Mamelodi Community Collaborative (MCC)

In February 2019, the UP Mamelodi Campus hosted a workshop as part of the Mamelodi Community Collaborative. The goal was to engage in a reciprocal exchange of ideas with 43 stakeholders and its international partner, Rutgers University-Newark, to develop a model that could enhance post-secondary opportunities for the residents of the Mamelodi Township. Recently, on August 2023, a new cohort of community members was invited to relaunch the Mamelodi Collaborative. The aim is to roll out the project in five different niche areas. Each group will identify a specific project to roll out during 2024, focusing on the following themes.

Broadening educational pathways;
Leveraging arts and culture;
Strong, healthy and safe neighbourhoods;
Entrepreneurship and economic development; and
Science and the urban environment.

The members for each niche area are:

1. Broadening educational pathways

Dr Alfred Kgasi
Michelle Janse van Rensburg
Debbie Mdlongwa
Dr Helga Lister
Goodness Zwane
Dr Eugene Machimana
Hannes Engelbrecht
Margie van der Walt
Cynthia Phindi Hlope
Makwena Modimola
Gillian Fleischmann
Thabang Ngwenya
Moses-Saint Lehlongoa
Makwena Modimola
Ncumisa November

2. Leveraging arts and culture

Sipho Malinda
Vincent Molepo
Zandile Skhonde
Makwena Modimola
Makwena Modimola
T Seshoka
Makwena Modimola
Moses-Saint Lehlongoa
Hannes Engelbrecht
Londiwe Maglangu

3. Strong, healthy and safe neighbourhoods

Rev Chris Nkomo
Carto Abrams-Swarts
Tinyiko Joan Ndaba
Sarah Shkaidy
Quintis Titus
Sarah Shkaidy
Hannes Engelbrecht
Londiwe Maglangu
T. Seshoka

4. Entrepreneurship and economic development

Katlego Kekae
Clement Mathebula
Thabang Ngwenya
Moses-Saint Lehlongoa
Ncumisa November
Hannes Engelbrecht
Londiwe Maglangu
T. Seshoka

5. Science and the urban environment.

Puleng Tsie
Katlego Kekae

If you are interested in joining the Mamelodi Collaborative, please contact Dr Martina Jordaan ([email protected]).

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