Mbatha, Philile

Philile Mbatha is a Social Scientist and is currently a 2nd year MSocSc Environmental and Geographical Science (Masters) student, due to graduate in 2010. She completed her BSocSc Geography and Environmental Management Degree and her BSocSc Geography and Environmental Management (Honours) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Philile’s Honours thesis was titled ‘Shifting Discourses in the Integrated Coastal Management Bill’ and was supervised by Associate Prof. Dianne Scott. Her current Masters project co-supervised by Dr. Rachel Wynberg and Dr. Maria Hauck is entitled ‘The influence of institutional arrangements on access and benefit sharing of coastal resources in rural coastal communities’ with case studies focused on Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Philile’s Masters project is funded by WIOMSA on focuses on coastal resource sectors in the Western Indian Ocean region.

Philile has previously obtained vast experience in the research field, particularly in coastal resources management, and has worked for companies such as the Oceanographic Research Institute in Durban. Her interests are mainly within coastal zone management.

Email: philile.mbatha@uct.ac.za
Phone: 021-6502869