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List of Experts 2018Faculty of Humanities

Prof Mashupye H MaserumuleExecutive Dean (Acting)

Prof Mashupye H Maserumule holds a DLitt et Phil in Public Administra-tion from the University of South Africa (UNISA). His areas of specialisa-tion are a developmental state, local governance, state reform, research, politics and theory of knowledge in the field of public administration. He has more than 50 publications to his name, which comprise articles in scholarly, professional and political journals, chapters in books and research papers in conference proceedings. Maserumule’s expertise in is-sues of governance are undisputable. He has co-edited and contributed chapters, in among others, the following these books: Cases in Public Ad-ministration: A South African Perspective ([Heinemann in 2004)], and The Zuma Administration: Critical Challenges ([HSRC Press 2010),] Managing Human Capital in the Public Sector. (Van Schaik 2014), and Institution-alising Democracy: The Story of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) (HSRC Press 2015).

He has also edited conference proceedings titled Public Administration in the Second Decade of Democracy in South Africa. He is currently in-volved in a book project that profiles the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), for which he is writing a chapter on Pre-poll Preparations for the Founding Elections in South Africa. The book was slated for publication in 2013. He was involved in writing a chapter for a book for publication in 2013 by Van Schaik, titled Managing Human Capital and another a book on the Politics of Scholarship in Public Ad-ministration. Its publication date is yet to be determined. Prof Maseru-mule is coordinating the second volume of the book The Zuma Admin-istration: Critical Challenges, which, as published in 2010, he co-edited and contributed a chapter on Consolidating a Developmental State: A Governance Challenge.

Prof Maserumule supervises master’s and doctoral students, of which some have already completed. He has presented more than 30 papers in national and international conferences. He has participated in the review of a single public service bill for the Ministry of Public Service and Admin-istration. He has completed a commissioned research paper on Develop-ment and Transformation: The Place of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the Developmental State for the Presidential Review Committee on SOEs. He is the Chief Editor of the Journal of Public Administration. His views on matters of governance are regularly solicited for policy devel-opment in government and by the media.

Tel: (012) 382 9541Email: [email protected]

Faculty of Humanities:2018 List of Academic Experts

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Prof Andile MjiAssistant Dean: Postgraduate Studies, Research and Innovation

Prof Andile Mji is responsible for all research activities within the fac-ulty. He holds a D-Ed in Mathematics Education from the former Uni-versity of Transkei, now known as Walter Sisulu University. His expertise area of research is in Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning with Technology and Environmental Education. He is the author of more than fifty articles in accredited journals. Several master’s students and doctoral students completed their studies under his supervision.

Prof Mji is on editorial boards of various journals such as Pythagoras, Africa Education Review, The Journal of Independent Teaching and Learning, Journal of Science and Information Technology, to name but a few. Prof Mji has also delivered papers at many national and interna-tional conferences and serves on various advisory boards.

Prof Bongazana DondoloAssistant Dean: Teaching and Learning (Acting)

Prof Bongazana Dondolo obtained her PhD in Marketing Management at North West University. She received a Master of Business Adminis-tration (MBA) from South-Eastern Louisiana University, USA. She has supervised to completion a number of Masters and Doctoral students. In addition, Prof Dondolo has served as an examiner for Masters and Doctoral dissertations and theses at a number of universities.

Her research outputs include numerous peer reviewed articles in na-tional and international journals, contributions to conference proceed-ings both locally and internationally and book chapters. She also serves as a reviewer for international journals. Prof Dondolo has been regu-larly invited to serve as a critical reader to review HEQSF programmes, ensuring quality of teaching and learning in certain programmes at Unisa. Her main research interests include Social Media, Technology use in organisations, Advertising Communication, Marketing Commu-nication, Brand Communication, Crisis Communication and Reputation Management.


Telephone: (012) 382 9499Email: [email protected]

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Dr Gary W CollinsHead of Department

Dr Gary Collins obtained his PhD in Computer Integrated Education from the University of Pretoria. His areas of expertise include Com-puter Aided Language Teaching/Learning (CALT) (CALL), English for Occupational Purposes (EOP), English for Academic Purposes (EAP), Computer Technology as a Cognitive Tool and Educational Design-Based Research. He was content editor and contributing author for a widely prescribed textbook on Engineering Communication and has published an article on facilitating higher order thinking in a peer-reviewed journal.

He has numerous articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He is a reviewer for several journals including the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) and Acta Commercii. He is also a mem-ber of the International Advisory Board at the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI). Dr Collins has success-fully supervised and co-supervised several master’s students and is currently co-supervisor for a doctoral student and main supervisor for numerous master’s students.

Prof Mzwamadoda P CekisoAssociate Professor

Prof Mzwamadoda Phillip Cekiso holds a PhD in English from the University of North West. He is the author of 26 articles in accredited journals. Prof Cekiso has successfully supervised 16 master’s students and nine doctoral students. He has delivered papers at many national and international conferences. His research interests include reading and writing in second language, learning styles, onomastic and second language teaching methods. He is currently supervising eight master’s students and six doctoral students. Prof Cekiso has reviewed articles for national and international journals. He has externally examined five doctoral theses and eight master’s dissertations for the North West University, University of Fort Hare, Walter Sisulu University, University of Zululand, University of Venda and Central University of Technology Free State. Prof Cekiso serves on the editorial board of the African Jour-nal of Government and Development.

Tel: (012) 382 9182E-mail: [email protected]


Applied Languages


Dr Marius DieperinkAcademic Manager: Faculty of Humanities, eMalahleni Campus

Dr Dieperink holds a D Tech in Strategic Communication from the Tshwane University of Technology. His thesis is titled Social Media and Corporate Communication: a South African Perspective. He has pre-sented, published and read papers abroad. He currently co-supervises master’s and doctoral students. His academic interests include comput-er-assisted training, business communication, business English, social media, social networking, corporate communication, as well as Atlas.ti, Endnote and Surveymonkey. He has been an external examiner, as well as a conference paper reviewer.

Dr Thabo Ditsele Senior Lecturer

Dr Thabo Ditsele holds an M Phil (Second Language Studies) from Stel-lenbosch University, and a D Tech (Language Practice) from Tshwane University of Technology. His Sociolinguistics research interests in-clude: urban varieties (viz. Sepitori and tsotsitaal); language attitudes; language policy and planning; multilingualism; and politics of lan-guage.

He has published a Setswana novel titled ‘Maile maila boganana’; two Setswana short stories in an anthology titled ‘Pelo e ganne molora’; seven articles in accredited journals; and one article in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He has read 20 papers (i.e. 12 at conferences, and eight at seminars/workshops as invited talks) in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. He is registered with the ‘South African Council for Educators’ as a Mathematics and English educator. He is an ordinary member of the ‘Association of Contemporary African Linguistics’ (USA), an Executive Board Member of the ‘Linguistics Society of Southern Af-rica’ (South Africa), and an Editorial Board Member of ‘The Mouth: Criti-cal Studies on Language, Culture and Society’ (Germany).

Dr Ditsele has reviewed papers for the ‘Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies’ (South Africa), the ‘South African Journal of African Languages’ (South Africa), and the ‘Nordic Journal of African Studies’ (Finland). He externally moderates Setswana (BA Hons) for NWU. He has successfully supervised three Master’s students, and co-supervised four students (i.e. three Master’s and one Doctoral). Current-ly, he supervises nine students (i.e. eight Master’s and one Doctoral). He also co-supervises five students (i.e. three Master’s and two Doctoral). He has examined eight Master’s dissertations for UCT, Wits University, NWU and UNISA, and one Doctoral thesis for UCT.

Tel: (013) 653 3131/[email protected]



Dr Mary MakgatoSenior Lecturer

Dr Mary Makgato obtained a DLitt from the University of Pretoria. Her field of expertise include literature and linguistics, folklore, discourse and text analysis, feminism and womanism. She is currently supervising master`s students and has presented scientific papers at national and in-ternational conferences. She is an external assessor for master`s disserta-tions and doctoral theses in the African Languages Departments for the University of Pretoria, UNISA and North West University.

Dr Kegaugetjwe M. MakgopaSenior Lecturer

Dr Kegaugetjwe M. Makgopa holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Venda. Her areas of specialisation are Multilingualism, Com-munication, Literature, Linguistics, Lexicography and Research in the field of Languages. Dr Kegaugetjwe Makgopa introduced Sesotho sa Leboa as 3rd language in the Department of Applied Languages, which gave birth to the establishment of the Department of Applied Languag-es. She tailored syllabi for level 1-3 and compiled learning material suit-able for the course.

Dr Makgopa laid the foundation of all 3rd languages applicable in the Department of Applied Languages. She contributed a lot to Linguistics for the Department of Applied Languages. She coordinated the Depart-ment of Applied Languages. Her expertise is undisputable and she made a mark in the development of the Department of Applied Languages. She presented papers at international conferences. She participated in Australian Link Project based on Action Research and Action Learning, of which, at the end of the project, she published in their journal.

Dr Makgopa participated in Quality Assurance Project, a paper based on issues related to Quality Assurance was presented and registered it with UNISA, and a Quality Assurance certificate was provided. Dr Makgopa attended various workshops on research and management. She super-vised master’s and doctoral students successfully.

For community involvement, she is involved as a Deputy Chairperson of the Sesotho sa Leboa National Lexicography Unit and a member of aca-demic bodies such as AFRILEX and ALASA. Dr Kegaugetjwe Makgopa is in possession of the following degrees and certificates: Primary Teacher’s Certificate, (Kwena-Moloto College of Education); Secondary Education Certificate, (Vista University); ABET, (University of South Africa); Quality Assurance, (University of South Africa)

BA degree, (University of Limpopo); BA Hons, (University of Pretoria); MA, (Rand Afrikaans Univesiteit which is now University of Johannesburg); BTech, (Tshwane University of Technology the then Technicon Northern Gauteng) and PhD, (University of Venda).

She specialises in offering/teaching Languages, Human Movement Sci-ence, Accounting and Business Management.




Dr Itani P MandendeSenior Lecturer

Dr Itani Peter Mandende holds a D Litt et Phil degree in Onomastics from the University of South Africa. His areas of research interest in-clude Onomastics; Sociolinguistics; Language policy and planning; Modern and traditional literatures. He has co-supervised doctoral and several master’s students. He has also been external examiner for a number of theses and dissertations. Dr Mandende continues to review articles for journals and has co-authored articles for publication in his different areas of research interests. He is currently a member of African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) and the Names Soci-ety of Southern Africa.

Prof Charles MannResearch Professor

Prof Charles Mann obtained his PhD in Linguistics at the University of Ed-inburgh in the United Kingdom. His academic and professional career has taken him to six countries (Nigeria, France, the UK, the Philippines, Oman, and South Africa) on three continents. His areas of expertise include So-ciolinguistics (esp. Contact Linguistics: pidgins and creoles); Language Attitudes; Language Policy & Planning; and, World Englishes. He is a com-missioned author of Webster’s Multimedia World English edition of the Encarta Encyclopedia.

Prof Mann is co-author of a book on the possible effects of multilingual-ism on academic achievement and additional language learning in Iran (Modirkhamene, S. & Mann, C.C., 2010). He has numerous book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed books and international journals, respective-ly, and serves as a reviewer for several academic journals (including Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, of which he is an invited Editorial Advisory Committee member; Language Policy; Journal for Language Teaching), and as book project reviewer for Cambridge University Press, and Mou-ton de Gruyter. Prof Mann was awarded the prestigious Andrew Gonzalez Distinguished Professorial Chair in Linguistics and Language Education (2006-7) by the Linguistic Society of the Philippines for his contributions to Linguistics and Language Education in the Philippines.

Prof Mann has successfully supervised to graduation ten Doctoral theses, and more than a hundred Master’s dissertations. He is currently supervis-ing seven Doctoral and four Master’s students. Prof Mann has also served as: External Examiner of Doctoral and Master’s research projects; NRF Full Professor Rating Reviewer; Selected Member, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)-Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) univer-sity publications peer review panel for the Humanities (Language, Linguis-tics, Literature, and the Visual Arts) (2015; 2016); and, Selected Member, South African Council of Higher Education (CHE) Doctoral Studies National Reference Group. He is a member of the following professional bodies: So-ciety for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) (1989-to date); International Association of World Englishes (IAWE) (1998-to date); and, Honorary Board Member, Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP) (2010-to date).




Dr Joseph MoyoLecturer

Dr Joseph Moyo holds a BA Ed (English) (Vista); BA (Hons.) (Applied Linguistics & Literary Theory) (RAU); MA (Applied Linguistics & Literary Theory, TESOL) (UJ) and a DTech in Language Practice from Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). His areas of specialisation are Teach-ing English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL), Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), the role affective factors (attitude, motivation, face validity, content rel-evance) in language curriculum development, language-in-education policy, and English language teaching contexts.

He has conducted research into the integration of second language and first language teaching that is being attempted after the integra-tion of schools in South Africa. He supervises master’s students and has co-supervised at least two master’s students who have completed their projects and graduated. He has presented six papers at national and international conferences, one of which was published in an accredited journal.

Dr Eunice RautenbachLecturer

Dr Eunice Rautenbach obtained a DTech in Language Practice at the Tshwane University of Technology. Her research focus areas include English for Specific Purposes (ESP), especially English for Occupational Purposes (EOP), Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and Writing for Online Audiences. She is also a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) practitioner for ESP courses. Dr Rautenbach has graduated master’s students and she currently supervises master’s students and co-supervises doctoral students. She has presented papers at international and national conferences and published articles in accredited academic journals. Dr Rautenbach has also co-authored a book chapter for an academ-ic textbook and she is involved in Curriculum Development and the development of Short Learning Programmes. She also co-ordinates and participates in a community service project rendering editing and translation services to support disadvantaged communities. Dr Rautenbach is a member of the South African Association of Language Teachers (SAALT).




Dr Sandra RossouwLecturer

Dr Sandra Rossouw obtained a D Tech in Language Practice at the Tshwane University of Technology. The title of her thesis is Assessing Prior Learning in English Business Communication at a University of Technology: Policy, Principles, Methods and Procedures. Her research focus areas include Recognition of Prior Learning; Business Communi-cation; flexible learning and lifelong learning. She is also a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) practitioner for the department, as well as the RPL representative for the Faculty of Humanities. Dr Rossouw currently supervises a master’s student and has presented papers at national conferences. Dr Rossouw is also a member of the South African Asso-ciation of Language Teachers (SAALT). She is involved in RPL and the development of Short Learning Programmes.

Dr Christopher RwodziLecturer

Dr Christopher Rwodzi obtained his D Litt et Phil degree at the Univer-sity of South Africa and a Master of Education in Language Education at the University of Zimbabwe. His research focus and interest is on Linguistics (Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics), Language and Mi-gration, Language and Employment, Language and Gender, Language Education, Digital Literacies, New literacies for teachers, Language teaching methodology, Language, and the Curriculum. Dr Rwodzi is currently a supervisor for an M Tech student focusing on Language and advertising, and co-supervisor for five other M Tech students in the De-partment of Applied Languages. He is an external examiner for UNISA’s Department of Language Education and a member of the African Lan-guage Association of Southern Africa (ALASA). He has presented pa-pers and chaired sessions at regional and international conferences. He has published several articles in accredited journals and has recently published a Shona novel.

Dr Madikwa H SegabutlaSenior Lecturer

Dr MH Segabutla holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instructional Design and Development, from the University of Pretoria. Her areas of speciali-sation include instructional communication, teaching English as a Sec-ond Language (TESOL), Communication for specific purposes, teacher education, English language studies - discourse and text analysis; lin-guistics; semantics; pragmatics; sociolinguistics and literary theory.



Tel: (012) 382 9472e-mail: [email protected]


Dr Corle SmithSenior Lecturer

Dr Smith holds a PhD (English) from the University of North West. The title of her thesis is Criteria for the Evaluation of ESL Readers in the Sen-ior Primary Phase. She had been an English teacher at all school levels for many years, ranging from Grade 4 to GRADE 12. She was an acting principal at a primary school and worked at AROS before joining TUT. To date, she has published numerous peer-reviewed scholarly articles in scholarly international journals, four book chapters and authored ar-ticles in accredited journals. She wrote two English textbooks for the primary school.

To date, she has graduated a master’s degree student and is currently supervising five students. She has also been involved in externally ex-amining a doctoral thesis and master’s dissertations for several South African institutions including UP, CPUT and UKZN. She worked at Edu-cational studies for a few years before joining the Applied Languages department at TUT. She is involved in editing of documents and is in-terested in aspects pertaining to sociolinguistics and second language learning. She is currently lecturing Editing (LTP) and Applied languages at TUT.

Prof Linda van HuyssteenAssociate Professor

Prof Linda van Huyssteen obtained a D Litt et Phil in Linguistics at the University of South Africa. She is actively involved in the promotion of postgraduate students internally and is an external postgraduate examiner and moderator for other universities. She has been review-ing research chair applications for South African universities as tasked by the NRF and worked on an NRF research project on computational morphology in IsiZulu until 2010.

She has published in linguistics and onomastic journals and books and has read several papers on linguistics, onomastics, mythology and ter-minology at different conferences in Southern Africa and internation-ally. She is also interested in (foreign) language learning and teaching for short courses (SLPs). She belongs to professional societies such as the African Language Association of Southern Africa and the Names Society of Southern Africa. Prof van Huyssteen also reviews articles for academic journals. She was also presenting ‘License to Supervise’ work-shops for the Directorate of Research and Innovation at TUT.

Recently, she has attended a Linguistics Summit at Rhodes University as a representative for TUT in order to promote the transformation of linguistics as study field in South Africa.




Dr Thelma de JagerSenior Lecturer

Thelma de Jager is the Teaching and Learning coordinator in the School of Education and is lecturing General Subject Didactics, Work Integrat-ed Learning and Creative Arts. Dr de Jager authored a peer-reviewed textbook based on General Subject Didactics (published by Van Schaik) and a textbook in Creative Arts in collaboration with other institutions. She has published several articles in accredited journals and peer-re-viewed journals. She is also a reviewer of accredited and peer-reviewed journals. She is involved in the supervision of postgraduate master’s and doctoral students and is a member of the research committee.

Dr de Jager serves on the editorial board of the International Technol-ogy, Education and Development Conference and SAARMSTE and was awarded “Woman Researcher of the Year” and “Lecturer of the Year” (Faculty of Humanities) several times and was also selected to par-ticipate in the National Lecturer Awards representing TUT academic staff. Her areas of expertise include teaching and learning strategies and methods to improve the development of learners/ students’ criti-cal thinking skills, science education, differentiated teaching and the inclusion of multi-cultural students in education. She is also involved in international projects with Finland and Netherlands comparing quality education with other countries. She was awarded an EU Saturn bursary to participate in a research study at Groningen University, Netherlands and received a NRF grant for research.

Prof Simeon MaileResearch Professor

Prof Simeon Maile obtained his PhD with specialisation in Educational Management in 2000 from the University of Pretoria. To date, five doc-toral candidates and 28 master’s students have successfully completed their studies under his supervision. He has presented 33 papers at na-tional and international conferences. He has published twenty-six ar-ticles in refereed accredited national and international journals, seven chapter books and two books. Three of his book manuscripts are being prepared for publication. Currently, he chairs the research section in the School of Education and the Department of Educational Founda-tion. Prof Maile has received institutional awards and national and international grants for his research. His research interests cut across Educational Management, Education and Development, Education and Politics, Research Methods for the Social and Human Sciences, Eco-nomics of Education, Education Policy Analysis, History of Education and Education Labour Relations.



School of Education: Educational Foundation


Prof Charles MampuruSenior Lecturer

Prof Charles Mampuru holds a PhD in Educational Management and Leadership from the University of Pretoria. His fields of specialisation are Educational Management with the focus in disciplines like Nego-tiation Skills, Staff Development, Staff Appraisal, Motivation and Job Satisfaction, Stress Management, Leadership, Communication, Stra-tegic Management, Project Management, Conflict Management and Change Management. He has supervised four doctoral students, 35 M Ed students and 55 M Tech students. He has also travelled and deliv-ered papers at national and international conferences. He is the author of a book entitled Negotiation Skills in Education Management pub-lished by Juta and Company in 1994.

Dr Ernest K MashabaLecturer

Dr Mashaba obtained his Doctor of Education degree at Tshwane University Technology. His study investigated the phenomenon of a budget as a tool for effective financial management at the school level. The investigation found that disadvantaged schools are operating with significant deficiencies in their fiscal operations.

Doctor Mashaba’s expertise is in the field of Economics of Education. He has already published an articles on finance and management in education. Dr Mashaba is a lecturer of Economics and General Subject Didactics in the School of Education at TUT.

Dr Selina RamapelaLecturer

Dr Selina Serole Ramapela holds a D ED degree from the Tshwane Uni-versity of Technology. She also obtained a BA (English & Psychology), University Education Diploma (UED), BA Honours in Psychology (UNI-VEN), Master Diploma in Human Resource Management |(RAU). Her fields of expertise are Psychology, English, Life Orientation and Didac-tics. She is a registered psyhometrist (HPCSA) and educator (SACE). She is a co-author of the 1st and 2nd Eds of the textbook titled “Life Skills, My Journey, My Destiny”. She delivered three papers on language com-petency, effective teaching strategies and effective mentoring models internationally. She participated in reviewing research papers for ac-credited journals. She is nominated as the TUT HIV/AIDS policy review committee member and is an active member of the CoP (community of practice) for HEAids which is coordinated by Department of Basic Edu-cation. She is an active member of PSYSSA. She initiated a LO project/community outreach to collect and distribute sanitary pads and roll-ons for the economically challenged learners within the Winterveldt schools.



Tel: (012) 382-9420Email: [email protected]


Prof Sakge H RampaProfessor

Prof Harry Rampa holds a PhD in Educational Management and Policy Studies from the University of Pretoria. His fields of expertise are, but not limited to, Total Quality Management (TQM) and School Improve-ment, Teacher Professional Development and the Culture changes in authentic context. To date, he has published eleven articles in accred-ited journals and is the sole author of the book, The relationship be-tween total quality management and school improvement, published in 2011. He has successfully supervised three doctoral students and more than 14 master’s students. He is currently the main supervisor of three doctoral students and six master’s students. Prof Harry Rampa, a member of the Education Dean’s Forum, member of Education Man-agement Association of South Africa (EMASA) as well as a member of the South African Council for Education (SACE) has externally exam-ined two doctoral theses and more than 12 master’s dissertations.

Dr Nthabiseng P Soundy Lecturer

Dr Soundy is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundation. She holds a D.Ed. degree from the Tshwane University of Technology. Her research interest includes psycho-social and economic challenges faced by learners and students (at both schools and universities) dur-ing their transition period. She is a registered psychometrist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). She is currently su-pervising three Master’s students. Dr Soundy is a committee member of the (PGCE) programme for FET.

Tel: 012 0382-9410Email: [email protected]



Prof Percy SepengHead of Department and Acting Head of School of Education

Percy Sepeng is a Professor of Mathematics Education and holds a Doc-tor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics Education from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. He currently holds a position of Head: Mathematics, Science and Business Education in the Faculty of Humani-ties, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Prior to joining TUT, he was employed by the North West University as a Director: School for Teacher Education and Training in the Faculty of Education and Training. He is also a Mathematician by earlier training, a Mathematics Consultant, a Teacher Educator, Material Developer, Curriculum Reviewer, and an Academic.

He serves as a member of Assessment and Standardisation Committee of uMalusi Council, responsible for advising the Minister of Basic Education on issues of standardisation of assessments, including those up to Grade 12 final examination results and exit qualifications. He also sits in a team that evaluates accreditation of Independent Schools at uMalusi Council. He is currently an Independent Evaluator and Researcher at the South African Council for Educators (SACE). Percy Sepeng is also an Evaluator of Higher Institutions’ academic programmes for accreditation at Coun-cil on Higher Education. He has reviewed over 10 School and university Mathematics textbooks both locally and internationally. He is currently involved in the continuing professional development of Mathematics teachers, as well as Subject Specialists (or Advisors) in three different provinces of South Africa. Percy Sepeng has been a Mathematics Con-sultant for various organisations such as the Mathematics Centre for Pro-fessional Teachers, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, JET and Mindset Network for over 10 years.

Among his scholarly achievements, Percy Sepeng has published more than 45 articles in accredited journals, non-accredited journals; and con-ference proceedings in the past 6 years. He has published two chapters in a book and has one book under his belt. His current research inter-est lies in the enhancement of mathematical modelling and/or problem solving through promoting argumentation and introducing discussion as the strategies in the teaching and learning of mathematics in multi-lingual classroom settings. He has delivered seven keynote addresses in local and/or national conferences in Mathematics Education. He su-pervises both Masters and Doctoral students in the field of Mathematics Education.

Percy Sepeng is currently studying towards a Master degree in Business Leadership (MBL) through UNISA’s School of Business Leadership.

School of Education: Mathematics, Science and Business Education (MSBE)



Dr ON Mafa-ThelediLecturer: Consumer Science

Dr Olivia Neo Mafa-Theledi is a Lecturer in the Department of Math-ematics Science and Business Education. She obtained a Doctorate in Education from Tshwane University of Technology in 2017. Her fields of expertise include Consumer Science, Consumer Science Education and Consumer Science curriculum research. Dr Mafa-Theledi has de-livered several academic papers at both national and international conferences. She is frequently invited for career guidance in Gauteng communities. She is a member of the South African Association of family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS). She is currently involved in collaborative research and development projects in the Faculty of Humanities and in the broader University community.

Prof L. Thapelo MamialaAssociate Professor

Prof Thapelo Mamiala obtained a Doctorate in Science Education (ScEdD) from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. His field of ex-pertise includes Science education, Chemistry education, Classroom-based research and Explanations research in MSTE. Prof Mamiala has published articles in accredited journals both locally and internation-ally. He has delivered academic papers at both national and interna-tional conferences. He contributed into book chapters on science education. He is usually invited as a guest speaker to provide his views on trends related to science education and supervises postgraduate students. He is a member of Southern African Association of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE), South African Association in Science and Technology Educators (SAASTE), As-sociation for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA), Science and Technology Professional Support and Development (STePSuD). He is the founder member and the first Chairperson of SAARMSTE – North West Chapter, South Africa. His current interest is related to Xenostat syndrome and its impact in mathematics and science teaching and learning.




Dr Tshidiso P MasebeLecturer: Mathematics

Dr Tshidiso P Masebe is a mathematics lecturer in the Department of Mathematics Science and Business Education. He holds a PhD in math-ematics from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He obtained MSc (Mathematics), BSc Hons (Mathematics), BSc (ED) from North West Uni-versity (Mafikeng Campus) and MEd (Education Practice) from NWU (Potchefstroom Campus). His field of expertise is in Mathematics in Lie Symmetry Analysis of Differential Equations in particular. Lie Symme-try Analysis has application in Engineering, Finance and Sciences. He has published in conference proceeding abroad in both Education and Mathematics. He serves as an external examiner for both NWU (Mafikeng Campus) and Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. He cur-rently co-supervises two M Ed: Mathematics Education students.

Prof Willy MwakapendaProfessor

Prof Willy Mwakapenda obtained his PhD from the Deakin University in Australia. His fields of expertise include Mathematics education, teach-er education, curriculum issues, learners’ understanding in Mathemat-ics, and community engagement. Prof Mwakapenda has authored 16 articles published in accredited journals, two book chapters, one ed-ited book, and he has delivered more than 30 papers at international conferences. Six doctoral students and more than 18 master’s students have completed their studies under his supervision. He is currently su-pervising seven master’s degree students and four doctoral students, teaching third- and fourth-year mathematics education courses in ad-dition to coordinating community engagement projects in mathemat-ics and science.

Dr. Beatrice NgulubeLecturer: Economics

Department of Mathematics, Science and Business Education

Dr. Beatrice Ngulube obtained her Doctoral Degree in Curriculum Studies from the University of South Africa (UNISA). She is passion-ate about economics education, business education, curriculum and teaching and learning. Apart from that, she has also developed interest in, the development of neoliberalism, decolonization of the curricula and indigenous knowledge. She has published, contributed in a book chapter, and currently supervises postgraduate students. She has at-tended and contributed at national and international conferences. She even attends Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) workshops and conferences regularly. She also participates in the Assessment for Learning (AFL); School Support Strategy.


Tel: (012) 382 9236 Email: [email protected]

Tel: (012) 382 9386Email: ngulubeb@tut. ac.za


Dr MP RankhumiseSenior Lecturer

Dr MP Rankhumise is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mathe-matics, Science and Business Education (MSBE). He obtained a Doctor-ate in Science Education from university of Zululand. Dr Rankhumise has published articles in accredited journals both locally and interna-tionally. He has delivered academic papers at both national and inter-national conferences. He acted as a reviewer of accredited international and national journals. He is also NRF Knowledge, Interchange and col-laboration (KIC) grant holder for 2014, 2015 and 2016. He supervises postgraduate students. He is a member of Southern African Associa-tion of Research in Mathematics, Science, Technology and Education (SAARMSTE), South African Society for Education (SASE) and he served on advisory board of South Africa International Conference on Educa-tion (SAICE).His area of research is classroom-based research based on pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), subject content knowledge (SCK) and alternative conceptions in physical science.

Dr Thomas SedumediSenior Lecturer

Dr Thomas Sedumedi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Math-ematics, Science and Business Education. He holds a PhD in Cur-riculum Development and Instructional Design from the University of Pretoria. His PhD thesis focused on prior knowledge as an impor-tant factor in the teaching and learning of Science, with specific ref-erence to Chemistry. Dr Sedumedi is currently teaching Chemistry for preservice teachers. His research interests are in teacher knowledge, conceptual change in science, science teaching and learning. He has presented at conferences locally and internationally and has pub-lications in his area of expertise. In addition to his undergraduate teaching, Dr Sedumedi supervises both at master’s and doctoral lev-els for other universities. He belongs and participates in research as-sociations both locally (e.g. South African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education) and internationally (e.g. International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching).




Dr Lydia MphahleleHead of Department (Acting): Primary Education

Dr Lydia Kgomotso Mphahlele holds a D Ed in Education Management from the Tshwane University of Technology. She specialises in Teacher Development and improvement of schools. She has been involved in the (i) European Union funded project: Strengthening Foundation Phase Teacher Education Programmes (ii) the Assessment for Learning (AFL) project for teacher development (iii) participated in the 2015 exchange programme with Netherlands students and TUT students and (iv) coordinator of PGCE programme for FET. She published articles in accredited journals and conference proceedings and has presented papers at both national and international conferences. Dr Lydia Kgomotso Mphahlele is a member of the Education Manage-ment Association of South Africa (EMASA).

Prof Anil KanjeeResearch Professor

Prof Anil Kanjee obtained a D.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Research and Evaluation Methods. Currently, he serves as the Research Professor within the Department, and is the co-ordina-tor of the master’s and doctoral programme. His research focuses on the use of assessment for improving learning, teacher professional development, the development of national assessment systems, the application of ICT for improving learning and teaching, and the use of Item Response Theory for reporting test scores. He has extensive experience in national and international studies, and has served as a technical advisor to education ministries in Africa and Asia as well as to national and international organisations like UNESCO and UNICEF.

Prof Kanjee has published numerous articles in accredited journals and has contributed chapters to various books. He recently co-au-thored a book with Y Sayed and M Nkomo, “The search for quality: Policy reforms to improve education quality in South Africa since 1994” which was published in 2013. Currently, he is working on four projects that focuses on the development of a: (i) framework for im-plementing ‘assessment for learning’ in- and pre-service capacity de-velopment programmes; (ii) training programme on summative and formative assessment for pre-service teachers; and (iii) framework for reporting national assessment scores.

School of Education: Primary Education




Dr Khashane Stephen MalatjiSenior Lecturer

Dr Khashane Stephen Malatji (PhD in Education-UFH; Med-UL; Bed Hon-ours-UL; BEDSPF-UL, and PGDHE-Rhodes) is an Education specialist with a Doctoral Degree in Education. After his Doctoral degree he studied Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education for Academic Developers with Rhodes University. Dr Malatji is a transparent-dealing, hardwork-ing, dedicated and experienced professional of absolute integrity. He started his career as a classroom teacher before he joined the University as a lecturer, Academic Development Practitioner, Teaching and Learn-ing Consultant and currently as a Senior Lecturer.

Dr Malatji worked at universities such as University of Fort Hare, Univer-sity of Venda, University of Limpopo, and currently at Tshwane University of Technology. Dr Malatji is upcoming young and prolific researcher with fourteen publications in peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journals to date. In 2015, he was awarded certificate for excellence in research at University of Venda. Dr Malatji has to date successfully supervised Honours, Masters and currently PhD Studies. He has externally examined studies at Master and PhD level for universities such as University of Na-mibia, University of Zululand, University of Free State, Rhodes University, University of South Africa, and University of Fort Hare. He has also pre-sented papers and chaired sessions in several national and international conferences. Dr Malatji is a board member for the journal: African Per-spective of Research in Teaching and Learning (APoRTAL) hosted by Uni-versity of Limpopo. He is also a reviewer for several journals such as Jour-nal of Education Studies (JES) and AJPHERD. His research interest covers teaching and learning; evaluation of teaching, curriculum development; assessment; quality assurance and teacher development in higher edu-cation. Dr Malatji’s pedagogical and academic interests are shaped by his extensive level of education, teaching/lecturing experience, and his prin-ciples and values as an aspiring researcher and scholar.



Dr Sylvia M. RamaligelaHead of Department

Dr Sylvia M Ramaligela is the Head of Department in the Faculty of Humanities. She holds a D Ed in Technology Education from Tshwane University of Technology. Her research interest is in teachers’ pedagogi-cal knowledge, teacher training in school, Technology and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Adult and Community and Educa-tion and Training (ACET) programme and the use of Educational Tech-nology in teaching and learning. Sylvia is involved in the development of TVET and ACET qualification and is part of consortium to develop qualification framework for ACET diploma and Advance diploma. She is also involved in the project of establishing the WIL framework for TVET and ACET space. In addition, she is currently involved in the project for exploring e-pedagogy and e-assessment in the TVET sector. Sylvia has published papers in various journals and presented papers at national and international conferences. She has reviewed journal articles and conference articles. She has written books and book chapters within the field of Electrical Technology and ACET environment. She is an ex-ternal assessor for master`s dissertations and doctoral theses at various Universities.

Dr Laura CoetzerSenior Lecturer

Dr Laura Coetzer holds a D. Ed from Tshwane University of Technology. Her thesis centred on the phenomenon of the Out-of-Field teacher. Four master’s students and one doctoral student completed their stud-ies under her supervision. She is currently supervising six master’s and one doctoral student. She has presented four papers at international conferences and published three articles in accredited journals. Dr Coetzer is also the initiator and co-ordinator of a student exchange programme with a European University. Her community engagement project is aimed at early childhood development, her focus area being the greater Tshwane Metropolitan area.


School of Education: Technology and Vocational Education (TVEd)



Prof Moses MakgatoResearch Professor

Prof Moses Makgato obtained a D.Ed. in Technology Education from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 2004. He conducts research in Technology Education and the use of digital technology at schools. He has successfully supervised more than seven doctoral students as well as master’s students. Prof Makgato has published 28 articles in jour-nals and conference proceedings and has presented papers at both national and international conferences. He has also authored a number of books for Further Education and Training (FET) colleges.

As of 2018, Prof Makgato was appointed a member of Editorial Advi-sory Board of the Journal for Vocational, Adult and Continuing Educa-tion and Training (JOVACET). He is also involved in several project such as BMW CAT Project with eight schools, since 2011. He is currently a project coordinator for the development of B.Ed SP FET programme qualifications. He is also coordinating the development of TVET quali-fications for TVET lecturers in the Department of Technology and Voca-tional Education. He is coordinating the development and implemen-tation of Adv Dip and B Ed TVT for TVET college lecturers.

Prof Makgato is a participant in the DHET research consortium project with University of Free State, WITS University and Cape Peninsula Uni-versity of Technology (CPUT). He has been invited a keynote speaker at Department of Basic Education in 2016, SASOL technical teacher edu-cation in 2017 and Principal Association.

Dr Ndlelehle M. SkosanaLecturer

Dr Ndlelehle Miskien Skosana obtained a D Ed in Technical Education at the Tshwane University of Technology. She obtained a postgradu-ate diploma (teacher’s pedagogical qualification) according to Finish standards at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in the School of Vocational Teacher Education. Her areas of specialisation is Engineer-ing Graphics and Design and Mechanical Technology. The title of her thesis is Effective Teaching and Learning Methods for First-year Engi-neering Graphics and Design Education Students.

Dr Skosana currently supervises master’s and doctoral students and has presented papers at national and international conferences. She is a member of the following professional bodies: Subject Expert Group for Capacity Building for TVET College Lecturers (developing curriculum content documents for open learning materials towards the Advance Diploma (TVT)); Technical Teachers’ Conference (towards developing technical skills at grassroots level), South African Council for Educators (SACE); and Southern African Association of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE).


Tel: 012 382 9476Email: [email protected]


Prof Dane AllyHead of Department

Prof Ally obtained his LLD degree from the University of Pretoria. His thesis focuses on the admissibility of unconstitutionally obtained evi-dence in criminal proceedings in South Africa. Prof Ally’s research inter-ests are in the fields of Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Law of Evidence and Human Rights Law, more particularly the protection of socio-economic rights and the advancement of the right to develop-ment. He is a member of the South African Criminal Law and Law of Evidence Teachers’ Association, a group of law specialists teaching and conducting research on issues relating to procedural law in the South African criminal justice system. In the furtherance of the purposes of that association, he was the organiser and co-ordinator of the Second Annual Law of Criminal Procedure and Evidence Indaba, hosted by the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on 21 April 2013, where Mr Justice J Kriegler (retired) delivered the keynote address. He was the principal co-convenor of the National Conference on Paralegalism, hosted by TUT in 2015, where the Honourable Deputy Minister of Jus-tice, Mr Jeffrey, delivered the keynote address.

Prof Ally has been appointed as a member of the board of reviewers of five law journals. He has authored a number of journal articles which were published in DHET accredited law journals; he published chapters in peer-reviewed books, and his research is also published in accredited conference proceedings. He has presented several papers at national and international law conferences. He is the co-author of the book Ba-sic Criminal Procedure: A Bill of Rights Perspective, published by Juta in 2013. In 2011, he received the Senior Researcher of the Year Award in the Faculty of Humanities.

He is one of the project leaders of a Legal Advice Centre Project, to be launched by the Department of Law on 1 March 2016, which will func-tion in the areas of Soshanguve and Winterveldt. He has successfully co-supervised master’s degree students and has been appointed as external assessor of master’s and doctoral students. He currently co-supervises one doctoral student, and he is the co-supervisor of four master’s degree students.


Law


Dr Jerry MalangeSenior Lecturer

Dr. Malange obtained his LLD from University of South Africa. He teach-es Mercantile Law (company law), Corporate Procedures, International Law, the Administration of the Deceased Estates, the law of delict, Mo-tor Vehicle Accidents and facilitates Work Integrated Learning. He has taught Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, African (Indigenous) Law, the Law of Evidence, Civil Procedure, the Law of Contract, and Municipal Law. Dr Malange’s research interests include Company law, consumer protection & consumer credit (credit law), banking law, international law and the administration of the deceased estate.

Dr. Claribel LancasterSenior Lecturer

Dr Claribel Lancaster obtained her PhD at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Her area of expertise falls within sustainable develop-ment and global supply chains, and focuses on policy implications. She has published articles in various international peer-reviewed journals and presented papers ranging from legal issues to entrepreneurship and sustainability, linking interdisciplinary themes. Aside from lectur-ing undergraduate students in several aspects of law, she supervises postgraduate students in Business Administration and Entrepreneur-ship.




Dr Lizette OdendaalHead of Department

Dr Odendaal holds a D Tech Journalism from the Tshwane University of Technology.

Her area of research expertise falls within the print media industry in South Africa, focusing on community newspapers, government and print-industry relationships, media economics (print media) and com-munity media entrepreneurship.

Through her research, Lizette developed a multi-layered media man-agement model to create a better understanding of the community media sector in South Africa, the changing nature of industry-compe-tition, and the use of key business success factors. The model provides insight and knowledge about the economic objectives of sustainable print-media entrepreneurship as basis for quality journalism, and in an advertising-production equation, enables community editors to find a workable balance between aspects such as costs, products, industry change, customer preferences and diversification.

She supervises postgraduate students and coordinates industry liaison within the community media in South Africa.

Dr Hilke SteenkampLecturer

Dr Hilke Steenkamp is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism. She holds a PhD in Communication Management, an MA (Visual Studies) and a BA (Languages) Journalism degree from the University of Preto-ria. In her doctoral study, she developed a new communication man-agement framework to facilitate responsive and stakeholder-specific reputation management techniques on social networking sites.

Her fields of expertise include social media, communication manage-ment, corporate reputation management, corporate social respon-sibility, ethics and moral philosophy, visual culture studies as well as discourse analysis and feminism. She is currently supervising three master’s degree students.



Journalism


Prof Zwelibanzi MpehleHead of Department (Acting)

Zwelibanzi Mpehle’s current position is Associate Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology in the Department of Public Manage-ment. His education profile is as follows: Doctor of Administration, Uni-versity of KwaZulu-Natal; Master of Management (Public and Develop-ment Management) Wits University; B.A (Honours), Andrews University. His main responsibilities are to supervise master’s and doctoral students, but also involved in lecturing Research Methods in the Master of Public Affairs Programme, and Research and Information Management IV in the B-Tech Programme. Prof Mpehle is currently an Acting HOD and is involved in various committees within and outside of the Department of Public Management. His areas of specialisation are Public Management with emphasis on service delivery, Customer Service, Change Manage-ment and Strategic Management. Other areas of interest are government transformation, ethics, leadership and professionalism, human resource management, local government management and administration.

Zwelibanzi Mpehle has presented papers at 16 conferences, seven of which were international. He has also published 16 papers in local and international accredited journals. Currently he holds the position of President and is a Board Member of South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) and a member of the Edito-rial Committee of the Journal of Public Administration (JOPA). He has also reviewed articles from the following journals:

• Journal of Public Administration • Journal of Business and Public Dynamics for Development• Africa Education Review• Journal of Social Sciences• Politeia• Commonwealth Youth and Development

Prof Kabelo MoetiAssociate Professor

Prof Kabelo Moeti holds a Doctorate in Administration which he ob-tained from the University of Pretoria. He specialises in Public Sector Economics and Public Finance. He is the author of various accredited journals and Editor and co-author of the book Public Finance Funda-mentals, which is widely prescribed for undergraduate students. He has also co-authored the book, Understanding the Constitution which was published in 2002. Prof Moeti is currently editing, together with colleagues from other South African universities, the second edition of a book on Public Finance. He has supervised a number of master’s de-gree students and is currently supervising a doctoral student. Tel: (012) 382 9158

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Phone: +27 15 290 2869 (W) Cell: +27 84 497 8151 Email: [email protected]

Public Management


Dr Ricky M MukonzaSenior Lecturer

Dr Ricky M Mukonza holds a DTech in Public Management from Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). His areas of specialisation are: Public Administration and Management, E-government, Intergovernmental Relations, Research, Local Governance, Political Economy, International Public Administration, Migration and Public Policy. He has more than 20 publications to his name, which comprise articles in scholarly journals, chapters in books and research papers in conference proceedings. To date Mukonza has contributed book chapters to the following books: Peace and Security for African Development (Africa Institute of South Africa 2012), Public Administration training and development (Tylor & Francis Publishers 2014) and Public Budgeting in African Nations: Fiscal Analysis in Development Management (Tylor & Francis Publishers 2016). He also has attended and presented academic papers at both national and international conferences.

In addition to teaching various Public Management subjects, Dr Mukon-za supervises master’s and doctoral students, and has examined disser-tations and theses for students at the same level from other universities. For his efforts in research, Dr Mukonza was named Young Researcher of the Year for Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Humanities for both 2014 and 2015. In 2016, he received the Institutional Researcher of the Year award. Furthermore, Dr Mukonza sits in the Limpopo Research Forum as well as the Limpopo Department of Public Works Research and Ethics Committee where he provides advice on research related matters. He is often requested to make presentations on different public adminis-tration issues by various Limpopo Provincial Government Departments. Dr Mukonza is a member of the South African Association of Public Ad-ministration and Management (SAAPAM). Various media in Zimbabwe and South Africa seek after his views on politics and public administra-tion.



Dr Bhekabantu A NtshangaseSenior Lecturer

Dr Ntshangase is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology in the Department of Public Management. He is also the coordinator for Teaching and Learning activities in the same depart-ment. He holds a PhD in Public Administration and Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal; Master’s of Administration (M. Admin.) and B. Admin Honours degree from the University of Durban Westville. He has worked at UKZN as a lecturer and DUT as a lecturer and the Head of Department for seven years and Deputy Dean for few months. He has expertise in curriculum development of Higher Certificate in Public Management, Diplomas in Public Management, Local Govern-ment, Supply Chain Management and Disaster Risk Management, Advanced Diploma in Public Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management.

His areas of specialisation are Public Administration and Management, Research, Organisation Development, Governance, Public Private Part-nerships, Monitoring and Evaluation, Local Government, Project Man-agement, Public Policy, Public Finance Management and Budgeting and Strategic Planning Management. He is an accredited facilitator for the National School of Government (NSG) programmes, in collabora-tion with the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Humanities and the Department of Public Management. Dr Ntshangase has chap-ters in a book, presented more than 10 papers at local and international conferences.

His main responsibilities are to promote doctoral degree students and supervise master’s degree students who are registered for Public Affairs programme; and lecture modules on a structured master’s programme and undergraduate studies. Dr Ntshangase has successfully supervised more than eight master’s degree students and currently promoting three doctoral students. He has examined a number of research pro-jects for both master’s and doctorate degree students, as he is the ex-ternal examiner for different universities in South Africa. In addition, he has assisted the KZN Department of Community Safety and Liaison to develop the annual strategic plan. He is a member of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM). He has reviewed a number of papers for the Journal of Public Administra-tion and other journals.

Tel: 012 382 9637Email: [email protected]


Prof Jacob T MofokengHead of Department (Acting)

Prof Jacob Mofokeng obtained his Doctorate in Policing from the Tshwane University of Technology. Before joining the University, he was a law enforcement officer for 13 years, of which ten years spent at Detective Service and three within Information and Communication Technology (ICT) environment. He is a member of the Council of the Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA) as well as an EXCO member of the Policing Association of Southern Af-rica (POLSA). His key areas of expertise include Criminal Investigation and Transnational Crime.

He has authored and co-authored articles, which were published in ac-credited journals as well as presented papers at national and interna-tional conferences.

Prof Ian de VriesProfessor

Prof Ian (Izak) de Vries obtained a D. Litt et Phil degree in Political Sci-ence from the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannes-burg). His expertise is in the field of Policing. He was, inter alia, Briga-dier, as well as acting Rector and Commander of the Police Academy in Graaff-Reinet in the 1990s. During his career, he has supervised and co-supervised 31 master’s degree students. Four doctoral students ob-tained their degrees under his supervision and he has co-supervised four doctoral students. He has authored and co-authored 18 articles that were published in scientific, peer-reviewed South African ap-proved/ accredited journals. Prof De Vries was president of the Crimi-nological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA) dur-ing 2011 and 2012. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Southern African Journal of Criminology (Acta Criminologica).



Safety and Security Management


Dr Sean R KockottSenior Lecturer

Dr Sean Kockott, a Snr lecturer, obtained his D Tech in Policing at TUT. His area of expertise falls within Road Traffic or Municipal Policing Man-agement, focused on road traffic safety audits and risks assessment. He has worked overseas in the Middle East as advisor to the oil and gas industry and mining. His research interests are, but not limited to, road, traffic and transportation safety, management and risk identification. Aside from lecturing undergraduate students in Road Traffic Systems, he supervises postgraduate students in Road Traffic and Municipal Po-lice Management and has published an article related to his doctoral study, in an accredited scientific journal.

Prof Adewale A OlutolaAssociate Professor

Prof Adewale Olutola is an Advocate of Law and Professor of Policing. His research interests cut across Legal systems, Crime Prevention and the Comparative Criminal Justice Systems. He has presented peer-re-viewed research papers at various national and international confer-ences.

He is a member of Criminological and Victimological Society of South-ern Africa, Policing Association of Southern Africa and the Nigerian Bar Association. He published several articles in accredited journals and chapters in books to his credit. He is an elected Council Member for Criminological Society of Africa (2018-2020).

Aside from lecturing undergraduate students in law and policing, he supervises postgraduate students in policing at the Department of Safety and Security Management of Tshwane University of Technology. Prof Adewale Olutola equally serves as external examiner to several universities in areas of Law, Police Science, Criminology and Criminal justice.




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