{"id":41547,"date":"2026-08-18T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=41547"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:21:35","slug":"researcher-dr-naume-sonhera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/researcher-dr-naume-sonhera\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher &#8211; Dr. Naume Sonhera\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41547\" class=\"elementor elementor-41547\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f20182 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-6f20182-bbafc93\" data-id=\"6f20182\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"6f20182\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574b8ab e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-574b8ab-550a577\" data-id=\"574b8ab\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"574b8ab\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a57be29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a57be29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dr.-Naume-Sonhera.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6752\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a990a4b e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-a990a4b-a1accdf e-a990a4b-a1accdf\" data-id=\"a990a4b\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"a990a4b\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342fdec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"342fdec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Naume Sonhera <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f2b86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7f2b86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Group Leader<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b3210 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13b3210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Department of Information and Communications Technology\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"d989a74\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"d989a74\">Dr. Sonhera is an accomplished Senior Lecturer specializing in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with expertise in the field of Information Systems. 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