Position : Senior Lecturer
Telephone : 035 902 6330
Email : ndimanden(at)unizulu.ac.za
Office : C 10
Biography:
Dr Nothile Ndimande is a human geographer specialising in rural geography, sustainable development, and environmental management. She offers courses on human geography ranging from the second year to the honours level.
Lecture ‘s the following modules:
- 4GES311: Urban environment and recreation planning (Planning Recreation Landscapes).
- 4GES212: Demographics health and sustainable development (Sustainable Development)
Honours Teaching
- 4GES503 Environmental Management
- 1GE506 Rural Geography
- 4GES 509 Research Project (supervision)
Qualifications
- PhD Geography and Environmental Studies (Stellenbosch University)
- MSc (Oklahoma State University, USA)
- BA Honours, BPaed (University of Zululand)
Research interests:
Research activities widely cover universities and students’ geographies, which include, among others:
- studentification,
- town-gown relationships,
- Students’ lived experiences (on-off campus)
- production of university spaces.
A variety of theories, such as space production (Henri Lefebvre), wretchedness (Frantz Fanon), and heterotopia (Michel Foucault), have framed these research themes.
Research interests also include the transformation of KwaZulu-Natal’s rural areas (rurbanisation). The bigger responsibility is to define, explore, map, frame, and classify to stay relevant in our rural development dialogues and policymaking.
Research Databases / Publications
- Ndimande N.P. (2024). A Lefebvrean Analysis of the Lived Experiences of the On-Campus Students at the University of Zululand. Journal of Asian and African Studies. (Published online June 2024) DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257689
- Ndimande, N.P. (2024). The lived experiences and the struggles for visibility of the University of Zululand’s (South Africa) off-campus students: a Fanion Analysis. African Geographical Review 43(2) 376-391 doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2156895. Paper first published online in December 2022. 10.1080/19376812.2022.2156895
- Ndimande, N.P. (2023). Complex Town-Gown Relationships and the Paradoxes of Studentification in the South African Traditional Authority Lands. In Donaldson R. (eds). Socio-Spatial Small Town Dynamics in South Africa. Cham; ASpringer Nature, Switzerland 169-191 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37142-4_8
- Ndimande, N.P. (2018). Student housing and the slummification of the University of Zululand village in KwaDlangezwa, South Africa. Human Geographies – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 12(1), pp 23-40 DOI: 10.5719/hgeo.2018.121.2
- Ndimande,N.P. and Magi, L.M. (2016). The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Zululand: a story of growth and change. In Visser G, Donaldson R, and Seethal C. (Eds), The origin and growth of Geography as a discipline at South African Universities, Sun Media, Stellebosch.
- Magi, L.M. & Ndimande, N.P. (2014): Rural tourism policies and existing conflicts in South Africa. In: Dashper, K. ed. Rural Tourism: An International Perspective. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 283-302
- Tafangenyasha C, Mthembu A, Kavhu B, Vingi K, Chikoore H, Ndimande N, Xulu S, Gcwensa N. 2016. Reanalysis of Engineering the Stabilisation and Restoration of supercritical hardpans in the Umfolozi Catchment, South Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Research and Review, 4(2) pp 432-439
- Clifford Tafangenyasha, Amos T. Mthembu, Hector Chikoore, Nothile Ndimande, Sifiso Xulu and Nonkululeko Gwcensa . 2011. Rangeland characteristics of a supercritically degraded landscape in the semi-arid area of South Africa. Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management, 2(3) pp 80-87
- Clifford Tafangenyasha, Amos T. Mthembu, Hector Chikoore, Nothile Ndimande, Sifiso Xulu and Nonkululeko Gwcensa. The effects of soil density on the vegetation of the Umfolozi Catchment (2011). Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management, 2 (1) pp. 14-24