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Rorisang Lekalake

Analysis unit

Afrobarometer

Rorisang Lekalake is a senior analyst/methodologist at Afrobarometer

Biography

Rorisang Lekalake (Rori) is senior analyst/methodologist for Afrobarometer, charged with contributing to the organisation’s analytical outputs, strengthening existing methodologies, and contributing to building the capacity of network staff and partners in quantitative research methods and analysis. She previously served as the organisation’s assistant project manager for Southern Africa based at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR).

Prior to rejoining Afrobarometer, Rori completed a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she was an affiliate of the MIT Political Experiments Research Lab (PERL) and the MIT Global Diversity Lab (GDL). She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and French from the University of Pennsylvania.

Areas of interest

Language

English

Blog

A long to-do list for the victors of South Africa’s 2024 election

Publications

External publication

South Africans are demanding more of their leaders, and democracy

External publication

South Africans still committed to national unity despite growing dissatisfaction

External publication

Why East and West Africans are in favour of integration, and others aren’t

External publication

Apathy among young people stands in the way of Africa’s demographic dividend

External publication

Why opposition parties in southern Africa struggle to win power

PP40: Beyond the Arab Spring: Will economic and security challenges further test Tunisia’s democracy?

PP38: Still no alternative? Popular views of the opposition in Southern Africa’s one-party dominant regimes

AD126: South Africans demand government accountability amid perceptions of growing corruption

PP34: Moins d’engagement, moins d’autonomisation? La participation politique est à la traîne chez les jeunes d’Afrique

PP34: Does less engaged mean less empowered? Political participation lags among African youth, especially women

PP33: Evaluating Botswana’s performance on National Vision 2016

AD101: Youth political engagement in South Africa: Beyond student protests

PP32: Extrémisme violent en Afrique: Perceptions des citoyens du Sahel, du Lac Tchad, de la Corne

PP32: Violent extremism in Africa: Public opinion from the Sahel, Lake Chad, and the Horn

AD100: Threat of violent extremism from a ‘grassroots’ perspective: Evidence from North Africa

AD88: South Africa’s opposition narrows trust gap but still faces mixed perceptions of vision and role

AD84: South Africans generally tolerant but report racial discrimination by employers and courts

AD82: Post-1994 South Africa better than apartheid, but few gains in socioeconomic conditions

AD71: Support for democracy in South Africa declines amid rising discontent with implementation

PP30: Botswana’s democratic consolidation: What will it take?

AD66: South Africans have lost confidence in Zuma, believe he ignores Parliament and the law

AD65: South Africans increasingly dissatisfied with their elected leaders’ performance

PP23: Support for the International Criminal Court in Africa: Evidence from Kenya

AD37: Is Kenya’s anti-terrorist crackdown exacerbating drivers of violent extremism?

AD36: Improving prospects for South Africa’s youth: Education, vocational training still key priorities

AD35: South African youth patriotic, optimistic about national cohesion, but low on civic engagement

AD32: Persisting education disparities threaten to exclude women from the global knowledge economy