Sibongile MUTHWA

Sibongile Muthwa is the Vice-Chancellor of Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. She has a distinguished career both in South Africa and internationally, working in development and public-sector institutions, and in academia. She is the former Director of the University of Fort Hare Institute of Government; a former Director-General of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government; and the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Institutional Support, of Nelson Mandela University.

She is deeply committed to gender justice, social inclusion and active democratic participation. She is the former Trustee of South African Women in Dialogue (SAWID). She was the Commissioner and Deputy Chair of the Financial and Fiscal Commission between until 2019. She is the current Chair of Universities South Africa (USAf), a membership organization representing the 26 South African Public Universities.