{"id":1221,"date":"2026-09-08T13:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:25:13","slug":"premier-mabuyane-meets-new-wsu-vice-chancellor-to-strengthen-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/premier-mabuyane-meets-new-wsu-vice-chancellor-to-strengthen-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Mabuyane Meets New WSU Vice-Chancellor to Strengthen Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bhisho<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Cape Premier Mr Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane today met with the Vice-Chancellor of Walter Sisulu University (WSU), Dr Thandi Mgwebi, and the university&#8217;s executive management at Lilian Diedericks House in Bhisho.The meeting was supported by members of the Provincial Executive Council.<\/p>\n<p>The introductory engagement, following Dr Mgwebi&#8217;s appointment in January 2026, provided an opportunity for the university to present its programmes and its 2040+ Strategic Vision.Discussions focused on how to strengthen cooperation between the provincial government and the university to advance skills development, research, innovation and the socio-economic development of the province.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Mabuyane emphasised that universities are important partners in building an Eastern Cape that creates opportunities for its people and prepares young people for the economy of the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhisho Eastern Cape Premier Mr Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane today met with the Vice-Chancellor of Walter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}