In bid to change UNESWA fortunes, 43 vacancies announced

Mbabane – In just about two months of appointing a task teak to change the fortunes of UNESWA, major changes are taking place at the highest academic institution of the kingdom following an announcement of 43 non-academic, academic and administrative vacancies.

On June 17, 2024, government appointed a 12-member task team to assess the state of affairs at the University of Eswatini (UNESWA), with the view to fully understand the limitations and inadequacies.

Minister of Education and Training Owen Nxumalo announced the task team led by Ubombo Sugar Limited Managing Director Muzi Siyaya who has held various senior and executive corporate roles in the country and in South Africa.

Nxumalo said a directive from Cabinet was issued that he addressed the challenges facing the institution. He said he also received pressure from Parliament, as the Ministry of Education Portfolio Committee wanted to know what Cabinet was doing to fix the challenges.

The minister said the task team was expected to source information through interviews, document review, comparative analysis and other effective avenues. According to Nxumalo, it was envisaged that an interim report on the assessment would be generated within the first three months and the final report in six months.

He said the task team consisted of people from various professional backgrounds with undoubted competencies in the four strategic themes to be covered, which include financial management and resource efficiency, academic programmes, governance, management capacity and the funding model of the university.

He explained that the task team members were formed by professors working in universities outside the country and chief executive officers of parastatals.

In recent years, the university had experienced a spate of challenges, which were seriously impairing its growth and compromising the purpose for which it was established, which is to give quality tertiary education to emaSwati.

The minister said His Majesty had tasked the chairman of the council, vice chancellor and Parliament to come up with solutions and not point fingers.

1. Technologist (UNESWANAC 01/24) – General Nursing Science
2. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Critical Care Nursing) (Ref: UNESWAAC 22/24) – General Nursing Science
3. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Family Nurse Practice) (Ref: UNESWAAC 23/24) – General Nursing Science
4. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Medical-Surgical Nursing) (Ref: UNESWAAC 24/24) – General Nursing Science
5. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing) (Ref: UNESWAAC 18/24) – Community Health Nursing Science
6. Lecturer (Occupational Health Nursing) (Ref: UNESWAAC 19/24) – Community Health Nursing Science
7. Professor/Associate Professor (Ref: UNESWAAC 25/24) – English Language and Literature
8. Assistant Dean of Student Affairs (UNESWAAC 01/24) – Student Affairs
9. Warden (UNESWAAC 02/24) – Student Affairs
10. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Ref: UNESWAAC 03/24) – Animal Science
11. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 04/24) – Animal Science
12. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 05/24)* – Animal Science
13. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Entomology/Agricultural Entomology) (Ref: UNESWAAC 07/24)* – Crop Production
14. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Plant Pathology) (Ref: UNESWAAC 08/24) – Crop Production
15. Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow (UNESWAAC 09/24) – Crop Production
16. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 10/24) – Business Administration
17. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 11/24) – Business Administration
18. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 13/24)* – Consumer Science Education and Community Development
19. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Ref: UNESWAAC 14/24) – Textiles and Apparel Design
20. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Guidance & Counseling in Education) (Ref: UNESWAAC 16/24) – Educational Foundations and Management
21. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Educational Administration) (Ref: UNESWAAC 17/24) – Educational Foundations and Management
22. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer (Ref: UNESWAAC 26/24) – History
23. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 27/24) – Biological Sciences
24. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Electro-Analytical Chemistry) (Ref: UNESWAAC 28/24) – Chemistry
25. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Environmental-Analytical Chemistry) (Ref: UNESWAAC 29/24) – Chemistry
26. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Ref: UNESWAAC 30/24) – Computer Science
27. Lecturer (Computer Science) (Ref: UNESWAAC 31/24) – Computer Science
28. Lecturer (Information Science) (Ref: UNESWAAC 32/24) – Computer Science
29. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Public Administration) (Ref: UNESWAAC 37/24) – Political and Administrative Studies
30. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Demography/Population Studies) (Ref: UNESWAAC 38/24) – Statistics & Demography
31. Senior Lecturer (Social Work) (Ref: UNESWAAC 39/24) – Sociology and Social Work
32. Lecturer (Social Work) (Ref: UNESWAAC 40/24) – Sociology and Social Work
33. Lecturer (Sociology) (Ref: UNESWAAC 41/24) – Sociology and Social Work
34. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer ( Geomorphology)(Ref: UNESWAAC 33/24) – Geography, Environmental Science and Planning
35. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer / Lecturer (Geographic Information Science) (Ref: UNESWAAC 34/24) – Geography, Environmental Science and Planning
36. Lecturer (Urban and Regional Planning and Development) (Ref: UNESWAAC 35/24) – Geography, Environmental Science and Planning
37. Lecturer (UNESWAAC 20/24) – Environmental Health Science
38. Teaching Assistant (UNESWAAC 21/24) – Environmental Health Science
39. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Ref: UNESWAAC 06/24) – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
40. Technologist (UNESWANAC 02/24) (2 positions) – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
41. Lecturer (Private Law) (UNESWAAC 36/24) – Law
42. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (ICT in Education) (UNESWAAC 15/24) – Educational Foundations and Management
43. Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (UNESWAAC 12/24) – Consumer Science Education and Community Development