EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG - Master of Architecture [MArch] (Distinction).
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: 2021
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG - Bachelor of Architecture Honours [BArch(Hons)].
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: 2020
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA - Bachelor of Science in Architecture [BSc(Arch)].
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA: 2013 - 2018
PRACTICE
WHAT HAS TWO EYES AND TOO MANY EARS? (WHTETME LIVING) - Ritual Homeware and Object Design Studio Co-founder and Principle Director.
MIDMAR VIEW, HOWICK, SOUTH AFRICA: OCTOBER 2023 - PRESENT
<https://www.whtetmeliving.com>
room19isaFactory. - Architecture Bureau and Digital Platform Co-founder and Principle Director.
AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: MAY 2022 - PRESENT
<https://room19isafactory.co.za>
Complete list of practice experience and references available upon request.
RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG - Research Associate in the Bio Art Creative Microbiology Research Co-Lab at The Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre (VIAD).
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: AUGUST 2023 - PRESENT
<https://www.viad.co.za/miliswa-ndziba-ra>
TEACHING
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG - Part-time Assistant Lecturer at the Graduate School of Architecture (GSA).
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2022 - NOVEMBER 2022
EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS
HONOURS & MASTERS DESIGN REVIEW - Review Panellist - University of Johannesburg.
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA:
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JUNE 2022_Unit 14
INVITED LECTURES
SCHOOL LECTURE: GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG - Presenter: Ways of Approaching Site.
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: JULY 2023
SCHOOL LECTURE: SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND - Presenter: Ways of Approaching Site.
JOHN MOFFAT BLDG, JAN SMUTS AVENUE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: FEBRUARY 2023
RESIDENCIES
SPREEPARK ART SPACE - Disruptive Nostalgia collective awarded residency at Spreepark Art Space, where the site of the prominent amusement park “Spreepark” serves as both a reference point and a real-time laboratory.
SPREEPARK ART SPACE, BERLIN, GERMANY: APRIL 2025 - JUNE 2025
Available at: <https://www.spreepark-artspace.de/en/residencies/international/residency-groups/disruptive-nostalgia/>
THE LIBRARY OF THINGS WE FORGOT TO REMEMBER - room19isaFactory. Architecture Bureau and Digital Platform awarded role of librarian at Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai’s The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember, where the Lounge(v) installation was exhibited for the duration of the residency.
44 STANLEY, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: 2022-2024
Available at: <https://room19isafactory.co.za/lounge/>
EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS
IMMINENT AND EMINENT ECOLOGIES - a group exhibition co-curated by Leora Farber and Brenton Maart under VIAD’s newly established Bioart + Design Africa (BA+DA) research stream.
FADA GALLERY, FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2024
Available at: <https://freight.cargo.site/m/D2321691999758157172750356854620/Imminent-and-Eminent-Ecologies---Catalogue.pdf>
FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART BUILDING, W.E.B. DUBOIS CENTRE, FIRST CIRCULAR CRES., ACCRA, GHANA: NOVEMBER 2023 - JANUARY 2024
Available at: <https://room19isafactory.co.za/lounge_accra/>
SYM|BIO|ART - an exhibition co-curated by Leora Farber and Brenton Maart to mark the launch of the Creative Microbiology Research Co-Lab launch at the University of Johannesburg.
FADA GALLERY, FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: JULY - AUGUST 2023
Available at: <https://www.viad.co.za/sym-bio-art-catalogue-cmrc-2023>
SITUATED MAKING - a group exhibition curated by Eugene Hön with recent work from the staff of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg.
FADA GALLERY, FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: OCTOBER 2022
Available at: <https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/art-design-and-architecture/fada-gallery-3/creative-output-exhibition/2022-2/situated-making>
CONFERENCES
PRESENTATION: Architectural Humanities Research Association(AHRA) CONFERENCE - Forts of Sand: Reimagining of the Aesthetics of Demolition through Worldbuilding.
61 ST JAMES PL, BROOKLYN , NY 11238, USA: NOVEMBER 2022
DISCUSSIONS
SYM|BIO|ART - a panel discussion with the artists showing works in the SYM|BIO|ART exhibition moderated by Dineo Diphofa.
FADA GALLERY, FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: 12 AUGUST 2023
Available at: <https://www.viad.co.za/sym-bio-art-intraactions-1-panel-discussion>
FEATURES/CONTRIBUTIONS
MAGAZINE_FEATURE - Forts of Sand; Passage; Strange Fruit. BELL-ROBERTS, B., 2024. ART AFRICA OCTOBER/DECEMBER DIGITAL EDITION ISSUE 25, pp.268-269.[online]Available at: <https://www.calameo.com/artafrica/read/004836191dd34fdd500c8?authid=j6DJC2yhzRbD>
PODCAST_INTERVIEW - Part 1: Decoloniality + African Metropolis - How we can build and preserve our African built environments?
MIGRANTS BUREAU, 2022. INTERVIEWED BY ARCHITECT AND MIGRANTS BUREAU CO-FOUNDER ALISHA MORENIKE.[podcast]A IS FOR MORENIKE. Available at: <https://podcast.alishamorenike.co/episodes/part-1-decoloniality-african-metropolis-how-we-can-build-and-preserve-our-african-built-environments>
STUDIO JOURNAL PUBLICATION_FEATURE - Forts of Sand: A Reimagining of Black Childhood through Critical Fabulation.
SINDI, T., 2021. oNform PUBLICATION 2021: T-02, pp. 31–43.[online]Available at: <https://issuu.com/gsaunit19/docs/onform_t 02_final_pages_compressed>
STUDIO JOURNAL PUBLICATION_FEATURE - Tales for the Nursery: Homemade Toys for my Unborn Children.
SINDI, T., 2021. oNform PUBLICATION 2020: T-01, pp. 33–37.[online]Available at: <https://issuu.com/gsaunit19/docs/onform_t 01_final_soft_copy>
ONLINE MAGAZINE_FEATURE - Game-Changing Architecture Graduates #13 /// Miliswa Ndziba.
THE FUNAMBULIST. 2020. GAME-CHANGING ARCHITECTURE GRADUATES #13 /// MILISWA NDZIBA.[online]Available at: <https://thefunambulist.net/editorials/13-miliswa-ndziba>
PUBLISHED WORKS
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESURG INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (UJ IR) - Forts of Sand: A Reimagining of Black Childhood through Critical Fabulation.
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2021
<https://hdl.handle.net/10210/497056>
AWARDS AND PRIZES
PRINCE CLAUS SEED AWARD 2024
KINGSFORDWEG 151, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: SEPTEMBER 2024
<https://princeclausfund.nl/awardees/miliswa-ndziba>
COROBRIK REGIONAL ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT AWARD - University of Johannesburg 1st Runner Up.
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2021
EXAMINER’S CHOICE AWARD - Selected by Professor Mitchell Squire.
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2021
DISTINCTION AWARD
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2021
DEAN’S PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING WORK
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2020
DISTINCTION AWARD
FADA BLDG., BUNTING ROAD, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2020
BURSARIES
UJ SUPERVISOR-LINKED BURSARY FOR MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL STUDY
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: 2021
UJ HONOURS BURSARY
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: 2020