Master’s degree for Gcilima’s Cedric Mboyisa
Cedric Mboyisa entered the world of journalism in 2004 when he joined Caxton Community Newspapers in Johannesburg as a cadet reporter assigned to Alex News.
Cedric Mboyisa, who recently graduated with a Masters in Social Sciences, Media, and Cultural Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, used to save money to buy a copy of the South Coast Herald newspaper.
The pages of the newspaper helped improve his command of English and ignited his interest in the world of journalism and communications.
More than two decades later, Mboyisa, now a seasoned journalist, editor and communicator, went back to his roots to do a dissertation on the publication.
His research topic was regional newspapers and their diverse readers: A case study of the South Coast Herald and its reception in rural, township and suburban areas.
Mboyisa is originally from Gcilima.
He has been an avid reader of the newspaper, which he started when he was still at Phathwa Secondary School.
After completing his Grade 12 in 1999, he moved to Gauteng to pursue a career in media. He entered the world of journalism in 2004 when he joined Caxton Community Newspapers in Johannesburg as a cadet reporter assigned to Alex News.
The following year he moved to North Eastern Tribune (also within the Caxton stable) and later joined Rosebank Killarney Gazette in 2006 as the paper’s news editor.
In the same year, he returned to Alex News as editor.
He then joined The Citizen in November 2006, where he specialised in political reportage before being appointed as the political editor.
He left the publication in October 2010 to join City Press as a specialist political writer.
After seven years in journalism, he joined Parliament in 2011.
He was in charge of a team of nine principal communication officers tasked with providing communication support to all 54 (at the time) Parliamentary Committees from both houses – the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
In 2016, he joined the South African Sugar Association (SASA) as the communications and media manager and was later promoted to group communications and media manager, the position which he currently holds.
SASA represents the sugar industry in South Africa and operates in KZN and Mpumalanga.
Mboyisa has 20 years of experience in journalism (seven years) and communications (13 years).
He holds an Honours Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Witwatersrand and now a Master’s Degree in Social Science, majoring in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
The graduate is also a former adjudicator of the annual Caxton Awards which features the group’s community newspapers from all over South Africa.
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