15 - 17 July 2026

Cape Town, South Africa

Conference Committee

The SACLA 2026 conference committee members are as follows:

Conference Chairs: Dr Dirk Snyman (dirk.snyman@uct.ac.za) and Dr Tendani Chimboza (tendani.chimboza@uct.ac.za).
Conference Programme Chair: Dr Dirk Snyman (dirk.snyman@uct.ac.za
Conference Programme Vice-chair: Prof Janet Liebenberg (janet.liebenberg@nwu.ac.za)
Treasurer: TBC
Sponsors: TBC
Logistics and Website: Renée le Roux (rleroux@mongoose.co.za)

For inquiries, contact the Conference Programme Chairs, Dr Dirk Snyman (dirk.snyman@uct.ac.za) or Dr Tendani Chimboza (tendani.chimboza@uct.ac.za).

The SACLA 2026 program committee members are as follows:

Conference Programme Chairs (Technical Committee)

Dirk Snyman (University of Cape Town)
Tendani Chimboza (University of Cape Town)
Janet Liebenberg (North-West University)

International Programme Committee

Alan Chalmers (The University of Warwick, UK)
Anastasia Petratos (Nelson Mandela University, ZA)
Aslam Safla (University of Cape Town, ZA)
Barry Irwin (Noroff University College, NO)
Benjamin Botha (University of the Free State, ZA)
Carl Boel (Ghent University, BE)
Corné Van Staden (University of South Africa, ZA)
Eduan Kotzé (University of the Free State, ZA)
Estelle Taylor (North-West University, ZA)
Guillaume Nel (Central University of Technology Free State, ZA)
Hussein Suleman (University of Cape Town, ZA)
Ian Sanders (University of South Africa, ZA)
Imelda Smit (North-West University, ZA)
Irene Govender (University of KwaZulu-Natal, ZA)
Kerry-Lynn Thomson (Nelson Mandela University, ZA)
Lynette Barnard (Nelson Mandela University, ZA)
Lynn Futcher (Nelson Mandela University, ZA)
Mark Brand (Nelson Mandela University, ZA)
Matthew Mullarkey (University of South Florida, USA)
Oluwafemi Oriola (Adekunle Ajasin University, NG)
Pakiso Khomokhoana (University of the Witwatersrand, ZA)
Patricia Gouws (University of South Africa, ZA)
Rayne Reid (Noroff University College, NO)
Riana Steyn (University of Pretoria, ZA)
Rouxan Fouché (University of the Free State, ZA)
Ruber Hernández-García (Universidad Católica del Maule, CL)
Rudi Harmse (Nelson Mandela University, ZA)
Shaun Bangay (Deakin University, AU)
Shirley Atkinson (University of Exeter, UK)
Thomas van der Merwe (University of South Africa, ZA)
Upasana Singh (University of KwaZulu-Natal, ZA)
Wynand Nel (Akademia, ZA)