Prof Vil-Nkomo obtained his BA degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Public Affairs and Economics from Lincoln University, a Historically Black University in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He was granted his MA and PhD (Thesis titled: “Migrant Labor Economic Theory and National Development Policy” receiving the Prof Mark Haskell Political Economy Award) by the University of Delaware. He taught and developed academic programmers at Lincoln University, Clarke University, and University of the Witwatersrand. He co-taught and researched with international scholars like Professors Ann Seidman, Robert Seidman, Dr Chronis Polychroniou and Dr Bethuel Setai to mention a few.
Professor Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo was a Research Professor at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria and was previously granted the Fulbright Research Scholarship from 2011 to 2012 that affiliated him to Fordham University's Department of Economics. He was also appointed a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. He is former Executive Director for internationalization and Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Joseph R Biden, Jr School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware.
He has provided expert advice to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on the analyses of economic growth and inequality in Southern Africa. He continues to serve on boards, chair and advise on the development of major businesses and science councils like Subtropico Pty, LTD, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), and the Water Research Commission (WRC). He was among the founders of the successful Business Enterprises at the University of Pretoria and Continuing Education (now known as Enterprises at the University of Pretoria).
In 1994, Prof Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo was appointed by President Nelson Mandela to serve in the first democratic government as the Public Service Commissioner. By then, he had already been part of the bi-laterals and the Multi- Party negotiations that ushered democracy into our country.
He has been bestowed awards, honours and achievements, the highlights of which follow hereunder:
