{"id":42303,"date":"2025-01-17T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/watch-new-uwc-rector-prof-robert-balfour-vows-to-uphold-its-legacy-of-social-justice-20250117\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:37:51","slug":"watch-new-uwc-rector-prof-robert-balfour-vows-to-uphold-its-legacy-of-social-justice-20250117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/watch-new-uwc-rector-prof-robert-balfour-vows-to-uphold-its-legacy-of-social-justice-20250117\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH | New UWC Rector Prof Robert Balfour vows to uphold its legacy of social justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sporting a bow tie and fedora with sartorial flair, Prof Robert Balfour was officially introduced as the University of Western Cape\u2019s (UWC) new Rector and Vice-Chancellor at his inaugural media conference held at the university\u2019s Centre for Humanities Research in Woodstock on Thursday 16 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As UWC celebrates its 65th anniversary this year, Balfour envisions a future centred on collaboration, strategic planning and shared accountability. His goal is to foster a more inclusive and transformative academic environment that honours and advances the university\u2019s rich historical and intellectual legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_ebd34b0a\">\n<div class=\"custom\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"314\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTygerBurger%2Fvideos%2F920754709821842%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contributing-to-uwc-s-legacy\">Contributing to UWC\u2019s legacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy contribution to UWC\u2019s legacy would be to create the climate for revitalising debate on the relevance of the left in the 21st century, when capitalism seems hegemonic; it seems largely unaccountable, very exploitative and damaging to the environment, to people and to relations among people. Even so, for me the intellectual project about the left\u2019s contribution is, is more than just a critique of what is wrong with capitalism. It\u2019s about imagining a better future for ourselves. It\u2019s appropriate for UWC to be the place where that imagining infuses teaching, community engagement and research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-feeling-at-home\">Feeling at home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since late last year Balfour has been immersing himself in campus life, engaging with staff and students and adjusting to the unpredictable Cape Flats weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_8064fc1c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media meet and greet with Vice-Chancellor Professo\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12606\/2f23a893f343483da1522bb479b01451.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69230eadb69f4726a846faa373387e05.jpg\" title=\"His goal for the institution, which turns 65 this year, is deeply personal and stems partially from his personal journey of self-acceptance, symbolising hope and the possibility of transformative change for others who feel excluded. PHOTO: Shelley Christians\/UWC\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">His goal for the institution, which turns 65 this year, is deeply personal and stems partially from his personal journey of self-acceptance, symbolising hope and the possibility of transformative change for others who feel excluded. PHOTO: Shelley Christians\/UWC<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFreedom intellectually, but also freedom that contributes to a very clear understanding of what social justice must mean in a country such as ours in future. So it\u2019s inspirational for me to be here. And I see it as a chance in my professional life, but also my personal life, to contribute to a place that has always signalled in many ways, for me as a young academic and professional, such hope about the possibilities for inclusion and transformation, particularly for UWC, and how these come together in relation to activism and community work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an only child born in Johannesburg and spending his formative years in rural Mpumalanga, he was sent to a Catholic boarding high school in Pretoria due to his parents\u2019 concern about lack of socialisation in the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to study language, education and art, flourishing as an academic and making crucial contributions to multilingual policies and curriculum development. His research focus, which included language education and policy, postcolonial literature and rural education, reflected his commitment to advancing educational equity and social justice in South Africa and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, arriving at UWC had always been his dream, given that since its inception during apartheid the institution had committed itself to critical inquiry about justice, decoloniality and education transformation. Balfour emphasised that the university had the potential to play a central role in addressing systemic inequities and integrating marginalised intellectual traditions into the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/remembering-prof-brian-oconnell-the-visionary-who-shaped-uwcs-future-20240906\" target=\"_blank\">READ RELATED |&nbsp;Remembering Prof Brian O\u2019Connell: The visionary who shaped UWC\u2019s future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scope-of-challenges-understood\">Scope of challenges understood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Q&amp;A portion of the conference Balfour was asked about available placement of the many matriculants facing an uphill battle to attain a bright future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He alluded that universities of technology and traditional universities were becoming too similar, which limits the variety of options available for young people to choose from when planning their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUniversity education I think has come to be seen as the logical next step of schooling, which it cannot be. It cannot be that alone. So the Department of Higher Education and Training\u2019s (DHET) energy and vision for community colleges for the revitalised TVET sector, I think, must be welcomed. And our role as an institution should be to open those routes for access to community colleges and TVET colleges and universities. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reflects his visionary approach to his tenure as Vice-Chancellor of UWC, by expressing a deep understanding of the challenges faced, not only by the youth, but the tertiary education sector and larger society as whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOpening access to education is not only about increasing access to universities, it\u2019s also about making it possible to move from a community college to a TVET to a university and making that journey accessible to people as lifelong learners\u2026 And even I know now young people who have two jobs at the same time. 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