ZSSA Office Bearers 2025 - 2027
Prof Seth Eiseb
PRESIDENT
Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, School of Science, University of Namibia
Dr Melissa Boonzaaier-Davids
VICE-PRESIDENT
Department Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Prof Aliza le Roux
PAST PRESIDENT
University of Free State Qwaqwa Campus
Prof Colleen Downs
HONORARY TREASURER
SARChI Research Chair in Ecosystem health and biodiversity in KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Sandi Willows-Munro
ASSISTANT TO THE TREASURER
Conservation Genetics Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Carolyn Baker
HONORARY EDITOR
South African Sugarcane Research Institute
Prof Theresa Wossler
HONORARY EDITOR
Associate professor: Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
Dr Leigh Richards
GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Curator of Mammals, Durban Natural Science Museum
Prof André Ganswindt
GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
University of Pretoria
Dr Iva Prikrylova
GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Senior Researcher; NRF SARChI Chair; Department of Biodiversity University of Limpopo
Dr Lelethu Heshula
GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Dept of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare
Dr Amanda Maswanganye
GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
University of South Africa
Prof Michael Cherry
ADVISORY MEMBER
Ms Lea Smit
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
University of Pretoria
Ms Shaakirah Sulaiman
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Ms Suveena Govender
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Cape Peninsula University of Technology