University Of Cape Town Human Resource Contacts
University Of Cape Town Human Resource Contacts
The University of Cape Town Human Resource Contacts website is here to welcome you. You’ve come to the right place if you’re trying to get in touch with the UCT Human Resources staff. The university’s objective to provide great education, promote excellence in research, and cultivate a lively academic community is supported significantly by the committed HR department.
To ensure the success and welfare of its personnel, UCT recognizes the value of having an effective human resource management system in place. The HR staff is dedicated to luring, nurturing, and keeping outstanding people while also fostering a supportive workplace that promotes innovation, diversity, and inclusivity.
The HR contacts are here to assist you whether you’re a current UCT employee looking for support, a prospective employee with inquiries, or an outside company wishing to work together.
University Of Cape Town Human Resource Contacts
Appointments Office | Employee Relations | General email contacts | HR Client Services | HR Client Services: HR business partners by hub | HR Administration |
HR Compensation and Benefits | HR Management Information and Systems | HR Organisational Development | HR Payroll Office | HR Systems and Support Office |
Office of the Executive Director | Organisational Design | Organisational Health and Retirement | Registry | Staff Learning Centre | Staff Recruitment Office | UCTRF (UCT Retirement Fund) | Website
| General email contacts | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| General HR queries | hr@uct.ac.za | ||||
| Tax | hr-tax@uct.ac.za | ||||
| Analytics, Risk, Systems, Payroll & Admin | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Naeema Brey | Director: Analytics, Risk, Systems, Payroll & Admin | 217, Bremner Building | 4224 | naeema.brey@uct.ac.za | |
| Zoe Cosmopoulos | Specialist: HR Analytics | 4308 | zoe.cosmopoulos@uct.ac.za | ||
| Helen Duncan | HR Systems Training & End User Experience Specialist | 122, Bremner Building | 5450 | helen.duncan@uct.ac.za | |
| Appointments | |||||
| Letters of appointment (including adhom promotions, headship, and deputy deanships, but excluding adhoc, paid on claim and student appointments). Relocation and immigration for appointments from payclass 9 and Lecturer and above, where the duration of appointment exceeds 2 years. |
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| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Cheryl Samuel | Head: Appointments Office | 120, Bremner Building | 2196 | cheryl.samuel@uct.ac.za | |
| Yuzrah Abass | Senior Appointments Officer | 116, Bremner Building | 2151 | yuzrah.abass@uct.ac.za | |
| Karen Bergsma | Appointments Officer | 116, Bremner Building | 2158 | karen.bergsma@uct.ac.za | |
| Kareema Poggenpoel | Appointments Assistant | 116, Bremner Building | 1653 | kareema.poggenpoel@uct.ac.za | |
| Employee Relations | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Barbara Mapara (Advocate) | Director: Employee Relations | Room 209 Bremner Building | 4530 | barbara.mapara@uct.ac.za | |
| Clyde Henney | Employee Relations Manager | 211 Bremner Building | 4097 | clyde.henney@uct.ac.za | |
| Marcel Du Toit | Employee Relations Specialist | 213, Bremner Building | 5752 | marcel.dutoit@uct.ac.za | |
| Yaseen Moollatjie | Employee Relations Specialist | 217, Bremner Building | 5470 | yaseen.moollatjie@uct.ac.za | |
| Vacant | Employee Relations Specialist | 211, Bremner Building | 4097 | ||
| Employee Relations Specialist | Room 210,Bremner Building | ||||
| Daliwonga Lester | Employee Relations Specialist | Room 212. Bremner Building | 7197 | daliwonga.lester@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Client Services | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Nalinee Maharaj (acting) | Director: HR Client Services | 222, Bremner Building | 4225 | nalinee.maharaj@uct.ac.za | |
| Itebogeng Olifant | Manager, HRBPs:DSA Hub. | 132 Bremner Building | 2195 | itebogeng.olifant@uct.ac.za | |
| Gavin Matthee (acting) & Rayaanah Savahl (acting) | Manager, HRBPs: Academic Hub 4 | Room G3 Beattie Building
Room 132, Bremner Building |
4388
5210 |
gavin.matthee@uct.ac.za
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| Linzee Arendse | Manager, HRBPs: Properties & Services Hub 1 | 132, Bremner Building | 6998 | linzee.arendse@uct.ac.za | |
| Heidi Starr | Manager, HRBPs: Faculty of Health Sciences Hub | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
6151 | heidi.starr@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Client Services: HR business partners by hub | |||||
| Academic Hub (CHED, Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science, GSB, Libraries, Institutional Planning Department, International Academic Programmes Office, Postgraduate Funding Office, Research Contracts & Innovation, Research Office) | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Fairoza Parker-Dawood | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Science | 6.05, Chris Hani Building | 6219 | fairoza.parker-dawood@uct.ac.za | |
| Rayaanah Savahl | HR Business Partner: CHED and Faculty of Law | 5210 | rayaanah.savahl@uct.ac.za | ||
| Lucille van Eeden | HR Business Partner: Graduate School of Business | GSB Block B & D | 021 4061372 | lucille.vaneeden@uct.ac.za | |
| Rushda Alawie | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Commerce | 3.09, Leslie Commerce Building | 2169 | rushda.alawie@uct.ac.za | |
| Nurunisa Hendricks | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment. | 609, 6th level, New Engineering Building |
3921 | nurunisa.hendricks@uct.ac.za | |
| Gavin Matthee | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Humanities | G3 – Ground level, Beattie Building |
4388 | gavin.matthee@uct.ac.za | |
| Tamzen Albertyn | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Humanities; Baxter Theatre | Room 132, Bremner Building | 4066 | tamzen.albertyn@uct.ac.za | |
| Barbara Jones | HR Business Partner: Libraries; Research Office; Research Contracts & Innovation; Institutional Planning Department, International Academic Programmes Office; Postgraduate Funding Office | 132 Bremner Building | 3928 | barbara.jones@uct.ac.za | |
| DSA Hub (Department of Student Affairs, ICTS)University Of Cape Town Human Resource Contacts |
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| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Simangele Gwala
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HR Business Partner: Residences Cleaning; Student Wellness Services; Student Development | Room 132, Bremner Building | simangele.gwala@uct.ac.za | ||
| Patrick Ncuku | HR Business Partner: Residences Catering; SH&RL Finance Admin; SH&RL Admin; College of Wardens; DSA IT; SHAAS; OCSAS. | Room 132, Bremner Building | 5836 | patrick.ncuku@uct.ac.za | |
| Unathi Maxhela | HR Business Partner: Residences Facilities; Residence Life; Student Financial Aid. | Room 132, Bremner Building | 4600 | unathi.maxhela@uct.ac.za
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| Ms Abigail Overmeyer | HR Business Partner : ICTS | Room 313, ICTS on Main | 5376 | ||
| P&S Hub (Properties & Services Department; Communicationi & Marketing Department; Development & Alumni Department; Office of the Vice-Chancellor; Office of the Registrar; Office of Inclusivity & Change) |
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| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Lulama Sibiya | HR Business Partner: Properties & Services (Capital Projects & Planning, Executive Director’s Office; Health & Safety; Maintenance & Operations, Systems &technology; Traffic; Transport) | Room 132, Bremner Building | 2162 | lulama.sibiya@uct.ac.za | |
| Alta Fourie | HR Business Partner: Properties & Services (Campus Cleaning, Ground & Gardens, Educare, Irma Stern Museum, Postal Services) | Room 132, Bremner Building | 1526 | alta.fourie@uct.ac.za | |
| Muhsin Parker | HR Business Partner: Properties & Services (Campus Protection Services & Risk | 2992 | Muhsin.parker@uct.ac.za | ||
| Rey Jarodien | HR Business Partner: Office of the Vice-Chancellor; Office of the Registrar; Office of Inclusivity & Change; Development and Alumni; Communications & Marketing; Office of the Ombud. | Room 132, Bremner Building | 6426 | rey.jarodien@uct.ac.za | |
| FHS Hub (Faculty of Health Sciences) |
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| Alison Tomlinson | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Health Sciences: Integrative Biomedical Sciences; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Radiation Medicine; IDM; Anaesthesia. | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
6997 | alison.tomlinson@uct.ac.za | |
| Feryal Adams | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Health Sciences : Dean (including Comms & Marketing); Pathology (including SATVI). | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
6002 | feryal.adams@uct.ac.za | |
| Maryke King | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Health Sciences: Public Health and Family Medicine; Surgery; Director Faculty Operations (incl. Business Development, Operations and IT); Primary Health Care Directorate. | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
6732 | maryke.king@uct.ac.za | |
| Simpiwe Boli | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Health Sciences: Medicine (including DTHC) | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
simpiwe.boli@uct.ac.za | ||
| Fatima Parker | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Health Sciences: Academic Administration; Health Sciences Education; Paediatrics and Child Health; Health & Rehabilitation Sciences | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
6195 | fatima.parker@uct.ac.za | |
| Gay Tyler | HR Business Partner: Department of Finance; HR Department, Staff Bodies | 3927 | gay.tyler@uct.ac.za | ||
| Najwa Sydow-Phillips | HR Business Partner: Faculty of Health Sciences: Human Biology; Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Faculty of Health DD: Research (RAF, CRC, CRI, Research Ethics & Grants and Research Enterprise); Finance | Dean’s Suite, Barnard Fuller Building |
1519 | najwa.sydow-phillips@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Administration | |||||
| Please contact the HR Administrator responsible for your faculty or department for any queries regarding salary and COE related payments and deductions, leave, contract appointments (payment only), paid on claims, ad hoc payments. | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Michael Daniels | HR Administration Manager | 126, Bremner Building | 4780 | michael.daniels@uct.ac.za | |
| Naseema Sayed | HR Administration Team Leader: Hub 1 | 126, Bremner Building | 3007 | naseema.sayed@uct.ac.za | |
| Wendy Newman | HR Administrator: Hub 1: Student Housing & Residence Life; Dept of Student Affairs; Graduate School of Business. | 126, Bremner Building | 2151 | wendy.newman@uct.ac.za
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| Jayde Martin | HR Administrator: Hub 1: Faculty of Health Sciences (Dept of Paediatrics & Child Health; Dept of Psychiatry & Mental Health; Dept of Health & Rehab Sciences; Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Institute for Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine) | 126, Bremner Building | 1982 | jayde.martin@uct.ac.za | |
| Nohaa Jamodien | HR Administrator: Hub 1: Faculty of Health Sciences (Dept of Pathology; Dept of Integrative Biomedical Sciences; Dept of Human Biology; Faculty Office; Dept of Health Sciences Education; Dept of Surgery) | 126, Bremner Building | 6165 | nohaa.jamodien@uct.ac.za | |
| Vuyisa Twalo | HR Administrator: Hub 1: Faculty of Health Sciences (Dept of Medicine; Dept of Public Health & Family Medicine; Dept of Anaesthesia; Primary Health Care Directorate, Radiation Medicine) | 126, Bremner Building | 2161 | vuyisa.twalo@uct.ac.za
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| Sabrina Kalu | HR Administrator: Hub 1: Office of the Vice Chancellor; Faculty of Law; Office of the Registrar; Baxter; Institutional Planning; Finance Department; IAPO. | 126, Bremner Building | 4412 | sabrina.kalu@uct.ac.za | |
| Lerato Sibanda | HR Administrator: Hub 1: ICTS; Communication & Marketing; Development & Alumni Department; Office for Inclusivity & Change; Research Contracts & Innovation; Research Office; Faculty of Health Sciences Finance | 126, Bremner Building | 6848 | Lerato.sibanda@uct.ac.za | |
| Kim Engelbrecht | HR Administrative Assistant: Hub 1 | 126, Bremner Building | 2156 | kim.engelbrecht@uct.ac.za | |
| Nicolene Balfour | HR Administration Team Leader: Hub 2 | 126, Bremner Building | 3752 | nicolene.balfour@uct.ac.za | |
| Akhona Gaji | HR Administrator: Hub 2: Faculty of Science; | 126, Bremner Building | 3807 | akhona.gaji@uct.ac.za | |
| Ngele Hlabeni | HR Administrator: Hub 2: Centre for Higher Education Development; Properties & Services | 126, Bremner Building | 2167 | ngele.hlabeni@uct.ac.za | |
| Lee-Anne Koeries | HR Administrator: Hub 2: Faculty of Commerce | 126, Bremner Buildling | 5182 | lee-anne.koeries@uct.ac.za | |
| Nicole George | HR Administrator: Hub 2: Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, Staff Bodies | 126, Bremner Building | 7731 | nicole.george@uct.ac.za | |
| Vacant | HR Administrator: Hub 2: Faculty of Humanities; Department of Information Systems (Faculty of Commerce) | 126, Bremner Building | 4232 | hradminforms12@uct.ac.za
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| Nondwe Lefume (Acting) | HR Administrator: Hub 2: Faculty of Humanities; University Libraries; Human Resources Department; CHEC; TENET | 126, Bremner Building | 4427 | nondwe.lefume@uct.ac.za
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| Julietta Esterhuizen (Acting) | HR Administrative Assistant: Hub 2 | 126, Bremner Building | 4229 | julietta.esterhuizen@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Compensation and Benefits | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Blanche Claasen-Hoskins (acting) & Michelle Jacobs (acting) | Director: Compensation and Benefits | 221, Bremner Building | 5685
5115 |
blanche.claasen-hoskins@uct.ac.za | |
| Michelle Jacobs | Compensation & Benefits Specialist | 220, Bremner Building | 5115 | michelle.jacobs@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Organisational Design | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext | ||
| Kirsty Holmes | Organisational Design Specialist | 2.02 Cambria House | 3152 | kirsty.holmes@uct.ac.za
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| Pamela Hendricks (Maternity leave until October 2023) | Organisational Design Co-ordinator | 2.02 Cambria House | 1479 | pamela.hendricks@uct.ac.za | |
| Shakeelah Behardien (Parental leave replacement for Pamela Hendricks until October 2023) | Organisational Design Co-ordinator | 2.02 Cambria House | 1497 | shakeelah.behardien@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Organisational Development | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Joanne Uphill (acting) | Director: Organisational Development & Effectiveness | 222, Bremner Building | 2147 | joanne.uphill@uct.ac.za | |
| Kirsty Holmes (acting) | Manager: Organisational Development | 2.05, Cambria House | 3152 | kirsty.holmes@uct.ac.za | |
| Cherise Llewellyn | Organisational Development Officer | 2.02 Cambria House | 2420 | cherise.llewellyn@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Payroll Office | |||||
| Payruns, payslips, tax queries | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Sbongile Qwabe | Payroll and Business Risk Manager | 121, Bremner Building | 2166 | sbongile.qwabe@uct.ac.za | |
| Noel Idas | Payroll Super User | 123, Bremner Building | 2168 | noel.idas@uct.ac.za | |
| HR Systems | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Siobhan Evans | HR Systems Manager | 119.1, Bremner Building | 3689 | siobhan.evans@uct.ac.za | |
| Ashley Maslamoney | HR Systems Specialist | 121, Bremner Building | 2069 | ashley.maslamoney@uct.ac.za | |
| Office of the Executive Director | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Bongani Ndaba (acting) | Executive Director: Human Resources | 222, Bremner Building | 5997 / 2680 | bongani.ndaba@uct.ac.za | |
| Joy Henry | Operations Manager | 221.1, Bremner Building | 2153 | joy.henry@uct.ac.za | |
| Melissa Dingwall | Administrative Assistant | 222, Bremner Building | 5997 | melissa.dingwall@uct.ac.za | |
| Monique Manuel | Procurement Clerk | 222, Bremner Building | 5487 | monique.manuel@uct.ac.za | |
| Organisational Design | |||||
| HROrganisational Development | |||||
| dien@uct.ac.za | |||||
| HR Staff Wellbeing & Reward | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Blanche Claasen-Hoskins | Manager: Staff Wellness, Appointments, Healthcare & Benefits | 219, Bremner Building | 5685 | blanche.claasen-hoskins@uct.ac.za | |
| Susan Williams | Wellness Officer | 115, Bremner Building | 4376 | susan.williams@uct.ac.za | |
| Debra De Gouveia-Meyer | Healthcare Specialist | 113.1, Bremner Building | 4001 | debra.degouveia-meyer@uct.ac.za | |
| Danica Bowran | On-site Healthcare Consultant from PSG | 114, Bremner Building | 084 611 9977 | danica.bowran@psg.co.za | |
| Rowina Nefdt | Benefits & Exits Officer | 117, Bremner Building | 4330 | rowina.nefdt@uct.ac.za | |
| Craig Bodkin | Social Benefits Administrative Assistant | 117, Bremner Building | 7047 | craig.bodkiin@uct.ac.za | |
| Gaynor May | Benefits Senior Secretary | 114, Bremner Building | 3519 | gaynor.may@uct.ac.za | |
| For Appointments contacts see above. | |||||
| Registry | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Eric Nosilela | Registry Assistant | Registry, Bremner Building | 2152 | eric.nosilela@uct.ac.za | |
| Julietta Esterhuizen | Digital Information Assistant | Registry, Bremner Building | 5272 | julietta.esterhuizen@uct.ac.za | |
| Staff Learning Centre | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Karin Smit | Manager: Staff Learning Centre | 2.02, Cambria House | 2935 | karin.smit@uct.ac.za | |
| Nura Brandreth | Learning & Development Co-ordinator | 2.06, Cambria House | 1576 | nura.brandreth@uct.ac.za | |
| Glynnis Newdigate | Writing Development Co-ordinator | 2.06, Cambria House | 3588 | glynnis.newdigate@uct.ac.za | |
| Sibongile Dano-Bopape | Course Administrator | Room 1.04, Cambria House | 2768 | sibongile.dano-bopape@uct.ac.za | |
| Staff Recruitment Office | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Craig Alexander | Recruitment Manager (Acting) (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 5429 | craig.alexander@uct.ac.za | |
| Sithini Ngozi | Recruitment Advertising Officer (Acting) (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 2220 | sithini.ngozi@uct.ac.za | |
| Zahrah Matthews | Recruitment Advisor: Health Sciences. | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 1884 | zahrah.matthews@uct.ac.za | |
| Tracy Moore | Recruitment Administrator: Health Sciences. | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 5405 | tracy.moore@uct.ac.za | |
| Lily Nombombo | Recruitment Advisor: Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment. | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 5689 | lily.nombombo@uct.ac.za | |
| Abigail Dixon | Recruitment Administrator: Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment. (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 1673 | abigail.dixon@uct.ac.za | |
| Mary Yiga | Recruitment Advisor: CHED, DSA (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 5764 | mary.yiga@uct.ac.za | |
| Senzo Ntshangase | Recruitment Advisor: Humanities, HR, Finance, Properties and Services, ICTS (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 1577 | senzo.ntshangase@uct.ac.za | |
| Ian Petersen | Recruitment Administrator: CHED, DSA, Humanities, HR, Finance, Properties and Services, ICTS (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 2163 | ian.petersen@uct.ac.za | |
| Shanaaz Jaffer | Recruitment Advisor: CMD, GSB, Science, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Office of the Registrar, Office for inclusivity and Change. | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 4983 | shanaaz.jaffer@uct.ac.za | |
| Natasha Khan | Recruitment Administrator: CMD, GSB, Science,Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Office of the Registrar, Office for Inclusivity and Change (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 3469 | natasha.khan@uct.ac.za | |
| Nyameka Mpapama (Maternity leave until August 2023) |
Recruitment Advisor: Libraries, Postgraduate Funding Office, Research Contracts & Innovation, Research Office, IAPO, Baxter, IPD, DAD | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 1884 | meki.mpapama@uct.ac.za | |
| Samantha Johnson (Parental leave replacement for Nyameka Mpapama until August 2023) |
Recruitment Advisor: Libraries, Postgraduate Funding Office, Research Contracts & Innovation, Research Office, IAPO, Baxter, IPD, DAD | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 1884 | samantha.johnson@uct.ac.za
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| Hlubi Ntsizi | Recruitment Administrator: Libraries, Postgraduate Funding Office, Research Contracts & Innovation, Research Office, IAPO, Baxter, IPD, DAD (until 31.12.2023) | La Grotta, Glen Darrach Road | 3003 | hlubi.ntsizi@uct.ac.za | |
| UCTRF (UCT Retirement Fund) Office | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Penny Fabre | UCTRF Principal Officer | 134.2, Bremner Building | 2159 | penny.fabre@uct.ac.za | |
| William Nkutha | UCTRF Deputy Principal Officer | 134.3, Bremner Building | 2532 | william.nkutha@uct.ac.za | |
| Yumna Gamildien | Retirement Officer | 134, Bremner Building | 3806 | yumna.gamildien@uct.ac.za | |
| Nosi Kutu | Administrative Assistant | 134, Bremner Building | 1034 | nosi.kutu@uct.ac.za | |
| Lemeez Staggie | Senior Secretary | 134.2, Bremner Building | 2934 | lemeez.staggie@uct.ac.za | |
| Website | |||||
| Name | Position | Room | Ext. | ||
| Katherine Wilson | Web Content Manager | 6.51 PD Hahn | 2574 | katherine.wilson@uct.ac.za | |
Page last updated: 13 June 2023
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