Dr Frank Lekaba is a Senior Lecturer in the Wits School of Governance. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Peace Studies and International Relations and Master of Social Sciences in International Relations from the North-West University, and DLitt et Phil in Politics from the University of Johannesburg. He previously worked as a Lecturer at the North-West University, a researcher in the Human Sciences Research Council’s Africa Institute of South Africa.

Journal Articles:

1.1.The impact of All Basotho Convention intra-party conflict upon its electoral performance in Lesotho’s 2022 elections. Status: Published. Journal of African Elections. (June 2023)   

 1.2.Nation-building in Madagascar, the place and role of Fihavanana in the country’s Reconciliation process. Status: Published. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinary. (October 2022).

1.3.Nation-building and State-building in Madagascar, an opportune moment for participation of Local voices and promotion of Intra-Africa Trade. Status: Published Africa Insight. Vol. 48 No. 2 (2019).

1.4.State Security and Trans-border ethnic polarity in the Great Lakes region of Africa: The DRC/Rwanda imbroglio. Co-authored with Dr Check Achu. Published Africa Insight. Vol 45 (1) June 2015.

1.5.An Analysis of the Stubborn Spectre of Violent Service Delivery Protests and its link to Xenophobia in South Africa: the case of Alexandra and Bekkersdal Townships. Published: OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol.7, No. 7, pp.29-38, (2014).

1.6.UNSC Reform and the Complexities of African Continental Integration. Co-authored with Dr. Oshupeng Maseng. Published. African Security Review. Vol 23.4 November (2014).

2.     Book Chapters:

2.1.Title: SADC at 30; lessons from its interventions in the kingdom of Lesotho and the Republic of Madagascar. SADC@30: REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE SADC. Book Status: forthcoming.

2.2.Title: SADC’s Interventions in Lesotho; balancing regionalism and local participation in the country’s mediation and a positive contribution towards Africa Rising. Africa Rising: navigating the nexus between rhetoric and emerging reality. Book Status: Published 2020.

2.3.Title: Reconfiguring the Ezulwini Consensus in pursuit of the Security Council reform in Africa at a Crossroad. Book Status: Published 2018.

2.4.Title: Insecurity and Education in South Africa after 1994, a chapter in Security, Education and Development in Contemporary Africa. Book Status: Published 2017.