Miss Pearl Linda Kabini is a Junior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages, She specialises in IsiNdebele in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education at the University of Venda.
Full names: Ms. Pearl Linda Kabini
Designation: Junior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA in Language Practice (Univen)
Phone: +27 15 962 8729
Email: pearl.kabini@univen.ac.za
Office No: 04, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Miss Pearl Linda Kabini is a Junior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages, She specialises in IsiNdebele in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education at the University of Venda.
Full names: Ms. Pearl Linda Kabini
Designation: Junior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA in Language Practice (Univen)
Phone: +27 15 962 8729
Email: pearl.kabini@univen.ac.za
Office No: 04, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Full names: Mr Onasiss Mathebula
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: Bachelor of Education: Further Education and Training (English and Xitsonga), Bachelor of Arts Honours (Xitsonga) and Master of Arts (Xitsonga)
Phone: +2715 962 8729
Email: Onasiss.Mathebula@univen.ac.za
Office No: M05, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Mr Onasiss Mathebula is a Lecturer in the Department of African languages, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. He specializes in Morphology, Drama and Oral tradition.
Mr Mashudu Peter Makhado is a Part-Time Lecturer in the MER Mathivha School of Langauges, Arts and Culture. He has worked for over 4 years in the higher education sector. He is a researcher whose interest is in the fields of Translation, Intercultural Communication, Lexicography and Interpretation. Mr Makhado is a skilled Language Practitioner, with qualifications from the University of Limpopo (BA.Education),University of South Africa (Communication), University of Stellenbosch (BA.Hons: African Languages) and University of the Free State (MA. Language Practice). He is currently pursuing Doctoral studies in African Languages, specializing in Lexicography, at the University of Venda. His involvement in publications started in 2020 when he contributed a chapter to a book authored by Professor Mavhungu Abel Mafukata from the Department of Development Studies, University of South Africa. The book, published by IGI, is titled The Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa, and the chapter contributed by Mashudu Peter Makhado is titled “ How apartheid education encouraged and reinforced tribalism and xenophobia in South Africa: An analysis of selected vernacular literature” . He is currently involved in the writing of another paper, teaching rural children under the covid, with specific attention on the technologically untrained rural teacher.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Part-Time Lecturer
Mr Mashudu Peter Makhado is a Part-Time Lecturer in the MER Mathivha School of Langauges, Arts and Culture. He has worked for over 4 years in the higher education sector. He is a researcher whose interest is in the fields of Translation, Intercultural Communication, Lexicography and Interpretation. Mr Makhado is a skilled Language Practitioner, with qualifications from the University of Limpopo (BA.Education),University of South Africa (Communication), University of Stellenbosch (BA.Hons: African Languages) and University of the Free State (MA. Language Practice). He is currently pursuing Doctoral studies in African Languages, specializing in Lexicography, at the University of Venda. His involvement in publications started in 2020 when he contributed a chapter to a book authored by Professor Mavhungu Abel Mafukata from the Department of Development Studies, University of South Africa. The book, published by IGI, is titled The Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa, and the chapter contributed by Mashudu Peter Makhado is titled “ How apartheid education encouraged and reinforced tribalism and xenophobia in South Africa: An analysis of selected vernacular literature” . He is currently involved in the writing of another paper, teaching rural children under the covid, with specific attention on the technologically untrained rural teacher.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Part-Time Lecturer
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Mr Avhatakali Jonathan Makhado is a Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. He has worked for over 2 years in the higher education sector. He specializes in Phonetics and Phonology, Folklore as well as Morphology. He has supervised 3 Honours Students so far.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: Secondary Teachers Diploma (VECO), BA Degree (Univen), BA (Hons) (University of Stellenbosch, Further Diploma in Mathematics Education (RAU), B.Ed (Hons) (UNW), MA Degree (University of Stellenbosch)
Phone: +2715 962 9211
Email: Avhatakali.Makhado@univen.ac.za
Office No: 05, Foundation Building
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Tshovhewaho Ofhani Israel is a Lecturer in the Department of African Languages, in the section of Language Practice. He has worked for over four (4) years in the Higher Education Sector. He specializes in Translation, and Interpreting.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (ed.) (Univen), FDE (Wits), B.Tech (Unisa), Hons. BA (Unisa), MA (UFS)
Phone: +27(0) 962 9225
E-mail: Ofhani.tshovhewaho@univen.ac.za
Office No: 02, Tshivenda LRD West Building
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Dr Dr Mashudu Maṱhabi Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. She has worked for over Eight years in the higher education sector. She specializes in Language and Literature and has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among her recent publications are:
- Mashudu Nthambeleni and Mbulaheni Nelson Musehane, 2014. The lemmatisation of nouns in Tshivenḓa dictionaries, Lexikos Volume 24, Page 214-242.
- Mashudu Maṱhabi and Mbulaheni Nelson Musehane, 2016, Orthographic errors in written Tshivenḓa on funeral programmes of Vhembe District Municipality funeral undertakers, South African Journal of African Languages, volume 36, page 225-230. She has supervised 15 Honours and 1 Masters student.
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA, BA (Hons), MA, UED (Univen), PhD, (UL)
Phone: +2715 962 8491
Email: Mashudu.nthambeleni@univen.ac.za
Office No: 21, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr Tshinetise David Raphalalani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. He had worked for 27years in the Department of Basic Education as a secondary school teacher when he joined UNIVEN. He has supervised Honours, Masters and PhD students. Dr Tshinetise David Raphalalani is the current Board Chairperson of Tshivenḓa National Lexicography Unit (TNLU) in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. His research interests lie primarily in sociolinguistics, morphology and folklore. He specialises in Morphology Folklore and Sociolinguistics and has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among his recent publications are:
- Raphalalani TD 2021. Gendered Approach to Tshivenḓa Proverbial Expressions. Gender and Behaviour, 19, 2. 17783-17787.
- TD Raphalalani & LE Mphasha 2021 Practices Caught Between the African Cultures and the South African Constitution (1996): A Case Study of Northern Sotho and Tshivenḓa Proverbs. Gender and Behaviour 19 No 1 17659- 17683.
- TD Raphalalani 2017 The Significance and Appropriateness of Tshivenḓa Proverbs in New South Africa. Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology 9,3 98-105.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA (SUN) STD (VECO), Dipl. Ed Management, PhD (Univen)
Phone: +2715 962 8201
Email: tshinetise.raphalalani@univen.ac.za
Office no: 24, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Mr. Sikhumbuzo Sibusiso Khoza is part-time junior in the Department of African Languages he has worked over 2 years in the higher education sector. He is specializing in Siswati and has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journal. Among his recent publication are: 1 Analysis of Figures of Speech in two Selected Languages: English and Siswati. Authors: J.J Thwala, S.S Khoza, N.M Lusenga and J.J Mayisela. Journal name: International Journal of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Studies, Volume 4 Issue 6 July 2019. He is currently a Part-time junior lecturer in the faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Part-time Junior Lecturer
Qualifications: CMUS (Univen), BA Media Studies (Univen) and BAHISW (Univen)
Email: Sikhumbuzo.Khoza@univen.ac.za
Office no: 04, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Mr Pfunzo Lawrence Mashau is a Part-time Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. He has worked for over five (5) years in the higher education sector. He specialises in Sign Language, Sociolinguistics, and legal linguistics. He teaches Sign Language and supervises Honours students in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda.
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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bZNZa1UAAAAJ&hl=en
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mashau-Lawrence
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mashau-lawrence-7754b787/
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-0086
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Part-time lecturer
Qualifications: BAMS, BAHons & MA (Linguistics) (UNIVEN)
Phone: +2715 962 9224
Email: pfunzo.mashau@univen.ac.za
Dr Ṋetshisaulu Nthambeleni Charles is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Language, he has worked for over 27 years in the higher education sector. He specializes in Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology and Syntax, Drama and Traditional Literature. He is the chairperson of PanSALB and Deputy Chairperson of TNLU in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. He has supervised 31 Honours, 9 Masters and 5 PhD students. He has also written books and book chapters. He has not published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among his/her recent publications are: 1) Dr Ṋetshisaulu N.C, Lee, Dr Crous Hlungwane, Dr Mphasha E, Duisuke and others 2020: Micro variations Southern Bantu Language, 2) Dr Nyoni A and Dr Ṋetshisaulu N.C, 2021, Assimilation phonological processes involving vowels in tshivenḓa language: International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review, Volume: 04, Issue: 03 “May – June 2021” ISSN 2582-0176 www.ijssmr.org Copyright © IJSSMR 2021,3)
LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com>nthambeleni-charles-netshisaulu
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Univen), MA, PhD (SUN), UED (Univen)
Phone: +2715 962 8119
Email: Nthambeleni.Netshisaulu@univen.ac.za
Office No: 22, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr Morris Thembhani Babane is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. He has worked for over twenty-five years in the higher education sector. He specializes in Language in Education, Sociolinguistics, Onomastics and Literature and has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among his recent publications are: 1) Contesting a linguistic space: A case in the teaching and learning of African languages in private schools. 2) The role of multilingualism in an academic milieu at a selected South African university. 3) A description of the ceremonial transit to manhood: Lesson from Vatsonga rites of passages. He has supervised Honours, Masters and PhD students. Dr Babane is the current coordinator of Xitsonga Section in the Department of African Languages at the University of Venda.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0253-6074
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA(Ed), BA (Hons), M.Ed (Unin), D.Ed (Unisa)
Phone: +27159628212
Email: babane@univen.ac.za
Office No: 33, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr Mkhacani Thomas Chauke is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. He has worked for over 23 years in the higher education sector. He specialises in Onomastics Modern and Traditional Literature, Historical and Comparative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics & Folklore and has supervised Honours, Masters and PhD students. He is the former head of the M.E.R Mathivha Centre for African Languages, Arts and Culture in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. He has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among his recent publications are:
1) Chauke, MT & Babane, MT, The Stereotypical Portrayal of Female Characters in the Drama Mahlo ya Nkwahle by OR Chauke. Gender & Behaviour. 14(1) pp. 6975-6982;
2) Chauke, MT, Nicknaming and Nicknames in Xitsonga Culture: An Onomastic Study. Journal of Social Sciences. 49(3): 378-383;
3) Chauke, MT, The Demise of Xitsonga Oratorical Potency: Folktaling As A Case in Point. Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. 28(2).
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Orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-3731
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA(Ed.), BA(Hons.)(UL), MA(UJ), PhD(UL)
Phone: +2715 962 8351
Email: mkhacani.chauke@univen.ac.za
Office No: 03, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Ms Sannah Leah Baker is a Lecturer in the Department of African Language. She has worked for over 25 years in the higher education sector. She specialises in Linguistics and Literature. She has supervised Honours students. Ms Sannah Leah Baker is a co-chairperson of Health and Safety committee in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. She has published in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among her recent publications are:
1) M.G. Maluleke & S.L. Baker. Reviewing the socio-cultural effects of the customary marriage act of South Africa on women. Gender and Behaviour. 2020, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p14873-14885. 13p.
2) Baker SL & Maluleke MG. Proverbs as A Device to Justify Women Abuse: A Case of Sesotho Sa Leboa in South Africa. Gender and Behaviour. 2020, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p16698-16706. 9p.
3) She has also written book chapters. Mphasha, LE; Baker, SL; Matheere LM and Abe Y. (2021) Northern Sotho/Sesotho sa Leboa (S32) in Seunghun J Lee, Yuko Abe and Daisuke Shinagawa(Eds). Descriptive materials of morphosyntactic microvariation in Bantu vol 2: A microparametric survey of morphosyntactic microvariation in Southern Bantu languages. Research Institute of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 3-11-1, Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8534 Japan. Printed in Japan by Nihon Root Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd, ISBN 978-4-86337-343-3.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: MA (UP), BA Hons (UP), FDE (UP) BA (Unisa), JSTC (Transvaal Teachers Training College).
Phone: +2715 962 9231
Email: sannah.baker@univen.ac.za
Office No: 12, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Ms Ngwanapule Margaret Malele is a lecturer in the Department of African Languages. She has worked for over 5 years in the higher education sector. She specializes in Northern Sotho. She has written language books and has supervised Honours students.
Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (Vista), BA (Hons), MA (UP), Diploma in Education, HEDP, Diploma in Translation (Unisa)
Phone: +2715 962 8283
Email: Margaret.malele@univen.ac.za
Office No: 07, Kuwait Building
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Dr Madala Crous Hlungwani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. He has worked for over twenty-four years in the higher education sector. He is a member of Ethics Research committee in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. Dr Hlungwani specialises in African Linguistics, specifically Morphosyntax. He has supervised Honours, Masters and PhD students. He has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. He has also written books and book chapters. Among his recent publications are:
- Hlungwani, M.C. (2019) Anticausatives with passives of subordinate intransitive clauses in Xitsonga. Stellenbosch papers in Linguistics Plus. Vol. 58. 65 – 87,
- Seunghun J. Lee & M.C. Hlungwani (2020) Effects of morphology in the nativisation of loanwords: The borrowing of /s/ in Xitsonga. Stellenbosch papers in Linguistics Plus. Vol. 60. 71-90,
- Seunghun J. Lee & C. Hlungwani (2017) Distribution of conjunctive and disjunctive forms in Xitsonga. Stellenbosch papers in Linguistics Plus. Vol. 52. 157-173.
Orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6865-0008
Désignation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: PhD, MA (US), BA HONS, BA ED (UL)
Phone: +27 15 962 8349
Email: Crous.hlungwane@univen.ac.za
Office no: 25, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Mrs Malehu Getrude Maluleke is a Lecturer in the Department of African Languages. She has worked for over 26 years in the higher education sector. She specialises in Language and Literature. She has supervised Honours students. Mrs Maluleke is the current member of a committee that reviews terms of references of various committees in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. She has published in peer reviewed and accredited journals. Among her recent publications are:
1) M.G. Maluleke & S.L. Baker. Reviewing the socio-cultural effects of the customary marriage act of South Africa on women. Gender and Behaviour. 2020, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p14873-14885. 13p.
2) Baker SL & Maluleke MG. Proverbs as A Device to Justify Women Abuse: A Case of Sesotho Sa Leboa in South Africa. Gender and Behaviour. 2020, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p16698-16706. 9p.
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Department: Department of African Languages
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: PTC (Mokopane College), PTD (Mokopane College) B.A. (Unisa) BA Hons (UP), B.A. Hons in Gender Studies (Univen) M.A. in African Studies (Univen)
Telephone: +2715 962 8200
Email: Lamolam@univen.ac.za
Office No: 11, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr. Mafemani Joseph Baloyi is a Senior Lecturer in the Language Practice section attached to the Department of African Languages. He has worked for four and half years in the higher education sector. He specialises in translation studies and folklore and has published in peer-reviewed and accredited journals. Among his recent publications are: Folktales, Lyrics of Ethical Thinking and Vast Intellectual Wealth and a book chapter, Intersectionality and (Re)marriage: A Perspective of the Xitsonga Socio-cultural Identity. He has supervised fourth year BALP students’ research projects and1 Masters student.
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Univen), BA (Hons) (Unisa), MA (Univen), DLitt et Phil (Unisa), STD (Science and Maths) Tivumbeni College, FDE (science and Maths) RAU, FDE (Education Management) RAU, AMDP (UP), Certificate in Project Management, Certificate in Strategic Management (Unisa)
Phone: +2715 962 9224
Email: Mafemani.baloyi@univen.ac.za
Office No: 02, Foundation Phase Building
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Dr Khulisile Judith Nkuna is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Languages She has worked for over 7 years in the higher education sector. She is the current Head of the Department of the Department of African Languages in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at the University of Venda. She has supervised Honours, Masters and PhD students. Dr Nkuna specializes in Modern Prose and traditional Literature, Drama, Poetry, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Semantics and has published extensively in peer reviewed and accredited journals. She has also written a book chapter. And among her recent publications are:
1) Khulisile Judith Nkuna, Jozi Joseph Thwala, 2017: The Socio-cultural Depiction of a Swazi Woman. Journal of Social Science. Volume 50 issue 1-3
2) Jozi Joseph Thwala, Khulisile Judith Nkuna, 2020: The Socio-cultural and Sociolinguistics Domain of Colloquial Language. International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences Studies, Volume 5 issue 9, September. ISSN: 2582-1601.
3) Khulisile Judith Nkuna, Hannah Gibson, Bongane Nyambi, Skhumbuzo Sibusiso Kkhoza, 2021 Siswati: Morphosyntatic Microvariation (ICULD -0018), ICUWPL 13:23-34 icu.repo.nii.ac.japan
Designation: Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
Qualifications: PhD (Univen), MA (Unizulu), BA(Hons) (Unizulu), UED (Unizulu), BA (Unizulu)
Phone: +27 15 962 8238
Email: khulisile.nkuna@univen.ac.za
Office no: 18, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
