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Gilbert Motsaathebe “alias Thatayaone Motsaathebe” (born December 26, 1973) is a South African media/communication expert, author and academic who has taught around the world. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, Film, and Television at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

He is an accredited mentor in the field of broadcast journalism. As an academic and practitioner, his research interests include topics on media and gender, journalism education and practice, television journalism, post-apartheid cinema, and indigenous language media.

Gilbert Motsaathebe received his education in South Africa and India. He completed a BA Communication degree (majoring in Broadcast Journalism, Psychology and English) at the North-West University in 1996 and proceeded to do his BA honors degree and MA (with focus on media, gender, and development) at the same university. He read for BA honors in English at the University of Cape Town in 2001. He was a SEPHIS fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society in Bangalore, India between 2010 and 2011.He later graduated with a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand.

He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, Film, and Television at the University of Johannesburg.

He has a long career history in academia, media industry and government. Some of the positions he held previously include:

Research Fellow at the University of South Africa.

Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at the United Arab Emirates University.

Senior Lecturer of Journalism at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town.

Manager Media Relations at the Office of the Premier, North West Provincial Government, South Africa.

News Producer at eTV in Cape Town.

TV News Producer at Bop TV and later SABC, Mafikeng, South Africa.

Language Teacher in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

SEPHIS Felow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society in Bangalore, India.

As an author, his published work include self-help book, The Ultimate You(Published in the USA) and the feminist novel Basadi Lwa Reng(published in South Africa).

In addition he has published over 20 academic articles and chapters in accredited peer-reviewed journals and books.

He also serves in various editorial boards of intetnational academic journals and has reviewed for some of the best top-ranking academic journals in the field of media studies, rhetoric,  politics, and black studies.

He is an alumnus of the acclaimed International Visiting Leadership Program (IVLP).

He is affiliated to the following academic societies and organizations:

World Journalism Education Council (WJEC)

South African Communication Association (SACOMM)

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)

Higher Education, Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA)

He has actively chaired sessions, panel discussions, delivered keynote addresses, and read more than twenty papers at national and international conferences.

Awards

SEPHIS Award (2011)

National Research Foundation (NRF) Award (2018).