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CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name & Surname - Vusi Gumede Nationality - South African Email address - gumede.vusi@gmail.com Website & email - www.vusigumede.com & vusi@vusigumede.com

POST-GRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS

2003 - PhD (Economics), University of (KwaZulu) Natal

2009 - Postgraduate Diploma (Policy), University of London

1999 - MCom (Economics), University of Durban-Westville

EMPLOYMENT RECORD September 2018 to date: Professor: Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute and the

University of South Africa - Lecturing African Political Economy & Policy Studies - Coordinating research and researchers - Supervising Masters & Doctoral students - Academic citizenship & community engagement

March 2013 to Sept 2018: Professor & Head: Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute

at the University of South Africa - Managing financial & human resources of the Institute - Co-lecturing in African Political Economy & Policy Studies - Overseeing research & community engagement - Supervising Masters & Doctoral students -Practicing academic citizenship & community engagement - Participating in Senate and other university committees

June 2010 to February 2013: Associate Professor in Development Studies at the

University of Johannesburg - Lecturing Development Studies (i.e. South African Political Economy & Global Political Economy) - Supervising Honours Research Reports, Masters & Doctoral students

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November 2010 to Oct 2011: Special Advisor to the Minister of Public Enterprises, SA - Providing policy and strategy advice to the Minister

- Contributing to policy formulation for the Department - Assisting with speeches for the Minister - Advising the Department July 2003 to September 2009: Chief Policy Analyst (Deputy Director-General) in The

Presidency, SA - Supervision of analytical support, policy research and management of projects for The Presidency - Overseeing coordination of projects of the Presidency and Presidential Working Groups - Leading the writing of various policy and strategy documents of government - Providing advice to the President, Deputy President and Ministers in The Presidency - Writing and editing of various reports and documents - Managing the budget and human resources

Sept. 2001 – June 2003: Senior Economist within the Policy Coordination and

Advisory Services, in The Presidency, SA - Duties entailed analytical support, policy research and

information, coordination, administrative and/or managerial duties

- Taking part and coordinating some Presidential structures (such as Working Groups, Advisory Councils, etc) and other structures (such as Directors-General Clusters, Cabinet Committees, Extended Cabinet meetings, Special Advisors’ Forum, Senior Management, Central Diary Committee, etc) - Acted as Chief Director for the Economic Sector Chief Directorate within the Policy Unit in the Presidency for eight months – this entailed management and supervision of the Chief Directorate - Involved with the drafting/conceptualization of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) - Assisted the Economic Advisor to the President on various tasks/activities

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March 1999 – August 2001: Economic Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry - Provided economic analyses and advise to the Deputy Minister and the Minister -Provided economic policy advice, policy research and information, analytical support, coordination and project management to the Ministry - Assisted with speeches for the Minister and Deputy Minister - Contributed to policy formulation for the Department - Advised the Minister and Deputy Minister regarding Cabinet and Cabinet Committees

Jan 1999 – Feb 2001: Economist, Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency’s Policy

Research Division - Provided analytical support to the Agency and the Department of Trade and Industry regarding the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise sector - Contributed to the annual publication of the State of Small Business in South Africa and to various policy documents and research reports. - Undertook research and analysis on the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise sector

March 1998 – Dec 1998: Economist, National Institute for Economic Policy (NIEP) - Contributed to policy reports and research reports commissioned by the South African government as well as by other local and international institutions - Undertook research on the South African economy and international trade/economics

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

- Deputy President, National Council of the South African Association of Political Studies (2018 to date)

- Deputy Chairman, Southern Africa Trust (2008 to 2012) - Chairman, Southern Africa Trust (2012 to 2016) - Board member, ActionAid South Africa (2015 to date) - Member, ANC Political School Technical Committee (2018

to date) - Research Fellow/Lecturer, Graduate School of Public &

Development Management, University of Witwatersrand (2008 to 2014)

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- Facilitator/Resource Person/Reviewer, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2014 to date)

- Expert Panel Member, African Union High Level Panel on Democracy and Governance (2015 to date)

- Advisory Committee member, Institute for Justice & Reconciliation’s Transformation Audit (2014-2016)

- Distinguished Africanist Scholar, Institute for African Development at Cornell University (Summer Semester, 2008)

- Visiting Research Fellow, Michigan University, Institute for Social Research (Summer Semester, 2007)

- World Fellow, Yale University (2009) - Visiting Research Fellow, International Poverty Centre of

the UNDP in Brazil (March – June, 2007) - Research Associate, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic

Reflection (2012 to date) - Research Fellow, Molefi Kete Asante Institute for

Afrocentricity (2014 to date) - South African Association of Political Studies, Member of

the National Council (2016 to date) - Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies of African

Society (2017 to date) - Best Paper Award, International Council for Small

Business, award given at 49th World Conference (2005) - Best Paper Award, Diopian Institute for Scholarly

Advancement, given at the 29th Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference (2017)

- Visiting Researcher, Centre for the Study into African Economies, Oxford University (October – December, 2002)

- Visiting Scholar, University of Botswana (2011) - Listed in Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century,

International Biographical Center - Listed in the Top 200 Young South Africans, Mail &

Guardian - Listed in Who’s Who of Southern Africa, Media24 - Listed in Power of 40, Destiny Man Magazine

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

- Professor: Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute & UNISA (September 2018 to date)

- Professor & Head: Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, UNISA (March 2013 to date)

- Honorary Professor: University of Cape Town (June 2018 to date)

- Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg (2010 to 2013)

- Associate (part-time), P &DM, Wits (2008/9 to 2014) - Lecturer (part-time), University of Durban-Westville (1998) - Facilitator for the Public Administration Leadership and

Management Academy, South Africa (2010 -2014) - Lecturing Economics in UCT’s Graduate School of Business

(2016 to date) - Facilitator for Research Training for the University of

Mpumalanga & UNISA-Ethiopia Masters and Doctoral Training Programme (2016 to date)

- Facilitator/Resource Person for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)

- External Examinations for UCT, UJ, Wits, UNISA, UKZN and University of Pretoria

- Masters & Doctoral studies co/supervisor for UNISA, UJ, Wits, NWU and University of Pretoria

- Drafting/developing Study Guides, Syllabus and other course materials for UNISA, UJ, Wits, SA National School of Government and UCT’s Graduate School of Business

- Reviewer for the Journal of Black Studies, Africa Development, Africa Insight etc and for Wits Press, UKZN Press, etc

- Editorial Committee/Board member for the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, the Indian Human Development Journal, the International African Affairs Quarterly, the Journal of African Humanities and Social Science, the Journal of African Studies and Development, Journal of Economics and Development Studies and the Journal of Cross-Cultural Human Rights Review

- Editor-in-Chief for Africanus (Journal of Development Studies) and for Africa Insight

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PUBLICATIONS Single-author books

Gumede, V (2015), Political Economy of Post-Apartheid South Africa, CODESRIA Press (ISBN: 978-1-60497-929-9)

Gumede, V (2016), Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social & Economic Inclusion, CAMBRIA Press (ISBN: 978-2-86978-704-9)

Guest Edited Journals

Gumede, V (2015), Transforming Global Relations for a Just World – special issue of Africa Development (Vol. 40, No. 3, 2015) (ISSN: 0850—390)

Gumede, V (2016), The Quest for Inclusive Development in Africa – special issue of Africa Insight (Vol. 46, No. 1, 2016) (ISSN: 0256280-4)

Edited books

Gumede, V, Segobye, A, Gutto, S and Djoyou Kamga, S (2019), Re-Awakening and Shaping Africa’s Future in a Globalized World, Africa World Press

Gumede, V (2018), Inclusive Development in Africa: Transforming Global Relations, AISA & CODESRIA Press

Oloruntoba, S and Gumede, V (2018), State and Development in Post-Independent in Africa, Pan-African University Press

Prah, K and Gumede, V (2018), Africa-China Partnerships and Relations, Africa World Press

Ngang, C, Djoyou Kamga, S and Gumede, V (2018), Perspectives on the Right to Development, Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)

Gumede, V (ed) (2016), Great Recession and Implications for Human Values: Lessons for Africa, Real African Publishers

Muchie, M, Gumede, V, Oloruntoba, S and Achu, C (eds) (2016), Regenerating Africa: Bringing African Solutions to African Problems, AISA Press

Muchie, M, Gumede, V, Lukhele-Olorunju, P and Demissie, H (eds.) (2014), Unite of Perish: Africa Fifty Years After the Founding of the OAU, AISA Press

Gumede, V, Oloruntoba, S, and Kamga, S (forthcoming), Regional Integration and Migration in Africa, CODESRIA Press

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Journal papers • Gumede, V. Social Policy for Inclusive Development in Africa, Third World

Quarterly, 2018, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 122-139

• Gumede, V. Illicit Financial Flows in Southern Africa: Exploring Implications for

Socio-economic Development (with David Fadiran), Africa Development, 2018,

Vol. 43, No. 4. pp. 127-153

• Gumede, V. Presidencies and Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa, Politeia,

2017, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1-17

• Gumede, V. Leadership for Africa’s Development: Revisiting Indigenous African

Leadership and Setting the Agenda for Political Leadership, Journal of Black

Studies, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2017, pp. 74-90

• Gumede, V. Towards a Better Socio-Economic Development Approach for Africa’s

Renewal, Africa Insight, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2016, pp. 89-105

• Gumede, V. Educational Reforms and Curriculum Transformation in Post-

apartheid South Africa (with Mduduzi Biyase), Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2016, pp. 69-76

• Gumede, V. Exploring the Role of Thought Leadership, Thought Liberation and

Critical Consciousness for Africa’s Development, Africa Development, Vol. 40, No.

4, 2015, pp. 99-111

• Gumede, V. Land Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Should South Africa

Follow on Zimbabwe’s Footsteps?, International Journal for African Renaissance

Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2014, pp. 50-68

• Gumede, V. Public Policy Making in a Post-Apartheid South Africa – A Preliminary Perspective, Africanus: Journal of Development Studies, 2008, Vol 38, No. 2, pp. 7-23

• Gumede, V. Export propensities and intensities of Small Manufacturing Enterprises in South Africa, Small Business Economics: An International Journal, 2004, Volume 22, Issue 5, pp. 379-389

• Gumede, V. Export Elasticities for South African Manufacturing – A time-series approach, Studies in Economic and Econometrics, 2003, Vol 27, No. 1, pp. 39-55

• Gumede, V. Small Manufacturing Enterprises and Exporting in South Africa: A Preliminary Assessment of Key Export Success Factors (with Kamilla Rasmussen), Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2002, Vol 9, No. 2, pp.162-171

• Gumede, V. Import Demand Elasticities for South Africa: A Co-integration Approach, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2000, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 21-38

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Book chapters

• Gumede, V. (2019), Rethinking and Reclaiming Development in Africa, In Mpofu,

B and Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S (Eds), Rethinking and Unthinking Development:

Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe, Berghahn

Books

• Gumede, V. (2018), Poverty and Inequality in Africa: An Agenda for Post-2015

Development (2018). In Oloruntoba, S et al (Eds), State and Development in

Independent Africa, Pan-African University Press.

• Gumede, V (2018), Rethinking socio-economic policies and state-capital relations

in South Africa. In Gumede, V (2018), Inclusive Development in Africa:

Transforming Global Relations, AISA & CODESRIA Press

• Gumede, V. (2017), Regional Integration and African Renaissance: Moving

Beyond the Rhetoric (with Samuel Oloruntoba). In Landsburg, C (Eds), Africa Rise

Up: Perspectives on Africa's Renewal, Real African Publishers

• Gumede, V. (2017), Transformation and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South

Africa. In Lefko-Everett, K, Govender, R and Foster, D (Eds), Rethinking

Reconciliation: Evidence from South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town.

• Gumede, V (ed) (2016), Unpacking the Great Recession and Its Implications, In Gumede, V (ed) (2016), Great Recession and Implications for Human Values: Lessons for Africa, Real African Publishers

• Gumede, V. Public Policy Making in South Africa. In Suzanne Graham and Chris

Landsberg (editors), South African Government and Politics: Coming of Age,

(2016) Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers

• Gumede, V. Regional Integration in Africa: Nigeria and South Africa as Regional

Hegemons (2016) (pp.32-48). With Oloruntoba, S In Muchie, M, Gumede, V,

Oloruntoba, S and Achu, C (eds), Regenerating Africa: Bringing African Solutions

to African Problems, AISA Press

• Gumede, V. The Elusive Pursuit of Inclusive Development in Post-apartheid South

Africa (pp. 113-128). In Porteilla, R, et al (2016) (Eds), Afrique du Sud: 20 Ans De

Democratie Contrastee, Paris Etudes Africaines: L’Harmattan

• Gumede, V. Economic Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa (pp. 226-246). In De

Jager, N (2015) (Ed), South African Politics, Oxford University Press

• Gumede, V. Racial Inequality in Democratic South Africa (pp. 91-106). In Mangcu, X (2015) (Ed), The Colour of Our Future: Race and Identity in South Africa, Johannesburg: Wits Press

• Gumede, V. Public policy making and public sector reforms: a case of education

in South Africa (pp. 61-80). In Yusuf S, Kanjee A, and Nkomo M (Eds) (2013), The

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search for quality in post-apartheid South Africa: Interventions to improve

learning and teaching, (2013), Cape Town: HSRC Press

• Gumede, V. African Economic Renaissance as a Paradigm for Africa’s Socio-

Economic Development (pp. 436-457). In Kondlo, K (2013), Investing in Thought

Leadership for Africa’s Renewal, Pretoria: AISA Press

• Gumede, V. Socio-Economic Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa:

Progress and Challenges (pp. 278-296). In Ngcaweni, B (editor) (2014), The

Future We Chose: Emerging Perspectives on the Centenary of the ANC, Pretoria:

AISA Press

• Gumede, V. Poverty and Poverty Lines in South Africa (pp. 285-290). In Bhorat, H,

Hirsch, A, Kanbur, R and Ncube, M (Eds) (2014), Oxford Companion to the

Economics of South Africa. Oxford University Press

• Gumede, V. Foreign Direct Investment and Intra-Africa Trade: The Role of African Governments in the Context of African Renaissance (pp. 263-276). With TK Pooe. In Muchie, M, Gumede, V, Lukhele-Olorunju, P and Demissie, H (Eds.) (2014), Unite of Perish: Africa Fifty Years After the Founding of the OAU, Pretoria: AISA Press

• Gumede, V. The role of public policies and policy makers in Africa: Responding to the global economic crises (pp. 247-263). In Ndulo, M and Lee, D (Eds) (2011), Food and Financial Crises and their impacts on achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (2011), Cambridge, MA: CABI International

• Gumede, V. Policy Making in South Africa (pp. 165-183). In Chris Landsberg and Albert Venter (editors), South African Government and Politics, (2011) Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers

• Gumede, V. Global Civics Syllabus: Introduction to Concepts and Theories (pp.

107-136). With Graham Finlay. In Altinay, H (Ed) (2011), Global Civics: Rights and

Responsibilities in an Interdependent World, Washington, DC: Brookings

Institution Press

• Gumede, V. Small and Medium Manufacturing in South Africa: Constraints and

Opportunities (pp.9-26). In Roberts, S (Ed), Sustainable Manufacturing? 2006,

Cape Town: Juta Academic Press

Other publications

• Gumede, V. Transformation and Reconciliation Post-Apartheid South Africa

(2017) (pp. 193-197). In Lefko-Everett, K, Govender, R and Foster, D (Eds),

Rethinking Reconciliation: Evidence from South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town.

• Gumede, V. The Millennium Development Goals: Towards the Post-2015

Development Agenda for South Africa. In Hofmeyer, J and Nyoka, A (2014),

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Breaking the Mould: Prospects for Radical Socio-economic Transformation, Cape

Town, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (ISBN: 978-1-920677-84-8)

• Gumede, V. Social and Economic Inclusion in Post-apartheid South Africa. In

Hofmeyer, J (2011), From Inequality to Inclusive Growth: South Africa’s Pursuit of

Shared Prosperity in Extraordinary Times, Cape Town, Institute for Justice and

Reconciliation (ISBN: 978-1-920219-35-2)

• Gumede, V. Poverty in Post-apartheid South Africa. In Hofmeyer, J (2009),

Recession and Recovery, Cape Town, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

(ISBN: 978-1-920219-17-8)

• Gumede, V. Poverty and second economy dynamics in South Africa: An attempt

to measure the extent of the problem and clarify concepts (Development Policy

Research Unit Working Paper 08/133, June 2008 )

• Gumede, V. Social Protection in Latin America and Africa (Institute for Africa’s

Development, Cornell University, Africa Notes, Summer 2008)

• Gumede, V. Is Government optimally poised to achieve set objectives and targets

in time? (Service Delivery Review, 2007, Volume 5, number 3)

• Gumede, V. Import Performance and Import Demand Functions for South Africa

(SADC Trade & Development Working Paper number 28, July 2000)

• Gumede, V. Growth and Exporting of Small and Medium Enterprises in South

Africa (Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies Working Paper number 9, July 2000)

• Gumede, V. Import Demand Elasticities for South Africa: Application of Recent

Time-Series Econometric Techniques (TIPS Annual Forum Paper, 15 June 1999)

• Gumede, V. Developmental States Are Still a Pipedream in Africa (The Thinker: A

Pan-African Quarterly for Thought Leaders, Vol. 19, 2010, pp. 36-37)

• Gumede, V. The South African Developmental State in the Making (The Thinker: A

Pan-African Quarterly for Thought Leaders, Vol. 25, 2011, pp. 36-39)

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Recent Papers presented in conferences

• Gumede, V. Social Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa (UNISA Conference in

Honour of late Minister Zola Skweyiya, UNISA, Pretoria, 2-3 October 2018)

• Gumede, V. Unpacking Development in the Context of Africa – What is

Development (University of Pretoria Right to Development Colloquium, Pretoria,

15-17 August 2018)

• Gumede, V. Social and Economic Implications of Illicit Financial Flows in Africa

(UK African Studies Association Conference, Birmingham, 11-13 September

2018)

• Gumede, V. Illicit Financial Flows in Africa (TrustAfrica/UNECA IFFs Symposium,

Addis Ababa, 27-29 June 2018)

• Gumede, V. Unemployment and Inequalities in Africa (UCT International

Inequalities Conference, Cape Town, 15 June 2018)

• Gumede, V. Revisiting Regional Integration for Africa’s Development (9th African

Unity for Renaissance Conference, Pretoria, 23-25 May 2018)

• Gumede, V. China and Africa’s Industrialization (African Studies Association

Conference, Johannesburg, Rosebank, South Africa, 25-28 May 2018)

• Gumede, V. Social and Economic Development in Post-apartheid South Africa

(Temple University, Philadelphia, 20 April 2018)

• Gumede, V. Culture, Identity and Africa’s Renaissance (International Studies

Association Conference, San Francisco, California, 9-12 April 2018)

• Gumede, V. Reflections on the Political Economy of Post-apartheid South Africa

(University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, 30 May 2017)

• Gumede, V. Pan-Africanism, African Nationalism and Development in Africa

(University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 16-18 June 2017)

• Gumede, V. Revisiting Development Discourse: The Role of Social Policy (Basel

University African Studies Conference, Switzerland, 27 June-2 July 2017)

• Gumede, V. Poverty and Inequality in Africa: An Agenda for Post-2015

Development (Chronic Poverty Research Network Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 3-

4 May 2017)

• Gumede, V. Illicit Financial Flows in Africa: Policies, Institutions and Regulation

(International Conference on Money, Security and Democratic Governance in

Africa, Bamako, Mali, 19-20 October 2017)

• Gumede, V. Critical Consciousness and Thought Liberation (Morocco Royal

Academy and MINDS Colloquium on African Scholarship, 29-30 November 2016,

Rabat, Morocco)

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• Gumede, V. Problematizing the Africa Rising Narrative (Towards a Better Africa

Summit, 6 – 8 October 2016, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa)

• Gumede, V. Reconciliation and Development in Post-apartheid South Africa (UCT-UWC Freedom is Power Colloquium, Cape Town, South Africa, 31 June – 1 July 2016)

• Gumede, V. Developmental States in Africa (United Nations Economic

Commission for Africa and Pan-African Strategic and Policy Research Group

Roundtable on Industrialization and Regional Integration in Africa, Pretoria,

South Africa, 26-27 August 2016)

• Gumede, V. Political Economy of Post-apartheid South Africa:

Development, Reconciliation, Justice & Freedom (SAAPS Conference, University

of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, 31 August-2 September 2016)

• Gumede, V. Social Policy for Inclusive Development in Africa: Revisiting

Development Discourse (Conference to honour the life & work of Professor

Thandika Mkandawire and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Kampala

Declaration, Lilongwe, Malawi, 11-13 April 2016)

• Gumede, V. Regional Integration and African Renaissance: Moving beyond the

rhetoric (14th CODESRIA General Assembly, Dakar, June 8-12, 2015)

• Gumede, V. Advancing African Leadership: Thought Liberation & Thought

Leadership for the further renewal of the African continent (4th Afrocentricity

International Convention, Harare, Zimbabwe, 21-23 May 2015)

• Gumede, V. Poverty and Inequality in Africa: Towards a Post-2015 Development

Agenda for Africa (India-Africa Conference, India, New Delhi 4-5 December 2014)

• Gumede, V. Democratic Developmental State in Post-apartheid South Africa: The

Dream Deferred? SAAPS Conference, UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa, 10 – 12

September 2014)

• Gumede, V. Youth Development and Women Empowerment in an Evolving South

African Developmental State (Institute of Justice and Reconciliation Roundtable

on Sustainable Development Goals, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-7 August 2015)

• Gumede, V. Exploring Racial and Political Inequalities in South Africa (World

Social Science Forum, Durban, South Africa, 13-16 September 2015)

• Gumede, V. The Citizen, the State and the Market (UNECA Regional Roundtable

on African Economic Integration, Lusaka, Zambia, 23–25 November 2015)

• Gumede, V. Africans against Africans: Identity Crisis and the Imperative of

Thought Liberation for Africa’s Development (16th Annual Africa Conference,

Texas, USA, 24-26 March 2015)

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• Gumede, V. Towards a New Development Agenda for Africa’s Development

(Concerned Africans Forum Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-10

November 2015)

• Gumede, V. New Paradigms for African Leadership in the Context of Thought

Liberation & Thought Leadership for the further renewal of the African continent

(Center for Africa Studies, University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa,

24 July 2015)

• Gumede, V. Leadership for Change in Africa: The Case for African Leadership

(Leadership Summit, Mbabane, Swaziland, 17 July 2014)

• Gumede, V. Inclusive Development in Post-apartheid South Africa (20 Years of

Democracy in South Africa Conference, Dijon, France 24-26 September 2014)

• Gumede, V. Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance for Africa’s Renewal (UNDP-

APRM Colloquium and OAU 50th Anniversary, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-25 May,

2013)

• Gumede, V. African Integration and Competitiveness (BrandSA & Department of

Trade and Industry Session of African Diplomatic Corps, Pretoria, South Africa, 30

September 2013)

• Gumede, V. Land and Agrarian Reforms in Southern Africa (Pan-African

Roundtable on Land and Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 – 20 June 2013)

• Gumede, V. Towards a Critically Conscious Citizenry (Nelson Mandela

Metropolitical University Colloquium on Prompting Critical Consciousness, Port

Elizabeth, South Africa, 8 – 9 August 2013)

• Gumede, V. South Africa as a democratic developmental state. (University of

Cape Town African Studies Institute Seminar, Cape Town, South Africa, 12 June

2012)

• Gumede, V. Education Reforms in South Africa: Possible Lessons for Nigeria (Oyo

State Education Summit, Ibadan, Nigeria, 24-25 May 2012)

• Gumede, V. A Post-2015 Development Agenda for Africa (Post-2015

Development Agenda African Conference on Measuring Well-being and

Fostering the Progress of Societies, Rabat, Morocco, 19-21 April 2012)

• Gumede, V. Millennium Development Goals in post-apartheid South Africa

(United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Consultative Forum

on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, New York, USA, 26-27 February 2012)

• Gumede, V. Prospects and Challenges for the South African Developmental State

(Informational Development & Human Development Conference, Stellenbosch

University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 13 August 2011)

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• Gumede, V. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Post-apartheid South

Africa, (Association for Social Science Research Initiative, Accra, Ghana, 22-23

July 2011)

• Gumede, V. Inequality and Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa (Brown

University Advanced Research Institute’s Inequality and Development Institute

Guest Lecture, Providence, USA, 15 June 2010)

• Gumede, V. Poverty, Human Development and Developmental State in Post-

apartheid South Africa (Institute of Justice and Reconciliation- Sunday

Independent Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria/Tshwane, South Africa, 28

July 2010)

Recent Conferences/Colloquia/Symposia/Roundtables

2010

Brown University Advanced Research Institute’s Inequality and Development

Institute Guest Lecture, Providence, USA, 15 June 2010

Institute of Justice and Reconciliation-Sunday Independent Workshop, Sheraton

Hotel, Pretoria/Tshwane, South Africa, 28 July 2010

University of Johannesburg Seminar on Poverty and Second Economy, Soweto

Campus, 13 August 2010

2011

Informational Development & Human Development Conference, Stellenbosch

University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 13 August 2011

Association for Social Science Research Initiative, Accra, Ghana, 22-23 July 2011

London School of Economics & SOAS Workshop on the Developmental Role of

State Owned Enterprises, London, 16-17 September 2011

2012

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Consultative Forum

on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, New York, USA, 26-27 February 2012

UN Post-2015 Development Agenda African Conference on Measuring Well-

being and Fostering the Progress of Societies, Rabat, Morocco, 19-21 April 2012

University of Cape Town African Studies Institute Seminar, Cape Town, South

Africa, 12 June 2012

Oyo State Education Summit, Ibadan, Nigeria, 24-25 May 2012

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2013

Global Civics Conference - 16 May 2013, University of Pretoria, Pretoria

UNDP-APRM Colloquium and OAU 50th Anniversary – 19 – 26 May 2013, Addis

Ababa

Pan-African Roundtable on Land and Agriculture – 16 – 20 June 2013, Addis

Ababa

NMMU Colloquium on Prompting Critical Consciousness – 8 – 9 August 2013,

Port Elizabeth

Conference on African State Formation and Bureaucracy in Comparative

Perspective – 17 – 19 September 2013, Wits, Johannesburg

BrandSA & Department of Trade and Industry Session with African Diplomatic

Corps, Pretoria, CSIR, 30 September 2013

2014

8th Pan-African Congress– 14 – 16 January 2016, Witwatersrand University,

Johannesburg

African Union and Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation Youth Summit – 28-29 January

2014, Addis Ababa

Tana Africa (Former Heads of States & Governments) Forum - Ethiopia, Bahir Dar

– 23 – 28 April 2016

International Symposium on Human Development – 27 April - 1 May 2014, India,

New Delhi

CODESRIA 40th Anniversary Conference – 8 – 12 June 2014, Dakar, Senegal

African Leadership Summit – 17 – 19 2014, Swaziland, Mbabane

South African Association of Political Science Conference – 10 – 12 September

2016, UNISA, Pretoria

20 Years of Democracy Conference – 23 – 26 September 2014, Dijon, France

Second Pan-African Round Table Dialogue on Land – 5 – 8 November 2014,

Dakar, Senegal

2015

Conference on Peacebuilding in Africa: evolving challenges, responses and new

African thinking – 23– 25 February 2016, Winston House, West Sussex, UK

African Higher Education Summit on Revitalizing Higher Education for Africa’s

Future – 9 – 13 March 2015, Dakar, Senegal

The 4th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa – 17– 20 April 2015, Bahir

Dar, Ethiopia

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An International Interdisciplinary Conference: 40th Anniversary of UNISA’s

Research Institute for Theology and Religion – 21–24 April 2015, UNISA, Pretoria

Afrocentricity International’s Convention – 20– 22 May 2015, Zimbabwe, Harare

African Unity for African Renaissance Conference – 22 – 25 May 2015, University

of Johannesburg, South Africa

14th General Assembly of CODESRIA – 8–13 June 2015, Dakar, Senegal

World Association for Political Economy Conference – 19–21 June 2015,

Johannesburg, South Africa

2015 Toyin Falola Conference – 2 – 4 July 2015, UNISA, Pretoria

2015 World Social Science Forum: Transforming Global Relations for a Just World

– 13 – 16 September 2016, Durban, South Africa

Third Pan-African Roundtable Dialogue on Land – 20– 23 September 2015,

Harare, Zimbabwe

African Economy and the Global Economic Recession Colloquium – 30

September 2015, UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa

Regional Workshop on Accounting for Progress on Regional Integration:

Evidence and Accountability – 23–25 November 2015, Lusaka, Zambia

2016

Tshwane University of Technology Innovation and Regional Integration

Colloquium – 9 – 11 March 2016, Pretoria, South Africa

Yale University’s China-Africa Symposium, 13 – 18 March 2016, Lagos, Nigeria

Colloquium on Thinking African. Epistemological Issues followed by the

Conference on Academic Freedom in Africa: 25 Years after the Kampala

Declaration. Issues, Challenges and Prospects, 11 – 14 April 2016, Malawi,

Lilongwe

African Unity Conference, 22 – 25 May 2016, Pretoria, South Africa

Anti-discrimination project launch, 13 – 17 June 2016, London, United Kingdom

UCT Freedom is Power Colloquium, 29 June - 2 July2016 , Cape Town, South

Africa

The International Conference on Decolonising the University, UNISA, 17 – 18

August 2016, Pretoria, South Africa

South African Association of Political Studies Conference, 30 August – 4

September 2016, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

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Fourth Pan-African Roundtable Dialogue Land Reform and Agrarian Conflicts in

post-colonial Africa: Implications on Agricultural Production, Industrial

Production and Food Security, 6 – 8 September 2016, Pretoria, South Africa

Towards a Better Africa Summit, 6 – 8 October 2016, Stellenbosch University,

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Morocco Royal Academy and MINDS Colloquium on African Scholarship, 29-30

November 2016, Rabat, Morocco

2017

Human Sciences Research Council and Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Colloquium on Governance and Development, 22– 23 February 2017, Boksburg,

South Africa

6th Tana High-Level Forum on the Security, 19–24 April 2017, Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia

Chronic Poverty Advisory Network Colloquium, 1-5 May 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

7th African Unity for Renaissance International Conference, 22-24 May 2017,

Pretoria, South Africa

University of the Western Cape Seminar, 30 May 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation Pan-African Pantheon

Conference, 16-18 June, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

7th European Conference on African Studies, 27 June – 2 July 2017, Basel,

Switzerland

CODESRIA Democratic Governance Institute, 4-15 August 2017, Dakar, Senegal

International Conference on Money, Security and Democratic Governance in

Africa, 19-20 October 2017, Bamako, Mali

2018 • South African Association of Political Studies Conference, University of Pretoria,

1-3 October 2018

• UNISA Conference in Honour of late Minister Zola Skweyiya, UNISA, Pretoria, 2-3

October 2018

• University of Pretoria Right to Development Colloquium, Pretoria, 15-17 August

2018

• UK African Studies Association Conference, Birmingham, 11-13 September 2018

• UNECA 2nd Roundtable on Industrialization and Regional Integration in Africa, 24-

27 July 2018

• TrustAfrica/UNECA IFFs Symposium, Addis Ababa, 27-29 June 2018

• UCT International Inequalities Conference, Cape Town, 15 June 2018

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• 9th African Unity for Renaissance Conference, Pretoria, 23-25 May 2018

• African Studies Association Conference, Johannesburg, Rosebank, South Africa,

25-28 May 2018

• International Studies Association Conference, United States, California, San

Francisco, 9-12 April 2018

Recent Research Reports/Projects

• Evaluation of the Regionalization Approach of the UNDP (2010)

• United Nation’s Post-2015 Development Agenda (2012 – 2014)

• OECD’s Measuring Wellbeing Project (2012 – 2014)

• UNDP South Africa 2011 Annual Report (2012)

• Migration & Regional Integration in Africa (2015-2018)

• Illicit Financial Flows in Africa (2015-2018)

• Antidiscrimination in developing countries ((2015-2017)

• UNESCO-Financial Markets in Africa (2017)

• Development Thinking in Africa (2017 to date)

• Unpacking the African economy (2018 to date)

Curricula/Syllabi Design

Design of Public Policy Module (Approaches to Policy Making) for the Wits

University’s Public and Development Management School (2008)

Design of Policy Formulation and Implementation module for the Public

Administration Leadership and Management Academy, South Africa (2009)

Design of Economics module for the Public Administration Leadership and

Management Academy, South Africa (2010)

Design of modules and Short-Learning Programmes for the Thabo Mbeki African

Leadership Institute (2011 – to date)

UCT Macroeconomics and Microeconomics modules (2016 to date)

Design of Honours curricula (Economics & Development Studies) for the

University of Mpumalanga (2019)

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JOURNAL EDITORSHIP

Guest Editor, Africa Development (Vol. 40, Number 3, 2015)

Interim Editor, Africanus: Journal of Development Studies (June 2016 to date)

Editor, Journal of African Studies and Development (2009 to date)

Editor, Africa Insight (2016 to date)

Member, Editorial Committee of Journal of African Humanities and Social Science (2014 to date)

Member, Editorial Committee of International Journal for African Renaissance Studies (2014 to date)

Member, Editorial Committee of Indian Journal for Human Development (2015 to date)

Member, Editorial Committee of Africa in the World Quarterly (2017 to date)

Member, Editorial Committee of Cross-cultural Human Rights Review (2018 to date)

RESEARCH GRANTS

Postdoctoral research (National Research Foundation)

Visiting Fellowship at Cornell University (Institute of African Development)

Fellowship at Michigan University (Institute for Social Research)

Fellowship at International Policy Center in Brazil (United Nations Development Programme)

Yale University Fellowship (Yale World Fellows Programme)

Research on Human Development in South Africa (National Research Foundation)

Research on Migration and Regional Integration in Africa (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa)

Research on Illicit Financial Flows in Southern Africa (TrustAfrica)

New book on South Africa (OMT)

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MASTERS & DOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED

STUDENT NAME

STUDENT NO SUPER-VISOR

CO-SUPER-VISOR

DEGREE TITLE

DATE OF 1st

REGISTR-ATION

STATUS

Masters

David Mohale

438665 Vusi Gumede

MA (WSG mini-dissertation)

Placement of Municipalities Under Administration: The Case of Free State Municipalities

March 2012

Graduated in Nov 2013

Moorosi Leshoele

683710 Vusi Gumede

MA (WSG mini-dissertation)

Implications of Public Funding for Early Learning in South Africa: A Case of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng

January 2015

Graduated in May 2016

Agnes Njua 761388 Vusi Gumede

MA (WSG mini-dissertation)

Implications of Economic Partnership Agreements on Agriculture – The Case of Kenya’s Horticultural Sub-sector

July 2014 Graduated in March 2016

Nkanyezi Msimango

55779549 Vusi Gumede

MA (UNISA) The role of China in socio–economic development in Nigeria

April 2014 Graduated in June 2017

Ayalew Kibret Dessie

48443506 Vusi Gumede

MA (UNISA) The Role of Coffee in Socio-Economic Development in Ethiopia – The case of Borecha District, Illuababora Zone within the Oromia Region

June 2015 Graduated in Sept 2017

Maanda Ndlovu

48678376 Vusi Gumede

Tendayi Sithole

MA (UNISA) Frantz Fanon and the Critique of

Feb 2016 Graduated in May 2018

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Socio-economic Development in post-apartheid South Africa

Abiel Mahlatsi

811611 Vusi Gumede

MA (WSG mini-dissertation)

Perceptions of the employees of the South African Broadcasting Corporation regarding performance management

Feb 2017 Graduated in Sept 2018

PhD

William Mpofu

50342843 Prof Stefan Sonderling

Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) Thabo Mbeki: A Philosopher of Liberation - A Study in Political Rhetoric

July 2014 Graduated in Sept 2017

David Mohale

42953502 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) The Role of Local Government in the Construction of a Democratic Developmental State in South Africa

March 2015

Graduated in May 2018

Nyasha Mayanga

43662641 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) The Role of an Unconditional Social Cash Transfer Intervention in Strengthening or Weakening Social Capital in Zimbabwe

June 2015 Graduated in Sept 2018

Mduduzi Biyase

200621352

Prof Fiona Tregenna

Vusi Gumede

D.Com (UJ) Determinants of Remittances and Poverty in South Africa

July 2012 Graduated in June 2018

Kagiso Pooe 25753940 Prof Muhlya Lukamba

Vusi Gumede

PhD (NWU) Implications of the Gauteng Growth and Development Strategy on the Sedibeng Local Economic Development

June 2015 Graduated in Oct 2018

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Etenesh Asfaw

55767400 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) Farmers’ Collective Action and Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia

Feb 2015 Graduated in March 2019

Nhlalala Tlakula

920208607 Vusi Gumede

Prof David Moore

PhD (UJ) Agricultural Worker Cooperatives and Participants’ Well-Being in Limpopo Province: A Case of Greater Giyani Municipal Area

April 2012 Graduating in 2019

Raymond Chipfakacha

61560413 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) Effects of conservation farming in Zimbabwe: The case of Umguza district in the post 2000 land reform programme

Sept 2016 Submitted for examination

Moorosi Leshoele

45775389 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance in Contemporary Africa: Lessons from Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara

Feb 2017 Submiting for examination

Sello Mosai 47261161 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) Implications of Global Value-Chains for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in the South African Platinum Group Metals

Oct 2016 Submiting for examination

Tilahun Argaw

58554807 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UNISA) Coping Mechanisms of Food Insecure Households in Urban Ethiopia

March 2017

Submiting for examination

Beatrice Maphosa

62087061 Vusi Gumede

PhD (UP) Distributive Justice: Water Allocation Reform in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality

July 2017 Submiting for examination

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REFEREES Prof. Thenjiwe Meyiwa Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of South Africa Email: meyiwt@unisa.ac.za Mr Joel Netshitenzhe Former Head of the Policy Unit in the Presidency Email: KhathuN@mistra.org.za Prof. Funmi Olonisakin Vice-President/Principal, Kings College London Email: funmi.olonisakin@kcl.ac.uk