Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga

Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga is a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also a contract Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg in the Department of Communication and Media in South Africa. Previously, he was a lecturer and Teaching Assistant at Lupane State University and National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. Mbongeni is affiliated with CSLS as a Co-Investigator on a British Academy’s ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Project Program funded project on women’s experience in fragile and conflict-affected states.

Mbongeni completed his DLitt et Phil in Communication Studies at the University of Johannesburg in 2022, funded by Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project. His doctoral dissertation interrogated the role of political satire in constructing national identity in Zimbabwe, focusing on Magamba and Bustop TV YouTube channels.