Once again, the University student body has a new leadership. On 30 September 2025, the new SRC was inaugurated at the Student Centre. Lindo Khoza, Chief Electoral Officer of Lindbong Development, a company that supervised the election on 18 September 2025, stated that everything about the election went smoothly. “The voter turnout improved. It moved from below 40% to 45%. Khoza said the level of political tolerance was high. “The students understood the election process. This was very clear,” Khoza said. Khoza also appreciated the students who helped run the election, making the decisions that ensured the election went smoothly, despite noticing contradictions between the SRC elections policy and the SRC constitution. Khoza highlighted that MUT was the only higher education institution where SRC elections were hotly contested, but students put the interest of the University first. The MUT SRC election has always been fair and peaceful. “Khoza profusely thanked the student formations for their behaviour during the build-up towards the election, and during and after the SRC election. Khoza then advised the incoming SRC that they now represent the entire student body, rather than the aspirations and interests of their respective student formations.
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Nokuthula Sibiya, had some constructive comments and advice for both the outgoing and incoming student leaders. Referring to the outgoing SRC, Professor Sibiya said they acknowledged their role as student leaders when the University was confronted by challenges. “You showed your commitment in resolving those challenges through shared accountability and responsibility with all relevant stakeholders,” she said. Professor Sibiya continued: “We recognise that the outgoing SRC has laid a firm foundation of impeccable leadership, and we believe the incoming SRC will be able to rise to the occasion and even do more. I hope the incoming SRC will take over the baton and run with it on the same track and speed,” she said.
Professor Sibiya then turned her attention to the new student leadership. “Let me take this moment to congratulate the newly elected SRC members. It is a great honour for me to usher you in as the new SRC leadership at MUT,” she said. Professor Sibiya reminded the incoming SRC that the students chose them because “they have faith in you. This is indeed a momentous achievement that shows not only unprecedented support from your peers, but also a double-edged sword that ought to serve as a reminder to act with humility, remembering that there is a significant electorate that would not have chosen you, whom you have a duty to represent”, she said. Professor Sibiya also advised the SRC that they need to serve the entire student body, not only those who voted for them.
Among other commitments that Professor Sibiya made was that she would continue to provide leadership lessons to the new SRC. She requested the Dean of Students, Dr Paulette Naidoo, to decide on the meetings “where I will sit with the SRC.”