This book contributes to the current academic debate and scholarly research on conflict transformation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) sub-region. It will serve as a guide on how conflict recurrences can best be tackled in the sub-region, and seeks to improve the transformation process of conflict and peace-building in the Kingdom in the Sky and in the sub-region at large. The book will shed light on the road ahead for the SADC and its role in transforming conflict into positive peace and peace-building, and will contribute to discussions on the necessity of a conflict transformation model as a key tool in efforts to transform the state of recurring intrastate conflict in Lesotho. Thus, this book will also enhance the literature and discourse on sub-regional organisations and their path towards conflict transformation on the African continent.
Noluthando Phungula holds a PhD in conflict and peace studies, and a master's degree in international relations, from the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She has worked as a lecturer of international relations and political science at the University of Zululand and also at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), both in South Africa. She has also worked in the local government sphere as an advisor at the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), where she served on numerous intergovernmental and provincial committees. Her research interests include conflict transformation, security and peace studies, Chinese-South African relations and governance issues in local government.
