欧美福利100000

Prof. Mandla Radebe

Associate Professor and Director: Centre for Data and Digital Communication
Name: Mandla J. Radebe
Location: B Ring 614 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Department of Strategic Communication Staff, Faculty of Humanities听 Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 3611

Email:听mradebe@uj.ac.za

About Prof. Mandla Radebe

Qualifications:

• PhD, Media Studies (Wits 欧美福利100000)
• MA, Journalism & Media Studies (Wits 欧美福利100000)
• BA Honours, Journalism & Media Studies (Wits 欧美福利100000)
• BSc., Computer & Information Technology (Vista 欧美福利100000, Soweto campus)

听

Overview/bio:

Mandla J. Radebe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategic Communication and the Director of the Centre for Data and Digital Communications in the School of Communication. With a professional tenure spanning over two decades, he has extensive experience across diverse industries including Accounting & Auditing, Financial Services, Information and Communication Technology, Higher Education, Retail, and the Public Sector. Mandla has actively contributed to numerous policy formulation and development initiatives throughout his career. Previously, he held the role of Business Executive overseeing Communication and Stakeholder Management at the Auditor-General of South Africa until December 2020. He is an award-winning author, recognised for his book 鈥淭he Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman 鈥楳zala鈥� Nxumalo 1955-1991鈥� (Jacana Media), which won the prestigious 2023 South African Literary Awards (SALA) Creative Non-Fiction Literary Award. Mandla is also the author of 鈥淐onstructing Hegemony: The South African Commercial Media and the (Mis)Representation of Nationalisation鈥� (UKZN Press).

Research Interests:

• Critical Political Economy of Communication
• Digital Capitalism and the Network Society
• Strategic communication: citizen engagement
• The National Question and Nation Formation
• Marxist Theories of Economy, State and Society

Supervision:

Publications:

Books and chapters in books

• 2023 Radebe M.J & Pampallis J 鈥淚ntroduction: Mzala Nxumalo鈥檚 ideas in post-apartheid South Africa鈥� in in Mzala Nxumalo, Leftist Thought and contemporary South Africa. Edited by Robert J. Balfour (Jacana Media).
• 2023 Radebe M.J 鈥淪ocialism is the future: Comrade Mzala鈥檚 thoughts on the national question鈥� in Mzala Nxumalo, Leftist Thought and contemporary South Africa. Edited by Robert J. Balfour (Jacana Media).
• Radebe M.J. 2022. 鈥淭he Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman 鈥楳zala鈥� Nxumalo 1955-1991鈥� (Jacana Media).
• Radebe, M.J. 鈥淐onstructing Hegemony: The South African Commercial Media and the (Mis)Representation of Nationalisation鈥� (UKZN Press).
• Radebe M.J. 2021. 鈥淪outh Africa鈥檚 Post-Apartheid Media and Democracy in Destroying Democracy: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Rise of Authoritarian Politics鈥� Edited by Michelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar (WitsPress).

听

Most recent journal articles

• Radebe M.J. 2023. 鈥淏ook review: Vital retelling of SA鈥檚 history鈥�,听African Communist, 1st Quarter, Issue No. 206.
• Radebe, M.J. 2022. 鈥淣ew features of media imperialism: The South African online media and the coverage of the Ukrainian war鈥�.听Communicare: Journal for Communication Studies in Africa,听41(2), 75-89.
• Radebe, M. J. 2022. 鈥淔raming the Poor during Covid-19: Townships and Informal Settlements in South African Online News鈥�.听Communicatio, 1-22.
• Radebe, M. J. 2022. 鈥淏ook Review: A Brief History of South Africa: From Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency鈥�.听The Thinker,听92(3), 96-101.
• Radebe, M. J., & Chiumbu, S. H. 2022. 鈥淔rames and Marginalisation of Counter-hegemonic Voices: Media Representation of the Land Debate in South Africa鈥�.听African Journalism Studies, 1-18.
• Radebe M.J. 鈥淭he Spirit behind the SACP: The International Socialist League and the formation of the Party鈥�.听Nduvhuwo
• Radebe, M.J. 2021. 鈥淒efending non-racialism鈥�,African Communist, 3rd & 4th Quarter 2020 Issue 203.
• Chiumbu, S. H., & Radebe, M.J. 2020. 鈥淭owards a decolonial critical political economy of the media: Some initial thoughts鈥�.听Communicatio: South African Journal of Communication Theory and Research,听46(1), 1-20.

听

Most recent media articles听

• 2024 Radebe, M.J. 鈥淲hy pledges to expand state control are so appealing in SA鈥� Sunday Times, 18 Feb.
• 2024 Radebe, M.J. 鈥淭he similarities between Palestine and apartheid South Africa are stark鈥� The Africa at LSE, 8
• 2024 Radebe, M.J. 鈥淭he indomitable spirit of Jameson Ngoloyi Mngomezulu鈥� Sunday Times, 21 Jan.
• 2024 Radebe, M.J. 鈥淢andela鈥檚 vision of a diverse media remains a pipe dream鈥� Sunday Times, 14 Jan.
• 2023 Radebe, M.J 鈥淓merging imperatives for a robust artificial intelligence regulatory framework鈥�, IOL, Oct 6.
• 2023 Radebe, M.J and Prashad, V. 鈥淭he United States Cannot Tolerate an Independent South Africa鈥�. The Morning Star, Jun 27.

听

Conference participation:

Most recent conference papers and proceedings听

• Roundtable on the Politics of Online Hate Speech and Internet Shutdowns in Africa, Addis Ababa 欧美福利100000, 24 January 2024: Regulating AI: The South Africa Competition Commission and the Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (Radebe, M.J).
• Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, Oxford 欧美福利100000, August 2023: Framing the Poor during Covid 19 Townships and Informal Settlements in South African Online (Radebe, M.J).
• Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, Oxford 欧美福利100000, August 2023: Elections and Digital Media in South Africa (Radebe, M.J).
• IAMCR Lyon, June 2023: South Africa鈥檚 online media and the Ukrainian war: A decolonial Marxism perspective (Radebe, M.J).
• IAMCR Online 2021, hosted by United States International 欧美福利100000 鈥� Africa: Economic Justice during Covid-19: The Framing of the Poor by South Africa鈥檚 Online Media (Radebe, M.J).