Past & Current Supervision


Current Students

PhD Students
  • Vitumbiko Nyirenda, PhD, “Exploring the Philosophy of the Tumbuka Culture in Malawi,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor 2020-
  • Dorcus Ramaphala, PhD, “A Case for African Feminism,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor 2020-
  • Nolwandle Ayanda Lembethe, PhD, “A Study of African and Western Epistemic Intuitions and Implications for Decolonization,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor 2017-
  • Brenda Zanele Kubheka, PhD, “Ethical, Legal and Practice Analysis of the Management of Patient Safety Events in the Gauteng Department of Health,” Department of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Co-supervisor (with Shan Naidoo) 2017-
  • Carla Turner, PhD, “A Study of Consciousness as an Ethically Significant Property and its Value and Significance in Human-Animal Conflict,” Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, (ongoing), Supervisor (with Ruttkamp-Bloem) 2018-
  • Simphiwe Sesanti, PhD, “African Philosophy and African Renaissance: A Quest for a True Humanity,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor 2017-2021.
  • Seeiso Jonas Koali, PhD, “Deontology, Ubuntu and Doctor-Patient Relationship,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2016-2020.
MA Students
  • Rajitha Rajaram, MA (in AEP), An Ethical Exploration of the Limitations of Distributive Justice in a South African Context,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor, 2021-
  • Thapelo Mokgatle Petrus Molapo, MA (in AEP), “The Right to Strike and the Violent Manifestation of Constitutional Tensions Between Labour Rights and Property Rights,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor, 2020-
  • Tsepang Shongwe, MA (in AEP), “An African Moral Inquiry: Is Ubuntu Consistent with Patriarchy?” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor, 2017-.
  • Keanu Koketso Mabalane, MA, “African Philosophy in Progress,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing) Supervisor, 2019- Harry Moyo, MA, “True Holistic African Freedom,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor, 2017-
  • Andre Saldanha, MA, “Ubuntu and Freire: In Search of an Ubuntu based Philosophy of Education,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing), Supervisor, 2017-

Past Students

MA Students
  • Vitumbiko Nyirenda, MA, “Duties, Human Rights and Afro-communitarian Societies,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2018/2019 (With distinction).
  • Dorcus Ramaphala, MA, “The Case of Analytic Philosophy as ‘the Philosophy’ and Its Problem for the Decolonization of the Philosophy Curriculum,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2017/2018.
  • Björn Peter Burdon Wessel, MSc, “Towards an Improved Understanding of Environmental Concern: Corroborate of Previous Assessments and Testing an Original Instrument,” Interdisciplinary Global Change Studies, Department of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2016-2019.
  • Sibusiso Zikalala, MA, “Reconceptualizing Racism,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2017/2018.
  • Nompumelelo Zinhle Manzini, MA, “African Conceptions of Person as Gendered, Ableist and Antiqueer,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2016/2017.
  • Khalid Safodien, MA (in AEP), “Government Appointments, Patronage and Social Justice in South Africa,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2015-2017.
  • Wendy Dobson, MA (in AEP), “The Ethics of Corporate Lobbying,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2015/2016 (With distinction).
  • Roland Sutherland, MA (in AEP), “A Defense of the Standard Conception of Adversary Advocacy,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2015/2016.
  • Joanne Matisonn, MA (in AEP), “Sustainability and the Ethics of Planned Obsolescence,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2015/2016.
  • Hasan Darwish, MA (in AEP), “Pluralism and the Idea of Balance in Eastern and Western Philosophies,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2015/2016 (With distinction).
  • Tinyiko Maswanganyi, MA (in AEP), “Social Justice, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the South African Mining Industry,” Applied Ethics for Professionals, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2015/2016.
  • Senzelwe Mthembu, MA, “The Individual and the State: Between Libertarianism and Egalitarian Liberalism,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2014/2015.
Honors Students
  • William Shoki, Honors, “Hegel on Religion and African Religion as Folk-Religion,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2020 (With distinction)
  • Onyinye Okafor Emua, Honors, “Womanhood and the Values of Truthfulness, Respect and Industry in Igbo,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2019.
  • Vitumbiko Nyirenda, Honors, “Some Considered Critiques of Kwasi Wiredu’s Consensus Democracy,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing) Supervisor, 2017 (With distinction)
  • Keanu Koketso Mabalane, Honors, “Stating the Not-so-obvious: The Logical Assessment of Setswana Proverbs,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, (ongoing) Supervisor, 2017 (With distinction)
  • Dorcus Ramaphala, Honors, “The Unfeasibility of the Social Contract Idea and Model in International Relations,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2016.
  • Sipho Mncwabe, Honors, “The Myth of African Philosophy,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2016 (With distinction)
  • Justine Shear, Honors, “Towards a Moral Justification of Reparations in Response to Discriminatory Practices in South Africa,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, supervisor, 2015.
  • Nompumelelo Zinhle Manzini, Honors, “Black Women Hair, Race and Identity,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, supervisor (With distinction) (Jointly with Shireen Hassim in Politics), 2015 (With distinction).
  • Sibusiso Zikalala, Honors, “An African Conception and Analysis of Personhood,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, supervisor, 2015.
  • Andre Saldanha, Honors, “New Readings of Hobbes’ Account of Political Obligation,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, supervisor, 2014/2015.
  • Sharon-Rose Chimhanda, Honors, “The Legal Philosophy and Politics Behind Offensive Artwork,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, (With distinction) (Jointly with Julian Brown in Politics), 2014 (With distinction)
  • Likhwa Ncube, Honors, “An Evaluation of Rene Girard’s Mimetic Desire and the Scapegoat Mechanism,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, supervisor, 2014.
  • Luke Feltham, Honors, “South African Liberal State and Rawls’s Egalitarian Liberalism,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2013.
  • Bandile Ngidi, Honors, “Against Racial Eliminativism: Reconciling Science and Society,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand Ssupervisor, 2013.
  • Thea de Gruchy, Honors, “Liberties and Conscription for Community Service,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2013.

Not Completed/Awarded

  • Zwelenkani Mdhlalose, Honors, “Justice as Reciprocity,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor, 2016.
  • Bafana Kubedi, Honors, “Identity, Black Consciousness and Race,” Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, Supervisor 2013/2016.