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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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
25 Jul 2025 Budget hurdle cleared, but US tariff implementation remains a riskIt was another big week on the local political front, but with some constructive momentum. On the trade front, ahead of next week’s 1 August deadline, Trump announced another “massive” trade deal with Japan. The upcoming week is busy, with a slew of global and domestic data releases and several monetary policy decisions, including the SARB....
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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
25 Jul 2025 Budget hurdle cleared, but US tariff implementation remains a riskIt was another big week on the local political front, but with some constructive momentum. On the trade front, ahead of next week’s 1 August deadline, Trump announced another “massive” trade deal with Japan. The upcoming week is busy, with a slew of global and domestic data releases and several monetary policy decisions, including the SARB....
Read the full issue