Judith February

Judith is a senior research associate at the Institute for Security Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the Wits School of Governance. Prior to that, Judith headed up IDASA’s South African governance programme. She practiced law in Cape Town until 2000 and holds an LLM in Commercial Law. Judith also is a Conflict Dynamics accredited commercial mediator. She is a regular media analyst on South African politics and writes columns for Eyewitness News, Daily Maverick and Media24. She is the author of ‘Turning and Turning: exploring the complexities of South Africa’s democracy’, published by PanMacMillan in August 2018. Judith also chairs the Springfield Convent School board of governors. She was appointed to the Board in August 2008.