Faculty of Law
Academic Staff
Academic Management
Prof Flip Schutte
Director Undergraduate Studies Potchefstroom +27 18 299 1949 Flip.Schutte@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G27, Potchefstroom Campus Law of Evidence, Procedure Law, Law of Property B Juris (PU for CHE) 1979; LLB (PU for CHE) 1982; LLD (NWU) 2007
Mr Kagiso Masilo
Deputy Director Undergraduate Studies Vanderbijlpark +27 16 910 3633 Kagiso.Masilo@nwu.ac.za Building 11B Office G15, Vanderbijlpark Campus Labour Law; Aspects of Human Rights; Family Law; Aspects of Medical Law; Governance and Procurement Law; Aspects of Administrative Law BProc (Unisa); LLM (Manchester, UK)
Prof Marita Carnelley
Research Director +27 18 299 1959 Marita.Carnelley@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office GO8, Potchefstroom Campus Family Law & Gambling Law BA LLB (Stell) ; LLM (UNISA); PhD (Amsterdam)
Prof Avitus Agbor
Director Postgraduate Studies Mahikeng +27 18 389 2202 Avitus.Agbor@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 118A, Mahikeng Campus Public International Law; International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law; Criminal Law; Public Law LLB (Hons); LLM; PhD
Mr Tjaart Viljoen
Deputy Director Undergraduate Studies Mahikeng +27 18 389 2181 tjaart.viljoen@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G19A, Mahikeng Campus Lecturing in Law of Procedure and Evidence; Practicing Attorney and Registered Debt Councillor . LLB; LLM.
Prof Henk Kloppers
Deputy Director Postgraduate Programme Potchefstroom +27 18 299 1928 Henk.Kloppers@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G03, Potchefstroom Campus Estate Planning, Administration of deceased Estates, Insurance Law, Tax Law BCom (cum laude, PU for CHE) 1999; LLB (cum Laude, PU for CHE); LLM (PU for CHE) 2001; LLD (NWU) 2012; Postgraduate Programme in Financial Planning (UOFS)
Ms René Koraan
Director Professional Development & Community Engagement +27 18 299 4287 Rene.Koraan@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G21, Potchefstroom Campus Criminal Law LLB (PU for CHE); LLM-Labour Law (PU for CHE)
Professors
Prof Anél du Plessis
SARChI CLES Chair +27 18 299 1924 Anel.duPlessis@nwu.ac.za Building B14b, Office G01, Potchefstroom Campus Environmental Law, Local Government Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Rights, Environmental Governance, Human Rights Law, Administrative Law. BA Law, LLB, LLM, LLD
Prof Christa Rautenbach
Professor +27 18 299 1939 Christa.Rautenbach@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 119A, Potchefstroom Campus Legal Pluralism; Cultural Diversity; Law of Succession; Customary law; Comparative Constitutionalism; Religious Legal Systems. BJuris (cum laude, PU for CHE) 1985; LLB (cum laude, PU for CHE)1987; LLM (PU for CHE) 1995; LLD (NWU) 2001.
Prof Howard Chitimira
Professor +27 18 389 2026 Howard.Chitimira@nwu.ac.za +27 18 389 2028 Building A14. Office 112, Mahikeng Campus Corporate & Financial Markets Law; Commercial Law; Mercantile Law; Insolvency Law; some aspects of Competition Law; related aspects of Intellectual Property Law; related aspects of Banking and Financial Law; some aspects of International Trade Law LLB (Cum Laude); LLM & LLD
Prof Marita Carnelley
Research Director +27 18 299 1959 Marita.Carnelley@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office GO8, Potchefstroom Campus Family Law & Gambling Law BA LLB (Stell) ; LLM (UNISA); PhD (Amsterdam)
Prof Pieter du Toit
Professor +27 18 299 1934 Pieter.duToit@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 119B, Potchefstroom Campus Criminal Procedure BIuris (cum laude, UOFS) 1994; LLB (UOFS) 1996; LLM International Law (UJ) 2006; LLD (NWU) 2011
Prof Wian Erlank
Professor +27 18 299 1932 Wian.Erlank@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G23, Potchefstroom Campus Law of Property; Virtual Goods; Tegnology; Internet Law. LLB (Stell) 2002; LLM (Stell) 2004; HonsBA (Stell) 2006; Certificate in Legal Practice (UNISA) 2006
Prof Willemien du Plessis
Professor +27 18 299 1969 Willemien.duPlessis@nwu.ac.za +27 18 299 1923 Building F5, Office G10, Potchefstroom Campus Environmental Law; Legal History; Land Law; Legal Pluralism BJur (PU for CHE); LLB (PU for CHE); LLD (PU for CHE); MA in Environmental Management (cum laude) PU for CHE)
Research Professor
Prof Avitus Agbor
Director Postgraduate Studies Mahikeng +27 18 389 2202 Avitus.Agbor@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 118A, Mahikeng Campus Public International Law; International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law; Criminal Law; Public Law LLB (Hons); LLM; PhD
Prof Louis Kotzé
Research Professor Louis.Kotze@nwu.ac.za Potchefstroom Campus Global environmental constitutionalism; Law and the Anthropocene; Earth system law B. Com (PUCHE), LLB (PUCHE), LLM (cum laude) (NWU), LLD (NWU), PhD (Tilburg University)
Associate Professors
Prof Elmien du Plessis
Associate Professor +27 18 285 2611 Elmien.duplessis@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 102B, Potchefstroom Campus Expropriation law, Constitutional Property Law, Customary Law, Traditional Knowledge, Commons. BA (International Studies); LLB; LLD (Stellenbosch).
Prof Flip Schutte
Director Undergraduate Studies Potchefstroom +27 18 299 1949 Flip.Schutte@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G27, Potchefstroom Campus Law of Evidence, Procedure Law, Law of Property B Juris (PU for CHE) 1979; LLB (PU for CHE) 1982; LLD (NWU) 2007
Prof Hein Lubbe
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1031 Hein.Lubbe@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 101B, Potchefstroom Campus Law of Evidence, Public International Law. LLB (NWU) 2005; LLM (UP) 2006; LLD (UVT) 2010.
Prof Heléne Combrinck
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1948 Helene.Combrinck@nwu.ac.za +27 18 299 1923 Building F5, Office G07, Potchefstroom Campus Disability Law B Iuris cum laude (PU vir CHO) 1988; LLB cum laude (PU vir CHO) 1990; Honns BA cum laude (PU vir CHO) 1990; LLM (UK/ UCT) 1993; LLD (UWK/ UWC) 2010
Prof Henk Kloppers
Deputy Director Postgraduate Programme Potchefstroom +27 18 299 1928 Henk.Kloppers@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G03, Potchefstroom Campus Estate Planning, Administration of deceased Estates, Insurance Law, Tax Law BCom (cum laude, PU for CHE) 1999; LLB (cum Laude, PU for CHE); LLM (PU for CHE) 2001; LLD (NWU) 2012; Postgraduate Programme in Financial Planning (UOFS)
Prof Klaus Beiter
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1957 Klaus.Beiter@nwu.ac.za +27 18 299 1923 Building F5, Office G02, Potchefstroom Campus Public international law, specifically, The relationship between public international law and national legal systems, The meaning of state sovereignty in this day and age, The extraterritorial application of international human rights obligat B.Iur. (with distinction) (UNISA, Pretoria); LL.B. (with distinction) (UNISA, Pretoria); Certificate in German Law (first class) (LMU Munich, Germany); Dr. iur. (summa cum laude) (LMU Munich, Germany); admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the High
Prof Michelle Barnard
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1033 12128139@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 101C, Potchefstroom Campus LLB; LLD
Prof Oliver Fuo
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1936 Oliver.Fuo@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G105, Potchefstroom Campus Local Government Law; Human Rights; and Aspects of Environmental Law. LLB, LLM (NWU, Mahikeng) and LLD (NWU, Potchefstroom).
Prof Tumi Mmusinyane
Associate Professor 018 389 2957 Tumi.mmusinyane@nwu.ac.za Building A14 Office G13, Mahikeng Campus
Honorary Professors
Judge Deon van Zyl
Honorary Professor Deon.vanZyl@nwu.ac.za Potchefstroom Campus
Prof Leon Wessels
Honorary Professor lwessels@iafrica.com Potchefstroom Campus International Law. LLM (RAU)1970; LLD (RAU) 2002Senior Lecturers
Dr Anél Gildenhuys
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1036 Anel.Gildenhuys@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G30, Potchefstroom Campus Historical Foundations of South African Law Contemporary foundations of South African Law Land Reform The right to access to adequate food Food security. LLB (PU for CHE) 2003; LLM (NWU) 2005.
Dr Anri Botes
Senior Lecturer Anri.Botes@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 106, Potchefstroom Campus Labour Law LLD. LLM
Dr Braam Klaasen
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 2125 Braam.Klaasen@nwu.ac.za +27 18 299 1923 Building F5, Office G19, Potchefstroom Campus Legal Practice, Indigenous Law and Criminal and Civil Litigation. BProc (UNISA) 1999; LLM Criminal Law (UNISA) 2006.
Dr Caiphas Brewsters Soyapi
Senior Lecturer 018 299 1941 Brews.Soyapi@nwu.ac.za Building F5 Office 104, Potchefstroom Campus LLM (NWU) 2013; LLD (NWU) 2017
Dr Tinyiko Ngobeni
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2392 Tinyiko.Ngobeni@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G10, Mahikeng Campus BProc (Witwatersrand) Dip Insolvency Law, Cert Adv Insolvency Law, LLM (UP) LLM LLD (UNISA) PhD Candidate (Witwatersrand)
Mrs Zaida Essop
Senior Lecturer +27 18 297 5341 Zaida.Essop@nwu.ac.za +27 18 297 1395 Ground floor RCSA Administrative Building, C/o Thabo Mbeki Ave and Meyer Street, Potchefstroom Children's Rights and Civil Litigation LLB (NWU) 2008; LLM Internatinal Child Law NWU (2019)
Ms Friedel Steenekamp
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2958 Friedel.Steenekamp@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G12, Mahikeng Campus
Dr Germarié Viljoen
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1931 germarie.viljoen@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G20, Potchefstroom Campus Water law LLB, LLM (cum laude), LLD
Mr Gideon Rossouw
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2086 gideon.rossouw@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 115, Mahikeng Campus Criminal Law; Regulatory Law, Criminology; International Trade Law; Intellectual Property Law BA(Law), BA (Hons), LLB, LLM (Criminal Law & Criminal Justice) (Cape Town)
Dr Jean Kanamugire
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2802 jean.kanamugire@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G16, Mahikeng Campus Environmental Law, Business Law. LLB; LLM (Environmental Law); LLM (Business Law) – (UKZN); LLD (NWU) 2020.
Mr Kagiso Masilo
Deputy Director Undergraduate Studies Vanderbijlpark +27 16 910 3633 Kagiso.Masilo@nwu.ac.za Building 11B Office G15, Vanderbijlpark Campus Labour Law; Aspects of Human Rights; Family Law; Aspects of Medical Law; Governance and Procurement Law; Aspects of Administrative Law BProc (Unisa); LLM (Manchester, UK)
Dr Kesolofetse Lefenya
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2491 kesolofetse.lefenya@nwu.ac.za 018 389 2028 Building A14, Office 108, Mahikeng Campus Environmental Law, International Humanitarian Law; Human Rights Law LLB; LLM; LLD
Dr Lovemore Chiduza
Senior Lecturer 018 389 2492 29422507@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 110, Mahikeng Campus Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, International Law and Human Rights BA English (SOLUSI) LLB, LLM (UFH) LLD (UWC), Certificate in Facilitation of Learning (UFH)
Ms Naeema Gabru
Senior Lecturer +27 18 2991926 Naeema.Gabru@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G29, Potchefstroom Campus BCOMM (LAW) - 1999; LLB (2001); LLM (2005); CFP (2009); ADVANCED CFP (2010)
Dr Neels Kilian
Senior Lecturer +27 18 3892510 33458936@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G18, Mahikeng Campus Company Law; Corporate Governance; Law of Securities; Insurance Law MA (Regensburg 2006), LLM (Pretoria 2000), LLD (Free State 2011)
Mr Ngwako I Raboshakga
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1956 Ngwako.Raboshakga@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 103, Potchefstroom Campus LLB (WITS) 2006; LLM (WITS) 2009
Dr Niel Lubbe
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1032 Niel.Lubbe@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 101A, Potchefstroom Campus Family law, Jurisprudence and Regional Environmental law. LLB (UJ) 2005; LLM (NWU) 2007.
Mr Ramokgadi Nkhumise
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2067 ramokgadi.nkhumise@nwu.ac.za +27 18 389 2028 Building A14, Office 117, Mahikeng Campus Specialisation in Labour Law, Law of Delict, Law of Damages, Third Party Compensation Law and Insurance Law and Specific Contracts. B.IURIS; LLB; LLM-Specialisation in Labour Law (UNISA); Certificate Programme in Advanced Labour Law; Certificate Programme in Advanced Corporate Law and Securities; Law (UNISA-Centre for Business Law).Ms René Koraan
Director Professional Development & Community Engagement +27 18 299 4287 Rene.Koraan@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G21, Potchefstroom Campus Criminal Law LLB (PU for CHE); LLM-Labour Law (PU for CHE)
Ms Rolien Roos
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1958 Rolien.Roos@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G04, Potchefstroom Campus Administrative Law; Jurisprudence MPhil; LLM; LLB; B Com
Lecturers
Dr Allison Geduld
Lecturer +27 18 285 2201 Allison.Geduld@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G06, Potchefstroom Campus Local government law, Legal Philosophy, Socio-economic rights. LLB (NWU) 2010; BA Honours (Latin) NWU 2013; LLM 2014 (cum laude); LLD (NWU) 2020
Mr Bongani Thela
Lecturer +27 18 389 2120 Bongani.Thela@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 109, Mahikeng Campus Integrated Learning; Academic Literacy; Reading & Writing. BA and MA English Studies
Ms Chantelle Feldhaus
Lecturer +27 18 299 1925 Chantelle.Feldhaus@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G102A, Potchefstroom Campus Criminal Law: Specific Crimes, Legal Practice and Clinical Law, Child Law. LLB (PU for CHE) 2000; LLM (PU for CHE) 2009.
Ms Charlene Lanser
Lecturer +27 18 389 2177 charlene.lanser@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G14, Mahikeng Campus Corporate Law LLB & LLM
Ms Tebogo Rakate
Lecturer +27 18 299 1937 Tebogo.Rakate@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G01, Potchefstroom Campus International Trade Law and Corporate Social Responsibility LLB (Fort Hare) 2016; LLM (Stellenbosch) 2017
Dr Delano van der Linde
Lecturer +27 16 910 3634 Delano.vanderLinde@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office G02, Vanderbijlpark Campus Organised crime, criminal law, criminal procedure, law of evidence, criminal justice LLB (Stell) 2013, LLM (Stell) 2014, LLD (Stell) 2018
Dr Estie Gresse
Lecturer +27 16 910 3632 20322003@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office G04, Vanderbijlpark Campus Family Law Labour Law Scholarship on Teaching and Learning. LLB Cum Laude; LLM; LLD (NWU) 2020
Dr Francois van den Berg
Lecturer +27 18 299 1943 Francois.vandenBerg@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G25, Potchefstroom Campus Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure. LLB (NWU) 2007; LLM (NWU) 2008; LLD (NWU) 2013.
Ms Gabrielle Burns
Lecturer +27 16 910 3478 35232013@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office G18, Vanderbijlpark Campus Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Social Justice and Human Rights Advocacy. LLM Human Rights Advocacy and Litigation (Wits) (cum laude) 2017
Mr Gomolemo Kekana
Lecturer +27 18 389 2061 gomolemo.kekana@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G17, Mahikeng Campus The Law of Delict, Criminal Law, Moot court. LLB; LLM
Mr Kabelo Mutubi
Lecturer Kabelo.Mutubi@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Mahikeng Campus
Mrs Lebo Smith
Lecturer +27 16 910 3459 Lebo.Motelle@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office G17, Vanderbijlpark Campus Environmental Law; Labour Law and Administrative Law LLM (Wits) 2017; LLB (Birmingham) 2011
Mr Lutendo Nendauni
Lecturer 37202049@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G11, Mahikeng Campus
Mr Michael Laubscher
Lecturer +27 18 285 2353 Michael.Laubscher@nwu.ac.za +27 18 299 1923 Building F5, Office 107, Potchefstroom Campus The Language and Law, Education Law, Mediation LLB (Unisa) 2008; MA English (PU for CHE) 1994
Ms Michelle Schoeman
Lecturer +27 18 299 1968 Michelle.Schoeman@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G05, Potchefstroom Campus Construction Law, Law of Contracts, Civil Procedure, Introduction to Law and Legal Skills, ADR LLB (RAU) 2003, LLM Research Dissertation cum laude (NWU) 2013
Mr Mmakgotso Mongake
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2337 Mmakgotso.Mongake@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 114, Mahikeng Campus Criminology and related subjects. B/ Crim justice; B/Crim justice Hons; LLB and LLM.
Mr Myrone Stoffels
Lecturer +27 18 299 1685 Myrone.Stoffels@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office G31, Potchefstroom Campus Labour Law, Constitutional Law, Law of Evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law LLB (NWU) 2010, LLM (NWU) 2013
Mr Philip Bothma
Lecturer +27 18 299 1950 Philip.Bothma@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 108,Potchefstroom Campus Legal History; Law and Language teaching for specific purposes. LLB (NWU) 2013; LLM (NWU)
Mr Sikandar Kola
Lecturer +27 18 389 2650 Sikandar.Kola@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office G16, Mahikeng Campus Law Society of South Africa (LEAD); LLM 2015 (JHB); LLB 2013 (JHB).
Ms Stephanie Mostert
Lecturer +27 16 910 3511 Stephanie.Mostert@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office G19, Vanderbijlpark Campus Degree in Humanities (Psychology and English) Honours in English – Cum Laude
Junior Lecturers
Ms Bronwen Qumbu
Junior Lecturer Bronwen.Qumbu@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Potchefstroom Campus Environmental Law, Human Rights and Local Government LLB (UFS) 2013
Mr Molebatsi Moremi
Junior Lecturer +27 18 389 2070 24635677@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Office 119, Mahikeng Campus Public Law; Jurisprudence; Constitutional Law; Customary Law LLB (NWU) LLM (NWU)
Mrs Nirissa Reddy
Junior Lecturer +27 16 910 3631 nirissa.reddy@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office G06, Vanderbijlpark Campus The commercial law field, particularly banking law and its impact on the ordinary consumer. LLB (UKZN) 2004, LLM (UNISA) 2019
Ms Princess Ncube
Junior Lecturer +27 18 389 **** 24415642@nwu.ac.za Building A14, Mahikeng CampusPost-doctoral Fellows
Dr Felix Dube
Post-doctoral Fellow +27 18 299 1940 Felix.Dube@nwu.ac.za Building B14b, Potchefstroom Campus Constitutional Law, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
Dr Louise du Toit
Post-doctoral Fellow louisedutoit@gmail.com Environmental law, Climate Change Law, Energy Law. BA LLB; LLM (Environmental Law; with Distinction); PhD (Public Law) (UCT); Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Manager: Student Affairs
Ms Ninette Crous
Manager: Student Affairs +27 18 299 1942 Ninette.Crous@nwu.ac.za Building F5, Office 101D, Potchefstroom Campus