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Dr Nasiphi Moya to give keynote address at Unisa Innovation Festival
Unisa’s latest innovations and trends will be showcased at the university’s Innovation Festival to be held from 25 to 29 November 2024 at the Muckleneuk and Science Campuses. Under the theme Innovation for Societal Impact, the festival features keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops and networking opportunities led by thought leaders from academia, government, non-governmental organisations, funding agencies, social enterprises and the private sector.
The keynote address by Dr Nasiphi Moya, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, is a programme highlight on Monday 25 November 2024. She will be speaking on "Leadership for an innovation society: a case of the City of Tshwane".
Dr Nasiphi Moya, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, will deliver the keynote address at the Unisa Innovation Festival on Monday 25 November, in the Senate Hall, Muckleneuk Campus (Image credit: City of Tshwane)
Moya started her political career during her first year at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
She graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science Politics and Public Policy and Administration from UCT in 2007. She furthered her studies at UCT and was awarded with an Honours Degree in Social Science, specialising in Public Affairs and Administration, in 2008.
In 2011, she obtained a Master of Philosophy from UCT, specialising in Public Policy and Administration. She later obtained a PhD in Political Science from the University of the Western Cape in 2021.
She has a Certificate of Competence/Attendance at the UCT and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Winter Course, where she did Democracy and Development in Africa.
Moya started her working career as a tutor and teaching assistant at the UCT Department of Political Studies. She was appointed as a research assistant and project administrator dealing with the Democracy in Africa Research Unit (DARU) and the African Legislatures Project. She was later appointed as a research assistant at the Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, from February to December 2010.
She was appointed as the Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant – Programme Evaluation at Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS) until March 2011. She then held a position as office and project assistant at Bertha Philanthropies Services (Pty) Ltd until September 2011.
In 2011, Moya joined the Democratic Alliance (DA), where she was recognised as a hard worker and a woman who is committed to changing the politics of South Africa.
From 3 October 2011 to 30 November 2014, she was appointed as the National Manager: Performance Development and Management System by the DA Head Office. From 1 December 2014 to 5 November 2016, she was the Provincial Manager, Support Services in Gauteng.
Moya joined the City of Tshwane on 7 November 2016 and was the Group Head: Office of the Chief Whip until 14 February 2019. From 15 February 2019 to 31 May 2020, she was the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Executive Mayor.
In 2021, she joined ActionSA where she has been serving as the Chief Governance Director since 1 April 2021.
On 19 January 2023, Moya was sworn in as PR Councillor in the City of Tshwane and was elected as Deputy Mayor on 18 January 2024.
Moya was elected as Executive Mayor of Tshwane on 9 October 2024.
For the programme and to register visit: https://www.unisa.ac.za/innovationfest24
For more information: Matshego Njumbuxa enjumbnm@unisa.ac.za / 083 290 5147
* Submitted by the Department of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Publish date: 2024/11/20
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