Temba Sipho B. Masilela, is currently the Deputy CEO Research of the HSRC.
Temba holds PhD and MA degrees in development support communication from the University of Iowa, and a BA degree in economics and politics from the University of Nairobi. His wide-ranging research interests include social policy, public management reform, social innovation, media and democracy, health communication, and stakeholder engagement.
Before joining the HSRC in July 2006, he worked for a number of years as a special adviser to the minister of social development in the government of South Africa. He has also worked in the areas of corporate citizenship and reputation management, in both commercial (Telkom SA Ltd) and academic settings (Centre for Corporate Citizenship, University of South Africa).
He started his working life as a journalist in Kenya and taught health communication, research methods, media policy, and editing for a number of years at the School of Journalism at Rhodes University.
He is currently an Associate Fellow of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Oxford, UK. |
