UJ announces new vice-chancellor
Chair of the Council of the university, Mike Teke, was delighted to announce that Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi would fill the role.
Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi has been appointed as the University of Johannesburg‘s (UJ) new vice-chancellor and principal effective from March 1, 2023.
Mpedi is currently the deputy vice-chancellor: academic, and a member of the university’s management executive committee.
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Earlier this month, UJ announced the shortlisting of four candidates for the position of vice-chancellor and principal. This came following the appointment of the incumbent Professor Tshilidzi Marwala as the rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.
“I’m delighted and deeply honoured to be taking up the role of vice-chancellor of this great university. Prof Marwala and his predecessor Prof Ihron Rensburg have built a strong university, and I see many opportunities to take the institution’s ambitious strategy forward. I am particularly looking forward to working with staff and students to build a truly inspirational and transformative institution where all are included and supported to thrive,” said Mpedi.
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Among his list of achievements, Mpedi holds advanced management and leadership qualification from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford as well as in Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy Programme, from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, executive education.
The chair of the council of UJ, Mike Teke said, “The panel were impressed with his commitment to continuing with the university’s strategic objectives and our values of transformation, social justice, and environmental sustainability. Prof Mpedi has also demonstrated an unwavering and outstanding commitment to continuing our efforts for the university to be recognised as an innovative and rigorous place of learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution with impactful research. We are delighted to welcome him to lead our ambitious plans.”
Marwala concluded, “I look forward to working with him [Mpedi] over the next few months to ensure a smooth transition and I offer him and the university my very best wishes for every success in the future.”
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