C. S. Hadebe is a South African writer and editor born and based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. His short fiction has been longlisted for the 2020 SA Writers College Short Story Competition. He has also received an Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and the honour of 2022 Best Essay from Shallow Tales Review. He has been published on Lolwe, Kalahari Review, Shallow Tales Review, and elsewhere.