Africa: Prof Loyiso Nongxa, First African Elected As VP of the International Mathematical Union

Professor Loyiso Nongxa continues to set records. He has become the first African mathematician to be elected as the Vice President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). He was also South Africa's First Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand.

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand, Professor Loyiso Nongxa has become the first African mathematician to be elected as the Vice President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). On May 16, 2003 Prof Nongxa became South Africa's first black Vice Chancellor at the University of Witwatersrand.

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