Thidziambi Phendla

Mailing address:
P.O. BOX 11650,
CENTURION 0046,
SOUTH AFRICA

MSU degree: PhD, 2000

Dissertation topic: Â Musadzi u Fara Lufhanga nga hu FhirahoÂ?: Black Women Elementary School Leaders Creating Socially Just and Equitable Environments in South Africa.

Current position:
Director, UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), Pretoria Node, University of Pretoria

Areas of special competence: Education Leadership, Gender and Feminist studies, Education Change

Language: Venda native, competency in English and other South African languages.

Publications:

"Teachers Supervision and Accountability Study in Nigeria", a study conducted for USAID-RTI and LEAP Nigeria. (to be published early March 2004)

 Metaphors of leadership, metaphors of hope? Black Women Leaders in South Africa and their Meaning of Hope and Leadership. (Under review for publication in Harvard Education Research and International Journal of Quality Studies in Education)

 Musadzi u fara lufhanga nga hu fhiraho?: Life Stories of Black Women Leaders in South Africa. (Accepted for publication in Perspectives in Education (PIE), March 2004)

A gender audit report of Kgatelopele Initiative commissioned by Royal Netherlands and the Department of Education in the North West Province. (Published January 2003)

A gender audit report of Siyathuthuka Initiative commissioned by Royal Netherlands and Kwa-Zulu-Natal Department of Education and Culture. (Published May 2002)

Current position (Job title, organization, location): Director, UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), Pretoria Node, University of Pretoria Areas of special competence: Education Leadership, Gender and Feminist
studies, Education Change

Language: Venda native, competency in English and other South African languages.

In addition to the above, please also feel free to write 200-300 words on what you found most worthwhile in your experience at MSU. Also, if you have a photo, which you would be willing to send us (electronic or paper) for possible inclusion on the new web site, please send one.

I have attached some recent pictures taken in Swaziland during an HIV/AIDS Teacher Attrition Workshop where I made a presentation of the IICBA Electronic HIV/AIDS Library. This can be found on our website (http://www.unesco-iicba.org, then go to Electronic Libraries, log on HIV Library in English). Please feel free to cut and paste and choose the one picture you like. I'll send the memories latter this evening.