Biography
Kabelo Mbuyisa-Seonyane was born in Rietvallei Ext. 2 a township in Krugersdorp in the West of Johannesburg, Gauteng. He matriculated from Thathulwazi WR High School and graduated Cum Laude from a B.Ed in Senior Phase & FET and triple majored in Physics, Life Sciences & Geography and an Honors in Education at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is currently completing his M.Ed by Research Dissertation where he is exploring Decoloniality in Science Curriculum Policies and seeks to validate Indigenous knowledge systems as genuine scientific knowledge equilateral to western science for the humanization of Africans and their knowledge systems. He has also just commenced reading for an MSc in African Studies at Oxford University where he is doing a comparative study evaluating the impact of geopolitical competition for resources in education and economic development outcomes in Africa’s resource-rich countries which aims to directly influence where the fiscal allocations are invested to address underdevelopment challenges in the African continent. He works as a Research & Organizational development consultant for The Club of Rome and as an Executive-Chairman at the Pedagogical Science Institute an Education for Economic Development centralized regulatory Non-Profit Company he founded.
He was awarded multiple awards and scholarships such as the Faculty Dean's Jake Hutton Memorial Award for excellent leadership, service and academic performance throughout period of study, 22 certificates of First class, Golden key membership, 2021-2023 Wits University Council Merit Scholarships and 2024-2025 Postgraduate Merit Awards. He is a Class of 2025 Mandela Rhodes Scholar, recipient of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Higher Education Award, NRF-DAAD Germany scholar, a FirstRand International Postgraduate Scholar and an Allan Gray Postgrad Candidate Fellow amongst others. He is the youngest member in Africa of the UNESCO Chair in Teacher education for Diversity and Development and has served in multiple significant leadership roles in the university space, school and his community where he advocates for relational social justice. Outside of these pursuits he spends his time podcasting, hiking, cooking, writing and treasures quality moments spent with his family.
At Oxford University he plans to pursue a D.Phil in International Development where he would explore how African Resource-rich countries can leverage the global just transition to green industrialization to diversify their economies and deal with their education and technology development challenges for the improvement of the lives of ordinary people.