NOMINATION FOR EXTERNAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UMLAZI, DURBAN
The Council of MUT is the highest decision-making body and is therefore responsible for the governance and policy decisions affecting the University.
Nominations are being called for two vacancies on the MUT Council for a period of three or four years, to be filled by persons who are not employees or students of the University, to be considered by reason of their special knowledge or expertise, representation in appropriate sectors and professions, and with a higher education qualification, with a broad range of competencies, including executive Audit and Risk, and Information Technology backgrounds and a solid understanding and experience of governance.
The successful appointees will respectively serve in the Audit and Risk Committee of Council and the Planning and Resources Committee of Council.
Chapter 4, Section 7 of the Higher Education Act stipulates the following:
A member of a Council, a member of a committee of Council or a person with delegated functions in terms of Section 68 (2)
- must be a person with knowledge and experience relevant to the objectives and governance of the public higher education institution concerned;
- must participate in the deliberations of the Council or the committees of Council, or exercise any delegated function in the best interest of the public higher education institution concerned
- must participate in the deliberations of the Council in the best interest of the University;
- must, before he or she assumes office, declare any business, commercial or financial activities undertaken for financial gain that may raise a conflict or a possible conflict of interest with the University; and
- must be a person of good standing.
NB: Section 27(5B) of the amended Higher Education Act (2027) provides that:
Any person who has been a member of a Council of a Public Higher Education Institution where an Administrator has been appointed and the Council has been dissolved in terms of Section 49E; and against whom an Independent Assessor has made an adverse finding in the report contemplated in Section 47 (1)(b), shall not be eligible for appointment, election, re-appointment or re-election as a member of Council of any Public Higher Education Institution.
Prior to the appointment, applicants will be subjected to a probity check. By making this application or accepting a nomination, a candidate gives consent that the probity check be conducted.
Each nomination/application should be duly signed and accompanied by a recent Curriculum Vitae of the nominee/applicant, as well as a brief motivation and ID. The completed nomination/application form, together with a CV and motivation, must be submitted electronically to the Registrar, Dr K. Lazenby at e-mail: lazenby.karen@mut.ac.za by close of business on 22 May 2026.
No late nominations will be considered.