Professor Tshilidzi Marwala is off to the United Nations University in Japan. Photo: Supplied
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UJ vice-chancellor’s big dreams take him from a village in Limpopo to the UN University top job in Tokyo.
Growing up in Duthuni village near Thohoyandou in Limpopo, Professor Tshilidzi Marwala dreamt big – but he never thought he would one day “work for the world”, as he describes his latest job.
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