Department
Urban and Regional Planning
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Office
Architecture Building 2
Kgosi Mocwagae (Pr. Pln. A/2896/2019) is a qualified professional town planner with five years experience and the following qualifications:
- BSc (IT) Management
- B.Spatial Planning (Hons)
- Master in Urban and Regional Planning
- PhD
His career in urban and regional planning started at the University of the Free State in 2014 as a research assistant, but has grown to lecturing, research, supervision, private consultations and membership of Municipal Planning Tribunal.
2014 - 2014: Research Assistant
2015 - 2017: Junior Lecturer and establishment of private planning consultancy
2018 - 2021: Lecturer
2020 - 2022: Programme Director
2022 - to date: Senior Lecturer
2023 - to date: Academic Head of Department
Publications (Short List)
- Mocwagae, Kgosi and Nel, Verna, 2023. Planning for the Expansion of Phuthaditjhaba CBD Through UN Sustainable Development Goals. In Sustainable Futures in Southern Africa’s Mountains: Multiple Perspectives on an Emerging City (pp. 17-35). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Mocwagae, Kgosi and Mphambukeli, Thulisile, 2023. Planning for Effective and Sustainable Water Access and Provision in QwaQwa Through the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In Sustainable Futures in Southern Africa’s Mountains: Multiple Perspectives on an Emerging City (pp. 105-126). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Mocwagae, Kgosi & Cloete, Jan, 2019. Lephalale: The Energy Hub of the Limpopo Province. In: L. Marais & V. Nel, eds. Space and Planning in Secondary Cities: Reflections from South Africa. Bloemfontein: Sun Press, pp. 67-83.
- Denoon-Stevens, Steven & Mocwagae, Kgosi, 2019. The potential of the University of the Free State QwaQwa campus to enable the growth of the economy of QwaQwa. Town and Regional Planning, Volume 74, pp. 1-11.
- Marais, Rooyen, Van, Burger, Cloete, Denoon-Stevens, Lenka, Mocwagae and Jacobus, 2017. The background to the Postmasburg study: How mining towns develop, and the problems they encounter. In: L. Marais, ed. Mining and Communities in the 21st Century: The Postmasburg Case Study. London and New York: Routledge.
- Mocwagae, K., 2017. Lephalale. In: L. Marais & D. Du Plessis, eds. Spatial Transformation: Are Intermediate Cities Different? Johannesburg: South African Cities Network, pp. 26-27.
URBP6805: Basic Practice in Urban and Regional Planning.
URRP7906: Applied Regional Planning Project
URMD7900: Extended Research Essay(supervision and examination)
URDP7912: Dissertation Proposal in Urban and Regional Planning
URRM7914: Research Methodology for Planners