Executive Members
Executive Committee 2021-2024
The following people were elected onto the SAERA Executive committee at the Annual General Meeting at the 9th conference which took place in Cape Town in November 2022. This executive will serve until the AGM at the 10th SAERA conference in 2023.
Maureen Robinson – President
Shan Simmonds – Deputy President
Melanie Luckay – Secretary
Melanie Sadeck – Deputy Secretary
Ingrid Baigrie – Treasurer
Thomas Salmon – Deputy Treasurer / Communications & Media
Labby Ramrathan – Outgoing President
Labby Ramrathan – Journals (THE & JoE)
Zayd Waghid – Communications & Media
Michael Samuel – Conference Co-ordinator
Petro du Preez – SIGS
Thokozani Mathebula – Outgoing LOC (WITs 2021)
Karen Koopman – Outgoing LOC (UWC 2022)
Kristin van der Merwe – Communications & Media
Linda Chisholm – Conference Programme Co-ordinator
Mhaka Khoza – Additional Member / Communications & Media
Mphoentle Modise – Early Career Researcher (ECR) Representative
Executive Committee 2026-2027
The following members were elected onto the SAERA Executive committee at the Annual General Meeting at the 12th conference, which took place at University of Kwazulu Natal in November 2025. This executive will serve until the AGM at the 15th SAERA conference in 2027.
Sulochini Pather – President
Jayaluxmi Naidoo – Deputy President
Sibongamandla Silindokuhle Dlomo – Secretary
Sandiso Sakhile Gift Ncube – Deputy Secretary
Ingrid Baigrie– Treasurer
Ezekiel Majola– Deputy Treasurer
Labby Ramrathan – Journals (JoE, THE)
Clement Simuja– Additional Member
Clive Brown- Early Career Researcher Representative (ECR)
Mhaka Khoza – Additional Member
Mphoentle Modise – Additional Member
Karen Venter– SIG coordinator
Cina Mosito – Additional Member
Michael Samuel – Conference coordinator
Membership
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