Loyiso Nongxa
| Loyiso Nongxa | |
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| Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand | |
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In office 19 May 2003 – 1 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Norma Ried Birley |
| Succeeded by | Adam Habib |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 October 1953 Indwe, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Children |
Buhle Nongxa Mvikeli Nongxa |
| Alma mater | University of Fort Hare, Oxford University |
| Profession | Mathematician |
Buhle Nongxa
Loyiso Nongxa is the former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nongxa was installed as the first Black Vice-Chancellor of Wits by the University Council on 19 May 2003, replacing Norma Ried Birley. He is a qualified mathematician, and was previously the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He was succeeded as Vice-Chancellor by Adam Habib on 1 June 2013.
Nongxa was born on 22 October 1953 in Indwe near Queenstown in what was then the Transkei. Both of his parents were qualified teachers, and his father was a school principal, although his mother remained at home to raise the family. Nongxa did well at school, and matriculated from Healdtown College with distinction as the top matric student in South Africa in 1972. Nongxa was accepted at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) thereafter, and obtained a BSc (Hons) in 1976. While at UFH, he also played for the University's "Baa-bas" rugby team. After obtaining a MSc from UFH in 1978, he became South Africa's first Black Rhodes scholar, and he obtained a D.Phil from Oxford University in 1982.
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