Zondi earned his BA Honours and Postgrad Diploma from the then University of Durban-Westville and his MPhil and DPhil from the University of Cambridge, UK. His research careers spans the now defunct Africa Institute of South Africa, the Institute for Global Dialogue, and the University of Pretoria. He is currently with the Department of Politics at the University of Johannesburg where he is acting director of Institute of Pan-African Thought &Conversation as well as acting co-director of Institute for Global African Affairs (jointly hosted with the University of West Indies). Zondi is on the National Planning Commission, while he is also the chair of the SA Brics Think. His research interests relate to the decolonisation of power, of being and of knowledge
Experience
2020–present
Professor, University of Johannesburg
2017–2020
Professor and Head of Department, University of Pretoria
2011–2016
Director, Institute for Global Dialogue
2007–2011
Programme Coordinator, Institute for Global Dialogue
2000–2003
Researcher, Africa Institute
Education
2000
DPhil, Cambridge University
1997
Mphil, Cambridge University
1996
Postgrad Diploma in Education, University of Durban-Westville
1995
BA Honours, University of Durban-Westville
Professional Memberships
South African Association of Political Studies
South African Sociological Association
South African Association of Public Administration