Prof Dirk Kotze is a Professor of Political Science at University of South Africa (Unisa). He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS). He has obtained a BA (cum laude) from University of Stellenbosch, 1982; another BA Honours (cum laude) also from University of Stellenbosch, 1983, MA (Political Science) (cum laude) from University of Stellenbosch, 1985; MA (History) from University of Pretoria, 1988 and Ph.D. (Political Studies) from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1997.
Prof. Kotze teaches in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South Africa (Unisa. He was a Lecturer 1988-1989; Senior Lecturer 1990-2005; Associate Professor 2005-2007; Professor since 2008; and became the Chairperson of Department of Political Sciences 2008 – 2011.