Dr Sebake started his career at Technikon Pretoria, now known as Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), as a Student Development Manager in February 2003. He mapped his career in the field of Student Affairs and Services with TUT for a period of seven years. Dr Sebake participated in a number of workstreams to facilitate the merger that gave rise to the establishment of TUT, especially in the policy development and systems that aid a new institutional identity. He was then appointed as the Head of Department (HoD) for Student Governance and Leadership Development at University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN) in October 2010 where he assisted in stabilising the operations of the SRC, financial turnaround strategy and model the new funding strategy for student activities. In the year 2012 May, Dr Sebake was appointed as a Student Development Practitioner at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), where he assisted in the review of several policy regime inclusive of the SRC Constitution. Dr Sebake’s career proceeded when he joined University of Mpumalanga (UMP) in March 2016 and, in recognition of his career growth, he was appointed at Nelson Mandela University (NMU) as the Director for Student Governance and Development in April 2018.
Prior to him returning now to UMP as a Dean of Students in the Student Affairs Division, he was a Dean of Student Affairs at Central University of Technology, Free State. In his tuner at CUT, he managed to reconfigure Student Affairs that provides high-level impact in exposing students to the rapid changing world of works. He took a niche on youth development from a policy perspective, youth employability and entrepreneurship. Dr Sebake brings along various expertise that is expected to journey with us to champion enhancement of quality student experience and exercise duty of care for UMP students. As he is currently serving as the Secretary General of South African Association of Senior Student Affairs Professionals (SAASSAP), he is expected to utilise his national networks to conceptualise our journey for Vision 2030. Dr Sebake is a known scholar and political analyst in the niche areas of public administration, governance, policy, student services and youth development. |