By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
@ULP.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Mojankunyane Gumbi as Special Adviser for Addressing Racism in the Workplace.
In a statement, Guterres says her role will provide strategic advice to the Secretary-General on addressing racism and racial discrimination, as well as oversee the implementation of the long-term Strategic Action Plan adopted by the Organization in 2022 to address racism in the workplace.
Gumbi, a lawyer and former special advisor to former President Thabo Mbeki, is currently the Chancellor of the University of Venda and the founder of Mojanku Gumbi Advisory Services, a Johannesburg-based business advisory firm.
She was involved in peacemaking initiatives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Comoros, Sudan, Lesotho, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Iran and the Middle East. Prior to serving in the presidency, Gumbi was an attorney from 1984 and an advocate from 1993.
Gumbi holds law degrees from the South African Universities of the North (now University of Limpopo) and Witwatersrand, and a certificate in trial advocacy from the University of Texas in Austin.