The ASSAf Council comprises 12 members elected by the membership and a 13th member appointed by the Minister of Science and Technology as a representative of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI).
The composition of the ASSAf Council is as follows:
Prof Thokozani Majozi
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and a Professor in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand
Prof Roseanne Diab
Emeritus Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa
Prof Deresh Ramjugernath
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching at Stellenbosch University (SU)
Prof Julian May
Director of the NRF-DST Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)
Prof Christian Pirk
Professor and heads the Social Insects Research Group in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP)
Prof Nithaya Chetty
Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits)
Prof Loretta Feris
Vice-Principal: Academic and Professor of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP)
Prof Irvy (Igle) Gledhill
is Visiting Adjunct Professor of Flow Physics at Wits – University of the Witwatersrand
Prof Murray Leibbrandt
UCT Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality Research within SALDRU at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
Prof Janice Limson
Professor of Biotechnology at Rhodes University (RU) in South Africa
Prof Shireen Motala
DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Teaching and Learning (PSET), University of Johannesburg (UJ)
Prof Linda Richter
Distinguished Professor in the Centre of Excellence in Human Development at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Prof Lynn Morris
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of the Witwatersrand
Prof Thoko Mayekiso
Vice Chancellor of the University of Mpumalanga
Prof Letlhokwa Mpedi
Vice Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg
Prof Sarojini Nadar
Desmond Tutu (SARChI) Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape
Prof Vasu Reddy
Vice-Rector: Research and Internationalisation, University of the Free State
Prof Tholene Sodi
Professor of Psychology and chair-holder of the SAMRC/DSI-NRF/UL
Research Chair in Mental Health and Society at the University of Limpopo