Witwatersrand University's newly appointed vice-chancellor Zeblon Vilakazi has grand plans to turn the 98-year-old university into an incubation space for technology and entrepreneurship in South Africa, and Africa. So I told him that I have to learn the bit up from him on public engagement," Vilakazi says smiling. READ | Racial tensions flare up ahead of new Wits vice-chancellor’s appointment"What attracts young people to university is not about content. One thing Vilakazi does, however, want to challenge at the university is the current "silo thinking" in academic fields. And when he one day leaves the university, completing his term as Vice-Chancellor, Vilakazi says he hopes his story will inspire others.

Source: News 24 July 04, 2020 06:22 UTC