Kaya 959 Reporter
Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe has been elected as the new chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Moloi-Motsepe cemented her place in UCT’s long history; she becomes its sixth chancellor since 1918.
She has been chancellor since 1 January 2020, her installation and investiture were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
She was appointed as UCT chancellor last year, replacing former first lady Graça Machel, who served in the position for 20 years.
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Five key themes to guide UCT in the next decades
Moloi-Motsepe explored five key themes she believes should guide UCT in the next decades.
“This university is ideally placed to help South Africa, Africa and the world negotiate the next few decades, which for me are defined both by pressing challenges and a wealth of opportunities.
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The first theme is inclusion. COVID-19 had shown that the world is not inclusive enough, she said.
Second is the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the opportunity to shape the impact of accelerating and converging technologies on societies and labour markets.
“These technologies hold immense potential, not least for better inclusion, but they can also be disruptive, and could potentially put jobs at risk.”
Fifth and last is a values shift.
“Interacting with these themes, shaping them and being shaped by them, I feel there is a growing global sense that we need to put values and ethics back into how we think about our economic system, and how we understand the institutions that form part of them.”
Congratulations to Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe on her installation & investiture as Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, a leading institution on the continent. We wish her all the best in her new leadership role of steering UCT into an inclusive & engaged African university. pic.twitter.com/mrYb8ctgm4
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) December 13, 2021











