nomhleli waseNingizimu Afrika. UDikeni wazalelwa edolobheni elincane laseKaroo iVictoria West wafundela ubumeli e- University of the Witwatersrand nase- University of Western Cape, lapho ayelilungu le-SRC futhi wathola idiploma yobuntatheli ngePeninsula Technikon. Ngenkathi evalelwe uhulumeni wobandlululo, waqala ukubhala izinkondlo, futhi kamuva wenza emihlanganweni yezepolitiki, futhi ucashunwe ethi: Iphuzu lami lodumo kwakungeyona indlela engingacacisa ngayo ukuthi ngangimelene nobandlululo ngamagama aqinile kwezepolitiki. Kwakuyicacisa ngokwengeziwe isiko lobandlululo lwami. Ngemuva kokuphela kobandlululo, wasebenza njengentatheli nomhlaziyi wezepolitiki,waqala uhlelo lwe-AM Live ne-PM Live e-SAFM ngo-1995,futhi wasebenza njengomhleli wezobuciko weCape Times, umhleli we-Die Suid Afrikaan kanye nomhleli wezepolitiki kwalolusuku . UDikeni ungumbhali weqoqo lezinkondlo ezintathu, okubalwa kuzo iGuava Juice, (Mayibuye Books, 1992), elandelwa yiTelegraph to the Sky (UKZN Press, 2001) nePlanting Water (UKZN Press, 2007). Wabuye washicilela iqoqo lezindatshana zakhe ezivela kwiCape Times, iSoul Fire: Writing the Transition (UKZN Press, 2002), nendatshana yakhe ethi 'How The West Was Lost' yavela kuChimurenga 07: Kaapstad!