Mluleki Mvelase is a Pan-African and social justice activist with over 10 years of experience supporting grassroots movements and advancing liberation struggles across Africa and the Global South.

As Pan-African Solidarity Officer at Africans Rising, he coordinates continent-wide solidarity initiatives, strengthens movement collaboration, and supports rapid response efforts that advance collective action and people-to-people solidarity. His expertise spans programme coordination, Pan-African movement-building, political education, holistic protection, and supporting grassroots organising. 

Passionate about advancing critical consciousness through political education, Mluleki serves as Coordinator of the Ubuntu Collective for Popular Education and is a member of the Protection Experts Group with Protection International. He believes that lasting social transformation is built through politically conscious, organised communities working together across borders to advance justice, dignity, and self-determination.