Bio

Kamvalethu Miza is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Originally from Mdantsane township in the Eastern Cape, he completed his Bachelor of Social Science, Honours, and Master of Social Science degrees at UCT. His doctoral research examines the everyday experiences of food delivery riders and explores how platform technologies, urban space, race, masculinity and precarious labour shape worker’s lives.

Miza is a social researcher with experience in qualitative and quantitative research, ethnographic fieldwork, and policy-oriented analysis. He previously worked as a Field Researcher and Research Assistant at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), where he contributed to research on livelihoods, gender-based violence, masculinities, poverty, and social inequality in urban and rural South Africa. As part of this work, he presented research findings at the Anthropology Southern Africa Conference, Walter Sisulu University Research Day, and policy engagement forums involving government stakeholders. He also served as a Research Intern at the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, conducting policy research and analysis in support of legislative processes.

Miza has also tutored sociology, political studies, social research methods, and academic writing at UCT. His research interests include labour, livelihoods, inequality, gender, and qualitative research methodologies.