Staff Faculty: Philosophy

Khahliso Mahula is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Lesotho. She teaches classical Philosophy courses such as Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Language and Logical Reasoning and other Philosophy courses. Her research interests lie mainly in Analytic Philosophy (Philosophy of Language), Metaphysics and Epistemology.

A lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Lesotho. The research interests are in the area of Epistemology, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science. Represents the Faculty of Humanities in Library Board.

Isaiah Munyiswa is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Lesotho. He teaches courses in Political Philosophy, Critical Thinking Skills and Textual Analysis. His research interests are in the capabilities approach to human development, citizenship studies, Economic Philosophy and the Philosophy of Well-being. Dr Munyiswa has examined doctoral theses for Stellenbosch University and has been the Philosophy external examiner for Great Zimbabwe University (2020-2023). He also has been a peer Reviewer for the Development in Practice Journal. He holds a doctoral degree in Philosophy from Stellenbosch University, an MA degree in Philosophy and a BA Honours degree in Philosophy from the University of Zimbabwe.

Napo Claudius Khasoane is an Applied Ethics Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Lesotho. He teaches Ethics and Applied Ethics courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is passionate about exposing learners to meta-ethical and moral pluralism arguments. He has conducted training on ethics and professionalism and performance management for middle and senior managers of the Government of Lesotho. He has also presented conference papers on ethics, corruption and performance management in Lesotho, Botswana and Eswatini. His research interests are Applied Ethics, corruption and public sector management.

Clive Tendai Zimunya is a Philosophy lecturer at the National University of Lesotho in the Department of Philosophy. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Research interests include logic, critical thinking, metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. He is passionate about imparting logic and critical thinking skills in his students and making them appreciate the role and significance of science in the acquisition of knowledge. He represents the Faculty of Humanities as a member of the NUL ICT steering community. Dr Zimunya is currently the Head of the Department of Philosophy.

Dr. Mahlatsi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Lesotho. He studied philosophy at the National University of Lesotho. His area of specialization is human rights. He is interested in African philosophy, political philosophy and environmental ethics. He teaches traditional philosophy and some applied philosophy courses. Besides teaching, he has served for seven years as the Tutor of the Faculty of Humanities. He is more passionate about research work. He has supervised students’ research projects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published articles on Botho/Ubuntu ethics and climate change. He has also published a book: Ethics of Botho