Mkhonzeni Gumede

Bio Mr Gumede is a theatre and drama practitioner, specialising in applied arts and has performed plays that toured nationally and internationally. He holds a Master dregree in Social Sciences.Mr Gumede has over a decade experience from working and heading DramAidE. During this time, he acquired extensive experience in implementing HIV/AIDS communication programmes and campaigns […]
Hans Pretorius

Hans Pretorius is currently a tutor at CCMS. He completed his Degree in Film and Television at AFDA Johannesburg in 2013. After completing his degree, Mr Pretorius worked in the production department on some of the biggest commercial film productions in South Africa, including campaigns for Nando’s, Nedbank, Santam etc. NPO TV ads for Brother’s […]
Shannon Leigh Landers

Shannon Leigh Landers is a PhD candidate in the area of mobilities and transit migration. Her area of expertise includes semiotics, cultural studies, and media theory. Recently Ms Landers has been elected as a scholar of the International Communicology Institute (ICI) in recognition of her work in semiotics. Shannon is also an elected member of […]
Nokubonga Norma Jele

Norma Jele completed her BA Honours Degree in IsiZulu Studies, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has done extensive coursework including, inter alia, Advanced Cultural Studies, Advertising and Marketing, Cultural Studies, and New Media Studies: Critical Methodology. A team player, fluent in IsiZulu, English, and SeSotho. Norma’s career started when she […]
Mpume Gumede

Nompumelelo ‘Mpume’ Gumede is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research interests are in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), with a special focus on bottom-up approaches to Health Communication. She has worked extensively in the field of HIV prevention and Sexual and […]
Samuel Kazibwe

M.A. Human Rights (Makerere University), B.A. Mass Communication (Uganda Christian University) Samuel is a Ugandan broadcast journalist, academic and researcher. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies at the University of Kwazulu Natal. His doctoral thesis focuses on the influence of media ownership on news content in Uganda. Samuel is […]
Emilly Comfort Maractho

BA Development Studies (Hons) (Makerere University), MA Development Studies (Uganda Martyrs University); MA Communication, Media Studies (Daystar University Kenya). Maractho’s primary research focus is in the area of media, democracy and development (gender and women’s studies). She is trained in multi-method research, and has conducted “policy-engaged research”, as well as participated in policy making in […]
Henri-Count Evans

Master of Social Science (Cultural and Media Studies) – University of KwaZulu-NatalBachelor of Science (Honours) Journalism and Media Studies – National University of Science and TechnologyHenri-Count Evans is interested in the following areas: climate change communication, sustainable development, communication and development, new media and international communication. He has published work on these topics and presented […]
Daniel Norris Bekoe

Certificate in Education (Gh.): B Ed. Hons (Gh.): MA (Communication & Media Studies). Daniel’s areas of research are Media and Development, Development Communication and Broadcast Journalism. His current research focuses on, “Investigating the Contributions of Media to Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction in Ghana” ; A grey area of research which is yet to be […]
Fred Kakooza

Fred Kakooza has interest in Multimedia production, Broadcasting, ICT/New media and Development communication. These interests have informed his doctoral study on ‘the contribution and potential of social media in health communication focusing on HIV/AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda’. Kakooza is an Assistant Lecturer at the department of Journalism and Communication, Makerere University, where […]