Dr. Patrick Ngulube is a professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Research and Postgraduate Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and has served in various portfolios within the East and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA). He obtained a MSc degree in Information Science from Addis Ababa University in 1997, and a PhD degree in Information Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2003. Additionally, he has received research awards from the University of South Africa and grants from the National Research Foundation. His research interests are Indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge management, records management, e-government, the preservation of access to information, postgraduate discourses, research methodologies, and theories in research.