VC says good-bye to staff
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
After 18 years at CPUT outgoing Vice Chancellor Prof Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga bid staff a sad farewell at an emotional ceremony on Monday.
Hundreds of staff members, many of whom have been working at the institution since before the merger, converged on the sports field to say good-bye to the woman who led the province’s largest university successfully for almost 8 years.
Mazwi-Tanga, who is one of South Africa's first female Vice-Chancellors, reflected on her time at the institution saying it had been extremely hard but ultimately worth the struggle.
“I am leaving CPUT at a time when I believe it is at its peak. I am leaving CPUT at a time when the university has achieved so much. I am leaving at a time when I am starting to see a united university community and not PenTech and CapeTech anymore,” she says.
She then went on to thank her core team personally for making sure her vision was carried out throughout her term and acknowledged the hard work put in by every staff member.
“I was always so scared of leaving behind an entity that was dysfunctional. You all built CPUT by giving your time, commitment and by supporting our vision,” she says.
Mazwi-Tanga’s successor Dr Prins Nevhutalo officially takes up the reigns in 2014.
Watch Prof Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga's tribute video below.
Written by Lauren Kansley
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