Speakers

Ghaleeb Jeppie is the Minister Counsellor at the South African Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. He is responsible for the Science, Innovation and Education portfolio. Before joining the Department of Science and Innovation, he was the Chief Director for International Relations in the Department of Higher Education and Training.

Dr Phethiwe Matutu is USAf’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1 October 2022. For the immediate past five years, she was the Group Executive: Strategy, Planning and Partnerships at the National Research Foundation (NRF), where she was responsible for long- term strategy. Prior to her tenure at the NRF, Dr Matutu had been a

Ms Malose Lebelo is the Practitioner for International Student Welfare and Integration in the Office of International Affairs at the University of Limpopo (UL), South Africa.

Ms Buliswa Msana has, for the past 2 and a half years, been employed at the University of Limpopo as an International Affairs Practitioner focusing on Student Administration.

Prof. O’Riordan is Vice-President for Global Engagement at University College Dublin in Ireland, where she is responsible for the development and implementation of UCD’s Global Engagement Strategy.

Katleho Pakose is currently employed at the Central University of Technology, where she serves as the Coordinator for Academic Staff and Student Mobility at the Centre for Global Engagement. In this role, she is responsible for coordinating incoming and outgoing staff and students, as well as organising international summer schools. Her efforts are instrumental in

Seithati Ramonaheng is an enthusiastic problem solver with an MPhil in Africa Studies from the University of the Free State. Her research interests include culture, identity, sacred spaces, pilgrimages, and spirituality. Through exposure to different cultures, her passion for immigration and internationalization was ignited.