Staff Faculty: Humanities

Mrs ‘Majonathane Molapo currently teaches undergraduate courses in the department of Development Studies, specifically Development Economics, Political Economy of International Development, Technology and Development and International Organisations and Institutions. Her research interests include entrepreneurship and community development, good governance and international relations.

Miss Molise is a Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies. Her interests are aligned to the empowerment of women and girls and social justice. Miss Molise is currently teaching courses which are related to development concepts and theories, international Organizations and institutions as well as social movements.

Selomi Makhutla is a lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at the National University of Lesotho. His area of interest is in issues of ecotourism and community empowerment. He teaches Applied Economics for Development; Globalisation and Development, and Selected Topics in Development.

Mr Setšabi is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the National University of Lesotho and a Master’s degree in Development Studies, specializing in Regional Development Planning with sub-specialisations in rural industrialisation and the Urban Informal Sector. Mr Setšabi also represents the Faculty of Humanities in the University Quality Assurance Committee. His research work has focused on a wide range of areas including the urban informal sector, local government, youth and development, sustainable rural livelihoods, impact of large dams on livelihoods of affected communities. His current research interest area is in conflict and development, the case of the gangs of men in blankets in an international context. He has taught causes in Research Methodology, Spatial Organisation, Regional Development Planning, Sustainable Development, Natural Resources Management, Technology and Development and State and Development. Mr Setšabi has also worked as a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Southern African Studies and Programme Coordinator in Youth and Development at the UNDP.

Dr Macheka is a Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at the National University of Lesotho. She is also an avid researcher, a consultant, development practitioner, political ecologist and a qualitative research methodology expert. Her research straddles the fields of social research, political ecology, community development and human development. Dr Macheka also focuses on community participation with a bias towards uplifting the marginalised groups such as women and the youth, among others. As a consultant and researcher, she was once engaged by the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity (USA) 2021 as a Co-Investigator for a project: African Spirituality, Health, and Well-being in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe and Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) 2020 as a Co-consultant for policy relevant research: Interrogating the inclusion and participation of vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe’s local democracy. She was further engaged by British Ecological Society (BES) 2020-2021 as a Principal Investigator for Ecologists in Africa 2020 project: Climate Change and Ecological sustainability in Southern Africa: Interrogating the Role of Higher Education Institutions in Zimbabwe and also by the Swedish Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law as a Principal Investigator for Zimbabwe Human Rights Capacity Development Programme 2019-2021 on ‘Covid-19, gender and human rights’: Women’s access to reproductive health services during the Covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.’ In 2021, she was further engaged as a trainer by Union for the Development of Apostolic Churches in Zimbabwe (UDACIZA) training religious leaders, community leaders and youth on, ‘Strengthening the role of the church in promoting Social Cohesion and Civic Participation within Devolution Processes’. Macheka also works with Local Development Research Advocacy Trust (LODRAT) in Zimbabwe as a Trustee and a Research & Development Consultant. She has experience in research formulation, data collection, analysis and report writing. She is also a qualitative research expert who coordinates research including designing online and offline qualitative data collection tools such as interview guides, focus group discussions guides and questionnaires guides.