List of University of Johannesburg people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty (past and present) of the University of Johannesburg including notable people from the merger of the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and Vista University into the University of Johannesburg.

Alumni

Athletes

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Bernadette Coston	N/A	South African female Olympic field hockey player.	[1]
Lisa-Marie Deetlefs	N/A	South African female Olympic field hockey player.	[1]
Chris Froome	N/A	Winner of the 2013 Tour de France.	[2]
Theuns Kotzé	N/A	Namibian rugby player.	[3]
Jaco Kriel	N/A	South African rugby player who plays for the Lions.	[4]
Kegorapetse David Letsebe	N/A	South African male basketball player.	[5]
Thornton McDade	N/A	South African male Olympic field hockey player.	[1]
Caylib Oosthuizen	N/A	South African rugby player.	[3]
Shireen Sapiro	N/A	South African Paralympic swimmer.	[6]
Micheen Thornycroft	N/A	Zimbabwean Olympic rower	[7]
Francois Uys	N/A	South African rugby player who plays for the Free State Cheetahs.	[8]
Irvette van Zyl	N/A	South African Olympic long-distance runner.	[1]
Walter Venter	N/A	Former South African rugby player who represented the Golden Lions, Leopards, Falcons, Griquas and the Lions.	[9]
Jano Vermaak	N/A	South African national rugby player.	[10]
Adel Weir	N/A	South African squash player.	[11]

Business

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Zibusiso Mkhwanazi	N/A	South African digital entrepreneur and CEO of Avatar.	[12]
Bridget van Kralingen	1985	Senior Vice President of IBM Global Business Services	[13]

Religion

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf	N/A	Islamic scholar.	[14]

Faculty

Name	Class year	Field of expertise	Academic level	Notability	References
Beukes, N.J.	N/A	Science	Professor	NRF "A-rated" researcher specialising in: Economic geology, Sedimentology, Sedimentary geochemistry & Sequence stratigraphy.	[15]
Farid Esack	N/A	Religion	Professor	Islamic studies	[16]
Ferreira, H.C.	N/A	Engineering	Professor	NRF "A-rated" researcher specialising in: Communication technologies, Information systems and technologies, Electronic engineering, Applied mathematics, Communication technologies & Information systems and technologies.	[15]
Adam Habib	N/A	Political Science	Professor	Former deputy Vice Chancellor	[17]
Harris, W.F.	N/A	Health Sciences	Professor	NRF "A-rated" researcher specialising in: Physics, Biophysics, Vision metrology, Optics, Biostatics & Biometrics.	[15]
Maina, J.N.	N/A	Science	Professor	NRF "A-rated" researcher specialising in: Respiration.	[15]
Tshilidzi Marwala	N/A	Engineering	Professor	Known for extensive contributions to the field of mechanical engineering. Received the Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze for outstanding contributions to, and inspirational achievements in, the field of engineering science.	[18]
Metz, T.H.	N/A	Humanities	Professor	NRF "A-rated" researcher specialising in: Life, meaning of, Ethics Political and legal philosophy.	[15]
Carl Marnewick	2009 Ph.D; 2012 Prof.	Information Technology	Professor	Business Information Technology & Project Management	[19][20]
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs	N/A	Economics	Doctorate (Ph.D)	First chancellor of the Rand Afrikaans University and Minister of Finance of South Africa (1967–1975).	[21][22]
Gerrit Viljoen	N/A	Classical literature & Philosophy	Masters	First vice-chancellor of the Rand Afrikaans University. Minister of Education in South Africa from 1980 to 1989, and Minister of Constitutional Development from 1989 to 1992.	[23][24]

Honorary doctorates

The University may confer advanced degrees, including an honorary doctoral degree honoris causa as an academic award in any faculty. The University follows a conservative awards policy in order to emphasize the extraordinary and inherent value of the honorary doctorate.

Name	Doctorate field	Year awarded	Notability	References
Thabo Mbeki	Law	1999	2nd President of South Africa (post-Apartheid)	[25]
Richard Goldstone	Law	2010	Former Constitutional Court judge	[26]
Richard Maponya	Management	2010	Businessman	[27]
Willem Boshoff	Fine Arts	2010	South African Artist	[28]
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi	Literature	2011	Nobel Peace Laureate	[29]
Barack Obama	Law	2013	44th president of the United States	[30]
Kees Schouhamer Immink	Engineering	2014	digital pioneer	[31]

References

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22. Nicolaas Diederichs
23. Gerrit Viljoen
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