We believe the legacy of Bongani Mayosi will continue to have a long-term impact on the aspirations and success of African health sciences students, academics and researchers thereby giving expression and keeping alive his vision and principles as an inspiration to all.
The Bongani Mayosi Legacy Project
UCT Libraries (UCTL) was approached by Prof Nonhlahla Khumalo in January 2019 to explore the possibility of the Health Sciences Library being a suitable home for the late Prof Mayosi’s awards and accolades. Following this initial meeting, several discussions and site visits to the Stellenbosch University Medical Library and the Christiaan Barnard Hospital, the Bongani Mayosi Legacy Project was borne
The Mayosi Impilo Bursary Fund
The Faculty’s Impilo Student Bursary Fund has been renamed the Mayosi Impilo Bursary Fund. Decided in consultation with his family, it has been decided that adding the late dean Professor Bongani Mayosi’s name to the Fund acknowledges his deep commitment for assisting financially disadvantaged students.
The Bongani Mayosi Collaborative
The Bongani Mayosi Collaborative for Cardiovascular Disease Research Excellence in Africa is an interdisciplinary platform that brings together active research programmes in the area of cardiovascular disease.
Fundamentally aligned with Professor Bongani Mawethu Mayosi’s ethos and values, The Bongani Mayosi Research Collaborative seeks to strengthen and improve coordination between existing research initiatives on clinical, epidemiological and basic science approaches to cardiac research in Africa.