Mvuyo Tom is a South African doctor, administrator and academic, known for his tenure as the vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare from 2008 to 2016.

Career

Tom was trained as a medical doctor, before moving into public health management in the Eastern Cape, ultimately serving for six years as the director general of the region's health and welfare department.[1] In 1994, Tom was awarded the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights.[2]

Tom was appointed as the director of the School of Public Management and Development at the University of Fort Hare in 2005, and went on to become the university's vice-chancellor in 2008,[3] taking over from Professor Derrick Swarz.[4] During his tenure as vice-chancellor, Tom commented publicly on the Fees Must Fall movement, comparing the damage being done to university campuses to the Xhosa cattle killing in the 1850s.[5] He stood down as vice-chancellor, and was appointed a professor by the university, in 2016,[3] to be replaced by the current incumbent, Sakhela Buhlungu.[6]

Tom currently serves as deputy chairperson on the board of Tekano Health Equity in South Africa,[7] and he also serves on the board of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Macfarlane, David (22 October 2007). "Carrying on the conversation". Mail & Guardian. Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights". KFF. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 Ford, Simthandile (26 October 2016). "Fort Hare celebrates VC's new professorship". Daily Dispatch.
  4. ↑ Fengu, Msinisi (31 July 2012). "UFH boss to step down in 2014". Daily Dispatch.
  5. ↑ Bank, Leslie J (2018). "Sobukwe's children: nationalism, neo-liberalism and the student protests at the University of Fort Hare and in South Africa". Anthropology Southern Africa. 41 (3).
  6. ↑ "University of Fort Hare appoints Prof Sakhela Buhlungu as new vice chancellor". DispatchLIVE. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Prof. Mvuyo Tom, Deputy Chairperson". Tekano. Tekano. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Myuvo Tom". Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation. Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
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