Lerato Mbele

Research Co-ordinator, Party System Development in Africa

Ms Mbele's research interests include African politics and issues of political association and governance on the continent.


She holds an MSc in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, at the University of London. She previously worked at the South African Broadcasting Corporation, producing and anchoring their flagship programme on diplomacy and politics, broadcast across 41 African states.

mbelel@saiia.wits.ac.za