Mandla J. Radebe is a Professor of Strategic Communication and the founding Director of the Centre for Data and Digital Communications at the University of Johannesburg, where he teaches and supervises postgraduate students. He has over 25 years of professional experience, having held senior and executive positions across multiple sectors. He is an award-winning author, best known for "The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo 1955-1991" (Jacana Media). His other books include "Apartheid Did Not Die: South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution" (Inkani Books, 2025); "The Public Sector Communication in the Digital Age", co-edited with K. Sitto-Kaunda and E. Lubinga (University of Johannesburg Press, 2024); and "Constructing Hegemony: The South African Commercial Media and the (Mis)Representation of Nationalisation" (UKZN Press, 2020/ Routledge, 2023).
Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Centre for Data and Communications, University of Johannesburg.
Postal Address: 13 Menton Road, Richmond, Johannesburg. Gauteng Province. 2092.
Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Data and Digital Communication housed at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in
Communication Studies from the same university. His research interests include journalism practice and digital cultures. His work appears in international and African
journals. Currently, Mbongeni Msimanga is one of two African-based Co-Investigators on a British Academy-funded project titled “Gender and Digital Repression: The Practice
and Toll of Digital Repression on Women in the Authoritarian Turn”, a collaborative venture with the University of Oxford. He can be contacted on msimangam@uj.ac.za
