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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 January 2020 the membership of Senate stood at 343.
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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* Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng |
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Deputy vice-chancellors |
*Professor Loretta Feris |
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Associate Professor Lis Lange |
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| *Professor Sue 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 Alan Cliff (Interim Dean until the position is filled) Vacant |
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Commerce Dean
Deputy deans |
Associate Professor Linda Ronnie Associate Professor Sure Mataramvura |
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Engineering & the Built Environment Dean
Deputy deans |
*Professor Alison Emslie Lewis *Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury *Professor Azeem Khan *Professor Marianne Vanderschuren *Professor Jack Fletcher |
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Health Sciences Dean
Deputy deans
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*Professor Carolyn Williamson (Interim Dean)
*Professor Elelwani Ramugondo Emeritus Associate Professor Gonda Perez |
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Humanities Dean
Deputy deans |
*Associate Professor Shose Kessi Dr John Ritchie *Professor Adam Haupt |
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Law Dean Deputy deans |
Professor Danwood Chirwa *Dr Kathleen Idensohn Associate Professor Lee-Ann Tong |
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Science Dean
Deputy deans |
*Professor Maano Ramutsindela *Associate Professor Adam West *Professor Jeffrey Murugan *Professor Rebecca Ackerman |
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 2020, there were 59 recognised academic departments.
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Academic Development Programme |
Associate Professor Ermien van Pletzen |
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Accounting, College of |
Associate Professor Goolam Modack |
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African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, School of |
*Professor Mehmood Shahid Vawda |
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Anaesthesia |
*Professor Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanvelder |
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Archaeology |
Emeritus Associate Professor Simon Hall |
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Architecture, Planning & Geomatics |
Dr Nyakato Phillipa Tumubweinee |
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Astronomy |
*Professor Patrick Woudt |
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Biological Sciences |
*Professor Abraham Muthama Muasya |
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Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies |
*Professor Mark Fleishmann |
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Chemical Engineering |
Professor Aubrey Mainza |
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Chemistry |
*Professor Timothy Egan |
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Civil Engineering |
*Professor Pilate Moyo |
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Commercial Law |
*Associate Professor Debbie Collier |
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Computer Science |
*Professor Hussein Suleman |
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Construction, Economics and Management |
Associate Professor Kathleen Michell |
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Economics |
*Professor Justine Burns |
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Education |
Associate Professor Catherine Kell |
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Electrical Engineering |
Associate Professor Frederick Nicolls |
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English Language and Literature |
*Professor Sandra Young |
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Environmental and Geographical Science |
Associate Professor Merle Sowman |
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Film and Media Studies |
*Professor Hermanus Wasserman |
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Finance and Tax |
Associate Professor Francois Toerien |
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Fine Art |
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Geological Sciences |
*Professor Christopher Harris |
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Graduate School of Business |
*Emeritus Professor Hugh Corder |
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Health and Rehabilitation Sciences |
*Associate Professor Lebogang Ramma |
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Health Sciences Education |
*Professor Francois Cilliers |
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Historical Studies |
Dr Bodhisattva Kar |
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Human Biology |
*Professor Malcolm Collins |
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Information Systems |
*Professor Irwin Brown |
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Information Technology |
*Professor Ulrike Rivett |
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Integrative Biomedical Sciences |
*Professor Edward David Sturrock |
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Knowledge and Information Stewardship |
*Professor Jayarani Raju |
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Languages and Literature |
Associate Professor Roman Roth |
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Management Studies |
Associate Professor Suki Goodman |
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Mathematics and Applied Mathematics |
Associate Professor Haris Charalampos Skokos |
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Mechanical Engineering |
*Professor Genevieve Langdon |
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Medicine |
*Professor Ntobeko Ntusi |
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Molecular and Cell Biology |
Professor Janet Hapgood |
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Music, South African College of |
*Professor Rebekka Sandmeier |
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
*Professor Lynnette Ann Denny |
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Oceanography |
*Professor Isabelle Ansorge |
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Paediatrics and Child Health
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*Professor Andrew Argent |
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Pathology |
Professor Rajkumar Ramesar |
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Philosophy |
*Professor Bernhard Weiss |
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Physics |
*Professor Andy Buffler |
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Political Studies |
Associate Professor Thiven Reddy |
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Private Law |
*Professor Mohamed Paleker |
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Psychiatry and Mental Health |
*Professor Dan Joseph Stein |
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Psychology |
Associate Professor Kevin Thomas |
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Public Health and Family Medicine |
*Professor Benjamin Myer |
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Public Law |
*Professor Pierre De Vos |
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Radiation Medicine |
*Professor Jeannette Parkes |
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Religious Studies |
*Professor Franklin-Kennedy Asonzeh Ukah |
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Social Development |
Associate Professor Ndangwa Noyoo |
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Sociology |
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Statistical Sciences |
Associate Professor Francesca Little |
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Surgery |
*Professor Anthony Graham Fieggen |
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 2016 to 30 June 2020) 3 vacancies |
Dr Kasturi Behari-Leak Dr David Erwin Mr Ernesto Ismail Associate Professor Manya Mooya Mr Jacques André Rosseau Dr Corrinne Shaw Dr Sumarie Roodt Ms Tando Ntunja Associate Professor Maureen Tanner |
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4 members elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2020) 1 vacancy |
Ms Naziema Jappie Mr Shai Makgoba Ms Andrea Plos |
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6 students appointed by the SRC
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Lance-Selae August Wandile Kasibe Rebeng Maine Asemahle Ntumntum Jamie-Lee Thomas Aviwe Vilane |
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2 members of Council Elected by Council (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2020) |
Ms Rahmat Omar Ms Sheila Barsel |
Up to 35 co-opted Members
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List 1: Co-opted Ex Officio (7) Director: Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching Director: Extra Mural Studies
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Professor Laura Czerniewicz Ms Medeé Rall Dr Moonira Khan Ms Ujala Sutgoor |
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List 2: Co-opted under the provision of the Statute allowing for co-option that allows for greater diversity in the Senate (26) (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2020) |
Associate Professor Tracy Lee Gutuza Associate Professor Waheeda Amien Associate Professor Abongwe Bangeni Associate Professor Lydia Cairncross Dr Shari Daya Dr Reuben Govender Associate Professor David Jacobs Associate Professor Malcolm Keswell Associate Professor Nomusa Makhubu Dr Frank Matose Associate Professor Amit Mishra Associate Professor Greg Petro Dr Deena Pillay Mr Thando Tsotsobe Associate Professor Abimbola Windapo Dr Zintombizethu Matebeni Dr Cecil Saziso Mlatsheni |
Professors
Total as of 21 January 2020: 270
(With the year of professorial appointment)
| Rebecca Rogers Ackermann | 2018 |
| Jane Alexander | 2008 |
| Muhammad Saalih Allie | 2020 |
| Isabelle Jane Ansorge | 2019 |
| Kurt Andre April | 2006 |
| Carolyn Ardington | 2016 |
| Andrew Charles Argent | 2009 |
| Neil Philip Armitage | 2015 |
| Lillian Melinda Artz | 2019 |
| Azeem Badroodien | 2018 |
| Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim | 2012 |
| Igor Vladilenovich Barashenkov | 2001 |
| Paul Stanley Barendse | 2018 |
| Alfred Jacobus Barnard-Naude | 2012 |
| Karen Irma Barnes | 2009 |
| Stefan Barth | 2015 |
| Adrian Bruce Charles Christopher Bassett | 2011 |
| Roger Benjamin Behrens | 2020 |
| Linda-Gail Bekker | 2013 |
| Tunde Belle-Ochende | 2016 |
| David Benatar | 2007 |
| Toma Berlanda | 2015 |
| Hans-Dieter Beushausen | 2017 |
| Deon Bezuidenhout | 2020 |
| Haroon Ismail Bhorat | 2007 |
| Nicholas Budeo Biekpe | 2012 |
| Anthony Henry Black | 2008 |
| Jonathan Blackburn | 2008 |
| Marc Blockman | 2017 |
| Edward Sidney Boje | 2013 |
| Floretta Avril Boonzaier | 2019 |
| Andrew Marc Boulle | 2017 |
| Susan Ann Bourne | 2008 |
| Adrian John Brink | 2019 |
| Frank Brombacher | 2000 |
| Irwin Thomas Brown | 2011 |
| Andrew Buffler | 2014 |
| 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 |
| Shadreck Chirikure | 2018 |
| Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa | 2012 |
| Horman Chitonge | 2020 |
| Francois Jakobus Cilliers | 2018 |
| Michael Christian Claeys | 2010 |
| Brandon Ian Collier-Reed | 2019 |
| Malcolm Robert Collins | 2013 |
| Marc Irwin Combrinck | 2011 |
| Imraan Coovadia | 2016 |
| Michael Denis Cramer | 2019 |
| Laura Czerniewicz | 2019 |
| Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie | 2017 |
| Collet Dandara | 2016 |
| Alan Davidson | 2018 |
| Francois Servaas De Kock | 2020 |
| Pierre Francois de Vos | 2009 |
| Petrus de Vries | 2012 |
| David Alan Deglon | 2011 |
| Lynette Ann Denny | 2006 |
| Andrea Deumert | 2016 |
| Keertan Unkha Jairan Dheda | 2012 |
| Kirsten Ann Mary Donald | 2020 |
| Tania Douglas | 2013 |
| Robert Neil Dunn | 2012 |
| Peter Klaus Dunsby | 2007 |
| Silke Dyer | 2014 |
| Lawrence James Edwards | 2013 |
| Timothy John Egan | 2006 |
| Brian Stephen Eley | 2016 |
| Anton Gabriel Fagan | 2006 |
| Johannes Jacobus Fagan | 2002 |
| Jill Margaret Farrant | 2005 |
| Loretta Annalise Feris | 2012 |
| Anthony Graeme Fieggen | 2008 |
| 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 |
| Harry Oludare Garuba | 2019 |
| Lucy Jennifer Gilson | 2008 |
| Clive Maurice Gray | 2011 |
| Lesley Joan Fordred Green | 2019 |
| Lukasz Jaroslaw Grzybowski | 2019 |
| Ralph Hamann | 2014 |
| Joan Helene Hambidge | 2003 |
| 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 |
| Bruce Charles Hewitson | 2005 |
| John Anthony Higgins | 2002 |
| Alan Hirsch | 2013 |
| Michael Timm Hoffman | 2001 |
| Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr | 2010 |
| Nicola Illing | 2011 |
| Stephen Charles Inggs | 2013 |
| Faizil Abdool Karrim Ismail | 2019 |
| Muazzam Jacobs | 2016 |
| George Janelidze | 2004 |
| Thomas Harold Jarrett | 2012 |
| Mohammed Fareed Jeebhay | 2010 |
| Eduard Gideon Jonas | 2019 |
| John Joska | 2018 |
| Harsha Kathard | 2016 |
| Arieh Katz | 2013 |
| Mohamed Azeem Khan | 2018 |
| Nonhlanhla Khumalo | 2017 |
| Sharon Rose Kleintjes | 2018 |
| Robert Douglas Knutsen | 2008 |
| Thomas Albert Koelble | 2000 |
| Patricia Jane Kooyman | 2015 |
| Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg | 2005 |
| Hans-Peter Albert Künzi | 2000 |
| Michael Kyobe | 2015 |
| Estelle Victoria Lambert | 2005 |
| Michael Ian Lambert | 2010 |
| Genevieve Sarah Langdon | 2014 |
| Rochelle le Roux | 2011 |
| Virna Drucille Leaner | 2017 |
| Sandrine Lecour | 2017 |
| Murray Victor Leibbrandt | 2000 |
| Alison Emslie Lewis | 2007 |
| Leslie London | 2005 |
| Theresa Lorenzo | 2016 |
| Vernon Louw | 2018 |
| Kathleen Margaret Luckett | 2020 |
| John Manuel da Silva Luiz | 2011 |
| Christopher Alan Lund | 2015 |
| Gary Maartens | 2004 |
| Aubrey Njema Mainza | 2016 |
| Arnaud George Malan | 2014 |
| Rashida Manjoo | 2015 |
| Lorna Jean Martin | 2004 |
| Shanaz Mathews | 2018 |
| Mignon Irene McCulloch | 2020 |
| Helen McIlleron | 2017 |
| Ernesta Maria Meintjes | 2015 |
| Graeme Ayton Meintjes | 2016 |
| Peter Nicholas Meissner | 2008 |
| Marc Irwin Mendelson | 2015 |
| 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 |
| Elsie Maria Muller | 2017 |
| Karin Saskia Murris | 2017 |
| 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 |
| Andrew Nicol | 2017 |
| Mark Patrick Nicol | 2008 |
| Eftychia Nikolaidou | 2019 |
| Mpiko Ntsekhe | 2013 |
| Ntobeko Ayanda Bubele Ntusi | 2016 |
| Alp Numanoglu | 2013 |
| Francis Beng Nyamnjoh | 2009 |
| Mannus Justin O’Riain | 2014 |
| Ikechi Gareth Okpechi | 2018 |
| Sophie Oldfield | 2015 |
| Mohamed Paleker | 2020 |
| Jeannette Denise Parkes | 2016 |
| Alexander Ross Paterson | 2013 |
| Jayendran Pather | 2020 |
| Nigel Penn | 2012 |
| André Peshier | 2010 |
| Joachim Petersen | 2016 |
| Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng | 2017 |
| Edgar Arther Pieterse | 2008 |
| Patrizio Piraino | 2020 |
| Sharon Prince | 2016 |
| Jayarani Raju | 2018 |
| Rajkumar Ramesar | 2000 |
| Elelwani Ramugondo | 2018 |
| Maano Freddy Ramutsindela | 2015 |
| Vimal Ranchhod | 2018 |
| Chris James Charles Reason | 2006 |
| Batmanathan Dayanand Reddy | 1989 |
| Stephen John Young Reid | 2010 |
| Ulrike Karin Rivett | 2016 |
| Donald Alan Ross | 2001 |
| Fiona Chiswell Ross | 2013 |
| Michael John Rossi | 2007 |
| Hannah-Andrea Rother | 2018 |
| Pieter Gerhardus Rousseau | 2015 |
| Peter Geoffrey Ryan | 2014 |
| Edward Peter Rybicki | 2003 |
| Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Distinguished) | 1986 |
| Rebekka Sandmeier | 2016 |
| Anton Schlechter | 2016 |
| Pamela Jane Schwikkard | 2001 |
| Thomas Jens Scriba | 2019 |
| Judith Clare Sealy | 2007 |
| Jeremy Fraser Seekings | 2003 |
| Patrick Semple | 2014 |
| Marjanne Senekal | 2017 |
| Alison Victoria September | 2018 |
| Lisa Florence Seymour | 2020 |
| Suellen Butler Shay | 2019 |
| Robert William John Simmonds | 2015 |
| Phillipa Ann Skotnes | 1999 |
| Karen Sliwa-Hahnle | 2010 |
| Deirdre Smythe | 2015 |
| Mark Leonard Solms | 2002 |
| Catherine Wendy Nest Spearman | 2019 |
| Claire Spottiswoode | 2016 |
| Dan Joseph Stein | 2005 |
| Edward David Sturrock | 2008 |
| Hussein Suleman | 2020 |
| Justus Lodulph Christiaan Swanevelder | 2012 |
| Andrew Russel Taylor | 2014 |
| Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | 1999 |
| 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 |
| Maria Johanna Wilhelmina Antoinette Vanderschuren | 2019 |
| Mehmood Shahid Essop Vawda | 2017 |
| 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 |
| Vanessa Jane Watson | 2003 |
| Bernhard Weiss | 2011 |
| Bernhard Weiss | 2011 |
| Amanda Weltman | 2020 |
| Anna-Lise Williamson | 2005 |
| Carolyn Williamson | 2010 |
| Joanne Wilmshurst | 2014 |
| Harald Ernst Winkler | 2011 |
| Martin Werner Wittenberg | 2012 |
| Ambroise Wonkam | 2016 |
| Patrick Alan Woudt | 2016 |
| Rachel Paula Wynberg | 2020 |
| Sandra Michele Young | 2020 |
| Heather Joy Zar | 2008 |
| Peter Zilla | 2000 |
| Alphose Zingoni | 2003 |
| Liesl Joanna Zühlke | 2020 |
| Marcus Henricus Petrus Zuidgeest | 2019 |
Information supplied by:
Office of the Registrar
Updated: 27 January 2020
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