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TUT’S GIBELA RESEARCH CHAIR HOSTS

FASCINATING PROTOTYPE EXHIBITION

Dr V Papu-Zamxaka, Prof K Mpofu and Dr MG Kanakana-Katumba from left to right

The Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development hosted a first of its
kind exhibition that showcased remarkable prototypes derived from its multi-million rand
funded research. The event took place at the Gibela Rail Transport Consortium factory in
Nigel on 30 August 2021.

n excited Prof. Khumbulani Mpofu, who
spearheads the project as well as the

AResearch Chair, expressed his appreciation
for the immeasurable support he received from the

Gibela Consortium, in particular, the CEO and the
leadership of the Tshwane University of Technology

(TUT). “Today we do not only celebrate this milestone
and showcase our prototypes, more than anything the

world will now know the hard work invested in localizing
the University’s technologies and commercialization

by our research chair team, the start-ups, the students,
postdoctoral fellows, incubatees and the Faculty of

Engineering and the Built Environment,” said Prof.
Mpofu. Dr Jan Adriaan Swanepoel

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