The Hotel School has welcomed its first staff member with a doctorate qualification.
Dr Tshinakaho Nyathela has recently joined the Cape Town Hotel School as a senior lecturer, and comes well qualified to CPUT.
Nyathela has a DTech in Food Service Management which she obtained from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), where she also worked as a lecturer in the Centre for Sustainable Livelihoods.
Prior to her stint at VUT she was a lecturer in the Consumer Sciences Department at the University of Zululand.
Nyathela says she is looking forward to being part of the Hotel School and has already started exploring community engagement activities with a view to forming partnerships with various stakeholders.
“I want to engage with community development committees in the township and explore opportunities for partnerships.”
A researcher at heart, Nyathela says she also hopes to inspire students to further their studies and enrol in postgraduate programmes at CPUT.
Cape Town Hotel School Director, Thembisile Molose, says they are looking forward to working alongside Nyathela.
