Bio

Dr. Hlengiwe Ndlovu is a Senior Lecturer at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the Witwatersrand, where her doctoral research examined state-society relations in post-apartheid South Africa. She also has a Master’s and Honours in Industrial Sociology and a BA in Sociology and International Relations. Dr. Ndlovu’s research navigates the intersections of gender, governance, protest politics, violence, and decolonial feminist thought. She has held academic positions at the University of the Western Cape, University of the Free State, and Nelson Mandela University, and has been a visiting fellow at institutions such as the University of Cambridge and Eberhard Karl’s University of Tübingen. She currently serves as the Wits School of Governance’s representative on the Faculty Staffing and Promotions Committee, sits on the Transformation Committee, and convenes the Security Studies teaching stream. Beyond academia, Dr. Ndlovu is a prominent public intellectual. A sought-after media analyst and speaker, her work regularly engages public audiences, with commentary featured on platforms such as eNCA, SABC, Sunday World, and The New York Times. She also appears as a political analyst on radio and television, speaking on gender justice, elections, and policy reform. Dr. Ndlovu is committed to bridging scholarship, public discourse, and social justice.