Ihron Rensburg is a South African leader who served as

Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

and Principal of the

University of Johannesburg The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the ...

. He completed his undergraduate degree from

Rhodes University Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest ...

and a Ph.D. in International Development Education from Stanford University. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies. Rensburg is the Chairperson of both the South Africa

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National Commission and the READ Foundation. He was a Commissioner of South Africa's first National Planning Commission and chaired the working group on Social Protection and Human Capabilities. In the 1980s he was the General Secretary of South Africa's (anti-apartheid) National Education Crisis Committee.

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