Thabo Ncholu Stanley Makhanya (Stan) is a spatial planner and civil servant in Lesotho. Makhanya currently works as a planner at the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police, specializing in land use management, development control, and zoning. Makhanya's work has an emphasis on GIS and mapping strategies.
Makhanya holds a degree in Public Administration and Political Science from the National University of Lesotho.
At MIT, Makhanya aims to deepen knowledge of GIS for spatial data collection and development of climate resilience strategies in Lesotho.
Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.
