Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6597155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nobuhle |
| FAMILY NAME | Ndimande-Hlongwa |
| SIGNATURE | NDIMANDE-HLONGWA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9597-8690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Discursive constructions of political opportunism in media interviews: Analysing Nigeria’s electoral laws and judicial pronouncements on election petitions
Electoral petitions have become a feature of Nigeria’s democratic processes, exploited by politicians for opportunistic purposes. This study offers an in-depth illustration of how political opportunism is discursively constructed in media interviews. The study employed a qualitative single-case design, using thematic analysis of a televised expert interview to identify trends, attributes, and features of political opportunism. An in-depth intervi…
Personal names as moral agency in the promotion of unhu/ubuntu: A case of Buhera South, Zimbabwe
An exploration of popular Shona firstborn names in Masvingo urban, Zimbabwe: Parents' perspectives
Incazelo nomlando oqukethwe emagameni aqanjwe abesifazane abashade ngaphambi konyaka we-1990 esigodini sakaGcaliphiwe eMaphephetheni
Leli phepha lihlola ukuqanjwa kwamagama abantu besifazane abashadile ngenhloso yokuthola umlando nencazelo. Ezikhathini eziphambili bekuwumkhuba ojwayelekile ukuthi umuntu wesifazane uma ezogana afike athole igama elisha emzini. Ngokujwayelekile abantu besifazane bebeqanjwa ngezibongo zabo okuyinto esaqhubeka namanje. Uma owesifazane oganile engowakwaBhengu ubizwa ngokuthi uMaBhengu, owakwaSithole kuthiwa uMaSithole ukuze isibongo sakhe singaphel…
Gender inequality and discrimination in South African football: Black women demand a bigger share of the pie and the limelight
Feminist explorations of women’s football have highlighted the gender inequalities and the role of hegemonic masculinity in maintaining discrimination and stereotypes around the women’s game. In this article, I focus on the case of the South African Women’s Football Association (SAWFA) that was submitted to the Commission on Gender Equality for hearing. The South African Constitution Act 108 of 1996 and the Commission on Gender Equality Act 39 of…
Digging deep into IsiZulu-English code-switching in a peri-urban context
This article provides an overview of the social and cultural functions and motivations of IsiZulu-English code-switching among speakers living in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (hereafter INK) in eThekwini (Durban), in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Following Myers-Scotton (1993), code-switching is defined as the mixing of different codes by speakers in the same conversation and this switch may take place at any level of language differentiation (l…
On medium of instruction and African scholarship: The case of Isizulu at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa
After the demise of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, 11 languages (English, Afrikaans and 9 indigenous African languages) were given official status. In the higher education landscape, English remains the dominant language of scholarship. At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, English is the main medium of instruction but the institution's language policy provides for the use of isiZulu (one of the indigenous African languages) as an additional me…
On medium of instruction and African scholarship: The case of Isizulu at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa
After the demise of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, 11 languages (English, Afrikaans and 9 indigenous African languages) were given official status. In the higher education landscape, English remains the dominant language of scholarship. At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, English is the main medium of instruction but the institution's language policy provides for the use of isiZulu (one of the indigenous African languages) as an additional me…
Gender inequality and discrimination in South African football: Black women demand a bigger share of the pie and the limelight
Feminist explorations of women’s football have highlighted the gender inequalities and the role of hegemonic masculinity in maintaining discrimination and stereotypes around the women’s game. In this article, I focus on the case of the South African Women’s Football Association (SAWFA) that was submitted to the Commission on Gender Equality for hearing. The South African Constitution Act 108 of 1996 and the Commission on Gender Equality Act 39 of…
On medium of instruction and African scholarship: The case of Isizulu at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa
After the demise of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, 11 languages (English, Afrikaans and 9 indigenous African languages) were given official status. In the higher education landscape, English remains the dominant language of scholarship. At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, English is the main medium of instruction but the institution's language policy provides for the use of isiZulu (one of the indigenous African languages) as an additional me…
Digging deep into IsiZulu-English code-switching in a peri-urban context
This article provides an overview of the social and cultural functions and motivations of IsiZulu-English code-switching among speakers living in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (hereafter INK) in eThekwini (Durban), in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Following Myers-Scotton (1993), code-switching is defined as the mixing of different codes by speakers in the same conversation and this switch may take place at any level of language differentiation (l…
Gender inequality and discrimination in South African football: Black women demand a bigger share of the pie and the limelight
Feminist explorations of women’s football have highlighted the gender inequalities and the role of hegemonic masculinity in maintaining discrimination and stereotypes around the women’s game. In this article, I focus on the case of the South African Women’s Football Association (SAWFA) that was submitted to the Commission on Gender Equality for hearing. The South African Constitution Act 108 of 1996 and the Commission on Gender Equality Act 39 of…
An exploration of popular Shona firstborn names in Masvingo urban, Zimbabwe: Parents' perspectives
Incazelo nomlando oqukethwe emagameni aqanjwe abesifazane abashade ngaphambi konyaka we-1990 esigodini sakaGcaliphiwe eMaphephetheni
Leli phepha lihlola ukuqanjwa kwamagama abantu besifazane abashadile ngenhloso yokuthola umlando nencazelo. Ezikhathini eziphambili bekuwumkhuba ojwayelekile ukuthi umuntu wesifazane uma ezogana afike athole igama elisha emzini. Ngokujwayelekile abantu besifazane bebeqanjwa ngezibongo zabo okuyinto esaqhubeka namanje. Uma owesifazane oganile engowakwaBhengu ubizwa ngokuthi uMaBhengu, owakwaSithole kuthiwa uMaSithole ukuze isibongo sakhe singaphel…
Personal names as moral agency in the promotion of unhu/ubuntu: A case of Buhera South, Zimbabwe
Discursive constructions of political opportunism in media interviews: Analysing Nigeria’s electoral laws and judicial pronouncements on election petitions
Electoral petitions have become a feature of Nigeria’s democratic processes, exploited by politicians for opportunistic purposes. This study offers an in-depth illustration of how political opportunism is discursively constructed in media interviews. The study employed a qualitative single-case design, using thematic analysis of a televised expert interview to identify trends, attributes, and features of political opportunism. An in-depth intervi…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (2 works)