Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lindela Ndlovu
evidently this AfD has finished him off, because he died this morning and has already been profiled at length in a reliable Zimbabwean media source. He was also awarded the Gold Medal for Research in 2007, which is a strong indication to me he was an important academic that easily meets 
— User:Sionk, 19:47, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)