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Monareng Luther

Mr

Monareng Luther

Lecturer

EMAIL
Monarengl@ukzn.ac.za

TELEPHONE
031 260 8675

BIOSKETCH
Born and bred in Marite C (Tsakani), Bushbuckridge Mapulaneng by the mountains.Education2022 – current
  • PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu Natal and a University College London (United Kingdom) visiting student.
  • National Research Funds’ (NRF) Black Academics Advancement Programme
  • BSc (Wits); PGD in Hand Therapy (UP); MSc (Wits)
Previous
  • BSc (Wits); PGD in Hand Therapy (UP); MSc (Wits)
Affiliation
  • 2022 – current: University of KwaZulu Natal
  • 2016-2021: University of the Witwatersrand
  • 2012-2015: Tintswalo Hospital Rural District Hospital
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Interested in Afrocentric contextually relevant research such as vocational rehabilitation, self-employment or entrepreneurship for persons with disabilities
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1. Monareng, L.L., Soeker, S.M. and Naidoo, D., 2025. Persons with disabilities’ perceptions on self-employment barriers, facilitators and solutions in a rural setting–an exploratory qualitative study. WORK. DOI:10.1177/10519815251330122
  2. Monareng, L.L., Soeker, M.S. & Naidoo, D., 2025, Successful self-employment in microenterprise for persons with disabilities in a rural setting, African Journal of Disability. 14(0), a1564.
  3. Monareng LL, Casteleijn D, Franzsen D. The occupation of self-employment in South African informal microenterprises. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2024 Apr;54(1):22-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17195/2310-3383/2024/vol54no1a4
  4. Monareng, L. L., Soeker, S. M., & Naidoo, D. (2023). PROTOCOL: Evidence‐based frameworks used to promote self‐employment with persons with disabilities: A scoping review. Campbell Systematic Reviews,19, e1350. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1350
  5. BOOK REVIEW: Monareng LL. Book review: Becoming Men. Black masculinities in a South African township. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. Vol 52 No 3 December 2022. DOI: http:/dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2022/vol52n3a11
  6. Monareng LL, Franzsen D, Casteleijn DC, van Biljon H. The application of the Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability to Self-employment in South African informal microenterprises. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2021 Aug 9;51(2):74-81.
  7. Patricia de Witt; Luther Monareng; Aisha Abraham; Safiyya Koor and Rizwana Saber. The article titled “Resilience in Occupational Therapy Students” was reviewed and accepted by the South African Journal of Occupational Therapy and it is due for publication in August 2019.
  8. Monareng, L. L., Franzsen, D., & van Biljon, H. (2018). A survey of occupational therapists’ involvement in facilitating self-employment for people with disabilities. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(3), 52–57. https://doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2017/vol48n3a8
  9. Nikerk, M., Dladla, A., Gumbi, N., Monareng, L., Thwala, W. (2014). Perceptions of the traditional health practitioner’s role in the management of mental health care users and occupation: A pilot study. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 44(1), 20–24