Dr SL Ntuli
Head of Department
Qualifications:
BA, Dip (University Education), BA Hons, MA, PhD (UNIZULU), Cert (Conflict Resolution) (UNISA)
About
Dr Sibusiso L. Ntuli is currently a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of African Languages and Culture, within the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, at the University of Zululand. Dr Sibusiso is a member of the National Body of isiZulu Language. Ntuli is also a member of the African Union isiZulu Commission. He has constantly served in the review panel of the UCDP regarding language projects is a member of the KZN-PGNC (Provincial Geographic Names Committee), responsible for the standardisation of Place Names in the province. Ntuli also represented the committee at national level in the SAGNC (South African Geographical Names Council) for several years. His research niche is in Onomastics. He has written several papers on naming. He is adept in lexicography, currently in a team that is developing an ‘Online Cultural Dictionary,’ a first of its kind in isiZulu. Ntuli is involved in a LANGUAGE collaboration between UNIZULU and UNIZULU and has been instrumental in preparing an MoU between the two institutions. He has supervised to completion several Masters and Doctoral students.
Research Interests
- Onomastics (Place Naming)
- Linguistics (IsiZulu Language)
- Literature
- Indigenous knowledge systems
- Language
- Translation
- Lexicography
Professional membership
- National IsiZulu Language Body (UMZUKAZWE)
- African Union IsiZulu Commission
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Publications
- 2016 The Historical Dimensions of some Place Names in KwaZulu-Natal. Nomina Africana. Journal of the Names society in Southern Africa V. 30 (1) pp. 96-109.
- 2014 IsiZulu as Conduit for Assessing Education: Students becoming Partners in Knowledge Discovery. (Co-authored) Alternation Special Edition No 13, 2014 pp, 155-172.
- 2014 The Use of a Situational Approach in Teaching isiZulu Language to Non-Mother Tongue Speakers (co-authored). Alternation Special Edition No 13, 2014 pp, 273-291.
- 2012 Ucwaningo Lwezibongo, Umqulu Wesibili. Office of the Premier, Province of KwaZulu Natal and The University of KwaZulu-Natal.