New Director for Community Engagement and Work-Integrated Learning
BUILDING COHESION: Dr Fundiswa Nofemela
Friday, 13 February 2026
CPUT recently welcomed Dr Fundiswa Nofemela as the new Director for Community Engagement and Work-Integrated Learning (CE&WIL).
Nofemela, who served as Director of Co-operative Education at the Mangosuthu University of Technology for the past ten years, is no stranger to CPUT.
“I started at CPUT as a Job Placement Officer and by the time I left in 2015 I was the Manager Co-operative Education, a position I had held for seven years.”
Her first priorities as director will be building cohesion between all practitioners that implement Community Engagement and Work-Integrated Learning across the six faculties.
“The role of CE&WIL is to support Teaching and Learning with respect to Service-Learning and Work-based Learning through programs that help students develop generic skills, values, graduate attributes and entrepreneurship attributes, particularly as the university prepares students for the future world of work. As a centre that is at the forefront of providing strategic direction and leadership for community and industry partnerships, I see the centre helping the university to develop and strengthen collaborations with external stakeholders, both nationally and internationally.”
She also serves as General Secretary for the Southern African Society for Co-operative Education (SASCE) as well as the World Association for Co-operative Education (WACE) liaison for Africa.
She has the following message for the CPUT community: “Community Engagement and Work-Integrated Learning are not just educational programmes; they are also transformation imperatives as they help students to develop into well-rounded graduates with personal attributes towards the world of work, industry as well as society. Our Service-Learning and Civic Engagement projects are aligned with the Sustainable Development goals. Thus, it is critical for the university to strengthen these programmes and for all members of the university community to participate, especially in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement.”
Written by Ilse Fredericks
Email: Frederickskennediji@cput.ac.za
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