Loyiso nongxa biography of mahatma gandhi

South African mathematician

Loyiso Nongxa is a South African mathematician, the current chairperson of the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) and a former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits).^[2]

Early life and education

Nongxa was born on 22 October 1953^[3] in Mhlanga near Lady Frere, Eastern Cape in what was then the Transkei.

Both of his parents were qualified teachers, and his father was a school principal, although his mother remained at home to raise the family.

Loyiso nongxa biography of mahatma gandhi

Nongxa did well at school, and matriculated from Healdtown College with distinction as the top matric student in South Africa in 1972.^[4] Nongxa was accepted at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) thereafter, and obtained a BSc(Hons) in 1976.

While at UFH, he also played for the university's "Baa-bas" rugby team. After obtaining a MSc from UFH in 1978, he became South Africa's first Black Rhodes scho