MA Student
Masego Mafata completed her undergraduate degree at Stellenbosch University, majoring in Political Science and History in 2019. In 2020, she completed her Honours degree in Journalism at the same institution. Currently a part of SWOP’s ‘Violent states, states of violence’ project, she is completing her Master’s degree in Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her research focuses on the unrest that unfolded in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021, looking specifically at the events in Vosloorus, Gauteng. Masego has experience as a news reporter for an online publication covering stories with a human rights focus.