Thulisile Nomkhosi ‘Thuli’ Madonsela, South African advocate and professor of law, holds a chair in social justice at Stellenbosch University. She conducts and coordinates social justice research, and teaches constitutional and administrative law. She served as the Public Protector of South Africa from 19 October 2009 to 14 October 2016.
In her final days in office, Thuli compiled the explosive State Capture Report and, before that, the report on past President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. Praised and vilified in equal measures,