Dr. Khabele Matlosa

Dr. Khabele Matlosa is the author of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, which was adopted by the AU on 30 January 2007 and came into force in 2012 following its ratification by 15 Member States of the AU. Working with two other African experts, he researched and co-authored the AU Panel of the Wise report on Election-Related Disputes and Political Violence: Strengthening the Role of the African Union in Preventing, Managing and Resolving Conflict.

This report was adopted by the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU in Kampala, Uganda, in 2009. He provided technical leadership to the AUC's Department of Political Affairs during the development of the AUTJP, which was adopted in 2019. He holds a PhD in political economy from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and a post-graduate diploma in conflict resolution from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

He is the former Governance Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Service Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, and a former Director, Department of Political Affairs, AU Commission, Addis Ababa. He is the Visiting Professor at the Centre for African Diplomacy and Leadership, University of Johannesburg.