Siphamandla Zondi

Acting Director: Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation, University of Johannesburg

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
African Association of Political Science
International Political Science Association
African Studies Association