Academic staff

Acting Executive Dean: Faculty of Education
Dr Tulsi Morar
Dr Tulsi Morar
Position: Acting Executive Dean
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 11
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4596
Email: tulsi.morar@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PTD; BA; BCom; BEd, MEd, PhD
Expertise: Mathematics Education
Acting Deputy Dean: Faculty of Education
Dr Heloise Sathorar
Dr Heloise Sathorar
Position: Acting Deputy Dean
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060102
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2382
Fax: 27 41 504 1082
Email: heloise.sathorar@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.Com, HDE, B Ed (Hons), MBA , PhD
Expertise: Accounting Education, Economics Education, Business and Entrepreneurship Education, Humanising Pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy, Decolinisation, Teacher Education, Higher Education
Heads of Department
Tobeka Mapasa
Dr Tobeka Mapasa
Position: Head of Department - Intermediate Phase
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060024
Location: South Campus
Phone: +27 41 504 4583
Email: Tobeka.Mapasa@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: STD (Griffiths Mxenge Col of Educ), BA (Ed) (UNISA), B Tech (PE Tech), M Ed (NMMU)
Expertise: Educational Management
Dr Eileen Scheckle
Dr Eileen Scheckle
Position: Acting HOD for Post Graduate Studies
Department: Post Graduate Studies
Room: Building 11, lower ground floor
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2828
Fax: 27 41 504 9444
Email: eileen.scheckle@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA(Ed), BA(Hons), BEd(Wits), MPhil(Stell), PhD Rhodes
Expertise: TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), CALL, Academic Literacy and situated reading, Teaching in Multilingual Contexts
Margaretha Elizabeth
Dr Marelize van Heerden (Marx)
Position: Acting HOD for Secondary School Education
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 06 01 20
Location: South Campus
Phone: +27 41 5044579
Email: marelize.vanheerden@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD (NMMU), MMus (UPE), BMus (UPE), UVLM, LRSM, IDTA.
Expertise: Creative Arts (Music / Dance), Philosophy of Education
Academic Staff
Logamurthie Athiemoolam
Prof Logamurthie Athiemoolam
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2367
Fax: 27 41 504 2822
Email: logamurthie.athiemoolam@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BPAED (UDW), BEd (Rhodes),DSE (Media centre Science -Unisa), M.Ed (UPE), DEd (UPE), BA (Hons -English(Cum Laude) – NMU) and BA (Hons- Psychology- NMU)
Expertise: Multicultural Education, English Language Teaching, Drama-in-Education, Educational Management
Anass Bayaga
Prof Anass Bayaga
Position:  Professor of Neuro-Mathematics (STEM), Cognitive Enhancement, Human-computer Interaction and Privacy
Department: Secondary School Education
Location: South Campus
Email: Anass.Bayaga@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD
Expertise: Neuro-Mathematics (STEM), Cognitive Enhancement, Human-computer Interaction and Privacy
Prof Sylvan Blignaut
Prof Sylvan Blignaut
Position: Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4086
Email: sylvan.blignaut@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA (UWC), BA Hons (UWC), STD (UWC), BEd (UPE), MEd (UPE), DEd (NMMU)
Expertise: Curriculum Theory
Andre du Plessis
Associate Prof Andre du Plessis
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: South Campus, Building 6, First Floor
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 041 504 4033
Fax: 27 041 504 1633
Email: andre.duplessis@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Diploma in Education (PETC) with distinction, HDE (PETC) with distinction, BA (UPE) cum laude, MEd (Rhodes University) cum laude, PhD (NMMU)
Expertise: Mathematics Education: Intermediate Phase, ICT implementation and integration in schools, ICT and teacher development. Mentoring experiences, perceptions and strategies of pre-service students
My site: http://andreduplessis.nmmu.ac.za
Mathabo Khau
Prof Mathabo Khau
Position: Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 600107
Location: South Campus
Phone: 4861
Fax: 4361
Email: mathabo.khau@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.Sc Ed (NUL); PGDE- Life Orientation (RAU) Cum laude; B.Ed Hons (UKZN) Summa Cum laude; M.Ed (UKZN) Summa Cum laude; PhD (UKZN)
Expertise: Gender, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS in Education; Sexuality Education, Biology and Chemistry teaching, Rural education, Social Justice in Education, Participatory visual methodologies in research and pedagogy
Prof Nokhanyo Mdzanga
Prof Nokhanyo Mdzanga
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060101
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4564
Fax: 27 41 504 1977
Email: nokhanyo.mdzanga@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA (Ed), BA (Hons), English Language teaching and Literature; MA (Contemporary English studies) Unitra; M Ed Cum Laude (NMMU); PHD (NMMU)
Expertise: Language in Education; Resilience; Use of folktales in teaching
Shervani K. Pillay
Prof Shervani Pillay
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Postgraduate & Mature Students
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4208
Fax: 27 41 504 2822
Email: shervani.pillay@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Dip in Education (III), HDE, BA Hons, MEd (UKZN), PhD Ed (NMMU)
Expertise: Curiculum, Chaos Complexity Theory, Identity in Higher Education, Policy, Development & Management, Curriculum Transformation in Higher Education
Dr Margie Childs
Dr Margie Childs
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060115
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2393
Email: margie.childs@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: D Ed (NMMU), MPhil (UPE)
Expertise: Curriculum, Literacy (Early Years - Academic Literacy), Visual Methodologies
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Dr David Edley
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: School for Education Research & Engagement
Room: 06 01 06C
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 2834
Email: david.edley@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.A., B.A. (Hons.), M.A., Ph.D., HDE
Expertise: Social Science Education, Curriculum, Assessment, School Improvement Programmes
Deirdre Geduld
Dr Deirdre Geduld
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Primary School Education – Foundation Phase
Room: 0205
Location: Missionvale Campus
Phone: 041 504 2375
Email: Deidre.geduld@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: HDE, Bed Hons, Med Cum Laude, DEd
Expertise: Primary School teaching: Inclusive education and barriers to learning, School Based Learning
Badroen Ismail
Dr Badroen Ismail
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6, Room 0129
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4016
Email: badroen.ismail@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BCom (Computer Science) - UWC, MCom (Economics) - Vista, PhD (Islamic Finance) - NMMU
Expertise: Islamic finance, Islamic NGOs, Behavioral economics, Development economics
Lucky Maluleke
Dr Lucky Maluleke
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6, Ground Floor, Office 025
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 3526
Email: Lucky.Maluleke@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology & Rural Resources Management, Bachelor of Education Honours in Education & Development, and Master of Education in Adult Education (University of KwaZulu-Natal); Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Nelson Mandela University)
Expertise: Vocational Pedagogy and Curriculum Studies
Vuyani Matsha
Dr Vuyani Matsha
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 013
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4767
Email: Vuyani.Matsha@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.Sc (UFH), HED (UFH); B.Ed Hon. (UFH), M.Ed (LEEDS) PhD (NMU)
Expertise: Mathematics and Language, Mathematical Literacy, and Use of GeoGebra in Mathematics Education.
Nomawonga Msutwana
Dr Nomawonga Msutwana
Position: Lecturer
Department: Primary School Education – Intermediate Phase
Room: Education building 6 ground floor office 15
Location: South Campus
Phone: +27 41 - 504 4731
Email: nomawonga.msutwana@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: M.Ed (cum laude), PhD
Expertise: Educational psychology, sexuality education
Zamo Ncokwana
Dr Zamo Ncokwana
Position: Lecturer
Department: Post Graduate Studies
Room: Building 6, First floor, Room 6C
Location: South Campus
Email: Zamokwakhe.Ncokwana@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: • Secondary Teachers’ Diploma – Eshowe College of Education • Bachelor of Arts – UNISA • B.Ed Honours in Educational Leadership, Management & Policy – University of KwaZulu-Natal • M.Ed in Educational Leadership, Management & Policy – University of KwaZulu-Natal • PhD in Educational Leadership, Management & Policy – University of KwaZulu-Natal
Expertise: Leadership Development, Policy, Narrative Inquiry, Leadership Identity
Nomakhosazana Rasana
Dr Nomakhosazana Rasana
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 027
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4072
Email: nomakhosazana.rasana@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD (Applied Linguistics)
Expertise: Curriculum, module design and review, Home Language, Second Language, and foreign language teaching and assessment.
Ayanda Simayi
Dr Ayanda Simayi
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 1st Floor, Building 6,Education Faculty, South campus
Location: South Campus
Phone: 0415044697
Email: Ayanda.Simayi@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD, M.Ed, B.Ed Hons (Math and Science) B.Ed, B.A, STD
Expertise: Sexual concepts, Xhosa culture, Indigenised Teaching Strategies for bridging the gap between taboo sexual concepts and western science concepts.
Zakhile Somlata
Dr Zakhile Somlata
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 0014
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 2238
Email: Zakhile.Somlata@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA, HDE (UWC); BA Hons, MA (Stell); PhD (Rhodes)
Expertise: IsiXhosa Language Teaching, Language Policy, Multilingualism, and Communication.
Doh Nubia Walters
Dr Doh Nubia Walters
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 60133
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 2969
Email: walters.dohnubia@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD in curriculum development innovation and evaluation
Expertise: Curriculum studies development & implementation, Higher education, postgraduate studies, quality assurance
Jabu Bam
Mr Jabu Bam
Position: Programmes Coordinator
Department: Centre for the Community School
Room: 107, Building 519
Location: Missionvale Campus
Phone: 041 405 4025
Email: Jabu.Bam@mandela.ac.za
Sanet Deysel
Mrs Sanet Deysel
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6 0135
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 - 504 4399
Email: Sanet.Deysel@mandela.ac.za
Expertise: Inclusive Education, Barriers to Learning, Learner Support
Reinhold
Mr Reinhold Gallant
Position: Associate Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6 Room 025
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4578
Email: Reinhold.Gallant@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA HDE Bed Hons (cum laude) Med
Expertise: Language teaching and Social Science
Obakeng Kagola
Mr Obakeng Kagola
Position: Lecturer Early Childhood Education
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 0402
Location: Missionvale Campus
Phone: +27 (41) 504 1362
Email: Obakeng.Kagola@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.ed Foundation Phase (NWU) B.ed Hons Learner Support (NWU) M.ed (Mandela Uni)
Expertise: Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood Education, Social Justice issues in Education, Participatory visual methodologies in research and pedagogy, Play as pedagogy in the early years of learning.
Dewaldk
Mr Dewald Koen
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060020
Location: South Campus
Phone: +27 (41) 504 4590
Email: Dewald.Koen@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA, BA Hons (Afrikaans & Dutch), MA (Afrikaans & Dutch), PGCE (FET) (NMMU)
Expertise: Afrikaans Literature, Ecocriticism, Afrikaans Youth Literature, Afrikaans Pedagogy
My site: https://nmmu.academia.edu/DewaldKoen
Ms Thandiwe Hlam
Ms Thandiwe Hlam
Position: Acting Head of Department - Foundation Phase
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 524-02-11
Location: Missionvale Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4304
Fax: 27 41 504 1071
Email: thandiwe.hlam@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Dip in Jun. Prim Educ; Dip-Maths Educ & BEd (Hons) Rhodes University; M.Ed. (Maths Educ) Nelson Mandela Univ
Expertise: Foundation Phase Maths Education,
My site: Faculty of Education
Joshua Jacobs
Mr. Joshua Jacobs
Position: Associate Lecturer: Information Communication Technology
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060129
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 1194
Email: Josh.Jacobs@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Bachelor of Education (Further Education and Training) (NMU); Bachelor of Education Honours in Educational Psychology (Cum Laude) (NMU)
Expertise: Information Communication Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning & Learning Technologies
Tarryn Lovemore
Tarryn Lovemore
Position: Lecturer
Department: Primary School Education – Intermediate Phase
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4098
Email: tarryn.lovemore@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD (Mathematics Education) (Rhodes University); MEd (Mathematics Education) (Rhodes University); BEd Honours (Educational Support) (Stellenbosch University); BEd Intermediate Phase (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University - NMMU)
Expertise: Mathematics Education (Intermediate Phase)
Makhosi Madimabe
Ms Makhosi Madimabe
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6, First Floor, Room 08
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4731
Email: Makhosi.Madimabe@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Bachelor of Sciences Degree (B sc), in Chemistry/Physics and Biology-University of Free State(UOVS), Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), in Mathematics/Mathematical Literacy and Physics-University of South Africa (UNISA), Bachelor of Education Honours Degree (B ed hons), in Management and Leadership-University of Free State(UOVS), Master of Education (Med), in Mathematics Education-higher Education Studies-University of the Free State(UOVS),
Pretty Magangxa
Miss Pretty Magangxa
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 016
Location: South Campus
Phone: 4360
Email: pretty.magangxa@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B Ed Honors
Expertise: FP isiXhosa Home Language
Ntombi Malinga
Ms Ntombi Malinga
Position: Associate Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6, First Floor, Room 6B
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 2424
Email: Serah.Malinga@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Secondary Teachers Diploma (Commercial Education) -Eshowe College of Education; Bachelor of Accounting Sciences (Accounting and Auditing)- Unisa; BEd Honours (Educational Management) – Unisa; MEd (Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) – Wits
Expertise: Accounting Education, Economic and Management Sciences Education and Economic and Management Sciences.
Cina Mosito
Cina Mosito
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: Missionvale Campus
Email: Cina.Mosito@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD, M Ed, B Ed Honours, DSE (University of Cape Town, UCT); B A with Education (National University of Lesotho, NUL)
Expertise: Inclusive Education, Teacher Education, Educational Psychology
Nadeema Musthan
Ms Nadeema Musthan
Department: Primary School Education – Foundation Phase
Location: Missionvale Campus
Email: nadeema.musthan@mandela.ac.za
Koketso Nthimbane
Mr Koketso Nthimbane
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: Missionvale Campus
Phone: 041 504 2375
Email: Koketso.Nthimbane@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.Ed (FP), B.Ed Hons (FP), M.Ed (FP Cum laude)
Expertise: Childhood Education, language education, early science and technology education.
Mr Sikhumbuzo Nofemele
Mr Sikhumbuzo Nofemele
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4661
Fax: 27 41 504 1568
Email: sikhumbuzo.nofemele@mandela.ac.za
Kholisa Papu
Ms Kholisa Papu
Position: Lecturer
Department: Secondary School Education
Room: Building 6, Ground Floor, Room 18
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 1188
Email: kholisa.papu@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: M Ed (cum laude); BA Hons English; BA Media Communication and Culture (MCC)
Expertise: Academic literacies, Language and literacy across the curriculum, English HL & FAL, IsiXhosa & English Translation
Helen Septoo
Ms Helen Septoo
Position: Associate Lecturer / Primary School Educator
Department: Primary School Education – Foundation Phase
Location: Missionvale Campus
Email: Helen.Septoo@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.Ed. Honours
Expertise: Foundation Phase Practitioner (34 years)
Tshidiso Seitshiro
Mr Tshidiso Seitshiro
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: Building 6, room 0600255
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4940
Email: tshidiso.seitshiro@mandela.ac.za
Expertise: Technical, Vocational and Training
Rochelle
MS Rochelle Thorne
Position: LECTURER
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 01-129C
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041-5044730
Email: rochelle.thorne@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: MEd
Expertise: LANGUAGE AND SCIENCES
Ms Marinda Van Zyl
Ms Marinda Van Zyl
Position: Lecturer
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060134
Location: Missionvale Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 4097
Fax: 27 41 504 2822
Email: marinda.vanzyl@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B Prim Ed (FP), FDE, BEdHon (UPE) M Ed(NMMU)
Expertise: Mathematics/Numeracy (FP), Influence of FP teaching & learning on IP performance
William Zivanayi
Mr William Zivanayi
Position: Lecturer
Department: Secondary School Education
Room: 060012
Location: South Campus
Phone: 2678
Email: william.zivanayi@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: MEd
Expertise: Chemistry Education
Emeritus Professors
Prof Naydene de Lange
Prof Naydene de Lange
Position: Professor Emerita
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: Off-campus
Email: naydene.delange@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA Ed (cum laude) (UPE), B Ed Hons (cum laude)( UPE), M Ed (UNISA), D Ed (UPE)
Expertise: Educational Psychology, Inclusive Education, HIV and AIDS Education, Visual Participatory Methodologies
Paul Webb
Professor Paul Webb
Position: Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2565
Email: paul.webb@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc, MEd (Rhodes), MSc (UPE), STD (Cape Town), PhD (Curtin)
Expertise: Science Education, Nature of Science, Classroom Discussion and Argumentation, Writing to Learn Science, Scientific Literacy
Prof Maria Magdalena (Nonnie) Botha
Prof Maria (Nonnie) Botha
Position: Emeritus Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Location: Off-campus
Email: nonnie.botha@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: D Ed (UNIN), M Ed (UNIN), B Ed (UNISA), BA (UP), HDE (postgraduate) (UNISA)
Expertise: Postgraduate Policies, Practices and Pedagogies; Higher Education Curriculum and Management
Prof Prakash Singh
Professor Prakash Singh
Position: Professor
Department: Faculty of Education
Room: 060011
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2898
Fax: 27 41 504 1976
Email: Prakash.Singh@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BPAED (UDW), DSE, BEd, MEd (Unisa), DEd (UPE), FICB (SA)
Expertise: Collegial Leadership; Curriculum Development; Financial Mgt; Human Capital Development; Emotional Intelligence; Fear Management (Tobephobia); Self-Regulated Learning; Gifted Education; Work-Integrated Learning; Parental Involvement in Education