The Senate
Academic matters fall under the control of Senate, which consists of the following: Where an individual is listed more than once, the secondary listings are marked with an asterisk*; e.g. where his/her primary listing is as a professor. At 25 February 2013 the membership of Senate stood at 346.
Vice-Chancellor & Deputy Vice-Chancellors | Deans/Acting Deans & Deputy Deans/Acting Deputy Deans | Heads & Acting Heads of Academic Departments | Professors | List of Professors |
Heads and Acting Heads of Academic Departments
Academic Departments are organisational units formally recognised as such by Senante and Council in terms of the Statute. Some are styled schools while two are styled colleges, but all have the status of academic department. At 1 January 2013 there were 55 recognised academic departments.
| Department | Name | Period |
| Academic Development Programme | *Associate Professor Suellen Shay (Acting Director) | (01.07.2012 - 30.06.2013) |
| Accounting, College of | Associate Professor Mark Gregory Graham | (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2015) |
| African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics, School of | *Associate Professor Jane Bennett | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Anaesthesia | *Professor Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanvelder | (01 July 2012: Permanent) |
| Archaeology | Emeritus Professor John Parkington | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2014) |
| Architecture, Planning & Geomatics, School of | Associate Professor Aletta Catharina Steenkamp (Director) | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Astronomy | *Professor Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2014) |
| Boilogical Sciences | *Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Chemical Engineering | *Professor Alison Emslie Lewis | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2017) |
| Chemistry | *Professor Susan Ann Bourne | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2016) |
| Civil Engineering | Associate Professor Neil Armitage | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2017) |
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences | *Professor Lorna Jean Martin | (01.10.2011 – 30.09.2014) |
| Commercial Law | *Professor Alan John Rycroft | (01.03.2011 – 31.03.2016) |
| Computer Science | Associate Professor Sonia Berman | (01.01.2009 – 30.09.2014) |
| Construction, Eonomics & Management | *Professor Keith Stone Cattell | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Drama | Associate Professor Geoffrey Hyland | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Economics, School of | Associate Professor Edwin Muchapondwa | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Education, School of | *Professor Pamela Helen Christie | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2016) |
| Electrical Engineering | *Professor Martin Braae | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2014 |
| English Language & Literature | Associate Professor Carrol-Ann Pauline Clarkson | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2013) |
| Environmental & Geographical Science | *Professor Michael Edward Meadows | (01.01.2006 – 31.12.2013) |
| Film & Media Studies | Associate Professor Lesley Marx | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Finance & Tax | Associate Professor Glen Holman | (01.01.2012 -31.12.2014) |
| Fine Art, Michaelis School of | *Professor Stephen Charles Inggs | (01.07.2011 – 31.12.2013) |
| Geological Sciences | *Professor Steven Hilary Richardson | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2015) |
| Graduate School of Business | *Professor Walter Remi Juliaan Baets (Director) | (01.07.2009 – 30.06.2014) |
| Health and Rehabilitation Sciences | Associate Professor Harsha Kathard | (01.03.2007 – 31.05.2013) |
| Historical Studies | Associate Professor Lance van Sittert | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Human Biology | Professor Lauriston Kellaway | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2013) |
| Information Systems | Associate Professor Lisa Seymour | (01.07.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Languages & Literatures, School of | Associate Professor Yasin Dutton | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Management Studies, School of | Associate Professor Anton Schlechter | (01.10.2011 – 31.12.2014) |
| Mathematics & Applied Mathematics | *Professor Hans-Peter Albert Künzi | (04.02.2013 – 31.12.2013) |
| Mechanical Engineering | *Professor Christiaan Redelinghuys | (01.04.2010 – 31.03.2013) |
| Medicine | *Professor Bongani Mawethu Mayosi | (Permanent) |
| Molecular & Cell Biology | Associate Professor Vernon Errol Coyne | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2016) |
| Music, South African College of | Dr Morné Bezuidenhout (Director) | (01.01.2013 – 31.12.2015) |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology | *Professor Lynnette Ann Denny | (Permanent) |
| Oceanography | *Professor Chris James Charles Reason | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2015) |
| Paediatrics & Child Health | *Professor Heather Joy Zar | (01.09.2012 – 31.08.2015) |
| Philosophy | *Professor David Benatar | (01.07.2008 – 30.06.2013) |
| Physics | Associate Professor Andy Buffler | (01.07.2012 – 30.06.2017) |
| Political Studies | *Professor Annette Seegers | (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2013) |
| Private Law | *Professor Anton Gabriel Fagan | (01.01.2012 – 30.06.2017) |
| Psychiatry & Mental Health | *Professor Dan Joseph Stein | (Permanent) |
| Psychology | *Professor Mark Leonard Solms | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Public Health & Family Medicine | *Professor Mohammed Fareed Jeebhay | (01.10.2012 – 31.09.2017) |
| Public Law | *Professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa | (01.07.2009 – 30.06.2014) |
| Radiation Medicine | *Professor Raymond Abratt | (01.04.2011 – 31.12.2014) |
| Religious Studies | *Professor Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | (01.07.2011 – 30.06.2013) |
| Social Development | Associate Professor Vivienne Elizabeth Taylor | (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014) |
| Sociology | Associate Professor David Michael Cooper | (01.07.2009 – 31.12.2013) |
| Statistical Sciences | Associate Professor Francesca Little | (01.03.2013 – 31.12.2017) |
| Surgery | *Professor Delawir Kahn | (01.01.2005 – 30.09.2015) |
Professors are listed at the end of this Senate list.
| Twelve Elected by the Academic Staff (01.07.2012 to 30.06.2016) |
Ms Jean Brundrit Dr David Erwin Dr Elisa Galgut Mr Ernesto Ismail Associate Professor Kevin Johnston Dr Rannakoe Lehloenya Associate Professor Thomas Moultrie Associate Professor Ulrike Rivett Dr Hanna-Andrea Rother Mr Jacques André Rousseau Associate Professor Ingrid Woolard 1 x Vacant |
| Four Elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff (01.07.2012 to 30.06.2016) |
Dr Mignonne Breier Mr Thando Tsotsobe Ms Carolyn Dana Volks Ms Glenda Wildschut |
| Six Students appointed by the SRC (01/11/2011 to 01/10/2012) |
Ms Mangi Gondwe Mr Lorne Hallendorff Mr Keenan Hendrickse Ms Athenkosi Msutu Ms Lusani Nemalili Mr Alexander Spoor |
| Two Members of Council Elected by Council (01.07 2012 to 30.6.2016) |
Ms Justice CME O'Regan Ms R Omar |
| Up to 35 Co-opted Members | |
| List 1: Co-opted Ex Offico (8) | |
| Head: Centre for Educational Technology (CET) | Mr Stephen Marquard (Acting 01.01.2013 – 30.06.2013) |
| Head: Higher & Adult Education Studies Development Unit (HAESDU) | Associate Professor Linda Helen Cooper 01.02.2012 – 31.01.2015) |
| Executive Director: Student Affairs | Ms Moonira Khan (01.03.2010 – 28.02.2015) |
| Head: School of Dance | Mr Gerard Manley Samuel (01.05.2008 -30.04.2013) |
| Executive Director: University Libraries | Ms Gwenda Thomas (Permanent) |
|
List 2: Co-opted under the Provision of the Statute allowing for Co-option that allows for greater Diversity in the Senate (20) (01.07.2012 to 30.06.2016) |
Associate Professor Muhammad Saalih Allie Associate Professor Imraan Coovadia Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz Associate Professor Bette Davidowitz Associate Professor Mqhele Dlodlo Associate Professor Sinegugu Duma Ms Tracy Lee Gutuza Associate Professor Denver Hendricks Associate Professor David Steve Jacobs Associate Professor Nonhlanhla Khumalo Associate Professor Michael Kyobe Associate Professor Franklin Larey Associate Professor Mbulungeni Ronald Madiba Dr Caroline Ncube Associate Professor Dick Ng’ambi Ms Shivani Ramjee Associate Professor Elelwani Ramugondo Associate Professor Cynthia Nonhlanhla Sikakana Associate Professor Hussein Suleman Dr Amanda Weltman |
Professors (Total at 25 February 2013: 261)
(With the year of professorial appointment)
| Haiim Abraham | 2000 | Susan Hillary Kidson | 2004 |
| Raymond Abratt | 2000 | Harold A Kincaid | 2012 |
| Colleen Merle Adnams | 2007 | Sandra Klopper | 2012 |
| Mark Gavin Alexander | 1992 | Robert Douglas Knutsen | 2008 |
| Jane Alexander | 2008 | Thomas Albert Koelble | 2000 |
| Seyi Ladele Amosun | 2001 | Professor Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg | 2005 |
| Kurt Andre April | 2006 | Hans-Peter Albert Künzi | 2000 |
| Andrew Charles Argent | 2009 | Estelle Victoria Lambert | 2005 |
| David George Aschman | 1983 | Michael Ian Lambert | 2010 |
| Walter Remi Juliaan Baets | 2009 | Anton Power le Roex | 1997 |
| Alizera Baghai-Wadji | 2012 | Rochelle le Roux | 2011 |
| Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim | 2012 | Murray Victor Leibbrandt | 2000 |
| Igor Vladilenovich Barashenkov | 2001 | Naomi Sharlene Levitt | 2005 |
| Jaco Barnard-Naude | 2012 | Alison Emslie Lewis | 2007 |
| Karen Irma Barnes | 2009 | Leslie London | 2005 |
| Graham Douglas Irving Barr | 1997 | Graham Johan louw | 2008 |
| Bruce Adrian Bassett | 2011 | Johannes Louw | 1998 |
| Linda-Gail Bekker | 2013 | Joha louw Potgieter | 2003 |
| David Benatar | 2007 | Ian Louw | 2007 |
| Stephen James Beningfield | 1993 | John Manuel da Silva Luiz | 2011 |
| Thomas William Bennett | 1989 | Gary Maartens | 2004 |
| Haroon Ismail Bhorat | 2007 | Anne Kelk Mager | 2011 |
| Geoffrey Norman Charles Bick | 2012 | Anwarul Haq Suleman Mall | 2008 |
| John Vivian Bickford-Smith | 1999 | Salvatore Mancuso | 2012 |
| Nicholas Buedo Biekpe | 2012 | Gary Marsden | 2010 |
| Anthony Henry Black | 2008 | Adrian David Marais | 2004 |
| Jonathan Blackburn | 2008 | Lorna Jean Martin | 2004 |
| Edwin Haupt Blake | 2000 | Robert Britt Mattes | 2007 |
| John Joseph Bolton | 2005 | Bongani Mawethu Mayosi | 2006 |
| William John Bond | 1992 | Dianne Elizabeth McIntyre | 2008 |
| Susan Ann Bourne | 2008 | Michael Edward Meadows | 2004 |
| Paul Anthony Bowen | 1993 | Peter Nicholas Meissner | 2008 |
| Martin Braae | 1997 | Rajend Mesthrie | 1998 |
| David John Bradfield | 1998 | Valerie Mizrahl | 2011 |
| David Thomas Britton | 2011 | Jeremy John Midgley | 2007 |
| Frank Brombacher | 2000 | Klaus Peter Moller | 2009 |
| Irwin Thomas Brown | 2011 | Pilate Moyo | 2013 |
| Vanessa Celeste Burch | 2008 | Alan Gregory Morris | 2008 |
| Jonathan Mark Burchell | 2000 | Michael Leon Morris | 2011 |
| Anthony Michael Butler | 2012 | Hanri Mostert | 2008 |
| Mino Rudolph Caira | 2001 | Christina Mary Murray | 1995 |
| Robert Greig Cameron | 2004 | Kevin Jonathan Naidoo | 2011 |
| Claude Carignan | 2011 | Nicoli Jean Nattrass | 1999 |
| Jennifer Margaret Case | 2012 | Tjakie Naude | 2009 |
| Keith Stone Cattell | 2010 | Mark George New | 2011 |
| Michael Halton Cheadle | 1999 | Ojelanki Ngwenyama | 2012 |
| Kelly Chibale | 2007 | Ronald Thandabantu Nhlapo | 2005 |
| David Shane Chidester | 1994 | Mark Patrick Nicol | 2008 |
| Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | 2003 | Timothy David Noakes | 1989 |
| Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa | 2012 | Michael Francis Noero | 2000 |
| Pamela Helen Christie | 2012 | Nicolas Novitzky | 1995 |
| Michael Christian Claeys | 2010 | Lungisile Ntsebeza | 2008 |
| Malcolm Collins | 2013 | Mpiko Ntsekhe | 2013 |
| Colin Douglas Cook | 2007 | Alp Numanoglu | 2013 |
| Hugh Micah Corder | 1987 | Gerald Norman Nurick | 1994 |
| Jean-Louis Maurice Cornille | 1996 | Francis Beng Nyamnjoh | 2009 |
| Carlos De Jesus Corrreia | 2010 | Mohamed Iqbal Parker | 1993 |
| Owen Crankshaw | 2006 | Susan Parnell | 2006 |
| Timothy Michael Crowe | 2004 | Alexander Ross Paterson | 2013 |
| Graeme Cumming | 2006 | Nigel Penn | 2012 |
| David Alan Deglon | 2011 | André Peshier | 2010 |
| Pierre Francois de Vos | 2009 | Jonathan Clemence Peter | 2011 |
| Petrus de Vries | 2012 | Francis William Petersen | 2008 |
| Lynette Ann Denny | 2006 | Howard Phillips | 2005 |
| Elton Wayne Derman | 2010 | Edgar Arther Pieterse | 2008 |
| Keertan Dheda | 2012 | Pragasen Pilay | 2004 |
| Robert Edwin Dorrington | 1988 | Deborah Beatrice Posel | 2010 |
| Tania Douglas | 2013 | Paul Charles Potter | 2008 |
| Robert Dunn | 2012 | Rajkumar Ramesar | 2000 |
| John Paul Dunne | 2012 | Chris James Charles Reason | 2006 |
| Timothy Terence Dunne | 2000 | Batmanathan Dayanand Reddy | 1989 |
| Peter Klaus Dunsby | 2007 | Christiaan Redelinghuys | 2005 |
| Robert Anthony Dyer | 2011 | Stephen John Young Reid | 2010 |
| Anton Adriaan Eberhard | 2004 | Steven Hilary Richardson | 2013 |
| Lawrence Edwards | 2013 | Donald Alan Ross | 2001 |
| Timothy John Egan | 2006 | Fiona Chiswell Ross | 2013 |
| Rodney Ehrlich | 2006 | Michael John Rossi | 2007 |
| George Adriaan Ekama | 1991 | Vivienne Ann Russell | 2005 |
| Margaret Paula Ensor | 2004 | Edward Peter Rybicki | 2003 |
| Anton Gabriel Fagan | 2006 | Alan John Rycroft | 2009 |
| Johannes Jacobus Fagan | 2002 | Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Distinguished) | 1986 |
| Jill Margaret Farrant | 2005 | David Jonathan Schalkwyk | 2002 |
| Susan Fawcus | 2013 | Martin Peter Schwellnus | 2007 |
| Loretta Annalise Feris | 2012 | Pamela Jane Schwikkard | 2001 |
| Anthony-Graeme Fieggen | 2008 | Ian Rael Scott | 2005 |
| Anthony Figaji | 2012 | Judith Clare Sealy | 2007 |
| Ingrid Jean Fiske | 2010 | Annette Seegers | 1997 |
| Mark Jay Fleishman | 2012 | Jeremy Fraser Seekings | 2003 |
| Jack Calvin Fletcher | 2006 | Bryan Trevor Sewell | 2011 |
| Donald Hugh Foster | 1990 | Milton Shain | 1997 |
| Jean-Paul Franzidis | 2007 | Clifford Denning Shearing | 2006 |
| Charles Trevor Gaunt | 2004 | Frank Alan Shilington | 2004 |
| Lucy Jennifer Gilson | 2008 | Aristides Sitas | 2009 |
| Jan Ignacy Glazewski | 2000 | Phillipa Ann Skotnes | 1999 |
| Ian Edward Glenn | 2007 | Karen Sliwa-Hahnle | 2010 |
| Dhirenda Govender | 2003 | Kelwyn Ellis Sole | 2004 |
| Clive Maurice Gray | 2011 | Mark Leonard Solms | 2002 |
| Leslie Jacqueline Harriet L Greenberg | 2008 | Crain Arthur Soudien | 2000 |
| Charles Llewellyn Griffiths | 2007 | Dan Joseph Stein | 2005 |
| Joan Helene Hambidge | 2003 | Edward David Sturrock | 2008 |
| Carolyn Anne Hamilton | 2008 | Justus Lodulph Christiaan Swanevelder | 2012 |
| Willem Albert Hanekom | 2011 | George Henry Swingler | 2004 |
| Janet Patricia Hapgood | 2007 | Robert Bennett Tait | 2004 |
| Christopher Harris | 2008 | Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | 1999 |
| Susan Therese Harrison | 1999 | Sandie Rutherford Thomson | 2011 |
| Terry Albert Hedderson | 2006 | Colin Getty Tredoux | 2008 |
| Bruce Charles Hewitson | 2005 | Enrico Orlando Uliana | 1994 |
| John Anthony Higgins | 2002 | Arjan Bastiaan van As | 2008 |
| Chuma Himonga | 2002 | Jean-Paul Willy van Belle | 2011 |
| Alan Hirsch | 2013 | Elrena van der Spuy | 2013 |
| Michael Timm Hoffman | 2001 | Etienne Roche van Heerden | 1999 |
| Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr | 2010 | Paul van Rensburg | 2002 |
| Roger Hunter | 2011 | Eric Wilhelmus J van Steen | 2002 |
| Gregory Dudley Hussey | 2003 | Daniel Petrus Visser | 1983 |
| Dale Brenton Hutchison | 1983 | Harro von Blottnitz | 2013 |
| Nicole Illing | 2011 | David Wardle | 2006 |
| Micheal Raymond Inggs | 2002 | Alexandra Watson | 2010 |
| Graham Ellis Jackson | 2002 | Vanessa Jane Watson | 2003 |
| Marian Eslie Jacobs | 1995 | Bernhard Weiss | 2011 |
| George Janelidze | 2004 | Robert Charles Williams | 2010 |
| Thomas Harold Jarett | 2012 | Anna-Lise Williamson | 2005 |
| Mohamed Fareed Jeebhay | 2010 | Carolyn Williamson | 2010 |
| Jennifer Margaret Jelsma | 2009 | Harald Ernst Winkler | 2011 |
| Richard Dennis Jooste | 1995 | Martin Wittenberg | 2012 |
| Delawir Kahn | 2000 | Eric Arthur Wood | 2010 |
| Asgar Ali Kalla | 2002 | Robin Wood | 2009 |
| Evance Rabban Kalula | 2002 | Nigel Anthony Worden | 1997 |
| David Ellis Kaplan | 1998 | Heathery Joy Zar | 2008 |
| Arieh Katz | 2013 | Peter Zilla | 2000 |
| Lauriston Kellaway | 2013 | Alphose Zingoni | 2003 |
| Kemal Khan | 2008 | ||
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