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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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 28 July 202512:00-13:00
Dr Neil Rankin: Ceo Of Predictive Insights & Stellenbosch University
Topic: "TBC"
12:00-13:00
Prof Willem Boshoff: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Two competing approaches in South African competition policy: merger control and anti-cartel enforcement over the past 30 years"
12:00-13:00
Professor Johan Fourie: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Economic History: TBC"
BER Weekly
18 Jul 2025 Encouraging data, but messy politics while US tariff deadline loomsThe big global data prints of the week came on Tuesday, with better-than-expected Chinese GDP growth for Q2 and US core CPI coming in lower than expected, but still (finally) reflecting some signs of tariffs being passed on to consumers. Locally, the uptick in mining production and retail sales was positive for Q2 GDP dynamics. In addition to the data,...
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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 28 July 202512:00-13:00
Dr Neil Rankin: Ceo Of Predictive Insights & Stellenbosch University
Topic: "TBC"
12:00-13:00
Prof Willem Boshoff: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Two competing approaches in South African competition policy: merger control and anti-cartel enforcement over the past 30 years"
12:00-13:00
Professor Johan Fourie: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Economic History: TBC"
BER Weekly
18 Jul 2025 Encouraging data, but messy politics while US tariff deadline loomsThe big global data prints of the week came on Tuesday, with better-than-expected Chinese GDP growth for Q2 and US core CPI coming in lower than expected, but still (finally) reflecting some signs of tariffs being passed on to consumers. Locally, the uptick in mining production and retail sales was positive for Q2 GDP dynamics. In addition to the data,...
Read the full issue