Derrick Ndzimande is a South African gospel musician popular in the Pentecostal church movements of the early 1980s and early 1990s. He sings with a deep falsetto baritone voice. He is also a pastor at the Church of Jesus Christ, music producer and a former teacher at Blomplaas Primary School. He is best known for his albums "Nangu Jesu" and "The Power ". He is married to Martha Ndinisa and they have a son, Surprise. Lives in Belfast.
Dr Derrick was born on 30 March 1954 on Vermont Farm, Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, SA. Later, the family moved to Belfast in 1966. The only son and six sisters from his parents, Martha and Abram Ndzimande.
He completed SSA-STD 2 on the very same farm. In 1967 - 1970 completed STD 3 - STD 6 at Belfast Primary School.In 1973 Dr Derrick passed STD 9 at Mayisha High School. He studied privately and passed his STD 10 in 1983.
In 1974 and 1975, Dr Derrick started teaching privately while being an acting principal at Blomplaas Primary School in Belfast - a primary school which he started from the ground.
1976 - 1977: Trained as a teacher at Mgwenya College of Education in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
1978: Returned to Blomplaas Primary as the Principal.