New TUT VC - Prof Tinyiko Maluleke

Prof. Tinyiko Maluleke has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor and Principal for the Tshwane University of Technology as of 01 February 2022.

“TUT said Maluleke was an experienced senior leader with two decades of executive management experience within the higher education sector. Maluleke joins the TUT from the University of Pretoria, where he is senior research fellow and deputy director at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship.

He holds a doctoral degree from the University of SA and is a full professor. “As an influential voice for research and higher education at a national and international level, Prof Maluleke appears regularly in the national media and has strong networks in government and major research and funding organizations,” TUT said in a statement. Tilson Manyoni, chair of the TUT council, congratulated Maluleke on his appointment.

TUT said Maluleke is a prominent and internationally recognized researcher in his field, specializing in religion and politics, as well as black and African theologies. It said Maluleke is a regular contributor of opinion pieces on various social and political issues in the mainstream media.” – Source: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-12-08-prof-tinyiko-ma...

This is exciting news for the Tshwane University of Technology, who have been a Member of and great collaborator of PURCO SA. PURCO SA CEO, Selvan Govender congratulates Prof Maluleke on his new appointment and wishes him well for the future.