Our Committee

Exco Members

Mr. Sipho Zulu

President

Mr. Sipho Zulu

President

Mr Sipho Zulu is currently a Manager of Archives and Special Collections at University of Johannesburg. Mr Zulu started his career as an Archivist at KwaZulu Natal Archives Repository based in Durban. In 2008, he joined eThekwini Municipality under the Local History Museums where he was working as a Researcher responsible for exhibitions and collecting the history of townships in eThekwini Municipality. In 2009, presented a paper “Content development in an indigenous digital library” at Italy, Milan: A case study of community participation, the paper was published under the journal called Sage which is linked to International Federation of library Associations (IFLA). Before joining UJ, he worked at Northwest Provincial Archives as a Deputy Director of Archives. In 2012, he was elected as an executive member of Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA) responsible for Promotion and Publicity. In 2014, elected as a Deputy Chairperson for South African Society of Archivist (SASA). He has presented papers on archives and oral history at various conferences organised by OHASA and SASA. His interest is in oral history and preservation of archival material for knowledge development. He had served in various committees within OHASA which includes Constitution Committee, OHASA Editorial Board and Conference papers selection Committee. He is a passionate practitioner and a champion of preservation of documented heritage for research and popularising archival profession to younger generations for them to realise the worth of records management and archiving.

Prof. Sekibakiba Lekgoathi

Deputy-President

Prof. Sekibakiba Lekgoathi

Deputy-President

Sekibakiba Lekgoathi is a Fulbright-MacArthur scholar with a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, USA. An Associate Professor of History at Wits University, Lekgoathi is a widely published scholar on topics as diverse as radio broadcasting in South Africa; Ndebele ethnicity; the politics of knowledge production; and popular struggles in the country. He is a co-editor of the book Guerrilla Radios in Southern Africa: Broadcasters, Technology, Propaganda Wars, and the Armed Struggle (Rowman & Littlefield International and Wits University Press, 2020). Professor Lekgoathi currently serves as a member of the Ministerial Task Team (History) for the Department of Basic Education, and Deputy-President of the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA).

Ms. Calda de Vries

Secretary

Ms. Calda de Vries

Secretary

Calda de Vries is Secretary of the Oral History Association of South Africa. She is employed within the Oral History sub directorate of the KwaZulu-Natal Archives and Records Service in the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (in KwaZulu-Natal). She has over ten years’ experience in the public sector managing oral history research projects and monitoring & evaluation with the archives. She is an archivist, oral history practitioner, researcher and life long learner.

Ms. Linda Khoza

Deputy-Secretary

Ms. Linda Khoza

Deputy-Secretary

Mr. Fikile Felix Jozi

Treasurer

Mr. Fikile Felix Jozi

Treasurer

Fikile Felix Jozi is a History Subject Advisor at the OR Tambo Inland district in the Eastern Cape Province. Residing in Mthatha. He is a Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Oral History Association Chapter. Prospect candidate for Doctor of Education at the Walter Sisulu University. Master of Education at Walter Sisulu University (Educational Policy and Development). Fikile has a BSc Honours in Geography at Walter Sisulu University. He graduated with a B.A (ED) in History and Geography at University of Transkei. Graduated Advance Certificate in Education with Nelson Mandela University in Language of Teaching and Learning (LLT). Adjudicator for Young Historian Awards (iNkosi Albert Luthuli Awards). Participated in the OHASA programmes as a site-steward for the learners’, OR Tambo Conference, 2017, Eastern Cape Province. Fikile has been an outstanding and vibrant member of OHASA since 2015.

Ms. S'nothile Gumede

Promotion and Publicity

Ms. S'nothile Gumede

Promotion and Publicity

S'nothile is Fascinated by how curation can serve as a nexus that introduces conversation, critique, and debate into the existing institutional framework of both fine arts practice and its display within the broader arts. Over the years, she has been captivated by institutional critique as a method to engage the gaps in art collections, linking her praxis to the broader cultural context of international art activism.

Dr. Radikobo Ntsimane

Research and Development

Dr. Radikobo Ntsimane

Research and Development

Radikobo Ntsimane completed his doctoral degree at the University of KwaZulu natal more than a decade ago using the Oral History methodology to establish the power relations between the black health seekers and missionary health providers during Apartheid era. Ntsimane’s research interests in African Studies include the issues of death and afterlife, gender inequalities, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and oral histories on political violence and reconciliation. Ntsimane is a member of OHASA and has served three terms on the executive committee. He has contributed in the development of the oral history discipline by training aspiring practitioners and publishing extensively in academic journals and book chapters. He is currently heading the portfolio of Research and Development in the OHASA executive committee.

Prof. Christina Landman

Head of Publications

Prof. Christina Landman

Head of Publications

Christina Landman has been teaching in ecclesiastical and oral history at the University of South Africa for 42 years, having obtained seven degrees of which two are doctorates in history and therapy respectively. She retired in 2021 and was active mainly in oral history projects, as well as in being the minister of the Word (URCSA) in Karlienpark, Rustenburg. She has been an active member of the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA) since 2006. In 2010 she became OHASA’s Head of Publications, a position she still holds. She was the Editor of the Oral History Journal of South Africa until 2018, when it became Social Memory Studies (HTS, accredited). She has engaged in a variety of oral history projects, for instance on the history of Nana Sita. She has also written the history of OHASA which was in its 20 th year of existence in 2023.