Upbringing of some charlatans in South Africa (5)
I believe the answer is:
natal
'in south africa' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'upbringing of some charlatans' is the wordplay.
'upbringing' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'of some' indicates a hidden word (I've seen 'some' mean this).
'latan' is hidden in the letters of 'charlatans'.
'latan' written backwards gives 'NATAL'.
(Other definitions for natal that I've seen before include "KwaZulu-____ , South African province" , "Native" , "Relating to the time of one's birth" , "Colony once" , "Concerned with the birth" .)