Mr Lwandile Gwebushe is a PhD candidate in Radio Astronomy at the Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques & Technologies (RATT) at Rhodes University and has been continuously funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRFSARAO) from his undergraduate studies to the present. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Istituto di Radioastronomia of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) in Bologna, Italy.

His research uses MeerKAT observations to investigate neutral hydrogen and galaxy evolution within the Shapley Supercluster. Mr Gwebushe graduated cum laude with a BSc and MSc from the University of the Western Cape and holds a BSc Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. A MeerKAT Open Time Principal Investigator and lead author of a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), he has developed an international research profile through research visits to INAF, presentations in Botswana, and participation in space science initiatives in the United States and Brazil.