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.

1. Broadening educational pathways;
2. Leveraging arts and culture;
3. Strong, healthy and safe neighbourhoods;
4. Entrepreneurship and economic development; and
5. 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]).