Dr. Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa
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Dr. Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa
Dr. Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa

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Dr. Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa is a legal scholar with extensive expertise in law and policy development. He earned his Bachelor, Masters, and Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in South Africa. After his law degree, he worked as a legal officer and advisor in Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare, advising on law reform and policy issues. He received training in legal drafting from Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Justice and the International Labour Organisation Training Centre in Turin, Italy.

After completing his doctoral studies, he became a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Trade Law at UFH before being appointed as a senior lecturer at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Law. He later taught at the University of Namibia, where he also served as Head of Department of the Private Law Department. Further he also taught at the University of Botswana and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Venda in South Africa. Dr. Warikandwa has been involved in policy and legislation formulation in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region, contributing to notable projects such as the Global One Ocean Hub Project, UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education Project, and Namibia’s Africa Peer Review Mechanism Report.

His expertise spans international trade law, mining law, constitutional law, labour law, and more. He is a prolific author, editor, and multidisciplinary researcher, publishing in respected platforms like Taylor & Francis, Springer, and LexisNexis. He serves on editorial boards of national and international journals and has supervised numerous postgraduate and undergraduate students.

 

 

Publications

Forthcoming Book/Book chapters – Peer reviewed

  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, Howard Chitimira and Patrick Osode(eds) Trade and Investment Law in Africa: Prospects andChallenges of the African Continental Free Trade Area(forthcoming Springer 2025)
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, K Kariseb, Serges Kamga, et al (ed)Conference Book Proceedings, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung(forthcoming 2025)

Books in Progress

  • Howard Chitimira, Tapiwa V. Warikandwa and MosesPhooko (eds) “Commercial Law and Related Issues: A Reviewof Contemporary Legal Issues and Regulatory Developments inSouth Africa and Selected Jurisdictions” (forthcoming 2025) –Southern Africa Law Teachers book conference publication (Juta)
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, Howard Chitimira, and MosesPhooko (eds) “Contemporary Legal Issues in Law and theSociety: Reflections from South Africa and SelectedJurisdictions” (forthcoming 2025) – Southern Africa LawTeachers book conference publication (Juta)
  • Moses Phooko, Howard Chitmira, and Tapiwa V.Warikandwa, Howard Chitimira and Moses Phooko (eds)“Celebrating the Legacy of Justice Mogkoro: A 21st CenturyLegal Perspective” (forthcoming 2025) Justice MokgoroCelebration Book Project (Juta)
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa Mining and Water Laws in Namibia2024-2025 (Juta)
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa and Linekeela Ihuhua (forthcoming2025) Law of Delict in Namibia (LexisNexis)
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa et al Marine Spatial Planning inNamibia: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (2024-2025)(Springer/Routledge)

Book Publications: Single authored, edited, and co-Edited

  • Samuel K. Amoo & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa et al ComparativeLaw in Namibia 2024 (2025) ISBN: 978-99945-57-23-3 UnamPress
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, K Kariseb, Serges Kamga, et al (ed)Constitutionalism and Sustainable Development in Africa (2024)ISBN: 978-0-6390-17848-8 LexisNexis
  • Howard Chitimira & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa (ed) (2023)Prioritising financial inclusion in Southern Africa: A contemporarylaw and economics perspective, ISBN: 978 1 48515 016 9, Juta
  • Howard Chitimira & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa (ed) (2023)Financial Inclusion Regulatory Practices in SADC: Addressingprospects and challenges in the 21st Century, Routledge, ISBN9781032439150
  • Howard Chitimira & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa (ed) (2023)Financial Inclusion and Digital Transformation Regulatory Practicesin Selected SADC Countries: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana andZimbabwe, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-23863-5
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, et al (ed) (2022) Namibia’s Supreme Court at 30 years: A review of the Superior Court’s role in thedevelopment of Namibia’s jurisprudence in the post-independenceera – Judiciary Services Commission Book Project – KonradAdenauer Stiftung, Namibia/Angola ISBN: 978-99916-39-64-27)
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa et al (ed) (2021), Global JurisprudentialApartheid in the 21st Century: Universalism and Particularism inInternational Law (September 2021) – Lexington Books, USA,978-1-7936-4336-0
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa et al (eds), (2019) Grid-locked AfricanEconomic Sovereignty: Decolonising the Neo-Imperial SocioEconomic and Legal Force-fields in the 21st Century – LangaaResearch & Publishing Common Initiative Group, Mankon,Bameda – DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvh9vx7n/ ISBN 9789956550302.
  • Artwell Nhemachena & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa (eds), (2019)From African Peer Review Mechanisms to African Queer ReviewMechanisms? Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Empire and theDecolonisation of African Orifices, Langaa Research &Publishing Common Initiative Group, Mankon, Bameda –ISBN 9789956550562.
  • Artwell Nhemachena, Tapiwa V. Warikandwa & Samuel KAmoo (eds), (2018) Social and Legal Theory in the Age ofDecoloniality: Towards an African Jurisprudence in the 21stCentury – Langaa Research & Publishing Common InitiativeGroup, Mankon, Bameda – ISBN 9789956550128.
  • Artwell Nhemachena & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa (eds) (2017)Mining Africa: Law, Environment, Society and Politics in Historicaland Multidisciplinary Perspectives – Langaa Research &Publishing Common Initiative Group, Mankon, Bameda -ISBN-10: 9956-764-32-9; ISBN-13: 978-9956-764-32-7.
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, Artwell Nhemachena & OliverMtapuri (eds), (2017) Transnational Land Grabs and Restitution inan Age of the (De-)Militarised New Scramble for Africa: A PanAfrican Socio-Legal Perspective – Langaa Research &Publishing Common Initiative Group, Mankon, Bameda -ISBN 9789956762590.
  • Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu & Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, (eds)(2017) Women’s Rights and the role of Women in PropertyEradication: A Contemporary Namibian Perspective (HumanRights and Documentation Centre, UNAM) ISBN 978-99916-53-53-2.
  • Tapiwa V. Warikandwa, 2011. The Constitutional Right toFair Labour Practices in South Africa: A Critical Appraisal of theConstitutional Right and Legislation Giving Effect to ItDudweilerLandstr. Germany; LAP LAMBERT AcademicPublisher.

 

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