Postgraduate Students

Ayanda Madlala

Supervisor: Prof Moenieba Isaacs

Godfrey Eliseus Massay

Supervisor: Dr Phillan Zamchiya

Thesis: State Repossession of Farmlands in Tanzania: Critical Inquiry of Drivers, Processes and Impacts

Jamie-Lee McKay

Supervisor: Prof Andries du Toit

Thesis: An in-depth analysis of relational value-chain governance in the livelihoods of informal foodservice street traders in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein

Maliviwe Makeleni

Supervisor: Dr Farai Mtero

Thesis: Economic analysis of Farming Systems towards Agrarian Reform in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Nkanyiso Gumede

Supervisor: Prof Ben Cousins

Thesis: Social differentiation and the dynamics of labour on redistributed land in South Africa

Sienne Molepo

Supervisor: Prof Ruth Hall

Siphesihle Mbhele

Supervisor: Prof Moenieba Isaacs

Thesis: “Blue militarisation”: An expedition into understanding how the blue economy and 30×30 agenda policies and initiatives have resulted in militarisation and the criminalisation of livelihoods for coastal communities in Northen KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sisanda Tembani

Supervisor: Prof Mafaniso Hara

Thesis: The role of urban agriculture in township food security: a case study of Cape Town

Dr Siyabonga Dlamini

Supervisor: Dr Phillan Zamchiya

Thesis: Transforming rural economies through smallholder agriculture: Prospects and challenges for sustainable rural livelihoods in KwaZulu-Natal

Temakaolo Mathebula

Supervisor: Dr Farai Mtero

Thesis: The role of social capital in promoting climate resilience in smallholder farming systems in Ozwathini, KwaZulu-Natal

Tetelo Maila

Supervisor: Prof Ruth Hall

Vuyolwethu Dyani

Supervisor: Dr Farai Mtero

Thesis: An examination of the effects of fallow agricultural land on food security in Cofimvaba’s rural regions

Boaventura Monjane

Supervisor: Prof Ruth Hall

Tapiwa Chatikobo

Supervisor: Prof Ben Cousins

Thesis: Livestock, grazing and land reform in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe: Dynamics of accumulation and social reproduction

Alex Dubb

Supervisor: Prof Ben Cousins

Thesis: The political economy of small-scale sugarcane growers

Augustine Fosu

Supervisor: Dr Farai Mtero

Thesis: Housing development and customary land tenure system in Ghana: a case study of peri-urban Kumasi

Cassiem Khan

Supervisor: Prof Andries du Toit

Thesis: Food aid: beneficial or disempowering? Exploring the foodways 1 of beneficiaries of food parcels of four Social Welfare Organisations.

Charity Rusere

Supervisor: Dr Phillan Zamchiya / Prof Ruth Hall (Co-Supervisor)

Thesis: Interrogating Agrarian Change and Social-Differentiation after Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme: A Comparison between Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries

Chikondi Manyungwa

Supervisor: Prof Mafa Hara

Thesis: An investigation of women participation in fish value chain and Value chain governance in Malawi: A case of Msaka on Lake Mawi and Kachulu on Lake Chilwa.

Cyriaque Hakizimana

Supervisor: Prof Ruth Hall

Thesis: Generational dynamics in agricultural commercialisation and the implications for the livelihood strategies of rural youth in Africa

Deshni Pillay

Supervisor: Prof Mafa Hara

Thesis: Investigation of the health and wellbeing benefits from biodiversity in South Africa

Hlonela Nomvuzo Sonjani

Supervisor: Dr Farai Mtero

Thesis: Evaluating the impact of government involvement and policy development in enhancing rural food security: a Zondeka location under Amathole Municipality household farming case study

Joseph Ginindza

Supervisor: Prof Moenieba Isaacs

Thesis: The role of small-scale fishing on food security and livelihoods in small-coastal communities in the Western Cape, South Africa

Kushekwa Hopkins Namakando

Supervisor: Dr Phillan Zamchiya

Thesis: Land Alienations and Conflicts: The Difficult Emergence of Rural, Social Movements in Post-Independence Namibia

Lebogang Moremedi

Supervisor: Prof Moenieba Isaacs

Thesis: Understanding the artisanal small scale diamond mining for sustainable livelihood in the Northern Cape: the case of ZamaZamas

Malebo Moepi

Supervisor: Prof Mafa Hara

Thesis: Informal and Formal Cross Border Fish Trade by Women in Southern Africa: The Case of Malawi and South Africa

Primrose Nkomboni

Supervisor: Dr Farai Mtero

Thesis: Agrarian reform, land use dynamic and livelihood changes: A case study of South-western Zimbabwe

Richard Lumumba Odenda

Supervisor: Prof Ruth Hall

Thesis: Development as dispossession: policy choices, mega-projects and their effects on land rights in Tana River Delta, Kenya

Sifundiso Ndhlovu

Supervisor: Dr Phillan

Thesis: Agrarian reform, land use dynamic and livelihood changes: A case study of South-western Zimbabwe

Sithandiwe Yeni

Supervisor: Prof Ruth Hall

Thesis: Competing Demands for Land amongst Descendants of Labour Tenants in KwaZulu-Natal and the Implications for Agrarian Change: A Gender and Generational Perspective

Wilson Mhlanga

Supervisor: Prof Moenieba Isaacs

Thesis: Governance, livelihoods, food security and gender roles in the Kapenta (Limnothrissa miodon) fishery on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

Yoliswa Msweli

Supervisor: Prof Andries Du Toit

Thesis: Establishing a conception of justice for land from the ground up: a case study of land dispossession and sugar cane plantation development in Zinkwazi, Kwa-Zulu Natal