PhD fellows

Erin Hazan is a PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is currently conducting research into expressions of gender for women prisoners, imprisoned in the Transvaal during the twentieth century. Her previous research on the gendered nature of the 1927 Immorality Act was the focus of an MSc in African Studies at Oxford University. Erin is also a research assistant on the South Africa’s Hidden War: Histories of Sexual Violence from Apartheid to the Present project, based at the University of Exeter. She has a keen focus on gender and feminist history.

Kabir attained his Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Geography from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and his Masters in Public Policy from National Law School of University, Bengaluru. Currently, he is doing a Ph.D. from the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environment Studies, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. Kabir's Ph.D. is focused on the home as a place of work in the lives of waste-pickers in Bangalore. Since, 2014, he has coordinated the Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers, a national network of waste-pickers organizations in India. He has been a part of the support team coordinating the Global Alliance of Waste-pickers.

Kuda Manjonjo is a democratic activist based in Zimbabwe. His main interests are community-led socio-economic political activism and the growth of the global solidarity economy. He has held professional roles in both academia and civil society. This has been in the education, agriculture, and renewable energy industries. Kuda's academic interests are in labor financialization, labor, and the political economy. He is also the author of the fiction book, ‘Aluta Continua-The Struggle Continues,’ and holds an MA in Labour and Globalization from the University of Witwatersrand. He is currently undertaking his Ph.D. studies at the University of Witwatersrand.

Delton Muianga is a postdoctoral fellow and researcher in the Climate Change and Inequality Research Group at SCIS. His research focuses on critical minerals for energy transition, economic development, and climate change in Southern Africa. He has more than 10 years of experience in executive, policy research, and senior advisory roles for the Government of Mozambique and international development partners, including the EU, USAID, FCDO, and the World Bank.

Delton Muianga recently served as the Economic Governance Portfolio Manager for the USAID-Supporting the Policy Enabling Environment for Development program, where he supported public finance management and extractive sector policy reforms in Mozambique. His most recent contributions include supporting the Government of Mozambique in establishing the Sovereign Wealth Fund and implementing the Community Benefit Sharing Law for Natural Resources.

He holds three master’s degrees: a Master’s in political science from the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil), a Master’s in Applied Development Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), and an LL.M. in Law – International Mineral Law and Policy from the University of Dundee (UK). He also holds an Executive Certificate in High-Performance Leadership from the University of Oxford (UK). Delton Muianga is a recipient of the Rio Tinto Fellowship for the LL.M. in Mineral Law and Policy at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee.