Welcome to Languages & Arts Education

Introduction to the Programme

We are a group of specialists working in the broad area of literacies, languages, literature, media, and expressive arts. Many modules are offered within the Cluster across a range of phase specialisations (Early Childhood Development (ECD), Foundation, Intermediate, Senior, Further Education and Training (FET), but in general these are our areas of academic and educational expertise:

  • English Education
  • isiZulu Education
  • Drama Education
  • Creative Arts Education

Meet our staffOur Academic Staff

Andreas Bheki Mthembu
Andreas Bheki Mthembu Lecturer
Degrees Held Mpumalanga College of Education: Primary Teachers Diploma Executive...
Ansurie Pillay
Ansurie Pillay Academic Leader
2014 Ph.D. Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban  Thesis title: Enabling student teachers...
Ayub Sheik
Ayub Sheik Deputy Academic Leader
Research & Teaching Interests Literary Studies; Academic Literacy; Narratives...
Boitumelo Mokolopeng
Boitumelo Mokolopeng Lecturer
Master Degree in Drama therapy, University of Witwatersrand, 2019...