Tracey Muradzikwa is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Johannesburg. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Witwatersrand working on the legitimacy of female traditional leaders in Nswazi, Zimbabwe. She previously taught Feminist Theory and Politics at the University of Witwatersrand’s Department of Political Studies. Her research interests are traditional leaders and politics in Zimbabwe since 1980 and gender politics in the Global South parliaments. She is a recipient of Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship (2020), Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship (2021), and the Doctoral Dissertation Completion (2023).