Dr Alice Ncube holds a PhD and Masters in Disaster Management, a Postgraduate Diploma in Gender Studies, a Diploma in Development and Disaster Management Studies, a Certificate in Personnel Management, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in African language and philosophy. 

Dr Ncube has worked as a High School Educator and Curriculum Developer in the Ministry of Education and culture, Zimbabwe. She was also a Senior Designated Agent within the Industrial Relations Portfolios and in the Commercial and Transport Sectors of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Dr Ncube also worked as a Human Resources Officer at Innscor Africa Limited, Zimbabwe. She was then appointed as a Research Assistant at the Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa, University of the Free State, and rose through the ranks to Junior Lecturer, Short Learning Programme Coordinator, Lecturer and currently serving as a Senior Lecturer and Program Director. 

Dr Ncube has published more than 10 peer-reviewed articles in International and DHET accredited journals. She also has one published book chapter. She has supervised and graduated more than 40 Master`s students and co-supervised and graduated 2 PhD students. She serves as an external examiner and moderator of universities in South Africa, that have disaster (risk) management component in their curriculum at postgraduate and doctoral levels.

Dr Alice Ncube is a Disaster Management Professional registered with the Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA), Southern Africa Society for Disaster Risk Reduction (SASDiR) member, Gender and Disaster Network (GDN) member, and a member of the Women in Migration Network(WIMN). She is also an Accredited SPHERE Trainer of Trainer (TOT) and Trainer. Dr Ncube has experience in working with non-governmental organisations such as UNU-EHS, UNICEF,  World Vision International, Troicare ADRA, Save the Children and OXFAM. As part of community engagement, she is a volunteer at the Red Cross Free State. Dr Ncube has also been actively working with migrant communities in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, particularly in Bloemfontein resulting in her and two compatriots establishing a Non-Profit Organisation they named Africa Advanced Network for Development ( AAND). Their NGO worked with migrants during the COVID-19  pandemic. 

With more than 15 years of experience in disaster (risk) management, her research interests are social vulnerability and climate change, international forced migration, gender issues, climate change and adaptation resilience and sustainable livelihoods of disadvantaged communities.  

Dr Ncube a mother of 3, enjoys sports and is passionate about rugby, soccer, hockey, skateboarding, netball ( She played in the varsity netball team back then), tennis, F1, and cricket. She is multilingual and speaks English, Ndebele, Shona, Zulu, Xhosa, and understands elementary Sotho, Afrikaans, Tswana, Nyanja and Portuguese.

• 1. Maputseni, C., Ncube, A. & Jordaan, A.J. 2014. Disaster risk management perspectives on sedentarization of pastoralists in Gode Zone, Ethiopia. Disaster Advances, Volume 7 (6); 76-82.

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  2. 2.S. Ncube-Phiri, S.;Ncube, A., Mucherera, B. & Ncube, M. 2015. Artisanal small-scale mining: Potential ecological disaster in Mzingwane District, Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. 7(1):1-11. http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/158
  3. Ncube, A., Mabela, M.B. & Jordaan, A.J. 2016. Assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding cholera preparedness and prevention in Ga-Mampuru village, Limpopo, South Africa.  Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 8(2):1-9. http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/164
  4. Kunguma, O. & Ncube, A. 2016. Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases: a possible challenging Millennium Development Goal for Disaster Managers in SADC. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 8(2): 1-10. http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/164
  5. Ncube, A. & G.T.Chimenya. 2017. Hospital emergency preparedness: A study of Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital, Northern Namibia. African Safety Promotion 14(2):1-17. http://www.mrc.ac.za/crime/aspj/2016/ASPVol14No2.pdf
  6. Manombe,S., Ncube,A., Kunguma, O. & M. Nyawho, M. 2017. Nutritional vulnerability in pregnant women: an assessment of the WFP-VGF programme in Mbire District, Zimbabwe. Authors Jamba Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 9(1):1-8. http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/jemba_v9_n1_a20.pdf?expires=1520242315&id=id&accname=57783&checksum=9E9E3A7C92866F332A15C0F02ACDFED7
  7. 7.A. Ncube, A., Mangwaya, P.T. & A. A. Ogundeji, A.A. 2018. Assessing vulnerability and coping capacities of rural women to drought: A case study of Zvishavane district, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 28(1):69-79. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420918302061
  8. Ncube, A., Jordaan, A.J.,   Restás, A. and Bahta, Y.T. (2018). Human and social capital livelihood to increase resilience among migration women- A case study of managing human disaster. Fire protection, 2: 135-151.
  9. Coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa: Ncube, A. Jordaan, A.J. & Bahta, Y.T. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.645
  10. Communities’ perceptions of health hazards induced by climate change in Mount Darwin district, Zimbabwe. Ncube, A & Tawodzera, M.https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.748
  11. Job Market Perceptions of African Migrant Women in South Africa as an Initial and Long-Term Coping and Adaptation Mechanism. Journal of International Migration and Integration. Ncube, A. Jordaan, A.J. & Bahta, Y.T. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00704-w
  12. Exploring Short- and Long-Term Survival Mechanisms and Perception of Job Market by Zimbabwean Migrant Women in South Africa. Alice Ncube, Yonas T. Bahta, and Andries J. Jordaan. http://africamigration.com/issue/july2019/NCUBE_BAHTA_JORDAAN_Issue_10.pdf
  13. Kunguma, O., Ncube, A. & Mokhele, M.O., 2021, ‘COVID-19 disaster response: South African disaster managers’ faith in mandating legislation tested?’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 13(1), a1099. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v13i1.1099
  14. Ncube, A., Bahta, Y.T. 2021. Meeting Adversity with Resilience: Survival of Zimbabwean Migrant Women in South Africa. Journal of International. Migration & Integration (JIMI)(2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00878-22 
  15. Ncube A.; Ndovela J. J. 2021. Community Resilience And Adaptation To Fire: The Case Of Palmiet Informal Settlement, EThekwini Municipality, South Africa http://vedelemtudomany.hu/articles/VI/3/40-ncube-ndovela.pdf  
      

Book Chapters

1. Ncube, A., & Mkwananzi, F. 2020. Gendered Labour migration in South Africa: A capability approach lens. In Seiger F., Timmerman C., Salazar N., & Wets J. (Eds.), Migration at Work: Aspirations, Imaginaries & Structures of Mobility (pp. 65-90). Leuven University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km21f.6

2. Khoza S., Nemakonde L.D., Ncube A. 2021. Fundamentals in Disaster Risk Reduction: From Hyogo to Sendai Framework and Beyond with an Elevation on Climate Change. In: Nhamo G., Dube K. (eds) Cyclones in Southern Africa. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74262-1

3. Ncube, A., & Mkwananzi, F. (2021). Conceptualizing a Win-Win in the Refugee and Higher Education Enigma: Insights from Southern Africa. In I. Barreto (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Promoting Social Justice for Immigrants and Refugees Through Active Citizenship and Intercultural Education (pp. 328-348). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7283-2.ch017

Lecturer for:

DIMR 5800 - Research Design and Methodology

DIMI 5810 - Introduction to Disaster Management 

DIML 5810- Legal and institutional arrangements for disaster management

 DIMM  5810-Theoretical models for disaster risk reduction

 DIMI 7910- Impact and Risk Assessment

2021:

A. Ncube :  Disaster training facilities and programs in South Africa- Argentine Embassy / ICRC- Disaster Response Webinar on 13 - 14 December 2021

A.Ncube : Intersectionality and the disaster management profession; an the Gauteng Woman in disaster management Dialogue on, 30 August 2021.

Joubert, M., Heunis, C., Ncube, A. & Szarzynski, J. Delivery of disaster social work services to increase the resilience of vulnerable groups during COVID-19 in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality; in the  9th Annual Health Research Day. Health, disease management and health systems in COVID-19 times, Bloemfontein, Free State Department of Health and University of the Free State, 4 November 2021. (2021).

A. Ncube : What and how after the COVID-19 deluge: Picking up the pieces and enhancing resilience towards Agenda 2030 Panel discussion in the DMISA Webinar on 17-18 March, 2021 entitled Impact and Influence: Enhancing strategy and execution in disaster, risk and resilience management.

A. Ncube : Discussant in the Women In Migration Network (WIMN) (African (black) woman representative) –a platform where international migration , particularly women is discussed in an effort to propose policy changes

2020

Prof Christo Heunis & Dr A Ncube: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS epidemic control programmes  in South Africa;  at  virtual conference titled “The global Mountain Sustainability Forum 2020” themed  - COVID-19; Sustainability and governance.

2018

A. Ncube: International migration in Southern Africa – South-South migration perspective; presented at the symposium in Slovenia on human mobility in the face of the mass refugee influx into the EU.

A.Ncube : Migration and development in the global South ; presented   at the SASDiR in Durban, South Africa. Was a visiting academic in NUPS under Erasmus Mobility.

2017:

A.Ncube Migration, disasters and development ; presentation at the  Erasmus+ Exchange program recipient to National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary.

A. Ncube 2012- in the Sphere TOT Refresher Course on 2011 revised version, in Harare Zimbabwe.

I  mentor a colleague in coordinating and  facilitating in the Short Learning Programs of the Center.