Prof Ntom’fikile Mazibuko Rector and Vice-Chancellor University of Zululand Prof. Fikile Mazibuko is the sixth Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zululand. She is the second woman to hold this position at the University of Zululand.

Professor Mazibuko was the previous Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Head of College of Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and a holder of a distinguished Alumni award at Jane Addams College of Social Work. As an Alumnus of UNIZULU and a previous member of Council at UNIZULU, she brings a massive knowledge about the institution with added interest in humanities, especially in domestic violence and HIV/AIDS. Her academic achievements were further obtained internationally.

Her choice of the institution and acceptance of the appointment bear testimony as a Social Work specialist. Mazibuko’s community engagement is characterised by promoting and initiating programmes that are developmental and responsive to the needs of local communities and put in practice skills and models of interventions acquired through professional training by participating in programmes that advance and popularise education amongst young South Africans.