Zeblon Vilakazi
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Comment: As vice chancellor, appears that it could meet WP:ACADEMIC, but the article is extremely short, and has no infobox or categories to expand upon notability, so it's unclear whether it would survive an AfD. Suggest looking at examples of successful vice-chancellor articles, such as Duncan Maskell. Greenman (talk) 22:21, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Zeblon Zenzele Vilakazi (3 April 1969) became the new Vice Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 January 2021.[1] Professor Vilakazi is a nuclear physicist.[2][3] He speaks French, German, Zulu, Siswati, Sesotho, Afrikaans and English. Prior to his promotion, he was Vice-Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Postgraduate Studies.
Early Life
Vilakazi was born in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, as the youngest of a family of eight.[4] His mother was a housewife, and his father ran a small shop in the community.[5] He was one of the first students from Africa to conduct PhD research at the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. This was followed by a National Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at CERN.
Career
After conducting his doctoral research at the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, he returned to South Africa and became a lecturer at the University of Cape Town, where he was instrumental in establishing South Africa’s first experimental high-energy physics research group focusing on the development of the High-level Trigger for the CERN-ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. He is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.
References
- ^ https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/authors/ledwaba-karabo. "Wits appoints Zeblon Vilakazi as new vice-chancellor". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ "2020-06 - Top nuclear physicist to lead Wits - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ Moyo, Admire (2020-07-15). "Prof Vilakazi looks to build high-tech start-up ecosystem around Wits". ITWeb. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "Wits appoints Katlehong-born nuclear physicist Zeblon Vilakazi to lead institution". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Villiers, James de. "SATURDAY PROFILE | Wits' new Vice-Chancellor Zeblon Vilakazi on his grand plans to make Wits the MIT of Africa". News24. Retrieved 2021-03-07.