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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 2020 the membership of Senate stood at 357.
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 |
Emeritus Professor Martin Hall |
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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)
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Commerce Dean
Deputy deans |
Associate Professor Linda Ronnie Associate Professor Sure Mataramvura Professor Jeffrey Jacob Bagraim Professor Ulrike Rivett |
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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
*Professor Elelwani Ramugondo Dr Kerrin Begg Dr Tracey Naledi |
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Humanities Dean
Deputy deans |
*Associate Professor Shose Kessi Vacant *Professor Adam Haupt Associate Professor Nomusa Mary Makhubu Associate Professor Zain Davis |
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Law Dean Deputy deans |
Professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa *Dr Kathleen Idensohn To be confirmed |
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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 2021, 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 Jacqueline Kew |
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African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, School of |
To be confirmed |
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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 Phillipa Tumubweinee |
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Astronomy |
*Professor Patrick Woudt |
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Biological Sciences |
*Associate Professor Tony Verboom |
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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 |
To be confirmed |
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Economics |
*Professor Justine Burns |
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Education |
Professor Azeem Badroodien |
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Electrical Engineering |
Associate Professor Frederick Nicolls |
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English Language and Literature |
*Associate Professor Barbara-Anne Boswell |
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Environmental and Geographical Science |
Associate Professor Merle Sowman |
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Film and Media Studies |
To be confirmed |
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Finance and Tax |
Associate Professor Francois Toerien |
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Fine Art |
Associate Professor Kurt Campbell |
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Geological Sciences |
*Associate Professor Phil Janney |
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Graduate School of Business |
*Dr Catherine Duggan |
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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 Sharon Prince |
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Information Systems |
*Professor Irwin Brown |
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Information Technology |
To be confirmed |
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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 |
Dr David Erwin |
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Mechanical Engineering |
*Professor Brandon Collier-Reed |
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Medicine |
*Professor Ntobeko Ntusi |
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Molecular and Cell Biology |
Professor Edward Rybicki |
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Music, South African College of |
*Professor Rebekka Sandmeier |
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Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance |
*Professor Faizil Ismail |
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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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To be confirmed |
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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 Anton Fagan *Professor Tjakie Naude |
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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 |
Professor Catherine Ward |
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Sociology |
Associate Professor Elena Moore and Associate Professor Amrita Pande |
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Statistical Sciences |
Associate Professor Freedom Gumedze |
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Surgery |
*Professor Anthony Graham Fieggen |
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Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies |
Mrs Sarah Matchett |
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) |
Dr Ayanda Gcelu Associate Professor Denver Hendricks Dr Alvina Kubeka Associate Professor Dirk Lang Mr Timothy Low Associate Professor Frank Matose Associate Professor Manya Mooya Dr Kelley Moult Dr Hlumani Ndlovu Associate Professor Bob Osano Mr Jacques Rousseau Associate Professor Maureen Tanner |
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6 members elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024) |
Vacant |
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6 students appointed by the SRC One vacancy
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Tamsyn Dekenah Daniel Erasmus Ukhanyo Mdakane Aphiwe Poqo Aloni Oratile Thothela |
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6 members of the Faculty Student Councils, elected by the SRC
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Mercy Alaso Alarice Chetty Zwakele Mchiza Sandile Monoane Nephtalie Sithole Sabelo Zuma |
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2 members of Council Elected by Council (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024) |
Emeritus Professor Kit Vaughan Professor Neil Eccles |
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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) Five vacancies |
Emeritus Professor Kit Vaughan Professor Neil Eccles |
Assessor Members
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List 1: Assessor Members Chief Operating Officer
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Dr Reno Morar Mr Carl Herman Ms Jane Hendry
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List 2: The Executive Directors of Student Affairs and the University Libraries Executive Director: Student Affairs
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Ms Ujala Satgoor Mr Pura Mgolombane |
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List 3: 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) 5 Vacancies |
Mrs Kehinde Oladayo Olutoyin Awodele Dr June Catherine Bam-Hutchison Associate Professor Sarah-Louise Blyth Associate Professor Sylvia Ruth Bruinders Dr Kishor Harrichand Bugarith Dr Ruchi Chaturvedi Dr Qhama Zamani Cossie Mr Allan Davids Mr Siphiwe Dlamini Dr Neliswa Antonia Gogela Miss Xolisa Guzula Dr Sabelo Goodman Hadebe Dr Shanil Jensen Haricharan Associate Professor Chun-Sung Huang Associate Professor Denis Kalumba Mrs Salona Lutchman Dr Liani Maasdorp Dr Mandisa Vallentia Malinga Mrs Shamila Manie Mr Malibongwe Shadrack Manono Dr Heather Gaile Marco Associate Professor Tumishang Mmamalatsi Salome Maswime Dr Nomonde Mbatani Associate Professor Deshendran Moodley Mr Mbongeni Ntuthuko Mtshali Dr Natashia Muna Ms Xichavo Alecia Ndlovu Dr Clive Lloyd Oliver Dr Colleen O'Ryan Ms Fatima Osman Associate Professor Christopher Ernest Werimo Ouma Associate Professor Hamieda Parker Mr Sa-aadat Parker Associate Professor Zarina Patel Miss Ayanda Pekane Dr Rethabile Marriet Possa-Mogoera Dr Qonita Mariam Said-Hartley Mr Fabian Saptouw Associate Professor Anneliese Schauerte Dr Anandaroop Sen Associate Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh Dr Mzwandile Muzi Shongwe Dr Riashna Sithaldeen Dr Deano Duane Stynder Dr Dale Lesley Taylor Associate Professor Afton Leandre Titus Mrs Sumaya West Dr Petula Diane Wicomb Ms Fatima Williams Associate Professor Zenda Loren Woodman |
Professors
Total as of 1 July 2021: 274
(With the year of professorial appointment)
| Rebecca Rogers Ackermann | 2018 |
| Jane Alexander | 2008 |
| Muhammad Saalih Allie | 2020 |
| Isabelle Jane Ansorge | 2020 |
| Kurt Andre April | 2006 |
| Carolyn Susan Ardington | 2016 |
| Neil Philip Armitage | 2015 |
| Lillian Melinda Artz | 2019 |
| Azeem Badroodien | 2018 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Andy 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 |
| Alan Frank Cliff | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Mary-Ann Davies | 2021 |
| 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 Annelise Feris | 2012 |
| Anthony Graham 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 |
| Lindsey Gillson | 2021 |
| Lucy Jennifer Gilson | 2008 |
| Suki Lesley Goodman | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Jacqueline Hoare | 2021 |
| Michael Timm Hoffman | 2001 |
| Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr | 2010 |
| Nicola Illing | 2011 |
| 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 Kraan-Korteweg | 2005 |
| Michael Kyobe | 2015 |
| Estelle Victoria Lambert | 2005 |
| Michael Ian Lambert | 2010 |
| 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 |
| Theresa Lorenzo | 2016 |
| Vernon Louw | 2018 |
| John Manuel da Zilva Luiz | 2011 |
| Christopher Alan Lund | 2015 |
| Gary Maartens | 2004 |
| Aubrey Njema Mainza | 2016 |
| Arnaud George Malan | 2014 |
| Lornaj Jean Martin | 2004 |
| Shanaaz 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mohamed Paleker | 2020 |
| Romy Elizabeth Parker | 2021 |
| 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 Arthur Pieterse | 2008 |
| Patrizio Piraino | 2020 |
| 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 |
| Linda Cynthia Ronnie | 2021 |
| 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 | 2019 |
| Mashiko Setshedi | 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 |
| Katherine Rae Sorsdahl | 2021 |
| Catherine Wendy Nest Spearman | 2019 |
| Claire Spottiswoode | 2016 |
| Dan Joseph Stein | 2005 |
| Edward David Sturrock | 2008 |
| Hussein Suleman | 2020 |
| Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanevelder | 2012 |
| 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 |
| Richard Nellis Van Zyl - Smit | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Bernhard Weiss | 2011 |
| Amanda Weltman | 2020 |
| Jennifer Frances Whittal | 2021 |
| Anna-Lise Williamson | 2005 |
| Carolyn Williamson | 2010 |
| 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 |
| Sandra Michele Young | 2020 |
| Heather Joy Zar | 2008 |
| Alphose Zingoni | 2003 |
| Liesl Joanna Zühlke | 2020 |
| Marcus Henricus Petrus Zuidgeest | 2019 |
Information supplied by:
Office of the Registrar
Updated: 22 April 2021
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