Zukiswa Vallery Poto joined UFS-DiMTEC as a student in 2017; in 2018, she was appointed a Research Assistant. Her duties entailed tutoring, assisting with contact sessions arrangement and managing Blackboard. In 2020, Ms Poto was appointed as a lecturer at the centre. She lecturers the Business Continuity Unit in the Strategic Disaster Management Module and the Veld Fire Unit in the Natural and Man-made Disasters module. These modules form part of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management. Ms Poto is also involved in the Master of Disaster Management qualification. She lecturers Ethnic and cultural conduct in disaster management (Indigenous Knowledge) module and supervises masters research. She was a project team member of the Water Research Commission: Agricultural Water Management Scenarios for South Africa, the South African National Drought and the review of the South African National Disaster Management Framework project commissioned by the National Disaster Management Centre.
Before joining UFS-DiMTEC, she was a rail coordinator as an intern at Transnet Harbour Durban and Senior Administrator. Ms Poto Holds a Master degree in Disaster Management from the University of the Free State, and she is a PhD candidate in Disaster Management. Her Field of interest is Business Continuity in Disaster Management
- Business Continuity
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Veld Fire
- Strategic Disaster Management (DIMS5825)
- Natural and Man-made Disasters (DIMN5820)
- Ethnic and Cultural Conduct (DIME7910)
- The Review of the South African National Disaster Management Framework
- The South African National Drought Plan
- Water Research Commission: Agricultural Water Scenarios