The Department
Honorary Professors
The Department is proud to associate itself with a number of high profile individuals from outside the university, who collaborate with us on teaching, research and other areas.
 | Andrew Donaldson Former Deputy Director General, National Treasury |
 | Andreas Freytag Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Chair for Economic Policy |
 | Rudolf Gouws Former Chief Economist of Rand Merchant Bank |
 | Francois Groepe Former Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank |
 | Michael Jordaan Former Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank |
 | Jac Laubscher Former Chief Economist of Sanlam |
 | Franco Malerba Director of KITeS-Cespri, Bocconi University and Professor of Applied Economics - Bocconi University, Milan - Italy |
 | Tito Mboweni Minister of Finance |
 | Liberty Mncube Associate Professor, WITS and Managing Director FTI Consulting |
 | Kuben Naidoo Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank |
 | Léonce Ndikumana Andrew Glyn Professor of Economics and Director, African Policy Program, Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst |
 | Jan Luiten van Zanden Professor and Chair of Social and Economic History, University of Utrecht |
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25 Apr 2025 Budget 3.0 loading; Trump starts to walk back tariff threats and Fed bullying (for now)This week was marked by policy reversals and clarifications both in SA and abroad, as policymakers confronted the consequences of their decisions. In the US, the administration softened its previously hardline stance on tariffs and downplayed earlier critiques of the US Federal Reserve (Fed). At home, SA’s National Treasury retracted its VAT increase...
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25 Apr 2025 Budget 3.0 loading; Trump starts to walk back tariff threats and Fed bullying (for now)This week was marked by policy reversals and clarifications both in SA and abroad, as policymakers confronted the consequences of their decisions. In the US, the administration softened its previously hardline stance on tariffs and downplayed earlier critiques of the US Federal Reserve (Fed). At home, SA’s National Treasury retracted its VAT increase...
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