Rate My Professor Sibusisiwe Mlambo

Sibusisiwe Mlambo is a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. She holds an Honours degree in Public Diplomacy, a Master’s degree in Community Development, and a PhD in Public Management with a special focus on Peacebuilding. Her research focuses on intervention strategies for violence by young people and the intergenerational transmission of trauma and violence experienced by the older generation who participated in the political struggle during apartheid South Africa. Mlambo is interested in healing through storytelling and promoting peaceful coexistence among foreign nationals and local people alike.

Mlambo serves as a Research Associate in a project examining the religious and spiritual lives of transnational young people of African migrant backgrounds. She is affiliated with the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities. In collaboration with Bernard Matolino, she co-authored the article “Negotiating the present, facing the past: postcolonial politics and transnational youth experiences in South Africa,” published in 2026. Her work contributes to understanding postcolonial politics, migration, youth identities, and related themes in the South African context.