Lesedi Senamele Matlala

Lesedi Senamele Matlala is presently a Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Education Activist and Executive Director for a Research Consultancy name Go-Getters Brand. He holds a Master’s in Public Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation; a Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)  in Labour Law from the University of Johannesburg (UJ); and a PGD in Research Methods and Skills at Maastricht University. He is also a Doctorate candidate at the UJ.

He has being named one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2022. He is also a Fulbright candidate and Quello Visiting Scholar for 2023/24.

His main research areas are Evaluations of Educational/Learnership Programmes, Policy Impact Assessment Studies; Socio-Economic Research and Surveys; Programme Monitoring and Evaluations (M&E), and Feasibility Studies. He has authored and co-authored a few publications, including academic journals and conference papers and has presented at many conferences.