Sakhele Buhlungu is a South African academic and the current vice chancellor of

University of Fort Hare The University of Fort Hare is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution of higher education for Africans from 1916 to 1959 when it offered a Western-style academic education to students from across sub ...

. He is the former Dean of Humanities at

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

Academic career

He holds academic positions from multiple South African universities. He began at

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( o ...

. He was a Sociology lecturer at Wits (1996-2002), Senior lecturer (2002-2006), Associate professor (2006), head of the department of sociology (2006-2007) and became a full professor in 2006-2008). Buhlungu then became professor of sociology at

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 Te ...

(2008–2010) and

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

(2011-2013). In 2013 he was appointed vice dean of the faculty of humanities at the

. He was appointed as vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare in 2016, replacing Mvuyo Tom.

Professional experience

*Teacher at Manzana High school Eastern cape (1983-1984) *Research trainee International labour research and information group (UCT) *Education officer PPWAWU(1987-1991) *Assistant general (PPWAWU) a COSATU affiliated union(1991-1992) *Writer for The Shop Steward (COSATU)1992-1994https://www.ufh.ac.za/MediacCentre/News/Page]

References

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