Molaodi wa Sekake
Acting President
Molaodi wa Sekake, current NWASA Acting President, is a writer, poet, scholar and activist. He is the author of Meditations from the Gutter – Short Stories, Essays and Poems (2021) as well as of the two volumes of Socialism Nomuntu Omusha – Taking the Oath of Revolution (2022). Molaodi is also part of the editorial team of the scholarly journal, Peace, Land and Bread; a research fellow at both the Centre for Communist Studies (CCS), and the Centre of Social Change, University of Johannesburg.
Dr. Lebogang Lance Nawa
Secretary-General
Dr. Lebogang Lance Nawa, NWASA Secretary-General, has more than 30 years’ experience in the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector in South Africa for which he has received several accolades in capacities such as activist, administrator, researcher, lecturer, author, poet, journalist, editor, book reviewer, and member of various related organisations/councils/boards. He has also published extensively in fiction and non-fiction genres and taught in the same at several universities.
Lukhanyo Mtshingana
Deputy Secretary–General
Lukhanyo Mtshingana, the Deputy Secretary-General, is an activist and researcher who holds a B Com degree in Marketing and Supply chain, Honours degree in Supply Chain Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Finance Banking and Investment Management (2020) and Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management (2017). He is currently studying towards a Master’s degree in Development Finance. Lukhanyo currently works as a Researcher for the ANC National Caucus in Parliament under the Economic Transformation Cluster in the Small Businesses and Agriculture Study Groups.
Frank Meintjies
National Steering Committee Member
Frank Meintjies has worked in the field of social development over many decades. He is active in the world of poetry through participation in public readings and facilitating poetry workshops. His creative writing has been included in several publications, including Botsotso Literary Journal, Ons Klyntji and Absolute Africa. His poetry collections include Lockdown Poems, Unfettered Days, Connexions and My Rainbow. He has written several children’s stories and short stories. His short stories have been included in Tribute magazine and on Itch. He has also written extensively on arts and culture and plays in various publication. Frank currently serves in the National Steering Committee (NSC).
Prof. Keith Gottschalk
National Steering Committee Member
Prof. Keith Gottschalk served on COSAW and today on the NWASA executive. His poetry collections are Emergency Poems (1992) and Cosmonauts do it in Heaven (2022). A Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Professor in Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Keith was in 2023 awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in silver for “using his creativity to draw critical attention to oppressive and unjust laws through performative political poetry. His work provided strength and motivated many people to fight for liberation.”