Keoagile Kobedi, PHD candidate, New Generation of Academics Programme (NGAP) Lecturer, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics & Finance

Kobedi’s research focuses on the evaluation of the effectiveness of micro-economic and local economic strategies in South Africa and her research interests are in development economics.

Sharon Aluwani Mukhola, New Generation of Academics Programme (NGAP) lecturer in Academic Hospitality Management and currently registered towards a DMSC in Food Operations.

Mukhola’s research focuses on developing a framework for the provision and management of hospitality learnerships in South Africa.

“Graduate employability is a topic I am very passionate about. This is a continuation of my Master’s dissertation, which I completed when I was still working at CATHSSETA as a regional manager. I hope that by developing a framework that can be used to implement programmes, such as learnerships and internships that are funded by SETAS, there will be a return on investment in terms of the money invested by the government in these programmes. Learners will reap the benefit due to the streamlined approach in implementing these programmes,” she explains.