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METROPOLITAN RESEARCH CHAIR Metropolitan Research Chair
search Chair)
Roundtable Discussion One
Moderator: Advocate Mothepa Ndumo
Theme: The Pension Funds Act 5 of 2019: (Research Fellow)
A Paradigm Shift in Lesotho? Platform: Zoom Webinar
Attendance: approximately 200
Panelists: Ms. Mamello Phomane (Insur-
ance Association of Lesotho); Advocate
Lindiwe Sephomolo (Association of Academic and Short Learn-
Lesotho Employers and Business) and Mr. ing Programmes
Ts’eliso Ramochela (Lesotho Federation of
Trade Unions) The Research Chair’s current academic
and short learning offerings can be divid-
Convenor: Professor Mtende Mhango (Re- ed into:
search Chair)
Post Graduate Programmes
Moderator: Advocate Mothepa Ndumo • The Postgraduate Diploma in Pension
(Research Fellow) Law (awaiting accreditation by the
Platform: Zoom Webinar Council on Higher Education)
Attendance: approximately 200
• The Master of Laws (LLM) in Pension
Roundtable Discussion Two Law (awaiting accreditation by the
Council on Higher Education)
Theme: The Pension Funds (Disclosures)
Regulations, 2020: Do They Adequately • The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in
Empower Members? Pension Law (awaiting accreditation
by the Council on Higher Education)
Panelists: Advocate Muvhango Lukhai-
mane (South African Pension Funds These programmes shall commence in
Adjudicator & Adjunct Professor, National 2022 once accreditation has been final-
University of Lesotho); Mr. Teboho Ma- ized by the Council on Higher Education.
koetlane (Principal Officer, Rainmaker
Umbrella Pension Fun, Metropolitan); Mr. The Metropolitan Research Chair has
Tokiso Nthebe (Principal Officer, Lesotho cultivated several partnerships to enable
Umbrella Pension Fund, Alliance Insur- it to deliver its academic programmes
ance); Advocate Thobeli Kabai (Central mandate.
Bank of Lesotho) and Mrs. Selloane Khoa-
bane (Central Bank of Lesotho).
Convenor: Professor Mtende Mhango (Re- These partnerships are with:
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