{"id":33120,"date":"2026-03-10T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?p=33120"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:17:01","slug":"vut-associate-professor-elected-to-ntrf-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/vut-associate-professor-elected-to-ntrf-board\/","title":{"rendered":"VUT Associate Professor elected to NTRF Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Vaal University of Technology (VUT) congratulates Associate Professor Veronique Labuschagne from the Faculty of Human Sciences on her election to the Board of the National Tertiary Retirement Fund (NTRF).&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10 March 2026 | Story by:&nbsp;Staff&nbsp;| Picture: Supplied<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 minute read time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"VUT Associate Professor elected to NTRF Board\" class=\"wp-image-33130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vero.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vaal University of Technology (VUT) congratulates Professor Veronique Labuschagne, an Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism and Integrated Communication within the Faculty of Human Sciences, on her election to the Board of the National Tertiary Retirement Fund (NTRF), where she will serve as a member-elected representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NTRF plays a vital role in safeguarding employees&#8217; retirement interests across the higher education sector. As part of its governance structure, the Board is responsible for overseeing the Fund\u2019s strategic direction, financial sustainability, and the long-term security of members\u2019 retirement benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Labuschagne\u2019s election reflects the confidence placed in her by members of the Fund and highlights the continued participation of VUT staff in national governance structures that support the well-being of the higher education community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on her election, Professor Labuschagne expressed appreciation for the trust placed in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am honoured by the confidence shown by members of the Fund. I look forward to contributing to the responsible governance of the NTRF and to supporting decisions that safeguard the long-term interests of members and pensioners across the higher education sector,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VUT wishes Professor Labuschagne success as she undertakes this important responsibility and contributes to the stewardship of the Fund in the interests of its members and pensioners.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Vaal University of Technology (VUT) congratulates Associate Professor Veronique Labuschagne from the Faculty of Human Sciences on her election to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-vaal-university-of-technology","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33131,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33120\/revisions\/33131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}