Where an individual is listed more than once, the secondary listings are marked with an asterisk (*). For example, where a person is a professor, their primary listing is as a professor.

As of 1 January 2025 the membership of Senate stood at 436.

Vice-chancellor and deputy vice-chancellors | Deans/acting deans and deputy deans/acting deputy deans | Heads and acting heads of academic departments | Professors

Vice-Chancellor
 

Deputy vice-chancellors
 

*Professor Mosa Moshabela
(1 August 2024 to 31 July 2028)

*Professor Elelwani Ramugondo
(1 July 2022 to 30 June 2027)

*Professor Brandon Collier-Reed
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029)

*Professor Jeff Murugan
(Acting until a substantive appointment is made)

Deans/acting deans and deputy deans/acting deputy deans

CHED

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

Associate Professor Kasturi Behari-Leak
(1 April 2022 to 31 March 2027)

TBC
Teaching and Learning
 

TBC
Research
 

Commerce

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

*Professor Suki Goodman
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026)

Associate Professor Nkosivile Madinga
Research, Internationalisation and
Socially Engaged Scholarship
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028)

*Professor Sarah Chapman
Postgraduate Affairs
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026)

*Professor Ulrike Rivett
Teaching and Learning
(1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025)

*Professor Ameeta Jaga
Transformation and Inclusion
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026)

Engineering & the Built Environment

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

*Professor Alison Lewis
(1 August 2020 to 31 July 2025)

Associate Professor Malibongwe Manono
Undergraduate Studies
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

*Professor Jochen Petersen
Postgraduate Studies
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Associate Professor Corrine Shaw
Social Responsiveness and Transformation
(1 October 2024 to 30 September 2027)

*Professor Paul Barendse
Research and Strategic Interventions
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027)

Health Sciences

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

 

 

 

Associate Professor Lionel Green-Thompson
(15 March 2020 to 14 March 2025)

*Professor Sharon Prince
Research
(1 May 2023 to 30 April 2025)

Dr Kerrin Begg
Undergraduate Education
(1 May 2020 to 31 December 2026)

Associate Professor Tracey Naledi
Social Accountability and Health Services
(1 May 2024 to 30 April 2029)

Humanities

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

*Professor Shose Kessi
TBC

Associate Professor Leigh Schrieff-Brown
Postgraduate Studies and Funding
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Associate Professor Shannon Morreira
Undergraduate Affairs
(1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025)

*Professor Jaya Raju
Staffing and Transformation
(1 December 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Associate Professor Bodhisattva Kar
Research and Internationalisation
(1 July 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Law

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

*Professor Danwood Chirwa
TBC

Associate Professor Jameelah Omar
Undergraduate Studies
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028)

Associate Professor Kelley Moult
Postgraduate Studies
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028)

Science

Dean
 

Deputy deans

 

*Professor Hussein Suleman
(1 January 2024 to 30 June 2028)

*Professor Emese Bordy
Undergraduate Matters
(1 November 2024 to 31 December 2026)

Associate Professor Deena Pillay
Postgraduate Matters and Research
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027)

Associate Professor Sarah Fawcett
Transformation
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024)

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 “school” while two (2) are styled “college”, but all have the status of academic department.

As of 1 January 2025, there were 61 recognised academic departments.

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 Bruce Biccard
(1 January 2025 to 28 February 2025)

Anthropology

Associate Professor Divine Fuh
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029)

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 Clive Oliver
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029)

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 Tasleem Ras
(1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028)

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 2026)

Fine Art, School of

Associate Professor Kurt Campbell
(1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025)

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

*Professor Ernesta Meintjies
(Acting: 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025)

Information Systems

*Professor Maureen Tanner
(1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026)

Integrative Biomedical Sciences

TBC

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 Tunde Bello-Ochende
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029)

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 2027)

Paediatrics and Child Health

*Professor Rudzani Muloiwa
(Permanent)

Pathology

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

Philosophy

*Professor Bernhard Weiss
(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 2026)

Private Law

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

Psychiatry and Mental Health

*Professor Dan Stein
(Permanent)

Psychology

*Professor Wahbie Long
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027)

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

Dr Alvina Kubeka
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025)

Sociology

*Associate Professor Nomkhosi Gama
(1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027)

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 2027)

The Professors: Professors are listed at the end of this Senate list.

12 members elected by the academic staff

(1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028)

Ms Sam Filby

Associate Professor Will Horowitz

Associate Professor Salah Kabanda

Dr Mundia Kabinga

Mr Tim Low

Mr Billy Mashele

Mr Daniel Munene

Dr Liz Musvoto

Mr Jacques Rousseau

Associate Professor Jonathan Shock

Dr Elona Toska

TBC
   

6 members elected by the Professional, Administrative, Support & Service (PASS) Staff

(1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028)

Dr Sianne Alves

Ms Nikki Crowster

Mr Shai Makgoba

Mr Yaseen Moollatjie

Ms Paula Saner

Mrs Heidi Starr
   

6 students appointed by the SRC

TBC
   

6 members of the Faculty Student Councils, elected by the SRC

TBC
   

2 members of Council elected by Council

(1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028)

Professor Glenda Gray

Ms Kelly Phelps
   

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 2024 to 30 June 2028)

Dr Miengah Abrahams

Dr Patrick Adams

Dr Rene Abertus

Dr Ala Alhourani

Dr Kishor Bugarith

Mr Sibusiso Buthelezi

Associate Professor Ruchi Chaturvedi

Mr Asief Dhansay

Dr Sherlyn Gabriel

Dr Thobani Gambu

Dr Wanga Gambushe

Dr Ayanda Gcelu

Dr Vincent Hare

Associate Professor David Ikumi

Dr Nadia Ikumi

Associate Professor Jacki Job

Dr Tamara Kerbelker

Dr Mawande Lushozi

Mrs Salona Lutchman

Dr Mandisa Malinga

Dr Shamila Manie

Dr Mikovhe Maphiri

Dr Gregory Maxaulane

Dr Nomonde Mbatani

Dr Zamambo Mkhize

Dr Kharnita Mohamed

Ms Mapule Mohulatsi

Dr Itumeleng Monageng

Associate Professor Deshen Moodley

Dr Sibonile Mpendukana

Mr Lusani Mulaudzi

Dr Lindokuhle Njozela

Dr Gideon Nomdo

Dr Musa Nxele

Associate Professor Patroba Odera

Dr Chima Ofoegbu

Dr Yunus Omar

Dr Krystle Ontong

Dr Colleen O'Ryan

Associate Professor Fatima Osman

Miss Ayanda Pekane

Dr Daniel Ramotsoela

Associate Professor Tasleem Ras

Dr Qonita Said-Hartley

Mr Fabian Saptouw

Ms Ayesha Sayed

Dr Natasha Shivji

Dr Mzwandile Shongwe

Associate Professor Maylene Shung King

Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko

Associate Professor Sheetal Silal

Dr Viraj Suparsad

Dr Fatima Williams

Associate Professor Zenda Woodman

Ms Nomfundo Xaluva-Dyantyis

Assessor Members

Chief Operating Officer
 
 

Director: Admissions Office
 

Institutional Planning Office
 

Mr Mughtar Parker (Acting)
(1 August 2023 to 31 March 2025
or until a substantive appointment is made, whichever comes first)

Mr Gcinumizi Haduse
(Permanent)

Mr Ashraf Conrad
(Permanent)

The Executive Directors of Student Affairs and the University Libraries

Executive Director: Student Affairs

Executive Director: University Libraries

Mr Pura Mgolombane

Ms Ujala Satgoor

Professors
Total as of 1 January 2025: 312
(With the year of professorial appointment)

Babatunde Abiodun 2024
Rebecca Ackermann 2018
Abdul Latif Alhassan 2024
Andreas Altwegg 2023
Waheeda Amien 2023
Isabelle Ansorge 2019
Kurt April 2006
Arlene Archer 2023
Carolyn Ardington 2016
Lillian Artz 2019
Azeem Badroodien 2018
Jeffrey Bagraim 2012
Igor Barashenkov 2001
Paul Barendse 2018
Jaco Barnard-Naudé 2012
Karen Barnes 2009
Stefan Barth 2015
Bruce Christopher Bassett 2011
Megan Becker 2024
Thorsten Becker 2025
Roger Behrens 2020
Linda-Gail Bekker 2013
Tunde Bello-Ochende 2016
Hans Beushausen 2017
Deon Bezuidenhout 2020
Haroon Bhorat 2007
Bruce Biccard 2012
Jonathan Blackburn 2008
Marc Blockman 2017
Ed Boje 2013
Floretta Boonzaier 2019
Emese Bordy 2023
Tanja Bosch 2024
Andrew Boulle 2017
Susan Bourne 2008
Adrian Brink 2019
Jennifer Broadhurst 2025
Irwin Brown 2011
Andy Buffler 2014
Wendy Burgers 2023
Justine Burns 2016
Anthony Butler 2012
Lydia Cairncross 2021
Sarah Chapman 2025
Kelly Chibale 2007
Wallace Chigona 2015
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 2003
Danwood Chirwa 2012
Horman Chitonge 2020
Steeve Chung Kim Yuen 2023
Francois Cilliers 2018
Michael Claeys 2010
Susan Cleary 2023
Brandon Collier-Reed 2019
Malcolm Collins 2013
Marc Combrinck 2011
Beatrice Conradie 2023
Imraan Coovadia 2016
Kirsten Corin 2025
Sharon Cox 2022
Michael Cramer 2019
Aqiel Dalvie 2017
Collet Dandara 2016
Reza Daniels 2023
Alan Davidson 2018
Mary-Ann Davies 2021
Neil Davies 2023
Phillip De Jager 2024
Francois De Kock 2020
Pierre De Vos 2009
Jantina De Vries 2024
Petrus De Vries 2012
David Deglon 2011
Paolo Denti 2023
Andrea Deumert 2016
Keertan Dheda 2012
Kirsten Donald 2020
Francois Du Toit 2023
Lara Dugas 2022
Robert Dunn 2012
Peter Dunsby 2007
Silke Dyer 2014
Frank Eckardt 2024
Lawrence Edwards 2013
Brian Eley 2016
Jill Farrant 2005
Graham Fieggen 2008
Anthony Figaji 2012
Nico Fischer 2024
Mark Fleishman 2012
Komla Folly 2016
Thomas Franz 2018
Pierre Froneman 2024
James Gain 2018
Roshan Galvaan 2018
Victoria Gibbon 2024
Lucy Gilson 2008
Suki Goodman 2021
Sean Gossel 2024
Diane Gray 2025
Lesley Green 2019
Paul Groot 2019
Lukasz Grzybowski 2019
Reto Guler 2024
Ralph Hamann 2014
Janet Hapgood 2007
Joanne Hardman 2024
Mark Hatherill 2017
Johann Hattingh 2022
Adam Haupt 2018
Jeannine Heckmann 2020
Terry Hedderson 2006
Michael Held 2023
Bruce Hewitson 2005
Ursula Hoadley 2022
Jacqueline Hoare 2021
Nicola Illing 2011
Niyi Isafiade 2023
Faizil Ismail 2019
Muazzam Jacobs 2016
Ameeta Jaga 2023
George Janelidze 2004
Phil Janney 2023
Mohammed Jeebhay 2010
Eduard Jonas 2019
John Joska 2018
Denis Kalumba 2024
Debbie Kaminer 2025
Amin Karimu 2025
Harsha Kathard 2016
Shose Kessi 2023
Azeem Khan 2018
Fatima Khan 2023
Nonhlanhla Khumalo 2017
Sharon Kleintjes 2018
Patricia Kooyman 2015
Michelle Kuttel 2023
Michael Kyobe 2015
John Lazarus 2022
Rochelle Le Roux 2011
Virna Leaner 2017
Sandrine Lecour 2017
Murray Leibbrandt 2000
Michael Levin 2021
Susan Levine 2022
Alison Lewis 2007
Andrew Lilley 2021
Leslie London 2005
Wahbie Long 2023
Theresa Lorenzo 2016
Michelle Louw 2022
Darlene Lubbe 2024
Ilse Lubbe 2024
John Manuel da Zilva Luiz 2011
Aubrey Mainza 2016
Nomusa Makhubu 2025
Arnaud Malan 2014
Susan Malcolm-Smith 2025
Sithombo Maqungo 2023
Darrin Martin 2025
Lornaj Martin 2004
Salome Maswime 2022
Shanaaz Mathews 2018
Elizabeth Mayne 2021
Mignon McCulloch 2020
Helen McIlleron 2017
Judith McKenzie 2022
Carolyn McKinney 2023
Ernesta Meintjes 2015
Graeme Meintjes 2016
Adam Mendelsohn 2024
Marc Mendelson 2015
Ines Meyer 2022
Thomas Meyer 2015
Kathy Michell 2025
Klaus Moller 2009
Jennifer Moodley 2017
Elena Moore 2024
Manya Mooya 2024
Brenda Morrow 2017
Mosa Moshabela 2024
Hanri Mostert 2008
Thomas Moultrie 2015
Pilate Moyo 2013
Muthama Muasya 2020
Edwin Muchapondwa 2016
Nicola Mulder 2015
Rudzani Muloiwa 2022
Jeffrey Murugan 2020
Landon Myer 2015
Kevin Naidoo 2011
Nin Naidoo 2025
Nicoli Nattrass 1999
Tjakie Naudé 2009
Pradeep Navsaria 2015
Caroline Ncube 2011
Ryan Nefdt 2025
Elisa Nemes 2025
Mark New 2017
Dick Ng'ambi 2017
Malebogo Ngoepe 2025
Andrew Nicol 2017
Efi Nikolaidou 2019
Mpiko Ntsekhe 2013
Ntobeko Ntusi 2017
Francis Nyamnjoh 2009
Justin O’Riain 2014
Nancy Odendaal 2022
Ikechi Okpechi 2018
Sophie Oldfield 2016
Ada Ordor 2021
Catherine Orrell 2022
Mohamed Paleker 2020
Amrita Pande 2023
Hamieda Parker 2022
Romy Parker 2021
Jeannette Parkes 2016
Jo-Ann Passmore 2023
Alexander Paterson 2013
Anton Pauw 2024
Timothy Pennel 2021
André Peshier 2010
Jonathan Peter 2024
Jochen Petersen 2016
Edgar Pieterse 2007
Komala Pillay 2020
Suren Pillay 2023
DJ Pisano 2022
Sharon Prince 2016
Jaya Raju 2020
Lebogang Ramma 2022
Elelwani Ramugondo 2018
Maano Ramutsindela 2015
Vimal Ranchhod 2018
Dyllon Randall 2024
Chris Reason 2006
Ulrike Rivett 2016
Stephen Roche 2021
Donald Ross 2001
Fiona Ross 2013
Ian Ross 2024
Roman Roth 2024
Andrea Rother 2018
Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Distinguished) 1986
Mikael Samuelsson 2022
Rebekka Sandmeier 2016
Anton Schlechter 2016
Pamela Schwikkard 2001
Christiaan Scott 2022
Thomas Scriba 2019
Judith Sealy 2007
Bernadette Searle 2022
Jeremy Seekings 2003
Patrick Semple 2014
Alison September 2019
Mashiko Setshedi 2018
Lisa Seymour 2020
Sa'diyya Shaikh 2023
Jeremy Silver 2023
Robert Simmonds 2015
Edina Sinanovic 2022
Sudesh Sivarasu 2022
Sebastian Skatulla 2022
Haris Skokos 2024
Karen Sliwa-Hahnle 2010
Gregory Smith 2023
Mark Solms 2002
Mark Sonderup 2024
Katherine Sorsdahl 2021
Claire Spottiswoode 2016
Dan Stein 2005
Hussein Suleman 2020
Maureen Tanner 2023
Djiby Thiam 2025
Colin Tredoux 2008
Andrew Tucker 2024
Asonzeh Ukah 2020
Sebastian van As 2008
Jack van Honk 2014
Paul van Rensburg 2002
Eric van Steen 2002
Cornelius van Walbeek 2015
Jacky Van Wyk 2022
Richard Van Zyl-Smit 2021
Marianne Vanderschuren 2019
Marcello Vichi 2022
Martine Visser 2015
Harro von Blottnitz 2013
Catherine Ward 2018
David Wardle 2006
Digby Warner 2019
Bernhard Weiss 2011
Amanda Weltman 2020
Adam West 2022
Jennifer Whittal 2021
Lubbe Wiesner 2024
Carolyn Williamson 2010
Gizelle Willows 2022
Joanne Wilmshurst 2014
Abimbola Windapo 2021
Harald Winkler 2011
Tanja Winkler 2024
Ambroise Wonkam 2016
Patrick Woudt 2016
Rachel Wynberg 2020
Sandra Young 2020
Heather Zar 2008
Alphose Zingoni 2003
Liesl Zühlke 2020
Mark Zuidgeest 2019

 

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Updated: 9 May 2025