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Rector of the United Nations University. Opinions my own.

Tokyo, Japan
Joined November 2010
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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At UJ we are building a six room RDP house in one day using 3D Printing.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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After informing my mother, Vho-Khathutshelo Regina Marwala, about my new very important assignment at the United Nations. My mother simply said “…go on and positively change the world.” #SDGs
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All UJ classes and graduations are cancelled until further notice.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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University of Johannesburg has overtaken Wits University to become the second best ranked university in Africa according to the authoritative QS Ranking. Congratulations UJ and we have to become number one. UJ Ichiban! Quality Education is a human right!
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It is now official. UJ is now ranked number 4 in the continent. The best is yet to come. I thank the UJ staff and students for this achievement.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Today is my last day as a Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. May the university continue to rise in its pursuit for a just, peaceful and sustainable global community. Professor Letlhokwa Mpedi now it is in your hands. Ndau ya Nduna! @go2uj
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UJ is has now started the second semester. The success rates for the first semester is 86.3% compared to 84.7% last year. Class attendance was higher this year than last year. Student cancellations were lower this year than last year. Does this mean online learning is better?
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Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg (UJ), Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, has pledged 33% of his salary to the COVID-19 relief fund.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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University of Johannesburg
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Meet Spot our new UJ Dog @mediauj @ujfm
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Progress good!
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At UJ we are building a six room RDP house in one day using 3D Printing.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Seeing my latest book in print. It is available at Exclusive Books in October.
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UJ has now completed the 2020 academic year. Congratulations to those who have succeeded. Those in your final year and have succeeded, I am looking forward to your graduation. I thank our students and staff for making 2020 academic year a success. Ngiyabonga!
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Breakfast with President Thabo Mbeki. Leadership leadership par excellence.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Some amongst us are shocked that AstraZeneca vaccine does not seem to work for a new strain of Covid. This is because of MUTATION. We are fighting a virus that is changing. So in future none of the vaccines might still work. Our people must understand Randomness! Go and learn!
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My wish is that my people read more. South Africa will not move until we all read.
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Intellectual breakfast with Floyd Shivambu the Deputy President of the Economic Freedom Fighters. We need to advance the productive forces to develop the African continent.
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Three senior SA politicians took a trip to Asia. Their Asian counterparts said: you guys sing a lot in your conferences. You will be bored in our conferences where we have PowerPoint presentations and thinking. Do you think we sing too much and does this prevent us from thinking?
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At the University of Johannesburg we are all equal before the law.
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My PhD student Wilson Tsakane Mongwe is one of 16 students from around the globe to be awarded the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Learning. This is the second consecutive year that one of my students is awarded. Last year Rendani Mbuvha won the same fellowship.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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South Africa needs to move away from certification to education.
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I miss my UJ students. When are you returning back? Nibuya nini?
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All our campuses are beautiful
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For information, 5G stands for fifth generation not five gods. How I wish my people have learned more science and mathematics. But we shall fix that.
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According to the QS Rakings UJ is now no 3 in South Africa. We are the only university in South Africa to move up and by 62 levels. However, it is not yet Uhuru!
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UJ-Wits-UP Triumvirate to take the South African nation to a fully developed society.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Learning is not something you can finish. Go and learn!
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With the incoming Vice-Chancellor of Wits University Professor Zeblon Vilakazi
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Probability of dying in a car crash in South Africa: 1%. Probability of dying of J&J clot: 0.000014% (reported) 0.0001% (my calculation). Should we suspend driving cars? I will take J&J vaccine if available.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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I think the time has come for all South Africans, irrespective of race and ethnicity, to learn at school one unifying indigenous language. I think it should be IsiZulu. What do you think?
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People say South Africa is poor because of its leaders. Are leaders not elected by the people. If this is the case, is South Africa not poor because of its people?
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Beware of men who use bombastic words, for their intention is not to communicate but to confuse.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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There is a tiny minority of my students who think at UJ by completing the academic year on time, I have costed them the December NFSAS allowance...haikhona. Backward never forward ever! @go2uj
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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There are some amongst us who were yesterday questioning my fitness to hold fort. Pluto Marwala and I have few words for them: perseverance is the mother of all success.
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My first @UNUniversity graduation ceremony. Education is a human right!
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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I am happy to be appointed the Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things of Rwanda. Rwanda is clearly on the upward move.
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Be bold and curious! When I was a member of the PAC, ANC and Azapo at the same time. Here I was moving from a PAC meeting to an ANC one.
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UJ is the second largest producer of research output. It overtook Wits, UCT, Stellenbosch and UP all at the same time. Next year we are number 1. @go2uj @UJLibrary
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Venda Airways? Very puzzling.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Those of us who studied calculus and economics understand that this recession has been long time coming. The derivative of the GDP as a function of time has been negative for the past 10 years. Go and learn!
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My family will be making a substantial donation in memory of our beloved grandmother Vho-Tshianeo Marwala. To qualify you should be a woman from rural area interested in studying for a postgraduate degree in engineering.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Congratulations Prof Bhaso Ndzendze for being promoted to associate professor position. At 26 being a Head of Department of Politics and International Relations in addition to this promotion is an impressive achievement. @PolSciBhaso @mediauj
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UJ’s beautiful campus and its solar aspirations.
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#UJ has reached agreements with cellular network providers – MTN, Cell C, Vodacom and Telkom –to provide all UJ undergraduate, Honours and Master’s students, registered in a formal (subsidised) programme, with 30GB for 30 days. Verify cell number here:
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On the left is President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Thank you for the warm welcome I received here in Japan. The presence of Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms. Yoshikawa Yuumi, many Ambassadors and other dignitaries demonstrates that education is a necessary tool for peace and sustainable development. @UNUniversity
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This 3D Printer at the University of Johannesburg is fast. If we invest in this technology..,we can provide our people with decent housing fast and end informality.
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Progress good!
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…now in the land of the Rising Sun. Education.Sustainability.Inclusivity @UNUniversity
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The Times Higher Education rankings of the impact of UJ is out. UJ is simply the best in South Africa. We are number 75 in the world. Congratulations to UJ staff, students and alumni.
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I have arrived at the beautiful Land of the Rising Sun, Osaka Japan. I am grateful that I will be spending the next five years in this beautiful country with great people from March 2023.
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If like me you can’t afford a Porsche then you can stand next to the one that your former master and doctoral graduate bought. Congratulations Dr Brain Leke for being promoted to Associate Partner of McKinsey & Co.
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After extensive negotiation with the UJ SRC President, we are extending the Registration to next week Wednesday. Those who do not think must not lead. Ngiyabonga President!
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Our beautiful Soweto Campus
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I am looking forward to receiving 33% of my students back on our beautiful campuses. We will inform you if you are in the 33% returning students.
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My favorite incoming Vice-Chancellor in Johannesburg Zeblon Vilakazi
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Congratulations Dr Thendo Sidogi, my 38th PhD graduate. Education is a human right!
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Professor Fulufhelo Nelwamondo. My undergraduate research assistant. My master’s student. My PhD student. Now the CEO of the National ResearchFoundation. @NRF_News @FuluNel @WitsUniversity @go2uj
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Handing over my Chinese book to the now second richest man in China. He used to be the richest until last week. Jack Ma!
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Working lunch with former president of the DRC Joseph Kabila and UJ Council Chair Mike Teke.
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Sometimes Vice Chancellors do cut their hair.
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Spending an afternoon with a man I am proud to call my friend. Zeblon Vilakazi the Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Hosting the former president of the DRC Joseph Kabila. @UJLibrary
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With the former Chair of Council of UJ, Mike Teke. We leave UJ as a leading research university in South Africa. Education is a human right! @go2uj @
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Meeting the students from Mbilwi Secondary School.
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Dr Wilson Tsakane Mongwe was my PhD student. He is an actuary, data analyst and a mathematics of finance specialist. A principal author of our latest book, Tsakane is an excellent role model for young people in Africa. @go2uj
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South Africa spends 20% of GDP on education, China 4%, UK 6% and Singapore 3%. What is to be done to get the outcomes that will reduce poverty, inequality and unemployment?
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Six weeks countdown to the official handover to @lgmpedi of the 58,000 staff and students of the @go2uj . Being Vice-Chancellor of a complex university such as UJ is a special but tough responsibility. I leave UJ as the top research university (according to DHET) in South Africa.
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We are in Harare Zimbabwe. For those of us who are from Limpopo, we call this country Vhukalanga. This is where the Venda Royal Family is from. We crossed the Limpopo River to what is now South Africa 600 years ago. Know your history!
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Some Vice-Chancellors have style.
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With Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela, our dynamic leader. Let us invest in the Law of Order and not of Chaos. @go2uj
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According to a study Africa will need 1 million new PhD graduates in the next 10 years.
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With the VC of Wits.
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After lunch with Dr Brain Leke we were joined by my other former student Mr Mphake Manyatshe. I have supervised 31 doctoral students and 48 masters students to completion. He who does not reproduce himself through his students is wasting our time.
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These UJ electric buses are good for the environment. Sustainability. Technology. People. @go2uj
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Nelson Mandela once said: “it seems impossible until it's done.”
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Our attempt at the Jerusalema Challenge and I was there...in spirit
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@KhandaniM 6 universities in South Africa produce approx 60% of all research. The total budget of all 26 universities in SA + CSIR + MRC is less than the budget of the Ohio State University. No wonder there will not be any vaccine developed in South Africa soon.
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UJ is back in physical form.
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"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." Barack Obama
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One of my legacy at UJ is a drive for clean energy. The solar project now produces 15% of UJ’s energy consumption. Now we have electric buses. Congratulations UJ. @mediauj @UNIC_Tokyo
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Congratulations Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi for being appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the great University of Johannesburg. Education should become our collective culture! @mediauj
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Why do some amongst us sanatise classrooms after they have been closed for few months? Doesn't the Corona virus only last for three hours in most surfaces and at most for three days in some hard surfaces?
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Congratulations President @CyrilRamaphosa and Deputy President @PMashatile for being reelected.
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Having lunch with my favorite Vice-Chancellor of Wits University and the incoming Director of the School of Oriental African Studies (SOAS) Prof @AdHabb . What a great loss!
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It is raining excellence at UJ! Just received from the Department of Higher Education and Training the latest research output report. For the second year running, UJ is the #2 university in South Africa. Next year UJ ichiban! Congratulations UJ!
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My upcoming book on closing the gap on the fourth industrial revolution in Africa
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For those members of the UJ community who have not been on our APK campus you shall be met by this new parking lot which has solar panels as the roofs. We have entered the solar energy era!
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4 years
In these days of lockdown, when our university will totally go online...our essential services will continue to function. One of those essential functions are our many clinics which will service students who will remain on campus because they come from far away places.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
3 years
Skipping is actually good for you! Mkhaba has fallen.
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
4 years
For all who are studying at UJ and do not have access to data. You can access using MTN all our course materials for free. Work hard to v CG collapse the pillars of ignorance and superstition and develop our country!
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
5 years
Spending Father’s Day with the father of African Literature Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka. What a privilege!
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Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ・マルワラ . 丸笑
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Signing PhD certificates for the upcoming ⁦ @UNUniversity ⁩ graduation in Tokyo Japan. Education is a human right!
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