Rector Jakes Gerwel made UWC an "intellectual home of the left", with attention for social and political issues.
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The programme is a joint project of the Centre with Makerere University (Uganda), the University of Ghana, the Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon), the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), the American University in Cairo (Egypt), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) and Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia).
Madima was born in Venda, Limpopo, and holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of the Western Cape.