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PASS Excellence Team Award

Institutional Governance

The PASS Excellence Team award is awarded to Elhaam Bardien, Carol Browne Sifundo Bulose, Rene du Preez, Zihle Febana, Charmian Green, Leana Hay, Sameera Patel, Ursula Spies and Siyasanga Tenge from the Institutional Governance division.  

The Department operates in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment and the quality of the services provided supports efficiency in decision-making by executive management, the flow of information via governance and management structures and the implementation of strategic priority areas.  The extraordinary performance of team players is evident when noticing the time spent after hours and over weekends (with no extra remuneration) to improve on faster turnaround times of resolutions and other projects. The team’s work has increased exponentially over the past years, yet they perform their work with excellence.

Elhaam Bardien: Being able to efficiently address the complex, large volumes of work, adhere to the fast-paced organisational requirements and living the Values of our University.

Carol Browne: It gives me purpose in life to contribute towards a common goal that is beneficial to all and which is something bigger than myself.

Sifundo Bulose: We should continually strive towards a culture of good governance in our activities to achieve unqualified audit reports for the University.

Rene du Preez: Success is not always achieved in isolation.

Zihle Febana: The honour of serving Mandela University through providing crucial Secretariat support to high level Institutional committees.

Charmian Green: Institutional Governance Team excellence. Teamwork makes everything happens seamlessly! Working together, is working smarter!

Leana Hay: Being part of a driven team motivates me for always doing your best and I take pride in the work we do and deliver.

Sameera Patel: I am daily motivated by the Governance team’s generosity and selfless support with each other. Blessed to be part of a collective that looks after each other.  

Ursula Spies: Do your job to the best of your ability.

Siyasanga Tenge: Always strive to give your best in everything that you do.