News and Publications

Journal Papers

Gabby Sipho Dlamini (2023) Dualism’s dilemmas: citizenship and migration in contemporary eSwatini, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 41:2, 141-151, DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2022.2084516
Jess Auerbach & Gabby S. Dlamini (2021) Introduction: When the scaffolds give way, Anthropology Southern Africa, 44:3, 105-108, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2021.2012492
Sibeko, J. and Van Zaanen, M. 2023. A data set of final year high school examination texts of South African home and first additional language subjects. Journal of Open Humanities Data, 9(1):9. https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.108
Sibeko, J. 2023. Using classical readability formulas to measure text readability in Sesotho. Selected papers from the CLARIN Annual Conference 2022. Ed. by Tomaž Erjavec and Maria Eskevich. Linköping. Electronic Conference Proceedings, 198, pp. 120–132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp198012
Sibeko, J. and Setaka, M. 2022. An overview of Sesotho BLARK content. Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa, 4(1): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.55492/dhasa.v4i01.4440
Sibeko, J., & Setaka, M. 2022. An overview of Sesotho BLARK content. Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa, 4(01): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.55492/dhasa.v4i01.4440
Sibeko, J. 2022. Exploring linguistic complexity of English First Additional Language Grade 12 and Grade 11 exam texts. Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa, 4(02): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.55492/dhasa.v4i02.4039
Sibeko, J., 2021. A comparative analysis of grade 12 English home language and English first additional language linguistic complexity. Per Linguam, 37(2): 50-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5785/37-2-97

Conference papers

Sibeko, J. 2023. Developing Sesotho Readability Assessment: Challenges and Solutions. First Workshop on Readability for Low-Resourced Languages (RLRL 2023). 5 September 2023. ONLINE.
Sibeko, J. and Lemeko, PA. 2023. Developing a Text Readability Corpus using Google Translate for Low-Resourced South African Indigenous Languages. Sol Plaatje University International Language Conference. 6 – 8 September 2023. Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Sibeko, J. and De Clercq, O. 2023. A Corpus-Based List of Frequently Used Words in Sesotho. Proceedings of the fourth workshop of Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL), 2-6 May, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Association for Computational Linguistics.
Sibeko, J. and Setaka, M. 2023. Evaluating the Sesotho rule-based syllabification system on Sepedi and Setswana words. Proceedings of the fourth workshop of Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL), 2-6 May, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Association for Computational Linguistics.
Sibeko, J. 2022. In Erjavec, T., and Eskevich, M (eds). CLARIN Annual Conference Proceedings, CLARIN Annual Conference Proceedings, 10-12 October, Prague, Czechia. [PhD student paper]. [ABSTRACT]
Sibeko, J. and van Zaanen. 2022. Developing a text readability system for Sesotho based on classical readability metrics. Digital Humanities DH2022 conference: Responding to Asian Diversity. July, 25 – 29, 2022. University of Tokyo, Japan. [Short paper]. pp. 571 – 572. see https://dh2022.dhii.asia/dh2022bookofabsts.pdf
Sibeko, J. and van Zaanen M. 2021. An analysis of readability metrics on English exam texts. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa 2021. November 29 – December 03. Virtual Conference. [Full Paper]. Abstract available at: https://dh2021.digitalhumanities.org.za/home/proceedings-and-book-of-abstracts/

Creative outputs

2023 Book Creative Output: Illustrations, design and layout Author: Sutherland, Paul 2023, Interfaith Parenting with Love and in association with Edwina Cowell, founder of Spiritual Playdate. Book presented at United States parliament in August 2023.
De Raedt, A, Rennie, T and Van der Walt, L 2021, Book Bag [Project]. Nelson Mandela University. Available at: https://news.mandela.ac.za/News/Mandela-Uni-Convergence-Fund-s-Book-Bag-Project (Accessed 21 November 2023)
Designer and Illustrator for the following publications: Sutherland, P, 2023, Interfaith Parenting with Love, STEPi, South Africa: pp. Cover, 1,3,5,7,9-12,14,16,19,20,22,24,25,27,29, illus. Available at: https://www.flipsnack.com/readforfun/interfaith-parenting-with-love-ukib8f9xu3/full-view.html (Accessed 21 November 2023)
Sutherland, P, 2021, Parenting with Love, STEPi, South Africa: pp Cover 1-7,8-10,14, 17, 18, 21-23, 25-29, illus. Available at: https://www.flipsnack.com/readforfun/parenting-with-love-south-africa/full-view.html (Accessed 21 November 2023)

Digital Student Collaborative Publications:

Rennie, T and Moodley, S, 2022, Online Repository, Available at: https://www.mandela.ac.za/flipbooks/Media%20and%20Communication/Online%20Repository/mobile/index.html?web=1&wdLOR=c9837D3D6-F76F-4E25-84B4-2B2A7569773B
Rennie, T and Moodley, S, 2021, Online Repository, Available at: https://www.mandela.ac.za/flipbooks/Media%20and%20Communication/Online%20Repository/mobile/index.html?web=1&wdLOR=c9837D3D6-F76F-4E25-84B4-2B2A7569773B (Accessed 21 November 2023)
Rennie, T and Moodley, S, 2022, Online Repository, Available at: 2022 Online Repository https://www.mandela.ac.za/flipbooks/Online%20Repository%2022/mobile/index.html (Accessed 21 November 2023)
Rennie, T and Moodley, S, 2021, Media and Communication Design Student and Film Festival [Exhibit], Available at: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=4cDWfDsSkVT (Accessed 21 November 2023)
Rennie, T and Moodley, S, 2020, Media and Communication Design Student and Film Festival [Exhibit], Available at: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Gxhvoo2T3pJ (Accessed 21 November 2023)

Illustration work:

Konik, I. 2018, Whitehorsepress: Transversal bridging of African and womanist standpoints: Seeking a life-affirming global ethic. Available at: https://whitehorsepress.blog/2018/02/27/transversal-bridging-of-african-and-womanist-standpoints-seeking-a-life-affirming-global-ethic/ (Accessed 21 November 2018)

Basic Language Resource Kits (BLaRKs)

Sibeko, J. and van Zaanen, M. 2023. Final year high school examination texts of South African home and first additional language subjects. [ONLINE]. Available at: https://repo.sadilar.org/handle/20.500.12185/568
Sibeko, J. and van Zaanen, M. 2022. Sesotho syllabification systems. [ONLINE]. Available at: https://repo.sadilar.org/handle/20.500.12185/556
Sibeko, J. and van Zaanen, M. 2022. Sesotho syllabification wordlist. [ONLINE]. Available at: https://repo.sadilar.org/handle/20.500.12185/555