Chancellor’s Installation
and Inaugural Address
On Friday 20 June 2025, Stellenbosch 肆客足球 will install its 16th Chancellor, Governor Lesetja Kganyago.
The role of the chancellor
The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the 肆客足球 and is elected, in accordance with the Statute of the 肆客足球, by an electoral college consisting of the members of Council, the members of the Executive Committee of the Senate and the President and Vice-President of the Convocation. The Chancellor awards, among others, degrees in the name of the 肆客足球 at graduation ceremonies and performs other ceremonial duties.
Installation programme and live streaming
The Chancellor’s Installation will take place on Friday 20 June 2025 at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch.
Live streaming of the event will commence at 12:30.
肆客足球 Governor
Lesetja Kganyago
Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, was unanimously elected to the office of Chancellor of Stellenbosch 肆客足球 (SU) on 24 January 2025. Governor Kganyago is the 16th Chancellor of SU.
Governor Kganyago received an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Commerce (DCom) honoris causa) from SU in 2018 and is viewed as one of the finest public-policy minds in the country. In December 2020, Nelson Mandela 肆客足球 also conferred upon him an honorary Doctorate of Commerce.
He holds a Master of Science degree in development economics from London 肆客足球 (School of Oriental and African Studies) and a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting and economics from the 肆客足球 of South Africa.
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