Prof Njotini is a seasoned academic and Dean of Law based at the Alice Campus.Prof Njotini developed several courses and programmes, the most notable being the Research Methodology in Law and Criminal Justice (UNISA) and the Programme in Law and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) (UJ).
Based at the Alice Campus,Prof Mzukisi Njotini is the Dean: Faculty of Law at the University of Fort Hare (University). Prior to him joining the University, he worked as the Vice Dean: Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).
As Vice Dean, he devised and introduced teaching and learning frameworks that support “education for sustainable development”. He also worked as the Professor and Director of the School of Law at the University of Limpopo (UL), Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in the College of Law at the University of South Africa.
As the Director, he oversaw, inter alia, the re-accreditation of the LLB programme by the Council on Higher Education (CHE). Prof Njotini’s area of specialisation include information and communications technology law (ICT) Law, 4IR and the Law, Cybersecurity and the Law, Legal Philosophy, Law and Ethics. He has contributed extensively to academic knowledge in his chosen area. For example, he has authored a number of journal articles, case notes, books and chapters in books in the field of ICT Law. Some of the books Prof Njotini co-edited include:
- Law and Industry 4.0: Selected Perspectives on a New Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
- Yearbook of South African Law, Volume 1.
- Yearbook of South African Law, Volume 2.
In addition, he has delivered a number of peer-reviewed papers at national and international conferences. Prof Njotini developed several courses and programmes, the most notable being the Research Methodology in Law and Criminal Justice (UNISA) and the Programme in Law and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) (UJ). Furthermore, he has taught multiple courses, for example, Legal Ethics, Corporate Governance and the Law, Law for Social Work, Law of Delict, Cyber Law and Law and Industry 4.0.
Prof Njotini did his post-doctoral research with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
Flowing from his post-doctoral research, he authored and published three (3) journal articles.