Steering Committee
Elize van Eeden is an NRF-rated professor of History and specializes in regional history in multidisciplinary contexts. She is Deputy Director of the School of Social Sciences at the Vanderbijlpark campus, North-West University, South Africa.
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Marlino Eugénio Mubai is Assistant Professor of History at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique (EMU) and Research Associate in the Department of Heritage and Historical Studies at Pretoria University, South Africa. He also serves as Deputy Director for Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at (EMU).
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Tshepo Moloi is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Johannesburg.
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Shokahle R. Dlamini is a senior lecturer and Head of Department at the University of Eswatini (UNESWA), Department of History. She is also a senior research associate of the University of Johannesburg.
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James Hlongwana is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Great Zimbabwe University.
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Dr Alfred Tembo is lecturer in African History in the Department of Historical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Zambia.
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Emile C. Coetzee is a lecturer in History at the North-West University’s Mahikeng Campus. He completed his MA degree (at NWU Vaal) about the alleged corruption committed in the South African Defence Force and Department of Defence from 1957 to 1964. He is enrolled at the same NWU campus for his PhD in History.
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Martha Akawa-Shikufa is the Associate Dean, at the School of Humanities, Society and Development, at the University of Namibia. She is also a member the Faculty of Education and Human Sciences Faculty of Management.
Vongai Nyawo is a Professor of History, and the Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies. She is assigned a temporary seat as conference organiser and overseer of the hosting the 2026 conference at the Great Zimbabwe University.
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Yolandi Strydom
Administrative Coordinator for the RHSSA