Project Leaders

  Dr Anri Botes

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 1052
  Anri.Botes@nwu.ac.za
  Building F5, Office 106, Potchefstroom Campus,
  LLD. LLM
  Labour Law

  Dr Mahlatse Innocent Maake-Malatji

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 16 910 4024
  Mahlatse.MaakeMalatji@nwu.ac.za
  Building A16 Office, VanderBijlpark Campus, Vanderbijlpark
  LLB (UL) 2017; LLM (UCT) 2018; Ph.D. (UCT) 2023; PGDip in Higher Education: PHDHE (UKZN) 2025
  Labour Law; Constitutional Law; Customary Law; and Legal Research

Researchers

  Dr Johana Gathongo

  Extraordinary Research Fellow
  0844439677
  john.gathongo@gmail.com
  Labour Law; Contract Law and Business Law

  Ms Sixolile Nose

  Lecturer
  +27 18 299 4812
  sixolile.nose@nwu.ac.za
  Refugee Law; Customary Law

  Ms Masego Mokgoko

  Lecturer
  +27 18 285 2838
  masego.mokgoko@nwu.ac.za
  International Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Critical Criminology and contemporary crime issues.

  Dr Fungisai Gcemeni

  Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  fmaisva@gmail.com
  Indigenous Legal Systems, African Philosophy, Conflict related Sexual violence,Constitutional Legal Philosophy; Legal integration

  Ms Vhudi Mathada

  Junior Lector
  +27 16 910 4025
  vhudi.mathada@nwu.ac.za
  . Academic Literacy, Sociolinguistics and Legal linguistics

  Ms Nikita Govender

  Lecturer
  +27 18 285 2291
  niki.govender@nwu.ac.za
  Public International Law - International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law

  Prof Oliver Fuo

  Professor
  +27 18 299 1936
  Oliver.Fuo@nwu.ac.za
  Local Government Law; Human Rights; and Aspects of Environmental Law.

  Prof Christa Rautenbach

  Professor
  +27 18 299 1939
  Christa.Rautenbach@nwu.ac.za
  Legal Pluralism; Cultural Diversity; Law of Succession; Customary law; Comparative Constitutionalism; Religious Legal Systems.

  Dr Francois van den Berg

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 1943
  Francois.vandenBerg@nwu.ac.za
  Health Care & Medical Law, Law Enforcement & Policing Law, Constitutional Law & Fundamental Rights, Criminal Law, Law of Criminal Procedure.

  Prof Heléne Combrinck

   Associate Professor
  +27 18 299 1948
  Helene.Combrinck@nwu.ac.za
  Disability Law

  Prof Klaus Beiter

  Research Professor; Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
  +27 18 299 1957
  Klaus.Beiter@nwu.ac.za
  International Human Rights Law; Right to Education; Right to Science; Scientific/Academic Freedom; Intellectual Property Law; Law and Development; Extraterritorial State Obligations; Linguistic Human Rights in Education; Minority Rights

  Prof Marita Carnelley

  Professor
  +27 18 299 1959
  Marita.Carnelley@nwu.ac.za
  Family Law & Gambling Law

  Mr Mmakgotso Mongake

  Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2337
  mmakgotso.mongake@nwu.ac.za
  Criminology and related subjects.

  Dr Estie Gresse

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 16 910 3632
  Estie.Gresse@nwu.ac.za
  Labour Law; Family law

  Dr Jeanette Visagie

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 1958
  jeanette.visagie@nwu.ac.za
  Food Law, Consumer Law, Intellectual Property Law, Advertising Law, Aspects of Health Care Law, Aspects of International Trade Law

  Dr Chantelle Feldhaus

  Lecturer
  +27 18 299 1925
  chantelle.feldhaus@nwu.ac.za
  International Child law and Access to Justice

  Ms Friedel Steenekamp

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2958
  friedel.steenekamp@nwu.ac.za
  Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and Law of Evidence