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Programme Directors

Mduduzi Ncongwane is the Branch Librarian at UNISA’s Cape Town Branch Library. He has worked for UWC, CPUT (then Pentech) and UCT before joining Unisa in 2009. He holds an Honours degree in Library and Information Studies.

Jacques Avril du Toit is a former Chairperson of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa Writing Centres (SIG), former Deputy Chairperson of the Performance Arts Network of Southern Africa (PANSA) in the Western Cape, and former Chairperson of the Board of the Association for Visual Arts (AVA). He holds a Master’s degree in modern foreign languages (educational technology) focusing on writing development, socio-cognitive processes of language learning and academic discourse socialisation. He is also an accredited and practicing Neuro-linguistic Programming Masters practitioner.

 In his personal and professional capacity, Jacques has made a conscious and persistent effort to further discourse and policy-change around matters of social justice and inclusion. He is a proud activist working with a variety of organisations - both locally and abroad - on matters such as sustainability, gender-based violence and impact of change within marginalised communities. He is a proud champion for language diversity, gender equality and the arts and seeks to build the communities of Southern Africa through a range of interventions and mentorship initiatives.