INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR THOKO MAYEKISO BY FIONA WAKELIN
Inspiring Others Professor Thoko Mayekiso, VC, University of Mpumalanga Background Professor Thoko Mayekiso, started her academic career as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the then University of Transkei (now Walter Sisulu University). She rose through the ranks as an Associate Professor, Professor, Head of Department of Psychology and Vice Dean at the same University and then proceeded to the University of the Witwatersrand where she occupied the positions of Head of School, Chair of Psychology, Deputy Dean and Acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. At the Nelson Mandela University Professor Mayekiso was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and later, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Engagement. In November 2014, she assumed the position of ViceChancellor at the University of Mpumalanga. Together with training received in Clinical Psychology and exposure to empowerment programmes such as the
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