Administration
Mrs Gerda Flanagan
Mrs Gerda Flanagan
Position: Secretary to the School of Language, Media and Culture
Department: School of Language, Media and Culture
Room: 010402
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 5042871
Fax: 041 5042229
Email: Gerda.Flanagan@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Matric

Research Associate
Prof Ernst Kotzé
Prof Ernst Kotzé
Position: Emeritus Professor
Department: Applied Language Studies
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2226
Fax: 27 41 504 1722
Email: ernst.kotze@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA, BA(Hons)(UCT), MA, PhD(Wits)

Lecturers
Andiswa Mvanyashe
Dr Andiswa Mvanyashe
Position: Senior Lecturer & HOD
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: Main Building 0411
Location: South Campus
Phone: +21 41 504 1166
Email: Andiswa.Mvanyashe2@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: D-Litt (NMMU)
Expertise: Sociolinguistics, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Gender related disciplines, IsiXhosa for beginners 1, Literary Theory and Research
Responsibilities: (IPIB101), (IILC102), (LBX1002), (LXLV401),(LXSV401), (LXPV121) and PG supervision.

Zoliswa Made
Dr Zoliswa Made
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 0312
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041-5044839
Fax: 041-5042229
Email: zoliswa.made@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: DLitt (NMMU)
Expertise: Sociolinguistics and other linguistic disciplines, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Feminism and Gender related disciplines.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities from 2023: (IAIL101), (IXLS201), (AIXL301), LXUV401, LXLV401, LXLV401, PG supervision.

Ms Margot Brooks
Ms Margot Brooks
Position: Junior Lecturer
Email: Margot.Brooks@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: B.A. (Hons) (UPE)

Mr Ron Endley
Mr Ron Endley
Position: Lecturer
Department: School of Language, Media and Culture
Room: Main Building 0315
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 5042217
Email: Ron.Endley@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: MA (STD)
Expertise: Translation Studies / Online teaching programs
Responsibilities: Teaching isiXhosa (non-mothertongue)

 Vuyiswa Maqagi
Vuyiswa Maqagi
Position: Lecturer
Phone: 27 41 504 4524
Email: Vuyiswa.Maqagi@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: M.A. (Wisconsin)

Ms. Nancy Morkel
Ms. Nancy Morkel
Position: Lecturer (English Literature)
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: MB0306
Location: South Campus
Phone: 0415044528
Email: Nancy.Morkel@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD Africa Studies – focused on SA Lit. & Identity (UFS) [current] MA English (NMMU) cum laude [2008] BA Hons English (UPE) cum laude [2003] BA Media, Communication and Culture (UPE) [1999-2001] Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education and Training (UFH) [2012] Editing Practice (SU) [2016] Editing Methodology (SU) [2015]
Responsibilities: lectures English Literature in the Faculty of Humanities at the Nelson Mandela University

Michelle De Wet
Michelle De Wet
Position: Associate Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 408 Main Building
Location: Bird Street Campus
Phone: 041 504 2242
Email: Michelle.DeWet@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA (UPE), Honours (NMMU), MA (NMU)
Expertise: French Language and Literature
Responsibilities: Teaching French Language and Literature

Nobesutu Zumani
Nobesutu Zumani
Position: Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 0415
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4851
Email: nobesuthu.zumani@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA (Vista university), HDE (Vista university), BA HONORS Translation and Language Acquisition (Nelson Mandela, MA in Language policy (Nelson Mandela)
Expertise: Language policy, Translation and Language Acquisition
Responsibilities: LXPV201, LXPV211. LXPV202, LXPV212, LXPV301, LXPV311, LXPV302, LXPV312, JLXV21, LXV211 LXV401, MA Co-supervisor.

Marius Crous
Prof Marius Crous
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 0401
Location: South Campus
Phone: 27 41 504 2227
Fax: 27 41 504 2229
Email: marius.crous@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: D.Litt. (US) PhD(UCT)
Expertise: Literature, literary theory, creative writing, literary translation
Responsibilities: All Afrikaans literature modules (undergraduate and postgraduate), Creative writing (LEV2)

Anna Nel Otto
Prof Anna Otto
Position: Associate Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 0417
Location: South Campus
Fax: 27 41 504 1172
Email: anna.otto@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA, BA (Hons), MA, D.Litt (US)
Expertise: Lexicography, Sociolinguistics and other linguistic disciplines
Responsibilities: LABV101, LABV102. Afrikaans for dieticians, LAV101, LAV102, LAV201, LAV202, LAV302, LAS401, LAV411, LAV412, LAR402, MA, D.Litt.
My site: http://connect.nmmu.ac.za/Members/ANOtto

Asembese Mkumatela
Ms Asembese Mkumatela
Position: Associate Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 4012
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 2223
Email: asambese.mkumatela@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: MA in Translation Studies (thesis submitted) (Stellenbosch University)             BA Hons in Translation (Stellenbosch University)             BA Social Dynamics (Stellenbosch University)
Expertise: Translation, Language Acquisition
Responsibilities: Conversation Afrikaans for Law, Kommunikasie in Afrikaans, Conversational Afrikaans for Health Care Professionals, Teksanalise, Afrikaans vir die professies.

Paulette Coetzee
Dr Paulette Coetzee
Department: Languages and Literature
Location: South Campus
Email: paulette.coetzee@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD English (Rhodes) [2015]
Responsibilities: lectures English Literary Studies in the Department of Language and Literature, School of Language, Media and Culture, Faculty of Humanities at Nelson Mandela University.

Maria do Céu Oliveira Vrancken
Dr Maria Vrancken
Position: Lecturer and French section coordinator
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: Main Building 408
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 2245
Fax: 041 504 2229
Email: Maria.Vrancken@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA Honours in French (UCT); MA in French cum laude (UCT); PhD in Francophone African Literature and cinema (UCT)
Expertise: Translation, Francophone African Literature and Teaching French as a foreign language
Responsibilities: Lecturing all levels of French offered in the section, post-graduate supervision, research and administrative duties for French section as well as for the Higher degrees committee.

Michelle De Wet
Michelle De Wet
Position: Associate Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: 408 Main Building
Location: Bird Street Campus
Phone: 041 504 2242
Email: Michelle.DeWet@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA (UPE), Honours (NMMU), MA (NMU)
Expertise: French Language and Literature
Responsibilities: Teaching French Language and Literature

Zakhile Somlata
Dr Zakhile Somlata
Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Languages and Literature
Room: Main Building 0315
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 4090
Email: Zakhile.Somlata@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: BA, HDE (UWC); BA Hons, MA (Stell); PhD (Rhodes University)
Expertise: Sociolinguistics, isiXhosa Language Teaching, Language Policy and multilingualism, and Communication.