Mamokgethi Phakeng

Mamokgethi Phakeng
Mamokgethi Phakeng
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Town
In office
1 July 2018  3 March 2023
ChancellorGraça Machel
Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Preceded byMax Price
Succeeded byDaya Reddy
Personal details
Born (1966-11-01) 1 November 1966
Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, South Africa
Children1
Alma materUniversity of North-West
University of the Witwatersrand
AwardsAfrica Education Medal (2022)

Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng GCOB OIG (née Mmutlana, born 1 November 1966) is a South African professor of mathematics education who in 2018 became a vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT). She has been the vice principal of research and innovation, at the University of South Africa and acting executive dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology at UNISA. In 2018 she was an invited speaker at the International Congresses of Mathematicians. In February 2023 it was announced that she would leave her position as vice-chancellor of UCT and take early retirement. She was succeeded by Professor Daya Reddy on 13 March 2023.