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 1 January 2012 the membership of Senate stood at 342:

Vice-Chancellor & Deputy Vice-Chancellors | Deans/Acting Deans & Deputy Deans/Acting Deputy Deans | The Heads & Acting Heads of Academic Departments | The Professors | List of Professors |

The Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Rodney Price
Deputy Vice-Chancellors *Professor Sandra Klopper
*Professor Ronald Thandabantu Nhlapo
*Professor Crain Arthur Soudien
*Professor Daniel Petrus Visser

Deans/Acting Deans & Deputy Deans/Acting Deputy Deans
   CHED
      Dean Associate Professor Nan Yeld
      Deputy Deans Associate Professor Mbulungeni Madiba (01.07.2012 to 30.06.2015)
Associate Professor Sue-Ellen Shay
 

   Commerce
      Dean *Professor Donald Alan Ross
      Deputy Deans *Professor Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim (Postgraduate Affairs)
*Professor Irwin Thomas Brown (Research)
Associate Professor Marie Therese Minter (Academic Policy & Practice)
Associate Professor Michael Wormald (Operations & Strategy)(Sabbatical 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012)
Ms Shivani Ramjee (Acting 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012)

   Engineering & the Built Environment
      Dean *Professor Francis William Petersen
      Deputy Deans Associate Professor Neil Armitage (Undergraduate Education) (to 31.12.2012)
*Professor Susan Therese Harrison (Postgraduate Education & Research)
*Professor Vanessa Jane Watson (Special Projects)

   Health Sciences
      Dean *Professor Marion Elsie Jacobs (to 31.12.2012)
      Deputy Deans *Professor Karen Irma Barnes (Research)
*Professor Susan Hillary Kidson (Postgraduate Education)
Dr Reno Morar (Health Services)
Associate Professor Algonda Maria Perez (Undergraduate Education)

   Humanities
      Dean *Professor Margaret Paula Ensor
      Deputy Deans *Professor Donald Hugh Foster (Research and Postgraduate Affairs)
Associate Professor Richard Mendelsohn (Undergraduate Affairs) (Sabbatical 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012)
Associate Professor Lance van Sittert (Acting 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012
*Associate Professor Sally Grace Swartz (Staffing) (Sabbatical 01.03.2012 - 31.12.2012)
*Professor David Cooper (Acting 01.03.2012 - 31.12.2012)
*Professor David Wardle (Finance and Space)

   Law
      Dean *Professor Pamela Jane Schwikkard
      Deputy Deans *Professor Pierre Francois de Vos (Undergraduate Studies)
Associate Professor Elrena van der Spuy (Postgraduate Studies)

   Science
      Dean *Professor Anton Powter Le Roex
      Deputy Deans Associate Professor David Gammon (Undergraduate Matters)
Associate Professor Justin O'Riain (Postgraduate Matters)

The 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 2012 there were 55 recognised academic departments.

Department Name Period
Academic Development Programme *Professor Ian Rael Scott (Director) (Permanent)
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 *Professor Judith Clare Sealy (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012)
Architecture, Planning & Geomatics, School of Associate Professor Alta Catharina Steenkamp (Director) (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014)
Astronomy *Professor Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg (01.01.2005 – 31.12.2012)
Botany *Professor Jeremy John Midgley (01.07.2012 – 31.12.2012)
Chemical Engineering *Professor Jack Calvin Q Fletcher (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012)
Chemistry *Professor Susan Ann Bourne (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2016)
Civil Engineering *Professor Alphose Zingoni (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012)
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 *Professor Mark Jay Fleishman (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012)
Economics, School of Associate Professor Corné van Walbeek (Director) (01.04.2012 – 31.12.2012)
Education, School of Associate Professor Rüdiger Laugksch (Director) (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2013)
Electrical Engineering Emeritus Professor Barry John Downing (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012)
English Language & Literature Associate Professor Carrol-Ann Pauline Clarkson (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012)
Environmental & Geographical Science *Professor Michael Edward Meadows (01.01.2006 – 31.12.2013)
Film & Media Studies *Professor Ian Edward Glenn (01.01.2005 – 31.12.2012)
Finance & Tax Associate Professor Glen Holman (01.01.2012 -31.12.2015)
Fine Art, Michaelis School of Associate Professor Stephen Charles Inggs (01.07.2011 – 31.12.2013)
Geological Sciences Associate Professor Steve 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 *Professor Nigel Anthony Worden (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2012)
Human Biology Associate Professor Lauriston Kellaway (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2013)
Information Systems Dr Lisa Seymour (01.07.2012 – 31.12.2014)
Languages & Literatures, School of Associate Professor Clive Edward Chandler (01.01.2008 – 31.12.2013)
Management Studies, School of Associate Professor Anton Schlechter (01.08.2011 – 31.12.2014)
Mathematics & Applied Mathematics *Professor Hans-Pieter Kunzi (01.08.2012 – 30.04.2013)
Mechanical Engineering *Professor Christiaan Redelinghuys (01.04.2010 - 31.12.2013)
Medicine *Professor Bongani Mawethu Mayosi (Permanent)
Molecular & Cell Biology Associate Professor Vernon Errol Coyne (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2016) (Study & Research Leave to 31.12.2012)
  *Professor Jill M Farrant (Acting: 01.07.2012 – 31.12.2012)
Music, South African College of Dr Morné Bezuidenhout (Director) (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012)
Obstetrics & Gynaecology *Professor Lynnette Ann Denny (01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012)
Oceanography *Professor Chris James Charles Reason (01.01.2011 – 31.12.2015)
Paediatrics & Child Health *Professor Heather Joy Zar (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012)
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 Fagan (01.07.2012 – 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 Leslie London (01.07.2007 – 30.09.2012)
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 (01.07.2008 – 31.12.2013)(Acting Deputy Dean to 31.12.2012
  Associate Professor David Lincoln (Acting 01.03.2012 – 31.12.2012)
Statistical Sciences Associate Professor Christien Thiart (01.07.2009 – 30.06.2014)
Surgery *Professor Delawir Kahn (01.01.2005 – 30.09.2015)
Zoology *Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014)

The Professors

The 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 Pilate Moyo
Associate Professor Ulrike Rivett
Dr Hanna-Andrea Rother
Mr Jacques André Rousseau
Associate Professor Ingrid Woolard

Four Elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff
(01.07.2012 to 30.06.2016)

Dr Mignonne Breier
Mr Thando Tsotsobe
Ms Cal Volks
Ms Glenda Wildschut

Six Students appointed by the SRC
(01/11/2011 to 01/10/2012)

Ms Fadzai Chitiyo
Ms Insaaf Isaacs
Mr Ali Kiyaei
Ms Basani Mkhize
Ms Kwadwo Ofori Owusu
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 (5)
Head: Centre for Educational Technology (CET) Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams Acting Head 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012
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
Head: School of Dance Mr Gerard Manley Samuel
Executive Director: University Libraries Ms Gwenda Thomas

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 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 (Acting 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012)
Associate Professor Elelwani Ramugondo
Associate Professor Cynthia Nonhlanhla Sikakana
Associate Professor Hussein Suleman
Dr Amanda Weltman

The Professors (Total at 1 January 2012: 256)
(With the year of professorial appointment)

Haiim Abraham 2000 Kemal Khan 2008
Raymond Abratt 2000 Susan Hillary Kidson 2004
Colleen Merle Adnams 2007 Julian Kinderlerer 2007
Mark Gavin Alexander 1992 Harold A Kincaid 2012
Jane Alexander 2008 Sandra Klopper 2012
Seyi Ladele Amosun 2001 Robert Douglas Knutsen 2008
Kurt Andre April 2006 Thomas Albert Koelble 2000
Andrew Charles Argent 2009 Professor Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg 2005
David George Aschman 1983 Jake Edmond Joubert Krige 2010
Walter Remi Juliaan Baets 2009 Hans-Peter Albert Künzi 2000
Alizera Baghai-Wadji 2012 Estelle Victoria Lambert 2005
Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim 2012 Michael Ian Lambert 2010
Igor Vladilenovich Barashenkov 2001 Anton Powter le Roex 1997
Jaco Barnard-Naude 2012 Rochelle le Roux 2011
Karen Irma Barnes 2009 Murray Victor Leibbrandt 2000
Graham Douglas Irving Barr 1997 Naomi Sharlene Levitt 2005
Bruce Adrian Bassett 2011 Alison Emslie Lewis 2007
Eric Donn Bateman 1996 Leslie London 2005
David Benatar 2007 Graham Johan Louw 2008
Stephen James Beningfield 1993 Johannes Louw 1998
Paul Stephen Benjamin 2007 Joha Louw-Potgieter 2003
Kevin Frank Bennett 1992 Ian Low 2007
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 Budeo 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 Mizrahi 2011
David Thomas Britton 2011 Jeremy John Midgley 2007
Frank Brombacher 2000 Klaus Peter Moller 2009
Irwin Thomas Brown 2011 Alastair John Ward Millar 2007
Vanessa Celeste Burch 2008 Alan Gregory Morris 2008
Jonathan Mark Burchell 2000 Michael Leon Morris 2011
Anthony Michael Butler 2012 Hanri Mostert 2008
Douglas Stuart Butterworth 1994 Johan Pieter Muller 1991
Mino Rudolfo Caira 2001 Christina Mary Murray 1995
Robert Greig Cameron 2004 Jonathan Elliot Myers 1994
Claude Carignan 2011 Kevin Jonathan Naidoo 2011
Jennifer Margaret Case 2012 Nicoli Jean Nattrass 1999
Keith Stone Cattell 2010 Tjakie Naude 2009
Anthony Chan 2004 Mark George New 2011
Michael Halton Cheadle 1999 Ronald Thandabantu Nhlapo 2005
Kelly Chibale 2007 Mark Patrick Nicol 2008
David Shane Chidester 1994 Timothy David Noakes 1989
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 2003 Michael Francis Noero 2000
Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa 2012 Nicolas Novitzky 1995
Pamela Helen Christie 2012 Lungisile Ntsebeza 2008
Michael Christian Claeys 2010 Gerald Norman Nurick 1994
Patrick Joseph Commerford 1987 Francis Beng Nyamnjoh 2009
Colin Douglas Cook 2007 Mohamed Iqbal Parker 1993
Hugh Micah Corder 1987 Susan Parnell 2006
Jean-Louis Maurice Cornille 1996 Nigel Penn 2012
Carlos De Jesus Corrreia 2010 André Peshier 2010
Owen Crankshaw 2006 Jonathan Clemence Peter 2011
Timothy Michael Crowe 2004 Francis William Petersen 2008
Graeme Cumming 2006 Howard Phillips 2005
David Alan Deglon 2011 Edgar Arther Pieterse 2008
Pierrie Francois de Vos 2009 Pragasen Pillay 2004
Wouter de Vos 2011 Deborah Beatrice Posel 2010
Petrus de Vries 2012 Paul Charles Potter 2008
Lynette Ann Denny 2006 Rajkumar Ramesar 2000
Elton Wayne Derman 2010 Chris James Charles Reason 2006
Keertan Dheda 2012 Batmanathan Dayanand Reddy 1989
Robert Edwin Dorrington 1988 Christiaan Redelinghuys 2005
Barry John Downing (Emeritus) 1983 Stephen John Young Reid 2010
Kathleen Ann Driver 2006 Colin Peter Richards 2010
Robert Dunn 2012 Donald Alan Ross 2001
John Paul Dunne 2012 Michael John Rossi 2007
Timothy Terence Dunne 2000 Vivienne Ann Russell 2005
Peter Klaus Dunsby 2007 Edward Peter Rybicki 2003
Robert Anthony Dyer 2011 Alan John Rycroft 2009
Anton Adriaan Eberhard 2004 Phillippe-Joseph Salazar (Distinguished) 1986
Timothy John Egan 2006 David Jonathan Schalkwyk 2002
Rodney Ehrlich 2006 Martin Peter Schwellnus 2007
George Adriaan Ekama 1991 Pamela Jane Schwikkard 2001
Margaret Paula Ensor 2004 Ian Rael Scott 2005
Anton Gabriel Fagan 2006 Judith Clare Sealy 2007
Johannes Jacobus Fagan 2002 Annette Seegers 1997
Jill Margaret Farrant 2005 Jeremy Fraser Seekings 2003
Loretta Annalise Feris 2012 Janet Seggie (to 30.09.2012) 2000
Anthony-Graeme Fieggen 2008 Bryan Trevor Sewell 2011
Anthony Figaji 2012 Milton Shain 1997
Ingrid Jean Fiske 2010 Clifford Denning Shearing 2006
Mark Jay Fleishman 2012 Frank Alan Shillington 2004
Jack Calvin Fletcher 2006 Aristides Sitas 2009
Donald Hugh Foster 1990 Phillipa Ann Skotnes 1999
Jean-Paul Franzidis 2007 Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanvelder 2012
Charles Trevor Gaunt 2004 Karen Sliwa-Hahnle 2010
Lucy Jennifer Gilson 2008 Kelwyn Ellis Sole 2004
Jan Ignacy Glazewski 2000 Mark Leonard Solms 2002
Ian Edward Glenn 2007 Crain Arthur Soudien 2000
Dhirendra Govender 2003 Dan Joseph Stein 2005
Clive Maurice Gray 2011 Edward David Sturrock 2008
Leslie Jacqueline Harriet L Greenberg 2008 George Henry Swingler 2004
Charles Llewellyn Griffiths 2007 Robert Bennett Tait 2004
Joan Helene Hambidge 2003 Jonathan Craig Tapson 2004
Carolyn Anne Hamilton 2008 Abdulkader Ismail Tayob 1999
Willem Albert Hanekom 2011 Sandie Rutherford Thomson 2011
Janet Patricia Hapgood 2007 Colin Getty Tredoux 2008
John Edward Hare 1999 Enrico Orlando Uliana 1994
Christopher Harris 2008 Arjan Bastiaan van As 2008
Susan Therese Harrison 1999 Jean-Paul Willy van Belle 2011
Terry Albert Hedderson 2006 Zephne Margaret van der Spuy 1997
Bruce Charles Hewitson 2005 Etienne Roche van Heerden 1999
John Anthony Higgins 2002 Paul van Rensburg 2002
Chuma Himonga 2002 Eric Wilhelmus J van Steen 2002
Phillip Hockey 2008 Daniel Petrus Visser 1983
Michael Timm Hoffman 2001 David Wardle 2006
Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr 2010 Alexandra Watson 2010
Roger Hunter 2011 Vanessa Jane Watson 2003
Gregory Dudley Hussey 2003 Bernhard Weiss 2011
Dale Brenton Hutchison 1983 Robert Charles Williams 2010
Nicola Illing 2011 Anna-Lise Williamson 2005
Michael Raymond Inggs 2002 Carolyn Williamson 2010
Graham Ellis Jackson 2002 Harald Ernst Winkler 2011
Marian Eslie Jacobs 1995 Martin Wittenberg 2012
George Janelidze 2004 Eric Arthur Wood 2010
Mohamed Fareed Jeebhay 2010 Robin Wood 2009
Jennifer Margaret Jelsma 2009 Nigel Anthony Worden 1997
Richard Dennis Jooste 1995 James Gavin Forrest Younge 1999
Delawir Kahn 2000 Heathery Joy Zar 2008
Asgar Ali Kalla 2002 Peter Zilla 2000
Evance Rabban Kalula 2002 Alphose Zingoni 2003
David Ellis Kaplan 1998

Information supplied by:
Colleen Windvogel
Office of the Registrar
Tel: +27 21 650 2110
Fax: +27 21 650 2138

Information updated by:
Denise Benjamin
Tel: +27 21 650 2187

Updated: 6 October 2012

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