Professional Affiliation

Institute for Security Studies

Expert Bio

Dimpho Motsamai joined the ISS in November 2010 as a researcher in the Africa ACPP, based in Pretoria, South Africa. Under the ACPP’s Southern Africa component, her work focuses on the institutional dimensions of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in relation to human security, and South Africa’s regional foreign policy. Ms. Motsamai was trained at the University of the Witwatersrand, (Johannesburg, South Africa) and holds a Masters degree in International Relations. Her previous post was at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) as an analyst on policy issues related to security, development, governance and international relations in Southern Africa.