Nelson Mandela University welcomes new Dean of Humanities
Nelson Mandela University welcomes Prof Pamela Maseko, the new Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities who joined us on 1 February.
Prof Maseko was previously Professor in Sociolinguistics and Executive Dean of Humanities at North West University. She brings with her a wealth of experience in academic leadership, learning and teaching, scholarly and creative research endeavours, and engagement.
She has extensive experience in developing and building partnerships to foster humanities-focused knowledge exchange, and enjoys a national and international reputation as a scholar. She has taught, published and collaborated widely in the fields of sociolinguistics, identity politics, the historiography of isiXhosa literature, and applied language studies.
University appoints new Senior Director: Support Services
Lutho Nduvane, appointed as Senior Director: Support Services from 1 February, is looking forward to re-joining Nelson Mandela University after 14 years to contribute towards building an efficient, innovative and resilient academic institution in the 21st Century.
Mr Nduvane takes up the new position, created as part of the Organisational Redesign process to align the University’s structures with its strategic priorities, as the institution prepares to play a critical and substantive role in society, nationally, continentally and beyond.
Expressing his joy in returning to the University Mr Nduvane said: “I am joining the Support Service Division with the hope of contributing to the profound work they do in providing essential services - through Protection Services, Catering, Cleaning and Horticulture departments - to students and staff to ensure that the core business of the University continues without hindrance.
“I hope to work with all the University stakeholders to ensure that these services respond adequately to their needs. We will endeavour to implement systems and process improvements, which will help in enhancing efficacies of the division,”
An “experienced administrator”, Mr Nduvane was most recently head of Trade and Investment in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Economic Development Directorate.
This entailed attracting foreign direct investments and local mobile investment for the region and linking them with local business role players, particularly the SMMEs, to contribute towards the empowerment of communities.
His experience in higher education began at the former Vista University and PE Technikon as a student advisor before becoming Interim Director: Student Governance at former the NMMU. He had been part of conversations to drive transformation and ensure the University did not alienate the society it was supposed to serve, before leaving to pursue private consulting as a Director at Africa Inform.
He was later recruited to join government (DEDEAT) as a Chief Director to manage the merger of the Eastern Cape Parks Board and Eastern Cape Tourism Board into the current Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency. He has also served as Chief Director of Public Entities Oversight and Intergovernmental relations. Mr Nduvane currently serves as a board member of the Bayworld Museum.
He holds a Master’s in Social Change and Development from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and is currently studying for his MPhil in Development Finance at Mandela University. He also holds a BA Hons (Development Studies) '01 degree from the former UPE and a Secondary Education Diploma (SED) from Vista.
The University community wishes Mr Nduvane all the best in his new role at the institution.
New Director: Corporate Finance
The University congratulates and welcomes Ms Nokuzola Titima as its new Director: Corporate Finance from 15 February 2021. Ms Titima oversees the Corporate Finance Department which entails Research and Projects Accounting, Cash Flow Management; Assets; Investments and Insurance, BBBEE audit, grant audits, external audit including the preparation of the University and subsidiary annual financial statements.
Ms Titima, a Chartered Accountant (SA) spent many years in the corporate world, especially in the automotive industry.
She began her career with KPMG in 1996, where she completed her articles and stayed on as Audit Supervisor for two years before moving to another audit firm as Audit and Office Manager. There she spent a further five years.
From there she went on to join General Motors as Manager Corporate Governance until 2009 when she decided to take a break and take care of her children. At this time she started her own Accounting, Tax and Bookkeeping practice as a mornings-only practice.
When her children were in primary school she decided it was time to go back into the corporate world. She slowly made her way back by taking temporary positions in a couple of multinational companies, the last of which decided to keep her at the end of the contract.
She is joining the University from the same company, Axalta Plascon, which she has been with for the last five years as Assistant Controller.
Ms Titima is filling a post that was left vacant by Ms Jogee-Jamal when she was appointed as the Senior Director Finance in September 2019.
We wish Ms Titima all the best for her career in leading the ongoing good governance and financial stewardship of our resources.
Published by Nelson Mandela University
09/03/2021