Prof Tokozile Mayekiso is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth. She obtained her BA degree from the University of Fort Hare, majoring in Psychology and Geography and went on to complete her Honours and Masters degrees in Psychology. A doctorate from the Free University in Berlin, Germany, followed.
Prof Mayekiso joined the University of Transkei (UNITRA) as senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology in 1987 and was head of that department from 2000 to June 2001. She was Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts at UNITRA in 2000 and acting dean of the Faculty from January 2001 to June 2001.
In July 2001 she was appointed as Head: School of Human and Community Development at Wits University, from January 2006 Deputy Dean: Faculty of Humanities and since June 2006 she was the acting dean of the faculty. In 1992 she registered as a clinical psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She is a member of the Psychological Society of South Africa, the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and executive member of the South African National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science. She is a board member of the National Development Agency whose mission is the eradication of poverty and its cause.
Prof Mayekiso has published extensively in academic journals. She has been awarded numerous academic achievement awards and fellowships and supervises a number of masters and doctoral students.