16-Oct-2019

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Welcome to the
Graduation Ceremony
of the
University of Johannesburg
16 October 2019
Welkom by die
Gradeplegtigheid
van die
Universiteit van Johannesburg
16 Oktober 2019
Le a Amogelwa
Moletlong wa Dikapešo wa
Yunibesithi ya Johannesburg
16 Diphalane 2019
Niyamukelwa
eMcimbini wokweThweswa kweZiqu
weNyuvesi yaseJohannesburg
16 kuMfumfu 2019
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UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
CHANCELLOR
Prof NS Ndebele
BA (Lesotho), MA (Cambridge UK), PhD (Denver USA)
SENIOR OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL
Prof T Marwala
BS Eng (Case Western Reserve USA), MEng (UP), PhD (Cambridge UK)
DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR ACADEMIC
Prof A Parekh
BA, BA Hons, MA (UDW), MA (Kansas USA), DPhil (UDW)
DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION
Prof S Sinha
BEng, MEng, PhD (UP)
REGISTRAR
Prof IC Burger
BA, HEd, BA Hons, MA, PhD (RAU)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Ms N Mamorare
BCom (Rhodes), BCom Hons (UKZN), CA (SA)
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Prof A Swart
NDip, NHDip (TWR), BEd, MEd (RAU), DTech (TWR)
GENERAL COUNSEL
Prof PH O’Brien
BCom, LLB, LLM, LLD (RAU)
SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE VICE-CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
Dr N Vukuza
BA (Fort Hare), BA Hons (Rhodes), DTE (UNISA), MA (Wits), PhD (Stellenbosch)
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EXECUTIVE DEANS
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Prof D van Lill
BSc, BSc Hons, MSc, PhD (US)
FACULTY OF ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
Ms A Breytenbach (Acting)
BArch (UP), MBA (UJ)
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Prof SJ Gravett
BA, HEd (PU for CHE), BEd, MEd, DEd (RAU)
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Prof DJ Mashao
BSc Eng (UCT), MSc Eng (UCT), MSc AM (Brown, USA), PhD (Brown, USA)
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Prof S Khan
BSc, BSc Hons, MSc, PhD (UWC)
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Prof AB Broadbent
BA, BA Hons, MPhil, PhD (Cambridge UK)
FACULTY OF LAW
Prof LG Mpedi
B Juris, LLB (Vista), LLM (RAU), LLD (UJ)
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Prof D Meyer
BSc, BSc Hons, MSc (RAU), PhD (California USA)
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MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
CHAIRPERSON
Mr MS Teke
DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON
Dr Y Ndema
MEMBERS
Prof H Abrahamse
Mr FM Baleni
Mr TM Ditshego
Ms S Dlamini
Ms K Gugushe
Prof D Hildebrandt
Ms X Kakana
Mr G Khosa
Mr MS Khoza
Ms K Khumalo
Ms B Madikizela
Mr M Mahlasela
Prof T Marwala
Mr T Mati
Ms Z Matlala
Prof A Parekh
Dr WP Rowland
Prof A Strydom
PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATION
Dr BM Diale
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Programme
Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 13:00
To ensure good order during the ceremony all those present are requested to leave
the Auditorium only after the ceremony has been concluded.
The academic procession enters the Auditorium and the members of the procession take
their seats on the stage.
The choir sings Gaudeamus Igitur (or a CD is played) while those present remain
standing.
The Chancellor constitutes the congregation.
Choir.
Welcome.
The relevant Executive Dean presents the candidates to the Chancellor for the
conferment of a degree/diploma/certificate.
Singing of the National Anthem.
The Chancellor dissolves the congregation.
The academic procession leaves the Auditorium while those present remain standing.
Lenaneo
Laboraro, 16 Diphalane 2019 ka 13:00
Go kgonthiša gore dilo di sepela ka tshwanelo nakong ya moletlo, bohle bao ba tlilego
moletlong ba kgopelwa go tšwa ka Holong ya kopano feela ka morago ga ge moletlo o
phethilwe.
Sehlopha sa dirutegi se tsena ka Holong ya kopano gomme maloko a sehlopha se a dula
ditulong tša ona sefaleng.
Khwaere e opela Gaudeamus Igitur (goba CD e tlo bapalwa) mola bao ba lego gona ba
tšwela pele go ema.
Mokhanseliri o kopanya phuthego.
Khwaere.
Dikamogelo.
Hlogophethiši ya maleba ya lefapha e hlagiša dialoga go Mokhanseliri gore di newe
tikrii/diploma/setifikeiti.
Go opelwa ga Koša ya Setšhaba.
Mokhanseliri o phatlalatša phuthego.
Sehlopha sa dirutegi se tšwa ka Holong ya kopano mola bao ba lego gona ba tšwela pele
go ema.
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Program
Woensdag, 16 Oktober 2019 om 13:00
Ter wille van die ordelike verloop van die plegtigheid
word alle aanwesiges vriendelik versoek
om die Ouditorium nie voor die einde van die plegtigheid te verlaat nie.
Die akademiese prosessie kom die Ouditorium binne en neem op die verhoog plaas.
Die koor sing Gaudeamus Igitur (of ‘n CD word gespeel) terwyl die aanwesiges staan.
Die Kanselier stel die kongregasie saam.
Koor.
Verwelkoming.
Die betrokke uitvoerende dekaan stel die kandidate aan die Kanselier voor vir die
toekenning van ‘n graad/diploma/sertifikaat.
Sing van die volkslied.
Die Kanselier ontbind die kongregasie.
Terwyl die aanwesiges bly staan, verlaat die akademiese prosessie die Ouditorium.
Uhlelo
uLwesithathu, 16 kuMfumfu 2019 ngelo-13:00
Ukuze kuqinisekwe ukuthi konke kuhamba kahle ngesikhathi somcimbi, bonke abakhona
bacelwa ukuba baphume eHholweni kuphela lapho umcimbi usuphothuliwe.
Udwendwe lezifundiswa lungena ehholweni bese amalungu odwendwe ahlala phansi
esiteji.
Ikwaya icula i-Gaudeamus Igitur (noma kudlalwa iCD) ngalenkathi labo abakhona
besamile.
UShansela uhlanganisa ibandla.
Ikwaya.
Ukwamukelwa.
Izinhloko Eziyiziphathimandla ezithintekayo zethula abafundi kuShansela weNyuvesi
ukuze bathole idigiri/idiploma/isitifiketi.
Kuculwa iHubo Lesizwe.
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Gaudeamus Igitur
Gaudeamus igitur,
Juvenes dum sumus;
Post iucundum iuventutem,
Post molestam senectutem
Nos habebit humus.
Vivat academia,
Vivant professores,
Vivat membrum quodlibet,
Vivat membra quaelibet;
Semper sint in flore!
English
Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The earth will have us.
Long live the academy!
Long live the professors!
Long live each student;
Long live the whole fraternity;
For ever may they flourish!
Sesotho sa Leboa
Ka gona, a re thabeng,
Re sa le ba bafsa.
Ka morago ga bofsa bjo bo bose
Ka morago ga go tšofala mo go nago le
mathata
Lefase le tla ba le rena.
Phela thuto phela!
Phelang diprofesa phelang!
Phelang baithuti phelang;
Phela kagišano ka botlalo phela;
O ka re ba ka phela gabotse goyagoile!
Afrikaans
Laat ons dan vrolik wees,
Terwyl ons jonk is;
Na ’n aangename jeug.
Na ’n onaangename oudag,
Sal die aarde ons hou.
Lank lewe die universiteit,
Lank lewe die professore,
Lank lewe elke student,
Lank lewe al die studente,
Mag hulle vir ewig hul jeug behou!
Zulu
Ngakho, masithokoze
Sisebasha nje.
Emva kobumnandi bobusha
Emva kwezinkinga zobudala
Umhlaba uzosithatha.
Phambili ngemfundo!
Phambili boSolwazi!
Phambili nakuwe mfundi;
Phambili ngenhlangano yonke;
Maziqhubeke ngonaphakade!
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QUALIFICATIONS
1. National Diploma (NDip)
Bopape, Lerato Mmota (Mechanical Engineering)
Chokoe, Koketso Dimpho (Engineering: Mechanical)
Dlamini, Luvuyo Sandile (Industrial Engineering)
Garrine, Vutlhari Elizabeth (Industrial Engineering)
Govender, Keshlin (Mechanical Engineering)
Gumede, Nhlanhla Mdaluyazi (Mechanical Engineering)
Kraai, Sifiso Raymond (Mechanical Engineering)
Kubheka, Linda (Engineering: Mechanical)
Lefakane, Membry Wenger (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mabunda, Nkateko (Engineering: Mechanical)
Madalambane, Lindokuhle (Engineering: Industrial)
Maodi, Welcome Modise (Engineering: Mechanical)
Marandela, Khodani (Engineering: Mechanical)
Masina, Mlungisi Erick (Engineering: Mechanical)
Medupe, Tshegofatso Odrick (Engineering: Mechanical)
Meere, Ivan Deo (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mlangeni, Nosipho (Industrial Engineering)
Mthethwa, Matozi Lisa (Engineering: Industrial)
Ndaba, Zibusiso Ndumiso Mnqobi (Engineering: Industrial)
Ngqisha, Thembani (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nhantsi, Afikile (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nkanyani, Terence Katekani (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nqundwana, Khanya Nqabomzi (Engineering: Industrial)
Nyamukondiwa, Darlington (Engineering: Industrial)
Pitso, Kabelo Tshiamo (Engineering: Mechanical)
Pule, Basetsana (Engineering: Mechanical)
Radebe, Halalisani (Engineering: Mechanical)
Radebe, Nkulueko (Engineering: Industrial)
Ramokonyane, Phuti James (Engineering: Mechanical)
Shabalala, Sihle Eddison (Industrial Engineering)
Sithole, Louis (Engineering: Industrial)
Tebatso, Katlego Collen (Mechanical Engineering)
Zikalala, Mbongeni Vuyani (Mechanical Engineering)
Zimucha, Apton Simbarashe (Engineering: Mechanical)
Zwane, Mbalenhle (Mechanical Engineering)
Zwezwe, Busisa Maria (Engineering: Mechanical)
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2. Baccalaureus Technologiae (BTech)
Abdul Gany, Faheem (Engineering: Mechanical)
Chidi, Matladi Solomon Brown (Engineering: Mechanical)
Dombo, Tshiembe Michael (Engineering: Mechanical)
Hlatshanini, Nontsikelelo (Engineering: Industrial)
Mabelane, Itumeleng Matshidisho (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mabotja, Kgabo Lebogang (Engineering: Mechanical)
Magaba, Andile Desmond (Engineering: Industrial)
Magano, Christinah Mmambini (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mamba, Siphamandla Norman (Engineering: Mechanical)
Marumo, Thato (Engineering: Chemical)
Masondo, Siphosethu Prisca (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mathebula, Thabisile Fortunate (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mathenjwa, Mandisi Terance (Engineering: Mechanical)
Matodzi, Hendrick (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mazibuko, Gugulethu Precious (Engineering: Industrial)
Mhlongo, Sicebi Richman (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mkhwanazi, Siyabonga Brendon (Engineering: Mechanical)
Mokoena, Mojalefa Eric (Engineering: Industrial)
Mtshali, Sipho Steven (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nduvheni, Ndaedzo (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nkadimeng, Kabelo Petrus (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nkgadima, Lucky (Engineering: Mechanical)
Nkoana, Kgomotso Francis (Engineering: Mechanical)
Ntshangase, Smanga (Engineering: Mechanical)
Ratshihule, Gumani (Engineering: Mechanical)
Tshekela, Buntu Sibulele (Engineering: Mechanical)
3. Diploma (Dip)
Boyce, Renee (Public Relations and Communication)
Dubazane, Nonkululeko Maureen (Public Relations and Communication)
Mimi, Afrika (Public Relations and Communication)
Munyai, Ndivhuwo Wendy (Public Relations and Communication)
Ngwenya, Mbalenhle Palesa (Public Relations and Communication)
Patel, Shereen Mantwagae (Public Relations and Communication)
Selobilwe, Lelentle Philadelthia (Public Relations and Communication)
4. Baccalaureus Artium (BA) Bachelor of Arts
Chauke, Perseverance (Community Development and Leadership)
Delport, Mercedes Kristen (Strategic Communication in Corporate Communication)
Gumede, Xolani Prince (Strategic Communication in Corporate Communication)
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Joubert, Anja Simone (Languages)
Kgatle, Itebogeng Rebone (Community Development and Leadership)
Khumalo, Keith (Film and Television Studies)
Legae, Kegomoditswe (Film and Television Studies)
Luthuli, Buhlebonke Blessing (Strategic Communication in Marketing
Communication)
Mabalane, Reneilwe (Film and Television Studies)
Makaula, Ndipiwe (Journalism)
Martlouw, Jillian Caroline (Strategic Communication in Marketing Communication)
Masenya, Mosa Mamello (Community Development and Leadership)
Mathebula, Thandaza Tonia (Community Development and Leadership)
Mazibuko, Mazwi Hillary (Community Development and Leadership)
Mnyaka, Zola (Strategic Communication in Marketing Communication)
Mogotlane, Pretty Khembele (Strategic Communication in Corporate
Communication)
Mokotoane, Peter Moeti (Strategic Communication in Marketing Communication)
Mokwatedi, Sarah Kgomotso (Film and Television Studies)
Motleleng, Lesedi Promise (Community Development and Leadership)
Ndlanzi, Sinenhlanhla Bongi (Strategic Communication in Corporate
Communication)
Ndlovu, Noluthando (Strategic Communication in Corporate Communication)
Ngenelwa, Ntombikayise (Film and Television Studies)
Ngqandu, Siyathemba Thando (Strategic Communication in Corporate
Communication)
Petersen, Adrien Keiffer (Strategic Communication in Marketing Communication)
Sikiti, Thembisile Nonhlahla (Journalism)
Tshikane, Lehlogonolo Edward Mphalo (Film and Television Studies)
Vertuin, Milicent (Journalism)
5. Baccalaureus (B): Social Work
Mazibuko, Mvunyelwa Shadrack
Sibanyoni, Kgotso
6. Bachelor of Arts Hons (BA Hons)
Goldman, Thandiela Layla (Afrikaans)
Mokwatle, Gloria Rebecca (Religion)
Nzo, Jones (Religion)
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7. Magister Artium (MA) Master of Arts
Adams, Mogamat Nasief (Semitic Languages and Cultures)
Dissertation: A Postcolonial Critique of Modernist Maqāṣid Al-Sharī`ah
Supervisor: Prof F Esack
Albertyn, Laylah (Historical Studies)
Dissertation: A Social History of Robben Island as a Penal Colony, c. 1652-1795
Supervisor: Prof G Groenewald
Ally, Shahida (Clinical Social Work)
Minor Dissertation: Muslim Abused Women’s Experiences of Seeking Help from
Informal Support System
Supervisor: Prof S Rasool
Asani, James (Semitic Languages and Cultures)
Dissertation: The Role of Religious Tradition in the Survival Strategies Employed
by Somali Muslim Migrants in Johannesburg.
Supervisor: Prof F Esack
Co-Supervisor: Dr S Murasek
Benjamin, Gamuchirayi (Social Impact Assessment)
Minor Dissertation: The Impact of South Africa's Immigration Policy on
Zimbabwean Migrants Accessing Maternal Healthcare Services
Supervisor: Prof K Batisai
Chatzkelowitz, Lara (Strategic Communication)
Minor Dissertation: An Exploration of the Integration Challenges Experienced by
Advertising Agencies between Digital and Traditional Specialist Teams
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
Cherry, Shane Colleen (Clinical Social Work)
Minor Dissertation: An Ecological Approach to Understanding Help-Seeking by
Lesbians Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Supervisor: Ms M de Beer
Co Supervisor: Prof S Rasool
Cindi, Mbali (Strategic Communication)
Minor Dissertation: The Relationship between Brand Purpose and Brand
Leadership in the South African Retail Clothing Industry
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
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Hennessy, Carryn Nicole (Clinical Social Work) (with distinction)
Minor Dissertation: An Assessment of Psychosocial Risk Factors at a Selected
Gauteng High School
Supervisor: Ms N Maphosa
Hill, Naomi (Social Work)
Dissertation: Understanding How Cash Transfers and Caregiving Work Together
to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviour Amongst Adolescent Girls
Supervisor: Prof T Hochfeld
Co-Supervisor: Prof L Patel
Letsogo, Basiame Brain (Strategic Communication)
Minor Dissertation: Communication Satisfaction and Employee Engagement of
Flexible Employees: An Exploratory Case Study
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
Makobela, Tshepo William (Fundamental Communication) (with distinction)
Dissertation: Perceptions of Black Men in Katlehong About Female ‘Yellow
Bones? A Case Study
Supervisor: Prof KM Burger
Malatji, Jack (Strategic Communication)
Minor Dissertation: Analysing Brand Awareness of a Chapter Nine Institution
among Selected Stakeholders: The Case of the Tax Ombudsman South Africa
Supervisor: Dr E Lubinga
Co-Supervisor: Ms A Oksiutycz-Munyawiri
Malatjie, Mmaphefo Michelle (Clinical Social Work)
Minor Dissertation: Perspectives of the University of Johannesburg’s Employees
on the Employee Wellness Programme
Supervisor: Dr ME Ncube
Marx, Chantelle (Corporate Communication)
Dissertation: Mitigation of Brand Risks Posed by Digital Activism at Higher
Education Institutions in South Africa: An Exploratory Study
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
Mawelewele, Bridget Mbavhalelo (Strategic Communication)
Minor Dissertation: Customer-Centricity in South African Pension Fund Member
Communication
Supervisor: Mrs C Muir
Co-Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
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Mayet, Neelofar (Corporate Communication)
Dissertation: A Strategic Communication Approach in Purposeful Employee
Engagement Within Mixed Form Organisations In The Financial Services Industry
In South Africa
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
Nchabeleng, Phathakge Amos (Corporate Communication)
Dissertation: An Evaluation of Communication Strategies Employed by Selected
Gauteng Based Science Organisations to Promote Natural Sciences as a Career
Choice Amongst School Learners
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
Nel, Charne (Anthropology) (with distinction)
Dissertation: Misgrot Cave: An Actualistic Model of a Modern Baboon Sleeping
Site
Supervisor: Dr J Bradfield
Nxongo, Sibusisiwe (Historical Studies) (with distinction)
Dissertation: Women, Gender and the Black Consciousness Movement 1968-77
Supervisor: Dr N Essop-Sheik
Robertson, Randy Armarndo (Strategic Communication) (with distinction)
Minor Dissertation: Computational Propaganda: Exploring Mitigation Strategies
for Political Parties in Online Brand Contexts
Supervisor: Dr C Meintjes
Skosana, Xoliswa Elizabeth Joan (Social Work: Community Development)
Minor Dissertation: Job-seeking Experiences of Unemployed Youth Participants in
a Youth Development Programme in Johannesburg
Supervisor: Mr M Sobantu
Tavener Smith, Taryn (English)
Dissertation: Liminality and the Gothic in Three Contemporary British Novels
Supervisor: Prof BM Grogan
Co-supervisor: Prof K Scherzinger
8. Doctor Litterarum et Philosophiae (D Litt et Phil)
Benecke, Dalien Rene (Corporate Communication)
Thesis: The Social Representation of Public Relations Activism in Early Career
South African Public Relations Practitioners
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
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Labuschagne, Magdalena Wentzelina (English)
Thesis: Ghostreading: Retro-spectral Interpretations in the Novels of David Mitchell
Supervisor: Prof K Scherzinger
Mohammed, Barira (Historical Studies)
Thesis: Commodity Markets, Ethnicity and the Development of the Jos Plateau,
1945- 2011
Supervisor: Dr SJW Sparks
Munoriyarwa, Allen (Journalism)
Thesis: Turmoil in the Postcolony: Post-independence Electoral Violence in
Zimbabwe and the Relevance of Peace Journalism
Supervisor: Prof J Duncan
Co-Supervisor: Prof PP Frassinelli
Nadesan, Varoshini Subramoney (Socialis Scientiae)
Thesis: A Systems Analysis of Field Instruction in Social Work Education
Supervisor: Prof ADP van Breda
Ncube, Bhekinkosi Jakobe (Communication Studies)
Thesis: Radio Mthwakazi and the Construction of Ndebele Ethnic Identity
Supervisor: Prof J Duncan
Co-Supervisor: Prof CT Chasi
Phiri, Millie Maiziveyi (Communication Studies)
Thesis: Social Media “Talk” and Gender Violence: Discourses of Gender Violence
on Facebook by Audiences of e-TV’s Scandal
Supervisor: Prof N Mboti
Sobantu, Mziwandile (Socialis Scientiae)
Thesis: Developing a Model for Enhancing Voluntary Housing in a Social
Development Manner in South Africa
Supervisor: Prof N Noyoo
Wales, Nora-Lee (English)
Thesis: The Great Africanised Family of Humankind: Securing and Undoing the
Human Through Africa in Literature and Film
Supervisor: Prof SR Mngadi
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Benecke, Dalien Rene (D Litt et Phil)
Dalien Rene Benecke studied a BA Communication at UJ (Former RAU, completed
1983) after which she worked as a Public Relations Manager and Fundraiser for 12
years. She started her academic career in 1996 after which she completed a BA
Communication Honours and Master in Public Relations. She also completed the
PRISA Certificate in Public Relations Practice and a UNISA Fundraising Certificate.
She is a Charted Public Relations Professional (CPRP) and serves as board
member of the professional body, PRISA. Her community involvement includes the
development of young people through active citizenship. Her research focus is the
critical and reflective Public Relations paradigms, experiential and reflective
learning, student engagement and community relations.
Changing societal contexts emphasise the intermediary meaning-making, role of
communication professionals in poly- contextual stakeholder contexts. Because
these contexts are characterised by growing stakeholder activism, the
establishment of symbolic power, agency and legitimacy depend on the ability of
these professionals to build relational capital through dialogue and engagement
with multiple and diverse stakeholders. Against this background, this study
investigates how early career South African PR professionals socially represent
their role as PR activists. The findings suggest that South African activist PRP role
enactment may not only entail promoting the interests of those who are
marginalised and excluded from social contexts through resistance, but also
requires advocating for the legitimacy of their own activist role in their communities
of practice. This study is commended for the valuable contribution it makes to the
disciplinary knowledge base since very few studies to date have researched
activism at the individual level of PR practice.
Supervisor: Prof S Verwey
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Labuschagne, Magdalena Wentzelina (DLitt et Phil)
Ms Labuschagne has been associated with this institution since 1991, first as an
undergraduate and Honours student at the former RAU, then as a Master’s student
and junior lecturer in the Department of English at the newly formed University of
Johannesburg. She has been teaching Literatures in English to undergraduate and
Honours students for 13 years, along a broad spectrum of texts ranging from
Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and Joseph Conrad, to fairy tales, science fiction,
and literary fantasy. Most recently, she devised a short undergraduate course on
South African writer Lauren Beukes, and is in the process of developing this into a
larger study. Ms Labuschagne’s teaching activities fostered an ever-growing
fascination with readers and reading, and all of the contextual factors that inform a
reader’s choices. Her other research interests centre on postmodernist texts, poststructuralist
theories, and the intersection of Technology and Utopia across texts.
The novels of David Mitchell are notable for their disruption of genre-compliant
writing, which allows them to destabilize conventional modes of reading and
interpretation. This study presented readings of Mitchell’s three debut novels,
insofar as they lay the groundwork for what Mitchell himself describes as his “übernovel”.
The analyses demonstrated that Mitchell’s narrative innovations revoke our
compulsion to identify ‘the’ reader, without doing away with the person doing the
reading. Such a person reads fitfully, ‘above’ and ‘across’ texts in ways that
exemplify the German term “über”; hence, Mitchell’s “über-novel” brings into being
an “über-reader”. These findings were well received by examiners, with one
commenting that the study “is unquestionably an original contribution to the existing
body of knowledge not just on Mitchell’s work, but also on broader questions about
the ways in which the reader and reading are imagined and represented, both in
postmodern fiction and poststructuralist literary theory.”
Supervisor: Prof K Scherzinger
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Mohammed, Barira (DLitt et Phil)
BA Hons Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (Nigeria); MA Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria (Nigeria). Barira Mohammed is from Nigeria. Her doctoral research is a
historical study about marketplaces as social institutions and sites of political
struggle on the Jos Plateau, in central Nigeria. She was selected to participate in
the 2017 African Studies Review Pipeline for Emerging African Scholars workshop
in Legon, Ghana. She also got the Outbound Study Abroad travel grant from UJ’s
Division for Internationalisation to attend the 2018 Annual Africa Conference,
University of Texas at Austin. There she presented a paper titled “Southerners” in a
“Northern” Market: A Study of the Jos Potato Market Riot of 1945. Her research
interests are in Economic History, Conflicts, African studies, and Gender Studies.
She is currently a member of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) and
the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN).
Barira Mohammed’s doctoral dissertation presents a historical study of food
markets on Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, as symbolically and materially
overdetermined sites of struggle imbricated in longstanding violent ethno-religious
conflicts, from the late colonial era to the present. Using archival research, oral
history and ethnography, Mohammed shows how markets were central to the
colonial and postcolonial processes through which “indigenes” and “settlers”, “Igbo”
and “Hausa/Fulani”, “Southerners” and Northerners,” “Christians” and “Muslims”
have been pitted against each other in this region. One of her examiners describes
Mohammed’s thesis as among the best which he has examined over the course of
his lengthy career. All agree that Mohammed has made a valuable contribution to
the field of African history, demonstrating that communal violence in Nigeria’s
middle belt cannot be understood without reference to contestations in the region’s
food markets.
Supervisor: Dr SJW Sparks
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Munoriyarwa, Allen (DLitt et Phil)
Allen Munoriyarwa was a Doctoral student in the Department of Journalism, Film
and Television. His thesis research was based on election violence and the
relevance of peace journalism practices in Zimbabwe. His research interests are in
peace journalism, election violence and the media and conflict reporting. Allen did
his B.A and Honours in Zimbabwe. He proceeded to do his Masters in Zimbabwe
before joining the University of Johannesburg for his PhD in Journalism. Allen is
currently working on a project on surveillance and privacy in Southern Africa
together with colleagues
Allen Munoriyarwa is a recipient of the prestigious University of Johannesburg
Research Council (URC) Scholarship granted to him in August 2016. In 2017, he
was awarded the prestigious Canon Collins Scholarship to continue with his PhD
thesis. He was, in the course of his studies, awarded funding by the University of
Orebro to present part of his research in Sweden. Allen has published several
articles related to his research in journalism and has made active contributions to
several research projects. In his PhD thesis, Allen proposes a novel news reporting
model - an integrated peace journalism model for the Zimbabwe press. In his
previous studies as a Masters student, Allen won two prestigious prizes. These
were the Midlands State University Book Award for best student in the Department
of Media and Society, and the University’s Clothing award for being among the best
students in the Faculty.
Supervisor: Prof J Duncan
Co-Supervisor: Prof PP Frassinelli
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Nadesan, Varoshini Subramoney (DLitt et Phil)
Varoshini Nadesan graduated as a social worker at UDW in 1986. She completed
her Masters in Child and Youth Care Work at UNISA in 2009. She worked for 20
years in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal in the field of child protection and crime
prevention and offender programmes, at the levels of senior and chief social
worker. In 2006 she was appointed as National Manager at the South African
Council for Social Service Professions, responsible for the professional conduct of
social workers nationally. She joined the University of Johannesburg in 2012 as
lecturer at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Varoshini Nadesan’s doctoral study addresses the signature pedagogy in social
work education: field instruction. This is the practical part of social work training,
where students integrate what they’ve learned into real-life situations. There has
been little research on field instruction internationally. In this study, Varoshini
interviewed a diverse range of participants and documents, generating three rich
case studies of field instruction programmes in urban and rural universities using
different models of field instruction. She has creatively applied systems theory to
field instruction, taking theory about field instruction to a new level of sophistication.
She highlights the complex interactions between a range of role players, with
competing demands and limitations, all working towards the development of a
social work practitioner. She identifies key systems processes that facilitate or
hinder this common goal. Through this, she generates recommendations for
strengthening field instruction in social work education in South Africa.
Supervisor: Prof ADP van Breda
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Ncube, Bhekinkosi Jakobe (DLitt et Phil)
Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube is a lecturer at the National University of Science and
Technology (Zimbabwe)’s Department of Journalism and Media Studies. His
research interests include identity politics, community media and ethnic minority
media. He recently published a chapter in the book, Media, Diaspora and Conflict.
He has also published another book chapter on how the subaltern uses music to
challenge marginalisation. Also he has an accepted journal article on ethnic
minority media as counter hegemonic and agents of participation. His Masters
dissertation analysed the practice and politics of media production, focusing on the
role of media in genocides.
Bhekinkosi’s study examines identity construction by an online radio station. It
interrogates the institutional routines of the station and how it facilitates the
construction and contestation of Ndebele ethnic identity. This is against the
background of a resurgence of Ndebele particularism in Zimbabwe. The study
argues that the salience of Ndebele identity has been influenced by events in the
pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial nation building processes. The study argues
that the Ndebele are appropriating the internet as a platform to coalesce on issues
of their nationhood and in the process creating for them an alternative public sphere
and becoming subaltern public nations. The study takes a constructivist approach
to ethnicity and identity and views ethnicity and Ndebele nationhood as products of
human thought and action. The study established that identities can be contested
and members of the Ndebele people in the diaspora are attempting to preserve
their identity through the station.
Supervisor: Prof J Duncan
Co-supervisor: Prof CT Chasi
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Phiri, Millie Maiziveyi (DLitt et Phil)
Millicent Phiri, an award-winning journalist turned academic, has traversed
Southern Africa for the Zimbabwe Inter-Africa News Agency (its first female actingeditor-in-chief),
Agence France Presse (AFP), and eNCA. A former vice-president
of the Media Institute of Zimbabwe and board member of Zimbabwe’s Radio Voice
of the People, Millie has worked as a communication specialist for the UN and the
Graca Machel Trust, as its first regional coordinator for the Pan-African Women in
Media Network. She has a Bachelor of English and Communication from the
University of Zimbabwe, a Masters in Journalism from Stellenbosch, and a
journalism diploma from the Harare Polytechnic.
Intimate partner violence is commonplace and takes many forms. This study was
interested in how society “talks” about this topic on social media. Grounded in a
black feminist conceptual framework and utilising novel immersive online researchmethods,
it interrogated the evolution of social discourse in the context of digitality.
Episodes of a local soap opera, Scandal, depicting forms of intimate partner
violence perpetrated against the character of Gloria by her husband, Obakeng,
were purposively sampled. The study demonstrated an emergent paradigm of
social discourse, driven by the new “word of mouth” of social media. It recommends
rigorously attending to the possibilities and limits of these convergent regimes of
mediation and representation. It was found that social media talk is diverse,
pluridirectional and richly expressive. The main finding suggests that we need to
pause and engage in a deeper conversation and reflection about the quality and
direction of social media talk.
Supervisor: Prof N Mboti
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Sobantu, Mziwandile (DLitt et Phil)
Mzwandile Sobantu obtained his BSW and a Master’s in Housing degrees from the
University of the Witwatersrand. He worked as a foster care social worker at Joburg
Child Welfare before joining the Gauteng Department of Social Development as a
social worker, under the People with Special Needs (PWSN) directorate. While
there, he enrolled for his doctorate degree in 2015, and in 2016 he joined the
University of Johannesburg as a lecturer. He lectures social development, group
work and coordinates internship. Mzwandile has presented on his research in
several conferences and seminars, in South Africa, Africa and in Europe. He has
published articles in local and international journals, and also co-authored a book
chapter.
In this study, Mzwandile relied on intellectual heuristics to bring knowledge from
different academic disciplines of housing policy, social policy and social
development. His qualitative study involved the National Department of Human
Settlements (NDoHS) and voluntary housing institutions (VHIs) in Gauteng and
Western Cape provinces. These efforts were intended to interrogate the social
development benefits of VHIs to the beneficiaries. He showed a deep
understanding of the fields of housing, voluntary housing and social development in
his pursuit of developing bottom-up pathways to housing delivery in the country.
Weaving and analysing information and data from policy developers at NDoHS,
managers of VHIs and beneficiaries, Mzwandile arrived at useful insights and
recommendations for integrating pro-poor voices into housing policy and
implementation. The rigour process culminated in a model, whose principles and
ethos contribute to the NDoHS agenda of creating viable, sustainable and
integrated human settlements for the poor and vulnerable populations in South
Africa.
Supervisor: Prof N Noyoo
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Wales, Nora-Lee (DLitt et Phil)
Nora-Lee Wales read for her Bachelor’s and Honours degrees at Rhodes University
(RSA) and then completed her masters in Film and Literature with distinction at the
University of York (UK). She began her doctoral studies at the University of
Johannesburg in 2013 and worked as a tutor in the English department for 2 years.
She was appointed as an assistant lecturer in the department (2015-2018) and
lectured postcolonial poetry, modern drama, the 19th century English novel,
contemporary fiction and gender theory. During this time, she also presented work
from her doctoral thesis at local, national and international conferences. She now
works as an English lecturer at Embury, a private institute for higher education.
In her thesis, The Great Africanised Family of Humankind: Securing and Undoing
the Human through Africa in Literature and Film, Nora-Lee Wales examined texts in
which Africa is simultaneously the object of western intervention and the means of
human salvation. Her study acknowledged that these are white saviour narratives
but demonstrated that this narrative trope was a symptom of the more fundamental
problem of the texts’ humanism. Her analyses showed that these texts were sincere
in their projection of a universal community based on shared species-being and a
single African origin, but that the ontology of the human on which they based this
universal togetherness was flawed. Her analyses also indicated that it was when
these texts were ambivalent about the nature of being human that possibilities for a
more meaningfully inclusive human community emerged.
Supervisor: Prof SR Mngadi
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