Dr Nkanyiso Sibanda

Lecturer – Department of Private Law, UWC Faculty Law

Dr Sibanda is a Law Lecturer at UWC and an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He obtained a doctorate in Property Law from UWC in 2017, an MA in International Studies from Stellenbosch University, and an LLB from Fort Hare University. He teaches Law of Property, Land Law and Employment Law.

His research interests include African Customary Law, Law of Property, Law of Contract and Labour Law. In 2019, the South African Journal on Human Rights bestowed on him the “Best Article by an Emerging Scholar Award” for an entry titled ‘Amending section 25 of the South African Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation: some theoretical considerations of the social-obligation norm of ownership’. The article appeared in the South African Journal on Human Rights issue 35/2 (2019).

Specialisation: African Customary Law, Law of Property, Law of Contract and Labour Law