Education
The Windhoek native earned his bachelor"s degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa in 1971 and an honours in politics from Stellenbosch in 1972. He later earned a master"s degree in politics from Stellenbosch in 1975. From 1975-1976, du Pisani was a research student at the London School of Economics.
In 1988, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in politics from the University of Cape Town.
From 1995-1996, he did post-doctoral research through the Global Security Fellows Initiative at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.