Academic Development Programme

Associate Professor Bongi Bangeni
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Accounting, College of

*Professor Ilse Lubbe
(1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025)

African Feminist Studies

Associate Professor Fatima Seedat
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026)

African Studies & Linguistics

*Professor Suren Pillay
(1 August 2023 to 30 June 2026)

Anaesthesia

*Professor Justiaan Swanvelder
(Permanent)

Anthropology

*Professor Fiona Ross
(1 April 2024 to 31 December 2024)

Archaeology

Associate Professor Deano Stynder
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026)

Architecture, Planning & Geomatics

Associate Professor Alta Steenkamp
(1 August 2024 to 31 July 2029)

Astronomy

Associate Professor Sarah-Louise Blyth
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Biological Sciences

Associate Professor Colin Attwood
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Chemical Engineering

*Professor Niyi Isafiade
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028)

Chemistry

Associate Professor Anwar Jardine
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024)

Civil Engineering

*Professor Mark Zuidgeest
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2027)

Commercial Law

*Professor Michelle Louw
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025)

Computer Science

*Professor Michelle Kuttel
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028)

Construction Economics and Management

*Professor Manya Mooya
(1 March 2021 to 28 February 2026)

Economics

*Professor Efi Nikolaidou
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Education

*Professor Azeem Badroodien
(1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025)

Electrical Engineering

*Professor Azeem Khan
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028)

English Literary Studies

Associate Professor Hedley Twidle
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Environmental and Geographical Science

Associate Professor Pippin Anderson
(1 July 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Family, Community, and Emergency Care

*Professor Steve Reid
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024)

Film and Media Studies

*Professor Adam Haupt
(1 January 2021 to 30 June 2026)

Finance and Tax

Dr Lucian Pitt
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024)

Fine Art, School of

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Geological Sciences

Associate Professor Phil Janney
(1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025)

Graduate School of Business

Dr Catherine Duggan
(1 September 2020 to 31 August 2025)

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

*Professor Roshan Galvaan
(1 May 2022 to 31 July 2027)

Health Sciences Education

*Professor Jacky van Wyk
(1 February 2022 to 31 January 2027)

Historical Studies

*Professor Adam Mendelsohn
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2027)

Human Biology

Associate Professor Delva Shamley
(1 June 2023 to 31 May 2028)

Information Systems

*Professor Maureen Tanner
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024)

Integrative Biomedical Sciences

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Knowledge and Information Stewardship

*Professor Jaya Raju
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025)

Languages and Literature, School of

Associate Professor Markus Arnold
(1 July 2023 to 31 July 2028)

Management Studies, School of

Associate Professor David Maralack
(1 July 2024 to 30 June 2027)

Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Associate Professor David Erwin
(1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025)

Mechanical Engineering

*Professor Brandon Collier-Reed
(1 March 2020 to 28 February 2025)

Medicine

*Professor Mashiko Setshedi
(Permanent)

Molecular and Cell Biology

Associate Professor Mohamed Suhail Rafudeen
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026)

Music, South African College of

*Professor Andrew Lilley
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025)

Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance

*Professor Faizil Ismail
(Permanent)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

*Professor Mushi Matjila
(Permanent)

Oceanography

*Professor Marcello Vichi
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024)

Paediatrics and Child Health

*Professor Rudzani Muloiwa
(Permanent)

Pathology

*Professor Komala Pillay
(1 July 2022 to 30 June 2027)

Philosophy

Associate Professor Jack Ritchie
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024)

Physics

Associate Professor Steve Peterson
(1 January 2022 to 30 December 2026)

Political Studies

Associate Professor Zwelethu Jolobe
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024)

Private Law

*Professor Francois Du Toit
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025)

Psychiatry and Mental Health

*Professor Dan Stein
(Permanent)

Psychology

Associate Professor Susan Malcolm-Smith
(29 April 2024 to 31 December 2024)

Public Health and Family Medicine, School of

*Professor Susan Cleary
(1 August 2022 to 31 July 2027)

Public Law

Associate Professor Cathleen Powell
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025)

Radiation Medicine

Dr Sulaiman Moosa
(1 January 2024 to 30 April 2026)

Department for the Study of Religions

Associate Professor Elisabetta Porcu
(1 July 2022 to 30 June 2027)

Social Development and Social Work

Associate Professor Leon Holtzhausen
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024)

Sociology

*Professor Amrita Pande
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024)

Statistical Sciences

Associate Professor Freedom Gumedze
(1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025)

Surgery

*Professor Lydia Cairncross
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2027)

Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, Centre for

Dr Mbongeni Mtshali
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024)