Our Staff

lynette bester

Co-Ordinator

What do you love about your job?
The challenge that each individual student presents in terms of discovery and unlocking their potential.
Describe yourself 
Thinking, caring, chameleon

Stacy Beukes

Co-Ordinator

What do you love about your job?

Describe yourself?

helga pieterse

Administration

What do you  love about your job?
I love the diversity of staff and students
Describe yourself
Understanding, great with people

bellina mokoqama

librarian and outreach

What do you love about your job?
I love my books and interacting with people and growing academically
Describe yourself
Ambitious, humorous, hard-working

FERDINAND KIDD

Lecturer

What do you love about your job?
I have found that my teaching and my own practice feed into each other wonderfully. Each enriching the other in unforeseen ways!
Describe yourself
Inquisitive, passionate, positive

BRETT LUCKS

Lecturer

What do you love about your job?
Teaching is the opportunity to impart knowledge as well as
gain knowledge of a subject simultaneously.
Describe yourself
Living the dream

Katharine Schärf

Lecturer

What do I love about my job?
I love the engagement between student and lecturer, and the
exchange of knowledge that this facilitates.
Describe yourself
Unassuming, Inquisitive, Responsible

Colijn strydom

lecturer

What do your love about your job?
I love teaching painting because the students are incredibly inspirational and I get to think about art all day long.
Describe yourself
Passionate, committed, kind

Cecilia Solis

LECTURER

What do you love about your job?
I love to see year after year that if one stays open and positive, miracles do happen in class. Doors open. It is never too late.
Describe yourself
Confident, open, believe in miracles!

Lester van der Merwe

Lecturer

What do you love about your job?
I really love inspiring students to think about artistic expression in a whole different way.
My favourite moment is that light bulb moment when it all comes together
and they create something that they did not even think possible prior.
Describe yourself: 
Caring, Creative, Vibrant

paul birchall

lecturer

What do you love about your job?
The satisfaction of seeing the moment when somebody gets the bigger picture and uses it
Describe yourself
Optimistic, creative, funny