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Current students and postdoc fellowships

 
2025

Master’s degrees

  1. Kwandokuhle Khayelihle Tshabalala
  2. Zanele Nodongwe
  3. Ongezwa Tuswa
  4. Bakang Makgale
  5. Vuyiswa Mochochoko
  6. Liyabona Makapela
  7. Happnes Ngobeni
  8. Nandi Ramotlotlo
  9. Luvhengo Mphaphuli
  10. Mantji Faith Maponya
  11. Malakia Nemando

PhD degrees

  1. Itumeleng Dinku
  2. Nduduzo Shandu
  3. Pfano Walter Madzonga
  4. Avela Thandisiwe Njwambe
  5. Noncedo Rofhiwa Maphosho
  6. Langutani Nesco Miyambu
  7. Nosiphiwo Mazaleni
  8. Onalenna Legotlo

Post-doctoral fellowships

  1. Michelle Leal
  2. Johanna Beukes
  3. Urlridge Thompson
  4. Stephanie Alcock
  5. Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe
  6. Raylton Chikwati
  7. Rebaone Petlele
  8. Olaide Ojoniyi
  9. Claire Hart
  10. Lauren Stuart
  11. Rachana Desai
2022

Master’s degrees

  • Martha Lebea (SMU) | Phenomenological experiences of people living with chronic conditions who take medication for a prolonged period of time and factors that affect adherence to treatment
  • Patience Mphephu (SMU) | The Effect Of Covid-19 On Mental Health Care Users Access To Treatment At Dr George Mukhari Acdademic Hospital
  • Siyathokhoza Mbanjwa (Wits) | Maternal Experiences Of Having A Child With A Disability: A Qualitative Study
  • Bafana Radebe (UJ) | The Unspeakable Void Of Trauma In Post-Apartheid Literature: A Psychoanalytic Post-Structural Approach To The Work Of Duiker, Mda And J.M Coetzee
  • Samukelo Mdladla (CUT) | Supporting learners with Autism: Transformative classroom management strategies in a full-service school
  • Lerato Mohale (SMU) | The Mental Health Effects Of Covid 19 On Sefako Makgatho University Students
  • Nosipho Gasa (UKZN) | The Socio-Economic Impact Of Parastatals In Combating Unemployment In South Africa: A Case Of Youth Employment At Transnet/Eskom
  • Sivuyile Gqozo (CPUT) | An Investigation Into Factors That Limit Women From Getting To Senior Management Positions In Construction Projects
  • Tayla Cleo Rosslee (Wits) | The Relationship between Adolescents' Knowledge of Climate Change, Perceived Risk and Psychosocial Wellbeing

PhD degrees

  • Sibongile Khosa (UV) | Assessing Emergency Response Interventions In Basic Education Management During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Vhembe District
  • Nosiphiwo Mazaleni ( Wits) | Evaluating The Belief That Meanings Of Personal Names Have An Influence On One's Character
  • Umme Jasmine (Wits) | Intergenerational transmission of parenting practices across two generations Bangladeshi mothers
  • Zizo Jobela (UJ) | Perspectives on the factors contributing to the high rate of gender-based violence in chris hani district municipality: towards a multiple-stakeholder framework
  • Ranganai Chidembo (UV) | Sustainable Rural Energy Access in Vhembe District, South Africa
  • Lesego Linda Plank (UJ) | An auto-ethnographic Study of a Black African Family from Soweto
  • Sandile Mtethwa (UKZN) | Security in South Africa: The Role of Social Grants and Youth Entrepreneurship
  • Joseph Toutou Muka Mundadi (UV) | Food waste reduction strategies for sustainable food security in South Africa: A robust engagement with religious leaders
  • Leballo Stephen Tjemolane (UWC) | Embracing and resisting ‘democratic’ masculinity/ies in post-apartheid South Africa within the context of religion
  • Enoch Sithole (Wits) | Climate Change Communication
  • Bridgett Lekota (UL) | Exploring reading comprehension abilities of South African first entering students in higher education
  • Jill Chidisha Samukimba (UCT) | Exploring the influence of the customary practice of intlawulo or ‘paying damages’ on father involvement in child care among Xhosa speaking Black South African fathers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Post-doctoral fellowships

  • Rachana Desai (Wits) | Cyberbullying among South African adolescents in Soweto
  • Roisin Drysdale (Wits) | From the early years to life success: The interplay of healthy growth, intellectual capacity and tenacity
  • Feziwe Mpondo (Wits) | The relationship between parent and adolescent mental health disorders
  • Norman Chivasa (DUT) | Action research as a strategy to address social fabric crime to improve the socio-economic conditions of informal settlements dwellers in Reservoir hills, Durban
  • Takana Mary Moyana (NWU) | COVID-19 and behaviour change in South AfricaBackground
  • Asanda Mtintsilana (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
  • Siphiwe Ndumiso Dlamini (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
  • Ashleigh Craig (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
  • Witness Mapanga (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
  • Larske Marit Soepnel (Wits) | HeLTI project
  • Khuthala Mabetha (Wits) | HeLTI Project
  • Nicole Daniels (UCT) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
  • Katherine Smith (UP) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
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