The High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Sandile Edwin Schalk visited the University of Moratuwa on 26th September 2022 and met the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. N.D. Gunawardena. Ms. René Everson-Varney, Counsellor: Political /Deputy High Commissioner accompanied the High Commissioner.
Discussions were focused on establishing mutually beneficial collaborations between the University of Moratuwa and the Higher Education Institutes in South Africa. The Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of South Africa has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the fields of Science and Technology. The activities organized between the universities in two countries may operate under this already signed MOU.