Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

We regard 2022 as the year in which we laid the foundation for a new Sefako Makgatho University (SMU). The University is on an advanced trajectory in line withits 2021-2025 strategic plan, with the academic project and the financial sustainability of the University as key priorities.Much groundwork has been laid to create a future-ready institution, adept at navigating uncertainty, and introducing innovations and disruptive ideas ortechnologies that will benefit the University and society at large. A core strategic development was a review of the New Business Model, which is exploring options for student funding, commercialisation initiatives and a strong thirdstream income strategy. A dedicated Project Manager, Coordinator and Champion Implementation Specialist has been appointed to fast-track implementation of this flagship project of the University. 

When Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University was established on 16 May 2014, everyone asked ‘Sefako who?’. Ignorance about Sefako Makgatho’scontribution to black education – and an inability to identify with the new name – was one of the reasons for the resistance to the new university in its earlydays. Yet, as an educator, Makgatho held promise for the past and, as our namesake, holds promise for the future. Makgatho left South Africa in 1882 to study education and theology at Ealing in Middlesex, England. At the time of the Scramble for Africa in 1885, he returnedto Pretoria and started his career as a teacher at the Kilnerton Training Institution, a Methodist School for African children. Kilnerton Training Institution is knownfor some of its illustrious students, including Miriam Makeba, Lilian Ngoyi and Dr Mary Malahlela, the first black woman doctor in South Africa.

In accordance with the Regulations for Reporting by Public Higher Education Institutions, as promulgated on 9 June 2014, the Council hereby submits the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 2021 Annual Report, including its Audited Annual Financial Statement to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. In this Annual Report, we catalogue the progress made with the implementation of the Annual Performance Plan for 2021, the achievements registered during the period, and some of the challenges we have experiencedand our plans to mitigate those. As a newly established University, we are also required to embed a values-based institutional culture, and a culture of institutional and strategic planning and implementation monitoring, including the annual performance planning process as part of the University’s annual planning cycle. The performance report in Part B of the report presents detailed progress made against the performance indicators and targets set in the Annual Performance Plan of 2021.

In accordance with the Regulations for Reporting by Public Higher EducationInstitutions, as promulgated on 9 June 2014, the Council hereby submits the SefakoMakgatho Health Sciences University 2020 Annual Report, including its AuditedAnnual Financial Statement to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. In this Annual Report, we catalogue the progress made with theimplementation of the Annual Performance Plan for 2020, the achievementsregistered during the period, and some of the challenges we have experienced andour plans to mitigate those. As a newly established University, we are also required to embed a values-basedinstitutional culture, and a culture of institutional and strategic planning andimplementation monitoring, including the annual performance planning process aspart of the University's annual planning cycle. The performance report in Part B of the report presents detailed progress made against the performance indicators andtargets set in the Annual Performance Plan of 2020.