# President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to well-known academic and heritage expert professor Muxe Nkondo, who passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning. He was 83-years-old. Nkondo was a former vice-chancellor of the University of Venda, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of the North, and Harvard Andrew Mellon Fellow in English. Ramaphosa says Nkondo’s legacy is monumental, and he leaves at the end of a life distinguished by his relentless pursuit and generation of knowledge that has made the world a richer, more inclusive place.
Ramaphosa pays tribute to renowned academic professor Nkondo