‘Good trouble’ and youth empowerment — Naledi Pandor takes the reins as NMU chancellor
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“The appointment of former education minister Naledi Pandor as Nelson Mandela University’s chancellor has been praised as a vote of confidence in her leadership”
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— Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor (née Matthews; born 7 December 1953) is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 un…
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— The Nelson Mandela Foundation is a nonprofit organisation founded by Nelson Mandela in 1999 to promote Mandela's vision of freedom and equality for all. The chairman is Naledi Pandor, and the chief ex…
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— Nelson Mandela University, formerly Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, is a public university in South Africa. Established in 1882 as Port Elizabeth Art School it comprises the former University …
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“Pandor was appointed at the beginning of April, with her formal installation held at Nelson Mandela University’s South Campus in Gqeberha on Wednesday”
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— Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor (née Matthews; born 7 December 1953) is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 un…
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— The Nelson Mandela Foundation is a nonprofit organisation founded by Nelson Mandela in 1999 to promote Mandela's vision of freedom and equality for all. The chairman is Naledi Pandor, and the chief ex…
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— Nelson Mandela University, formerly Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, is a public university in South Africa. Established in 1882 as Port Elizabeth Art School it comprises the former University …
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“She is regarded in many quarters as one of South Africa’s foremost intellectual leaders and public servants of the democratic era”
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— Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor (née Matthews; born 7 December 1953) is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 un…
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— Pandor is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Danish Pandor, Indian actor who starred in Agent Raghav – Crime Branch and Dhurandhar
Dominique Pandor (born 1993), Martiniquais footbal…
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— The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) is an ongoing case that was brought before the International Cour…
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“Born into a family shaped by the struggle for justice and equality”
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“Before entering public office, she taught English and later lectured at the University of Bophuthatswana and the University of Cape Town”
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“Her academic achievements include two master’s degrees — one in education from the University of London (1979) and another in linguistics from Stellenbosch University (1997)”
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“Pandor obtained a PhD in education from the University of Pretoria in 2019”
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“She received honorary doctorates from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Stellenbosch University, the University of Lisbon in Portugal and University College in Dublin in Ireland”
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“On 28 February 2025, she was appointed honorary professor in education at the University of Pretoria”
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“The Eastern Cape government had made deliberate moves on infrastructure development and industrial expansion”
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“Universities in Gaza were bombed during the genocide against Gaza”
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“Universities are being bombed in the current Israel/America war against Iran”
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“Efforts at gender equality and initiatives to respond to the legacies of slavery and race discrimination, universities are denied research funding, are told what to teach and who they may admit”
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