Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum


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Who We Are

Staff
Lunga SmileLunga Smile is the curator and manager of the museum. He is a graduate of the African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies, jointly offered by UWC, UCT and the Robben Island Museum.

Lungiswa TekaLungiswa Teka is the museum administrator. After matriculating in Inyathi High School in Queenstown, Lungiswa started at the museum in 2005 as a voluntary general worker. She was promoted to receptionist in 2006 and in the same year became the museum administrator.

Nobungcwalisa NgcaniNobungcwalisa Ngcani matriculated at Ngwekazi Senior Secondary School at Mount Frere.  She started working in the museum in 2005 as a part-time cleaner.  She was promoted to the position of receptionist in 2007. 



Board of Directors
Leslie WitzLeslie Witz (Chair) is a professor in the History Department at the University of the Western Cape. His teaching and research is in the area of public history. He is the author of Apartheid’s Festival: Contesting South Africa’s National Pasts and Write Your Own History.
Ephraim NyongwanaEphraim Nyongwana was involved in the Hostel Dwellers Association, an organization which was fighting against pass laws at the height of apartheid. He serves on various bodies such as South African National Civics Organisation.
Xolani SotasheXolani Sotashe is the city councilor for Ward 86, which includes Lwandle, Rusthof, Helderberg Park and Greenways. He is serving his second term as councilor and has been very supportive of the museum since it began.
Christine MakhabaneChristine Makhabane is a community development worker who has been prominent in developing houses for the people of Lwandle as part of the People's Housing Process.
Minenkulu MoloMinenkulu Molo is a minister who serves on various school governing bodies as well as community organisations in Lwandle. He has lived in Lwandle for many years and has vast knowledge of the history of Lwandle.
Vusi ButheleziVusi Buthelezi has a MA in Public and Visual History from the University of the Western Cape and between 2002 and 2005 was the curator of the museum.
Noeleen Murray is an architect by training and has written widely on issues of spatial planning, African cities, tourism and heritage.