Dr TM Monyakane (Sesotho)

Qualifications

• BAEd (NUL)
• BEd (Post Grad)
• PGA (Wits)
• MA (UFS) 
• PHD (UNISA)

Currently teaching

• AFL2603
• AFL4803
• AFL4804
• SSO3705
• SSO1509
• HRAFL8-1

Fields of academic interests

Research interests

• The Oral and Modern genres of African Literature with special interest in Sotho.
• Oral literature
• Modern Literature in African Languages

Field of Specialisation

• African Languages (Sesotho)
• Literature
• Education
• English 

Journal articles

• Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng. 2014.The dialectic between the West and Africa: A   deconstructive approach to N.M. Khaketla’s works. The South African Journal of African Languages 34 (2): 175-180 ISSN 2305-1159 (online) – ISSN 0257-2117 (print).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2014.997054
• Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng. 2016. N.M. Khaketla as the first woman in the promotion and development of Sesotho literature. The South African Journal of African Languages 36 (2): 209 – 216 ISSN 2305-1159 (online) – ISSN 0257-2117 (print). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2016.1252022

Paper presentations

Conference Proceedings

• Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng.2018. The Violation of Grammar Rules: The LinguisticPattern of Sesotho Idioms. 7^th Annual International Conference on  Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2018). Print ISSN: 2251-3566, E-Periodical ISSN:2251-3574
•  Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng. 2018. The Place has a Name and a Surname: The Investigation of the Continuous Existence of African and Traditional Names over the Modern Ones in South Africa. 7^th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2018).  Print ISSN: 2251-3566, E-Periodical ISSN:2251-3574
• Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng. 2018. Pronouncing Words with Definite Meaning: The Roman Alphabet Competency in the Writing of Sesotho. 7^th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2018). Print ISSN: 2251-3566, E-Periodical ISSN:2251-3574
• Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng. 2019.The Promotion of Sesotho Lexical Items in Technology : The Case of Telecommunications. 8^th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics(L3 2019). Print ISSN: 2251-3566, E-Periodical ISSN:2251-3574
• Monyakane, Thato Mabolaeng. 2019. Children Messages or Adult Ones in Sotho Folktale ? The Case of Moshanyan’a  Sankatana. 8^th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2019). Print ISSN: 2251-3566, E-Periodical ISSN:2251-3574

• Presented six papers in five international conferences from 2013-2022Participated in DAL departmental seminars and presented two papers since 2012-2022

• Presented seven papers in seven local conferences from 2012-2022

• Santrust Workshop and Training in research, research ethics and the introduction in Phd and Masters marking in 2010.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Santrust Research Fund
• N R F Thuthuka Trust Fund
• Academic Qualification Improvement Programme 
• Via Africa and ALASA AWARD for the Most Outstanding PhD Thesis
• NRF Reviewer

Projects

• Assisting in the curriculum development with regard to empowering student teachers with the teaching of Sesotho. 
• DAL Community engagement