Dr Tumelo Sekgobela is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. He has worked for over three years in the higher education sector and thirteen years in the public service as a Social Worker and Probation Officer. His specialties are the resilience of social workers and Bullying. He has successfully supervised over 30 honors students over the years, is currently supervising Master of Social Work students, and has been an external examiner since 2022. Dr Sekgobela has published over seven papers in peer-reviewed accredited journals.
Qualification: Doctor of Social Work (UNISA), Master of Social Work (UNISA), Bachelor of Social Work (University of Venda)
Telephone: 015 962 9426
Email: [email protected]
Office: 25 HSS Building
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Orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6579-1045
Dr Magala Erick Mashamba is Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. He has worked for over 24 years in the public service sector as a social worker and probation officer. He specializes in probation services. He joined University of Venda on the 1st of October 2024. Dr Mashamba has so far published an article with the Professional Journal for the Social Worker. His recent publication is:
1) Parents’ experiences of participation in diversion programmes for children in conflict with the law.
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Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-7177-7621
Department: Social Work
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts in Social Work: University of the North, Masters Diploma in HR Management: Rand Afrikaans University, Master of Social Work: University of South Africa, Doctor of Social Work: University of South Africa.
Telephone: 015 962 8654
Email: [email protected]
Office: C-Block: 7-11
Dr Magala Erick Mashamba is Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. He has worked for over 24 years in the public service sector as a social worker and probation officer. He specializes in probation services. He joined University of Venda on the 1st of October 2024. Dr Mashamba has so far published an article with the Professional Journal for the Social Worker. His recent publication is:
1) Parents’ experiences of participation in diversion programmes for children in conflict with the law.
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Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-7177-7621
Department: Social Work
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts in Social Work: University of the North, Masters Diploma in HR Management: Rand Afrikaans University, Master of Social Work: University of South Africa, Doctor of Social Work: University of South Africa.
Telephone: 015 962 8654
Email: [email protected]
Office: C-Block: 7-11
Ms Baloyi Dzunisani Euginea is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. She has worked for over a month in the higher education sector. She specializes in Addiction care (substance use disorder and Substance abuse).
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LinkedIn: Dzunisani Baloyi
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-5243
Department: Social Work
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualification: Master of Social Work (Stellenbosch University), Post Graduate Diploma in Addiction Care (Stellenbosch University), Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (University of Limpopo)
Telephone: 015 962 8026
Email: [email protected]
Office: C 7-7
Ms Baloyi Dzunisani Euginea is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. She has worked for over a month in the higher education sector. She specializes in Addiction care (substance use disorder and Substance abuse).
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LinkedIn: Dzunisani Baloyi
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-5243
Department: Social Work
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualification: Master of Social Work (Stellenbosch University), Post Graduate Diploma in Addiction Care (Stellenbosch University), Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (University of Limpopo)
Telephone: 015 962 8026
Email: [email protected]
Office: C 7-7
Mr Mashudu Shadrack is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. He worked for over seven years in the higher education sector. He specializes in child, family, and school social work.
Department: Social work
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: BA(SW), MPM, MSW
Telephone:0159628642
Email: [email protected]
Office: C-Block(7-6)
Mr Mashudu Shadrack is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work. He worked for over seven years in the higher education sector. He specializes in child, family, and school social work.
Department: Social work
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: BA(SW), MPM, MSW
Telephone:0159628642
Email: [email protected]
Office: C-Block(7-6)
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Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: Qualifications: MA (SW) (UL); PGDipHE (Rhodes); BA (Hons) HIV/AIDS(Unisa); Advanced Certificate: Labour Law (UFS) and BASW (Univen).
Phone: (015) 962 8468
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C-48, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Mr Avhafarei Makuya, also known as Fari, is an Administrative Officer in the Department of Social Work. He holds a bachelor’s degree in administration from the University of South Africa, and National Diploma in Office Administration from Tshwane University of Technology. He is well qualified and has more than 13 years of experience in office administration – having worked in both private and public offices. He is responsible for all office administration functions of the department.
Full names: Mr Avhafarei V. Makuya
Designation: Administrative Support Officer
Department: Department of Social Work
Qualifications: Bachelor Degree (Administration), National Diploma (Office Admin)
Phone: 015 962 9223
Email: [email protected]
Office No: 50, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Ms. Nemutandani is a lecturer in the Department of Social Work in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). She has 11 years of teaching experience. She worked for the Department of Social Development as a generic social worker before joining the university. Her major focus areas in teaching and learning is field work practice with specialised focus in community work and sustainable community development; and community engagement. Through her students she has assisted several communities with initiating poverty alleviation projects and ensuring its sustainability in the Thulamela Municipality. Her responsibilities also include supervision of under- graduate and most recently master’s students. Her research interest is in sustainable community development; Children and families, Indigenous knowledge systems and WIL. Ms. Nemutandani’s contribution to scholarship has been through research projects, presentations at various settings including conferences (national and international) and by publications include:
- ‘This side … that side? Social work transcending national borders through international exchange programme’ in A.L. Shokane, J.C. Makhubele & L.V. Blitz (eds). 2018. Issues Around Aligning Theory, Research and Practice in Social Work Education (Knowledge Pathing: Multi-, Inter- and Trans- Disciplining in Social Sciences Series, Volume 1), AOSIS, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2018.BK76.04: 69-94.
- Pfarelo Matshidze & Veronica Nemutandani (2017): The role of the Vhavenda women in managing marital conflicts in Thulamela Municipality, Thohoyandou: An indigenous perspective, Agenda To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2016.1266795
Full names: Mrs Veronica Nemutandani
Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: MA (SW) (UL); BASW (Univen) & PGdip(HE) (Rhodes)
Phone: +2715 962 8365
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C-46, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr. Patricia S. Manganyi is Lecturer, Field work Coordinator at the Department of Social Work, in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). She serves in Faculty WIL and Teaching Practice Committee. She has worked for 15 years as a Social worker in health sector at Government Department. Her teaching and research interest areas include Human behaviour and social environment, Introduction to Social Work methods of intervention and Social Work at the workplace, Employee Assistance / Health & Wellness Programs (EAP/EHWP). She has supervised student research projects in under-graduate level and currently supervising students at Master’s degree. Dr. Manganyi’s contribution to scholarship has been through research projects, presentations at various settings including conferences (national and international), as well as by publications. Her recent works include:
- Manganyi, P.S. and Mogorosi, L.D. ‘Assessment of the Utilization of Employee Assistance Programme: The Case of a Tertiary Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa’, Gender and Behaviour, 19(1): (ISSN: 1596 9231).
- Manganyi, P.S Lived Experiences of Emergency Medical Personnel in Capricorn district: Towards the Development of User-Led Model. Unpublished PhD thesis. Limpopo: University of Limpopo.
Full names: Ms Patricia Siphiwe Manganyi
Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Lecturer (Fieldwork coordinator)
Qualifications: BA SW (Unin) MSW (UP) & PGDIP(University of Stellenbosch)
Phone: (015) 962 8837
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C-45, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Mr. N.J. Budeli is Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). He served as a fieldwork coordinator since he joined the University of Venda in 2009, until 2017.His social work profession areas of interest are social work supervision, employee health and wellness and clinical social work. He is currently serving as an external supervisor for fieldwork placement of final year student social workers at UNISA. He has 12 years’ experience of teaching and learning in higher education. His teaching areas of interest and specialization include philosophy and ethics in social work, social casework and social groupwork. He has supervised student research projects at under-graduate level in the department of social work and co-supervised at postgraduate level in sociology. He is also currently co-supervising Master of Social Work student. Mr. Budeli is passionate about student’s fieldwork and his contribution to scholarship has been through research projects and publications. Her recent works includes:
- Budeli, N.J., Shokane, A.L. and V. Nemutandani,2016: Challenges Faced by Fourth Year Social Work Students during Fieldwork Practice at a Rural-Based University. AFFRIKA: Journal of Politics, Economics and Society Volume 6, Numbers 1 & 2, 2016 Pp 133-163 .
- Budeli, J. 2018 : Supervision during social work fieldwork practice: A case of the University of Venda. In Issues around aligning theory, research and practice in social work education, edited by A.L. Shokane, J.C. Makhubele and L.V. Blitz. Cape Town: AOSIS.
Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Lecturer
Qualifications: Qualifications: MA (SW) (UL); PGDipHE (Rhodes); BA (Hons) HIV/AIDS(Unisa); Advanced Certificate: Labour Law (UFS) and BASW (Univen).
Phone: (015) 962 8468
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C-48, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr. Themba Victor Baloyi is a senior lecturer in the of Department of Social Work, in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). He serves in FHSSE Quality Assurance Committee. He has worked 6 years in higher education sector as lecturer. His areas of interest and specialization include community work and community development, Social development and social policy, Early childhood development Programme, quality in higher education. He has supervised student research projects in both under-graduate and graduate degree levels. Dr. Baloyi’s contribution to scholarship has been through research projects, presentations at various settings including conferences (national and international), serving as external examiner for masters research projects. His recent works include:
- P, Makhubele J.C, Kwakwa M.M, Masilo D.T, Matlakala F.K, , Baloyi T.V, Mabasa A.L, & Rabotata N.E. South African natives’ conduct towards illegal migrants: A human rights approach. e-Bangi Journal of social science and humanities Vol. 18. No.7 (2021).
- Rabotata N.E, Matlakala F.K, Mafa.P, Makhubele J.C, Kwakwa M.M, Masilo D.T, Baloyi T.V & Mabasa A.M, Impact of xenophobic attacks on the livelihoods of the migrants in selected provinces of South Africa. Journal of criminology and sociology. Vol 10, 254-259 (2021).
- Mabasa A.M, Makhubele J.C, Kwakwa M.M, Masilo D.T, Matlakala F.K, Baloyi T.V, Rabotata N.E & Mafa.P. The survival interactional strategies toward sustainable livelihoods amongst the migrants in the rural areas of Limpopo Province. Technium Social Sciences journal. Vol, 24,729-739 (2021).
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Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BASW (Univen), MA (SW) (UP), PHD(UL) PGDIP(UKZN)
Phone: +2715 962 8447
Email: [email protected]
Office No: M03 Music Building
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Dr. Matimba Allan Mabasa is a Senior Lecturer of Social Work, in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). He holds D Phil, MSW, BSW from the University of Limpopo and a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. He published eleven journal articles with accredited journals. His teaching focus areas are on introduction to social work approaches of Social Work, Policy and Legislation, Advanced Group Work, and Integrated Method of Intervention in Social Work. His research interests are on substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, environmental social work, migration, gerontology, folklore, Ubuntu, learner’s school violence, social justice, and service delivery. His recent works include:
- Enoch Rabotata, Jabulani Makhubele, Themba Baloyi, Prudence Mafa, Motshidisi Kwakwa, Tuelo Masilo, Frans Matlakala, and Allan Mabasa. 2021. The Impact of Xenophobic Attacks on the Livelihoods of Migrants in Selected Provinces of South Africa. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 10, 254-259.
- Baloyi Themba, Makhubele Jabulani, Matlakala Frans, Masilo Tuelo, Kwakwa Motshidisi, Mabasa Allan, Rabotata Enoch & Mafa Prudence. 2021. A Nexus of Educational Qualifications and Economic Prospects for Migrants in Selected Provinces of South Africa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 18(7):1-13. ISSN: 1823-884x.
- Mabasa MA, Makhubele JC, Kwakwa MM, Matlakala FK, Mafa P, Baloyi TV, Masilo DT, Rabotata NE., 2021. The survival interactional strategies toward sustainable livelihoods amongst the migrants in the rural areas of Limpopo Province. Technium Social Sciences Journal, 24:729-739.
Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (SW), MA (SW) (UL), PGDIP (HE) (UKZN), D Phil (SW) (UL)
Phone: +2715 962 8579
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C7 – 5, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
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Dr. Thabisa Matsea is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work, in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). She serves in the library and e-learning committees. She has worked as a social worker in community and health settings. She has 10 years experience in teaching and learning in higher education. Her areas of interest and specialization include Social Work in health settings including community-based mental health care, social work practice as well as teaching and learning in higher education. She is supervising student research projects in both under-graduate and graduate degree levels. Dr Matsea’s contribution to scholarship has been through research projects, presentations at various settings including conferences (national and international), serving as a reviewer for journal articles, external examiner for graduate research projects and by publications. Her recent work includes:
- Matsea, T. C., Ryke, E. & Weyers, M. (2019). Stakeholders’ views regarding their role as support system for people with mental illness and their families in rural South Africa. Community Mental Health Journal. 55:672–679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-018-0337-6
- Noyoo, N. Matsea, T. & Dlamini, N. (2020). Promoting healthy human relationships with Sub-Saharan African Immigrants and South Africans. In Promoting healthy human relationships in post-apartheid South Africa: Social work and social development perspectives. Noyoo, N. (Eds.). Switzerland: Springer Nature.
- Matsea T. C., Ryke, E. H. & Mike L. Weyers (2021): A framework for a community-based programme for people with mental illness and their families in a rural setting, Journal of Social Work Practice, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2021.1952964
Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BA (SW), MA (SW) (Stellenbosch), Dip in Early Childhood Education (Univen), Higher Cert. in Man. (FPD), PGDIP (HE) (Stellenbosch), PhD (SW) (NW Potchefstroom Campus).
Phone: +2715 9628304
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C7- 11; Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Dr. Mmaphuti Mamaleka is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work, in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHSSE). Dr Mamaleka is a social work lecturer at the University of Venda since 2014. She has worked as a social work supervisor with the Department of Social Development. Her teaching focus at University of Venda is on social work supervision and management, as well as field work practice dealing mainly with case work method. Her specialization field is on supervision and management in social work both for students and practitioners in the field. Her areas of interest includes parenting, advocacy for afrocentric aspects particulary indigenous knowledge systems and its contribution and gender based violence issues. She is supervising student research projects in both under-graduate and graduate degree levels. She is engaged in research through presentations in both national and international conferences, reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Her research work includes:
- Mokgale Makgopa and Mmaphuti Mamaleka. The psychodynamics of orality: Reflecting on protest songs during and after apartheid in South Africa. South African Journal of African Languages. 2019 Volume 39 No 03 pages 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2019.1672340
- Mmaphuti Mamaleka and Mokgale Makgopa. Integrating Lessons Enclosed in Proverbs in Social Work to Enhance Socially Acceptable Behaviour in Children: An Interdisciplinary Approach. African Journal of Developmental studies. 2021.Volume 11, Number 2, June 2021 pp 93-113. https://doi.org/10.31920/2634-3649/2021/v11n2a5
- Mmaphuti Mamaleka. Analysis of African indigenous parenting practices from social work and Afrocentricity perspective: which lessons to draw? in M.G Mapaya, (ed.). 2021. African Epistemology in the 21st Century: The Human and Social Science’s Perspective, University of Venda, Limpopo Province. (book chapter)
Department: Department of Social Work
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: D Phil SW (UWC), MSW (UOFS) BA(SW) (UNIN), PGDIP (UKZN) HRM Certificate (UNISA)
Phone: +2715 962 8642
Email: [email protected]
Office No: C7-6 Political science building