Dr Wallace Mqoqi

DIRECTOR

Dr Wallace Mgoqi is the former City Manager of the City of Cape Town and the former Chief Land Claims Commissioner on the Restitution of Land Rights. He is a former attorney and advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He holds a BA degree Social Science (UNISA), LLB (UCT), post-graduate qualifications from Harvard University and the International Development Law Institute in Rome, as well as three honorary Doctorate degrees (University of Cape Town, Walter Sisulu University and New York University). Dr Mgoqi has been bestowed with several honours as a result of his social justice activism, human rights work and extensive community-based work. He has served on the boards of the National Development Agency, UCT’s Alumni Advisory Board and Ernest Mancoba Advisory Board.