Council members

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:

President and Chairperson of ASSAf Council

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

Vice Presidents

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)

Treasurer

Prof Julian May 

 Director of the NRF-DST Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)

General Secretary

Prof Christian Pirk

Professor and heads the Social Insects Research Group in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP)

ASSAf Council Members

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)

NACI Representative

Prof Lynn Morris

 Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of the Witwatersrand

Council Advisors

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