Senate
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Academic matters fall under the control of Senate, which comprises the members listed below.
Where an individual is listed more than once, the secondary listings are marked with an asterisk (*). For example, where a person is a professor, his or her primary listing is as a professor.
As of 1 July 2022 the membership of Senate stood at 431.
Vice-chancellor and deputy vice-chancellors | Deans/acting deans and deputy deans/acting deputy deans | Heads and acting heads of academic departments | Professors
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* Emeritus Professor Dayanand Reddy |
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Deputy vice-chancellors |
* Professor Elelwani Ramugondo |
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Professor Harsha Kathard |
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| *Professor Susan Harrison (1 August 2019 to 31 July 2024) |
Deans/acting deans and deputy deans/acting deputy deans
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CHED Dean
Deputy deans |
Associate Professor Kasturi Behari-Leak
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Commerce Dean
Deputy deans |
Professor Suki Goodman Associate Professor Sure Mataramvura Associate Professor Sarah A Chapman Professor Ulrike Rivett Professor Ameeta Jaga |
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Engineering & the Built Environment Dean
Deputy deans |
*Professor Alison Emslie Lewis *Associate Professor Kathleen Michell *Professor Abimbola Windapo *Professor Marianne Vanderschuren *Professor Hans Beushausen |
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Health Sciences Dean
Deputy deans
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Associate Professor Lionel Patrick Green-Thompson Dr Kerrin Begg Associate Professor Tracey Naledi |
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Humanities Dean
Deputy deans |
*Associate Professor Shose Kessi Associate Professor Shannon Morreira Associate Professor Jane Bennett *Professor David Wardle Associate Professor Christopher Ouma |
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Law Dean Deputy deans |
Professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa Dr Kathleen Idensohn Professor Petrus Johannes Hattingh |
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Science Dean
Deputy deans |
*Professor Maano Ramutsindela *Professor Abraham Muthama Muasya Associate Professor Haris Skokos
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Heads and acting heads of academic departments
Academic departments are organisational units formally recognised as such by Senate and Council in terms of the Statute. Some are styled "schools" while 2 are styled "colleges", but all have the status of academic department.
As of 1 January 2022, there were 60 recognised academic departments.
The Professors: Professors are listed at the end of this Senate list.
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12 members elected by the academic staff (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024) |
Associate Professor Bob Otieno Osano Associate Professor Dirk Michael Lang Associate Professor Phumla Zuleika Sinxadi Associate Professor Frank Matose Associate Professor Kelley Moult Mr Jacques Andre Rousseau Dr Rachael Dangarembizi Dr Tirivanhu Chinyoka Dr Ayanda Gcelu Mr Timothy Charles Chabot Low Dr Hlumani Humphrey Ndlovu Dr Alvina Makhosazana Kubeka |
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6 members elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024) |
Mr Bongani Given Quwe Miss Nadia Ebrahim Mr Peter Shai Makgoba Dr Marwaan Rylands Mrs Suzanne Shirley Key Miss Andrea Plos |
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6 students appointed by the SRC
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TBA |
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6 members of the Faculty Student Councils, elected by the SRC
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TBA |
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2 members of Council Elected by Council (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024) |
Emeritus Professor Kit Vaughan Vacant |
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Members of the academic departments appointed by Senate’s Nominations Committee to be members of Senate to better reflect in the Senate the diversity of the academic staff (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024) Associate Professor Chun-Sung Huang Associate Professor Denis Kalumba Associate Professor Patroba Achola Odera Associate Professor Kutlwano Ramaboa Associate Professor Tumishang Mmamalatsi Salome Maswime |
Associate Professor Malcolm Miller Associate Professor Maylene Shung King Associate Professor Zenda Loren Woodman Associate Professor Sylvia Ruth Bruinders Associate Professor Fatima Osman Associate Professor Deshendran Moodley Associate Professor Zarina Patel Dr Carren Gail Duffy Dr Qhama Zamani Cossie Dr Neliswa Antonia Gogela Dr Nomonde Mbatani Dr Qonita Mariam Said-Hartley Mr Allan Davids Miss Ayanda Pekane Dr Sabelo Goodman Hadebe Dr Petula Diane Wicomb Ms Yaliwe Clarke Dr Bernard Nolen Fortuin Miss Xolisa Guzula Ms Stephane Edith Huigen-Conradie Mr Tauriq Jenkins Dr Mandisa Vallentia Malinga Ms Kharnita Mohamed Mr Mbongeni Ntuthuko Mtshali Ms Xichavo Alecia Ndlovu Dr Anandaroop Sen Ms Fatima Williams Dr Moagabo Natalie Ragoasha Mr Asief Dhansay Dr Shanil Jensen Haricharan Mrs Kehinde Oladayo Olutoyin Awodele Mr Malibongwe Shadrack Manono Dr Krystle Ontong Mr Sa-aadat Parker Dr Kishor Harrichand Bugarith Mrs Shamila Manie Dr Natashia Muna Dr Ruchi Chaturvedi Dr Liani Maasdorp Dr Ryan Mark Nefdt Dr Rethabile Marriet Possa-Mogoera Dr Mzwandile Muzi Shongwe Mrs Salona Lutchman Associate Professor Afton Leandre Titus Associate Professor Sarah-Louise Blyth Dr Yonatan Sahle Chemere Mr Allan Ernest Clark Dr Heather Gaile Marco Dr Clive Lloyd Oliver Dr Colleen O'Ryan Associate Professor Anneliese Schauerte |
Assessor Members
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Chief Operating Officer
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Dr Reno Morar Vacant Mr Ashraf Conrad Dr Linda Mtwisha |
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List 2: The Executive Directors of Student Affairs and the University Libraries Executive Director: Student Affairs
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Mr Pura Mgolombane Ms Ujala Satgoor |
Professors
Total as of 1 July 2023: 300
(With the year of professorial appointment)
| Rebecca Rogers Ackermann | 2018 |
| Jane Alexander | 2008 |
| John Kwabena Akokpari | 2022 |
| Muhammad Saalih Allie | 2020 |
| Andreas Altwegg | 2023 |
| Waheeda Amien | 2023 |
| Kurt Andre April | 2006 |
| Carolyn Susan Ardington | 2016 |
| Neil Philip Armitage | 2015 |
| Lillian Melinda Artz | 2019 |
| John Ele-Ojo Ataguba | 2022 |
| Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim | 2012 |
| Igor Vladilenovich Barashenkov | 2001 |
| Paul Stanley Barendse | 2018 |
| Karen Irma Barnes | 2009 |
| Stefan Barth | 2015 |
| Adrian Bruce Charles Christopher Bassett | 2011 |
| Roger Benjamin Behrens | 2020 |
| Linda-Gail Bekker | 2013 |
| Tunde Bello-Ochende | 2016 |
| David Benatar | 2007 |
| Toma Berlanda | 2015 |
| Deon Bezuidenhout | 2020 |
| Haroon Ismail Bhorat | 2007 |
| Nicholas Budeo Biekpe | 2012 |
| Jonathan Blackburn | 2008 |
| Jonathan Blackburn | 2008 |
| Marc Blockman | 2017 |
| Edward Sidney Boje | 2013 |
| Floretta Avril Boonzaier | 2019 |
| Maria Emese Bordy | 2023 |
| Andrew Marc Boulle | 2017 |
| Susan Ann Bourne | 2008 |
| Adrian John Brink | 2019 |
| Frank Brombacher | 2000 |
| Irwin Thomas Brown | 2011 |
| Andy Buffler | 2014 |
| Wendy Anne Burgers | 2023 |
| Justine Claire Burns | 2016 |
| Anthony Michael Butler | 2012 |
| Robert Greig Cameron | 2004 |
| Keith Stone Cattell | 2010 |
| Kelly Chibale | 2007 |
| Wallace Mankhwala Gwaza Chigona | 2015 |
| Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | 2003 |
| Horman Chitonge | 2020 |
| Steeve Chung Kim Yuen | 2023 |
| Michael Christian Claeys | 2010 |
| Malcolm Robert Collins | 2013 |
| Marc Irwin Combrinck | 2011 |
| Beatrice Isabel Conradie | 2023 |
| Imraan Coovadia | 2016 |
| Michael Denis Cramer | 2019 |
| Laura Czerniewicz | 2019 |
| Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie | 2017 |
| Collet Dandara | 2016 |
| Reza Che Daniels | 2023 |
| Alan Davidson | 2018 |
| Mary-Ann Davies | 2021 |
| Neil Hamer Davies | 2023 |
| Francois Servaas De Kock | 2020 |
| Pierre Francois De Vos | 2009 |
| Petrus de Vries | 2012 |
| David Alan Deglon | 2011 |
| Lynette Ann Denny | 2006 |
| Paolo Denti | 2023 |
| Andrea Deumert | 2016 |
| Keertan Unkha Jairan Dheda | 2012 |
| Kirsten Ann Mary Donald | 2020 |
| Francois Du Toit | 2023 |
| Robert Neil Dunn | 2012 |
| Peter Klaus Dunsby | 2007 |
| Silke Dyer | 2014 |
| Lawrence James Edwards | 2013 |
| Timothy John Egan | 2006 |
| Brian Stephen Eley | 2016 |
| Mark Emmanuel Engel | 2023 |
| Anton Gabriel Fagan | 2006 |
| Johannes Jacobus Fagan | 2002 |
| Jill Margaret Farrant | 2005 |
| Loretta Annelise Feris | 2012 |
| Anthony Aaron Figaji | 2012 |
| Mark Jay Fleishman | 2012 |
| Jack Calvin Fletcher | 2006 |
| Komla Agbenyo Folly | 2016 |
| Thomas Franz | 2018 |
| James Edward Gain | 2018 |
| Roshan Galvaan | 2018 |
| Pierre Georg | 2023 |
| Lindsey Gillson | 2021 |
| Lucy Jennifer Gilson | 2008 |
| Suki Lesley Goodman | 2021 |
| Lesley Joan Fordred Green | 2019 |
| Lukasz Jaroslaw Grzybowski | 2019 |
| Ralph Hamann | 2014 |
| Carolyn Anne Hamilton | 2008 |
| Janet Patricia Hapgood | 2007 |
| Christopher Harris | 2008 |
| Susan Therese Largier Harrison | 1999 |
| Mark Hatherill | 2017 |
| Adam Haupt | 2018 |
| Jeannine Mariette Heckmann | 2020 |
| Terry Albert Hedderson | 2006 |
| Michael Held | 2023 |
| Bruce Charles Hewitson | 2005 |
| Ursula Kate Hoadley | 2022 |
| Jacqueline Hoare | 2021 |
| Michael Timm Hoffman | 2001 |
| William Gordon Charles Horsnell | 2023 |
| Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr | 2010 |
| Nicola Illing | 2011 |
| Adeniyi Adediran Jide Isafiade | 2023 |
| Muazzam Jacobs | 2016 |
| Ameeta Jaga | 2023 |
| George Janelidze | 2004 |
| Thomas Harold Jarrett | 2012 |
| Mohammed Fareed Jeebhay | 2010 |
| Eduard Gideon Jonas | 2019 |
| John Joska | 2018 |
| Harsha Kathard | 2016 |
| Fatima Khan | 2023 |
| Mohamed Azeem Khan | 2018 |
| Nonhlanhla Khumalo | 2017 |
| Sharon Rose Kleintjes | 2018 |
| Robert Douglas Knutsen | 2008 |
| Thomas Albert Koelble | 2000 |
| Patricia Jane Kooyman | 2015 |
| Michelle Kuttel | 2023 |
| Reneé Kraan-Korteweg | 2005 |
| Michael Kyobe | 2015 |
| Estelle Victoria Lambert | 2005 |
| Rochelle Le Roux | 2011 |
| Virna Drucille Leaner | 2017 |
| Sandrine Lecour | 2017 |
| Murray Victor Leibbrandt | 2000 |
| Michael Eliad Levin | 2021 |
| Alison Emslie Lewis | 2007 |
| Andrew Christopher Lilley | 2021 |
| Francesca Little | 2021 |
| Leslie London | 2005 |
| Wahbie Long | 2023 |
| Theresa Lorenzo | 2016 |
| Vernon Louw | 2018 |
| John Manuel da Zilva Luiz | 2011 |
| Christopher Alan Lund | 2015 |
| Arnaud George Malan | 2014 |
| Sithombo Maqungo | 2023 |
| Lornaj Jean Martin | 2004 |
| Shanaaz Mathews | 2018 |
| Elizabeth Sarah Mayne | 2021 |
| Mignon Irene McCulloch | 2020 |
| Helen McIlleron | 2017 |
| Judith Anne McKenzie | 2022 |
| Carolyn Wendy McKinney | 2023 |
| Ernesta Maria Meintjes | 2015 |
| Graeme Ayton Meintjes | 2016 |
| Peter Nicholas Meissner | 2008 |
| Marc Irwin Mendelson | 2015 |
| Ines Marianne Meyer | 2022 |
| Thomas Andreas Meyer | 2015 |
| Valerie Mizrahi | 2011 |
| Klaus Peter Moller | 2009 |
| Jennifer Rose Moodley | 2017 |
| Brenda Morrow | 2017 |
| Hanri Mostert | 2008 |
| Thomas Moultrie | 2015 |
| Pilate Moyo | 2013 |
| Abraham Muthama Muasya | 2020 |
| Edwin Muchapondwa | 2016 |
| Nicola Jane Mulder | 2015 |
| Jeffrey Murugan | 2020 |
| Benjamin Landon Myer | 2015 |
| Kevin Jonathan Naidoo | 2011 |
| Nicoli Jean Nattrass | 1999 |
| Tjakie Naudé | 2009 |
| Pradeep Harkison Navsaria | 2015 |
| Caroline Ncube | 2011 |
| Deon Nel | 2020 |
| Mark George New | 2011 |
| Dickson Ng'ambi | 2021 |
| Andrew Nicol | 2017 |
| Eftychia Nikolaidou | 2019 |
| Ndangwa Noyoo | 2022 |
| Mpiko Ntsekhe | 2013 |
| Ntobeko Ayanda Bubele Ntusi | 2017 |
| Alp Numanoglu | 2013 |
| Francis Beng Nyamnjoh | 2009 |
| Mannus Justin O’Riain | 2014 |
| Ikechi Gareth Okpechi | 2018 |
| Sophie Oldfield | 2015 |
| Ada Ordor | 2021 |
| Catherine Orrell | 2022 |
| Mohamed Paleker | 2020 |
| Amrita Pande | 2023 |
| Hamieda Parker | 2022 |
| Romy Elizabeth Parker | 2021 |
| Jeannette Denise Parkes | 2016 |
| Jo-Ann Passmore | 2023 |
| Alexander Ross Paterson | 2013 |
| Jayendran Pather | 2020 |
| Timothy Charles Pennell | 2021 |
| André Peshier | 2010 |
| Joachim Petersen | 2016 |
| Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng | 2017 |
| Edgar Arthur Pieterse | 2008 |
| Komala Pillay | 2020 |
| Daniel Joseph Pisano | 2022 |
| Mzikantu Plaatjies | 2023 |
| Sharon Prince | 2016 |
| Jayarani Raju | 2020 |
| Rajkumar Ramesar | 2000 |
| Elelwani Ramugondo | 2018 |
| Maano Freddy Ramutsindela | 2015 |
| Vimal Ranchhod | 2018 |
| Chris James Charles Reason | 2006 |
| Stephen John Young Reid | 2010 |
| Ulrike Karin Rivett | 2016 |
| Stephen James Lawrence Roche | 2021 |
| Donald Alan Ross | 2001 |
| Fiona Chiswell Ross | 2013 |
| Hannah-Andrea Rother | 2018 |
| Pieter Gerhardus Rousseau | 2015 |
| Peter Geoffrey Ryan | 2014 |
| Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Distinguished) | 1986 |
| Jan Mikael Samuelsson | 2022 |
| Rebekka Sandmeier | 2016 |
| Anton Schlechter | 2016 |
| Pamela Jane Schwikkard | 2001 |
| Thomas Jens Scriba | 2019 |
| Judith Clare Sealy | 2007 |
| Bernadette Charmaine Searle | 2022 |
| Jeremy Fraser Seekings | 2003 |
| Patrick Semple | 2014 |
| Marjanne Senekal | 2017 |
| Mashiko Setshedi | 2018 |
| Alison Victoria September | 2019 |
| Lisa Florence Seymour | 2020 |
| Sa'diyya Shaikh | 2023 |
| Jeremy Richard Silver | 2023 |
| Robert William John Simmonds | 2015 |
| Edina Sinanovic | 2022 |
| Sudesh Sivarasu | 2022 |
| Sebastian Skatulla | 2022 |
| Karen Sliwa-Hahnle | 2010 |
| Gregory Stuart Smith | 2023 |
| Deirdre Smythe | 2015 |
| Mark Leonard Solms | 2002 |
| Katherine Rae Sorsdahl | 2021 |
| Merle Sowman | 2022 |
| Catherine Wendy Nest Spearman | 2019 |
| Claire Spottiswoode | 2016 |
| Dan Joseph Stein | 2005 |
| Edward David Sturrock | 2008 |
| Hussein Suleman | 2020 |
| Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanevelder | 2012 |
| Maureen Cynthia Tanner | 2023 |
| Andrew Russel Taylor | 2014 |
| Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | 1999 |
| Kevin Thomas | 2021 |
| Colin Getty Tredoux | 2008 |
| Franklin-Kennedy Asonzeh Ukah | 2020 |
| Arjan Bastiaan van As | 2008 |
| Jean-Paul Willy van Belle | 2011 |
| Elrena van der Spuy | 2013 |
| Eliza Jacobus van Honk | 2014 |
| Paul van Rensburg | 2002 |
| Eric Wilhelmus van Steen | 2002 |
| Cornelius Peter van Walbeek | 2015 |
| Jacky Van Wyk | 2022 |
| Richard Nellis Van Zyl - Smit | 2021 |
| Maria Johanna Wilhelmina Antoinette Vanderschuren | 2019 |
| Gregory Anthony Verboom | 2023 |
| Marcello Vichi | 2022 |
| Martine Maria Christina Visser | 2015 |
| Harro von Blottnitz | 2013 |
| Lee Alan Wallis | 2012 |
| Catherine Louise Ward | 2018 |
| David Wardle | 2006 |
| Digby Francis Warner | 2019 |
| Hermanus Jacobus Wasserman | 2014 |
| Bernhard Weiss | 2011 |
| Amanda Weltman | 2020 |
| Adam Gerard West | 2022 |
| Jennifer Frances Whittal | 2021 |
| Anna-Lise Williamson | 2005 |
| Carolyn Williamson | 2010 |
| Gizelle Demarie Willows | 2022 |
| Joanne Wilmshurst | 2014 |
| Abimbola Olukemi Windapo | 2021 |
| Harald Ernst Winkler | 2011 |
| Martin Werner Wittenberg | 2012 |
| Ambroise Wonkam | 2016 |
| Patrick Alan Woudt | 2016 |
| Rachel Paula Wynberg | 2020 |
| Jacqueline Louise Yeats | 2022 |
| Sandra Michele Young | 2020 |
| Heather Joy Zar | 2008 |
| Alphose Zingoni | 2003 |
| Marcus Henricus Petrus Zuidgeest | 2019 |
Information supplied by:
Office of the Registrar
Updated: 23 March 2023