Kgomotso Komane is currently enrolled for a PhD in International Relations at the University of Pretoria. She recently completed a Master of Arts in Diplomatic Studies and holds an honours degree in International Relations and an undergraduate degree in International Studies, also from the University of Pretoria. She has worked as a Research Intern at the Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA) and is currently working as a researcher for the CMA. Her research focuses on the role of women in mediation in Africa, specifically examining the roles of Basotho women in peacebuilding and mediation in Lesotho. My research focuses on understanding the role of women in peace processes using an intersecting theoretical framework. Using Lesotho as a case study, her doctoral research seeks
to provide an in-depth understanding of the role of women in peacebuilding and mediation in Lesotho through an intersecting theoretical framework of decolonial peace, decolonial feminism, African feminism and indigenous knowledge systems to explore the complex and integrated challenges Basotho women face.
Publication List
Parry, BR., Komane, K., Williams, T. 2026. Negotiating Gender Role Expectations: Understanding the Gendered Experiences of Women Mediators in Africa. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 28(1), 144–164.https://doi.org/10.
Wielenga, C., Parry, BR., Matshaka, C., Komane, K., Kudashova, K., Ndhlovu, N., John, SF., Holtzhausen, M. 2025. The Everyday Practices of Women Traditional Leaders in Resolving Conflicts in South Africa: A Centre for Mediation in Africa project. https://upmonographs.
Komane, K. 2025. What women say about peace: (Re)-centering the voices of African and European women to sustainable peace, 8 October 2025. Internet: https://near-er.eu/
Komane, K. 2025. Digital storytelling can contribute to indigenous knowledge, 4 July 2025. Internet: https://mg.co.za/
Komane, K. 2025. Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Centre local voices in the climate change, conflict and peacebuilding nexus, 5 July 2025. Internet: https://mg.co.za/
Komane, K. 2025. “Nothing changes if nothing changes”: Police Brutality as a Colonial Legacy, 14 June 2025. Internet: https://www.
Komane, K. 2025. From Margins to the Middle: Youth, Peace, and Security in Southern Africa, 14 June 2025. Internet: https://www.
Komane, K. 2022. Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa: A decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022). Master’s mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria. Access: https://repository.up.