NEW DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR FOR UNIMA

After the lengthy process of delinking, UNIMA continues to make strides by appointing senior officers to lead the institution. The first of these steps was the appointment of the Vice Chancellor, professor Samson Sajidu. This has been followed by the appointment of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Dr Sunduzwayo Madise. The announcement of Dr Madise’s appointment was made on 16th June, 2022, and was well received by the UNIMA community.
Unlike the office of the Vice Chancellor, the office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor is a new one, established in the UNIMA Act 18 of 2019. The role of the Deputy Vice Chancellor is generally to assist the Vice Chancellor in the performance of his functions. Some of the duties of the Deputy Vice Chancellor include providing strategic leadership in academic, research, outreach, consulting and library services; and providing academic and administrative oversight for Schools of the University.
Dr. Sunduzwayo Madise holds a PhD in Law from the University of Warwick (UK, 2017), among various other qualifications. Apart from being an accomplished academic, Dr. Madise is also a legal practitioner and has also been admitted to the Malawi Bar to practice law in the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, the High Court and all subordinate courts. Dr. Madise has international academic experience as a visiting lecturer at the University of Pretoria (RSA) and the University of the Western Cape (RSA) as well as an external examiner at the University of the Western Cape and the University of Cape Town.
Administratively, he has held several managerial leadership and academic positions. Dr. Madise has been a Chairperson of Internal Transition Unit that has seen the development and review of the governance instruments for the re-stablished UNIMA. He has been a member of Council of University of Malawi as Senate Representative as well as a University Senator. Dr. Madise has also been the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dean of Students, Deputy Head and Head of Practical Legal Studies at UNIMA.

We wish the Deputy Vice Chancellor the best as he joins the UNIMA leadership team.