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Njabulo S. Ndebele

Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch University

Njabulo S. Ndebele is former Vice-Chancellor and Principal and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town; Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, and chairs the Nelson Mandela, Mandela Rhodes, and Allan Gray Orbis foundations. A writer of published fiction and critical essays, he writes on a range of contemporary public issues that challenge South Africa as a fledgling constitutional democracy.

Experience

  • 2012–present
    Chancellor, University of Johannesburg
  • 2015–present
    Chairperson , Nelson Mandela Foundation
  • 2000–2008
    Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town