media releases - Dr Anna Mokgokong appointed Chairperson of Unisa Council

Date: 27 November 2002Dr Anna Mokgokong has been elected as Chairperson of the Council of the University of South Africa for a period of two years. Her appointment follows the resignation of Adv McCaps Motimele who took the position towards the end of 1999. His resignation took effect from today. Dr Mokgokong was named South Africa?s Business woman of the Year in 1999 and has been twice selected as one of the 50 Leading Women Entrepreneur of the World by the Star Group fo the United States. She is currently the Executive Chairperson of Malesela Investment Holdings, a black-empowerment investment group with interests in health care, financial services, energy and telecommunications.

Earlier this year she was invited to join the Women Leadership Board of the Harvard JF Kennedy Business School in Boston.

In 1994 she was elected Soroptimist Community Person of the Year and a year later she was selected as a delegate on President Nelson Mandela? s task visit to Britain in 1995. The Institute of Marketing Management nominated Dr Mokgokong as a finalist Emergent Marketer of the Year for 1996, and in 1997 she was nominated as a candidate for Lebone Woman of the Year award.

A member of the Institute of Directors, Dr Mokgokong serves on the boards of a range of organisations, including the University of Pretoria, Community Healthcare Holdings and Monte Vista Casino.

Soweto-born Dr Mokgokong started her career in private practice after obtaining a BSc degree at the University of Botswana and her medical degree at the Medical University of South Africa, where she won the Best Family Medicine Student award.

Later, in turning her attention to the commerce and industry, she successfully blended her medical training and knowledge of community health care with private enterprise.

Issued by: Doreen Gough, Manager, Media Affairs, Corporate Communication & Marketing, University of South Africa. Tel 082 4977 938. e-mail: goughdd@unisa.ac.za