Frene Ginwala

President Thabo Mbeki appointed Ginwala on September 30 2007 to conduct the enquiry into National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli's fitness to hold office.

Frene Ginwala is an Indian South African from the Parsi-Zoroastrian community of western India. Dr Frene Ginwala studied for a DPhil at Linacre College, University of Oxford.

Dr Frene Ginwala was appointed as the first chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in April 2005 and is currently serving a four year term. She is one of only four female University Chancellors in South Africa.

Honors

• Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), 2008.

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