Dr Sizwe Zwelakhe Dlamini

Sizwe Zwelakhe Dlamini is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of African languages, under the Faculty of Humanities, at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a Bachelor of Education degree in Senior and FET Phase (with distinction), a BA Honour’s degree in African languages (with distinction), a Master’s degree in African languages, and a Doctoral degree also in African languages. Dlamini is the founder and chairperson of Lingakhanya Nakuwe Foundation - a project that specialises in supplying needy learners with school shoes. He is also a founder and chairperson of The Joseph Walk Movement, a movement that aims to tackle the social issue of absent fathers. Sizwe is a recipient of the National Research Fund (NRF) (for honours in 2018), Global Excellence Scholarship (for Masters in 2019), and NIHSS-SAHUDA Doctoral Scholarship (from 2021-2023). He has published over 20 research papers, with some of these articles presented at local and international conferences. Dlamini’s research interests include African literature, stylistics, descriptive linguistics, and computational linguistics. While he has PhD students currently in progress, he has successfully supervised several Honours and Masters’ students.