Ms Gontse Lebakeng

nGAP Lecturer

Qualifications:

BA Humanities, BA hons Philosophy, MA Philosophy

About

Ms Gontse Lebakeng is an nGAP lecturer of Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Zululand and a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg. She is a member of the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science and Philosophical Society of Southern Africa. Gontse’s work focuses on the intersection of gender, race and social epistemology. Currently, she is researching how epistemic injustice can help in understanding imposter syndrome as if affects black women. In 2019, she won the Lembede Essay prize competition and has recently published a paper entitled The Power-Corruption Link in Politics: A Philosophical Analysis. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development (2024).

Research Interests

• Social Epistemology,
• Social and Structural Injustice,
• Epistemic injustice,
• Imposter syndrome

Professional membership

• ACEPS,
• PSSA