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Name |
Dr Thabisile Luyanda Mtshali |
| Highest qualification |
PhD (University of Zululand, South Africa)
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| Position |
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow |
| Contact details |
mtshatl@unisa.ac.za
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| Research interests/expertise |
Agriculture (black small-scale, commercial farmers), food security, land reform, 4IR tools and climate change
|
| Current projects |
Working with Melmont black commercial farmers(Articles)
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Short biography
Dr Luyanda Mtshali, holds a Doctoral degree in Public Administration from the University of Zululand in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2022, she joined the University of Johannesburg as a Sam Moyo Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, and the Centre for Sociological Research and Practice. She is a Member of SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management) and a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nation-Building and Policy Studies (JONPS).
Her study area is on land reform, agriculture, small-scale farmers, and food security internationally, and the use of 4IR in Agriculture. She also writes on health matters since her Master's was on skills adequacy in public hospitals. She has published two papers from her master’s thesis and one in progress on push and pull factors of Migration by healthcare workers in South Africa.
Selected publications
- Mtshali, L (2025) Evaluating Prominent Factors in the Failure of Public Healthcare Services in KwaZulu Natal: A Case Study Umphumulo Public Hospital. Alternation 30,2 (2023) 126 – 145 126 Print ISSN 1023-1757; Electronic ISSN: 2519-5476; DOI https://doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2023/v30n2a6
- Mtshali, L (2024) Questioning the Prospect of Women's Land Rights for Rural-Based Farmers in South Africa at KwaDlangezwa Area. African Journal of Gender, Society and Development. Volume 13;No3.September 2024 Pp179-198.
- Mtshali, L (2024) Enhancing Small-scale Sugarcane Growers’ Productivity at Felixton Mill throughAgricultureValue Chains Collaboration. African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER) Vol. 19:1. Pp331–349
- Thabisile L. Mtshali (2023)Evaluating Prominent Factors in the Failure of Public Healthcare Services in KwaZulu Natal: A Case Study Umphumulo Public Hospital. Alternation 30,2 (2023) 126 – 147 126 Print ISSN 1023-1757; Electronic ISSN: 2519-5476; DOI https://doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2023/v30n2a6
- Mtshali,L.(2023)The Prominence of the Amalgamation of Land Reform and Agriculture for Rural Development in South Africa. Journal of Nation-building & Policy Studies (JoNPS) . Volume 7, Number 1, Pp 71-84. DOI: 10.31920/2516-3132/2023/v7n1a4
- Mtshali, T. L., Jili, N. N. (2022). The Effectiveness of the 4IR Technologies in Elevating Small-Scale Farming at Kwadlangezwa, Kwazulu Natal in South Africa. International Journal of eBusiness and eGovernment Studies, 14 (1), 388-408. doi:10.34111/ijebeg. 202214119.
