Professor Mbekezeli Comfort Mkhize

	Name	Mbekezeli Comfort Mkhize
	Highest qualification	PhD (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
	Position	Associate Professor in International and Diplomacy Studies
	Contact details	mkhizmc@unisa.ac.za
	Research interests/expertise	Diplomacy; conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa; democratisation and economic development in Africa; social protests in developing regions
	Teaching	International and Diplomacy Studies
	Current projects	Co-editor of the book manuscript titled Reflections on the complexities of the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the Global South (under review).

Short biography

Mbekezeli Mkhize is an Associate Professor in International and Diplomacy Studies, TM-School (Unisa), and a Research Associate in the Department of History and Political Studies (Nelson Mandela University). He is a co-editor of the book manuscript (under review) provisionally titled Reflections on the complexities of the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the Global South. Before joining TM-School, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations (University of Fort Hare [UFH]). He is a former researcher at the Centre for Military Studies (CEMIS), Stellenbosch University. Mkhize holds a doctorate from Stellenbosch University, and two Master's degrees, an honours and a bachelor's degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He has published and reviewed academic articles in accredited scientific journals, and has contributed chapters to books both locally and internationally.

Selected publications

• Mkhize, M.C., Makau, K.L. & Madumi, P. (2020). Good governance under Zuma administration: Fad or reality? In Governance and societal adaptation in fragile states, edited by J.I. Lahai & H. Ware. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan:171–188.
• Mkhize, M. (2019). GEAR past, BRICS future: South Africa protests. In BRICS and resistance in Africa: Contention, assimilation and co-optation, edited by J. van der Merwe, P. Bond & D. Dodd. UK: Zed Books:240–263.
• Mkhize, M.C. & Makau, K.L. (2018). Is xenophobic violence and criminality systemic in post-apartheid South Africa? A critical analysis of growing denialism to 2015 incidents. Politeia, 37(1):1–21.
• Mkhize, M.C. (2017). New interventions and sustainable solutions: Reappraising illegal artisanal mining in South Africa. South African Crime Quarterly, 61:67–75.
• Mkhize, M.C. (2015). Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In African frontiers: Insurgency, governance, and peacebuilding in postcolonial states, edited by J.I. Lahai & T. Lyons. Australia: Ashgate.