Matete Madiba

Dr Matete Madiba joined the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Student Development and Support on 1 February 2023 after serving as Director of Student Affairs at the University of Pretoria (UP), a position she has held from 2012..

Dr Madiba, who gained her PhD from UWC in 2009 in Information Systems, has worked in the education sector since 1988.

As Director of Student Affairs at the University of Pretoria, Dr Madiba has extensive experience engaging and working with student communities and using innovative technology to support her engagements. This is evident in her successful implementation of e-voting and online elections for Student Representative Councils and development of a mental health chatbot to complement other mental health programmes.

Dr Madiba has illustrated her leadership abilities throughout her career through her participation in both national and international forums, such as serving on the executive committee of the South African Association of Senior Student Affairs Practitioners and coordinating the Student Affairs sub-cluster as part of the African Union’s CESA (Continental Education Strategy for Africa). She also chaired the UP Institutional Transformation Committee and served on the Curriculum Transformation, facilitating the development of the University’s Curriculum Transformation Framework. She also leads the UP GirlsforGirls (G4G) project, an international project aimed at mentoring young women to close the gender gap in and outside academia and contribute towards gender equity.