Mamokgethi Phakeng is a full professor of Mathematics Education and Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of Cape Town. She holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a highly respected mathematics education researcher and teacher educator both nationally and internationally. She has been invited to deliver over 35 keynote lectures at international conferences, and as a visiting professor in universities all over the world. She has won several awards for her research and community work, the latest being the Order of the Baobab in Silver bestowed on her by the President of South Africa in April 2016 for her excellent contribution in the field of mathematics education and representing South Africa on the international stage through her formidable research work. She is the pioneer and leader of the multimillion-rand FirstRand Foundation Mathematics Education Chairs and the South African Numeracy Chairs initiatives funded by Anglo American Chairman’s Fund, Rand Merchant Bank, FirstRand Foundation, and Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF). Before joining the University of Cape Town, she served for five years as Vice-Principal for Research and Innovation at the University of South Africa. She is very well known and highly respected for her outstanding organisational leadership which she manages to carry out alongside her academic work and research.
View profile for Mamokgethi Phakeng in: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2017). Legends of South African Science. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0012
