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He further had an opportunity to serve as an acting director of NAHECS on several occasions in the same centre,\u201d said Songelwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has more than 20 years\u2019 working experience within the field of heritage and culture. During his 20-years\u2019 service at Fort Hare, for 17 of those years he worked as a senior manager, with a mandate to uphold the vision, values and the integrity of NAHECS,\u201d said Songelwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that he had served on various boards and committees representing the University of Fort Hare. The boards included the Nelson Mandela National Museum, the ANC centenary task team, Victoria Hospital board, the archival platform board at the University of Cape Town, the Eastern Cape Oral History and Indigenous Music Committee and the ANC-Fort Hare Archives committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Songelwa, Booi had very strong international experience, as he represented the University of Fort Hare in various platforms abroad. 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