Sofonea Shale Bio

Sofonea Shale is a well-rounded governance expert. He is a seasoned civil society practitioner with 30 years of experience 19 of which in the top leadership.  He leads Development for Peace Education (DPE) as the Coordinator and Head of the Secretariat and the Southern African People’s Solidarity Network(SAPSN) as chair. He represented the youth voice in the Senate of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Lesotho nominated by the King acting on the advice of the Council of State in 1998-2002.

He is well vested in governance, democracy, elections, participation, conflict, mediation and peace facilitation, the competencies he has gained and used in civil society, consultancy and advisory capacities. He has offered training and facilitation of dialogue processes like elections for political parties, sports associations, civil society and other formations. He is an analyst and commentator of note in the Lesotho politics and SADC. He is key in the civil society facilitation of political dialogue and support to the SADC process in Lesotho. He offers advisory support to the government, institutions and the leadership of the country on various issues, in particular the national reforms process. He is the Chair of the Tribunal of the Independent Electoral Commission in Lesotho and a member of the Technical Working Committee of the SADC Parliamentary Forum on Governance, Democracy and Elections.  He is a former member of the National Reforms Authority.’

Shale holds a Bachelor of social sciences, BA Honours in Political Sciences-specialisation in International Relations, a Masters Degree in Development Studies, Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies and is pursuing a PhD.