Trevor Noah’s Parents - Get to Know His Father and Mother

 

 Trevor Noah’s Parents are Robert Noah (father) and Patricia Nombuyiselo (mother). Trevor Noah’s father is a Swiss-German immigrant to South Africa while his mother is a South African Xhosa woman.

Trevor Noah is one of the best comedians to have come out of South Africa. He can make jokes about troubling real-life issues yet draw serious attention to the matter. The comedian, who is also many other things, is so good at what he does that questions about his family background are becoming increasingly popular these days. One interesting thing about his birth is how Trevor Noah’s parents defied the restrictions of the South African apartheid-era at the time, got into a relationship, and had him. His parents who gave birth to him as a crime, as he described it in his book “Born a Crime”, are not popular like him but we gathered a few interesting facts about them.
Trevor Noah’s Parents Are a Swiss-German Father and a South African Mother

Now 39 years old, Trevor Noah was born on the 20th of February 1984 to Robert Noah and Patricia Nombuyiselo in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. His father Robert, is a Swiss-German immigrant to South Africa while his mother Patricia, is a South African Xhosa woman. Naturally, Robert was classified as white while his partner Patricia was classified as black in the then apartheid South Africa. Trevor on the other hand was classified as colored.
Trevor Noah’s Parents - All About His Relationship With His Father and Mother
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Robert arrived in Johannesburg South Africa as a 46-year-old to oversee the establishment of a chain of Swiss-oriented supermarkets in South Africa. Patricia on the other hand was living and working in Hillbrow, a liberal part of Joburg for people of all color and also home to many whites who disapproved of the discrimination against blacks. Perhaps, Robert was one of these white people.

It was reported that Trevor Noah’s parents lived in the same building and in no distant time, they met, became friends, and later on turned lovers. While Patricia didn’t want to marry Robert outrightly because apartheid legislation forbade it, she at least wanted to have a baby with him as a way of revolting against apartheid laws. Robert however didn’t want this as he would have no claim to any (colored) child that would eventually be born. As time went on, he changed his stance and gave in to Patricia’s demands, thus, Trevor Noah was born.
Facts About Robert Noah, Trevor’s Father
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Trevor Noah and his father Robert Noah

    Full name: Robert Noah
    Nationality: Swiss-German
    Date of birth: Unknown
    Age: Unknown
    Age he met Trevor’s mum: 46 years old
    Occupation: Businessman
    Current marital status: Unknown

Robert Noah was a man many had not seen his like in South Africa at the time. As a white man, agreeing to have a child with a black woman was one thing many wouldn’t dare at the time, but he did do it. A lot is however still not known about Robert in public as he is a reserved man. For example, it is known that Trevor’s mum later remarried but nothing of such is known about Robert. However, the much we gathered has it that he worked as a chef in Canada and New York before he relocated to South Africa to spearhead the establishment of a chain of Swiss-owned supermarkets.

In Johannesburg South Africa, Robert later opened the first integrated restaurant with a special license to serve black people. The business was a huge success, even though many whites petitioned the government to close it down. At first, it was alleged that he didn’t keep the restaurant tidy and it posed health concerns but this was far from the truth. He was later mandated to construct separate toilets for black and whites and even though he refused to bulge to this, he had to close the restaurant with time to avoid disturbances coming from the apartheid government.