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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town \u2013 University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is the only African to have been named among Times Higher Education\u2019s (THE) 10 People of the Year.<\/p>\n

Phakeng counted among the people \u201cwho mattered in higher education in 2020\u201d, comprising \u201cthe academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months\u201d. Dr Jill Biden, the wife of US president-elect Joe Biden, is among the educators honoured.<\/p>\n

On naming Phakeng, THE sang her praises: \u201cThere is no doubt that higher education will need strong, transformational leadership as the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, and few people embody this more than Phakeng.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019Vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town since 2018, she continued to speak out powerfully against inequality in South Africa and in academia globally over the past year.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking at this year\u2019s THE World Academic Summit, Phakeng said universities needed to show more \u201creflection and humility\u201d around their own \u201ccomplicity\u201d in perpetuating racism and sexism, and called for the creation of more diverse leadership teams and an end to the exploitation of researchers from the Global South.<\/p>\n

THE added: \u2019\u2019If universities are to transform into more equal institutions, they will need leaders like Professor Phakeng who are not afraid to speak uncomfortable truths and hold the sector to account.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The other academics on the list are:<\/p>\n

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