Professor Thanda-bantu Nhlapo is an academic with career spanning over three decades.

During these years he's held positions such as senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town -  Chair of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims - and Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Ambassador at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington D.C.

He joined the Rise and Shine team having recently delivered the 17th Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture under the theme 'Customary Law and SA Legal System: A Role for the Courts, the Legislature and Civil Society'...

Professor Thanda-bantu Nhlapo is an academic with career spanning over three decades.
During these years he's held positions such as senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town -  Chair of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims - and Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Ambassador at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington D.C.
He joined the Rise and Shine team having recently delivered the 17th Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture under the theme 'Customary Law and SA Legal System: A Role for the Courts, the Legislature and Civil Society'...