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Peter Kantor
Chair
Peter Kantor is an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa practising in Cape Town. He specialised in environmental…
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Melanie Murcott
Vice Chair; Gauteng Representative; Legislation & Policy Sub-Committee
Associate Professor Melanie Murcott is a senior lecturer in administrative law and environmental law at the University of Pretoria…
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Willemien du Plessis
National Secretary
Professor Willemien du Plessis is a Professor at the Faculty of Law of the North-West University (Potchefstroom) and holds postgraduate…
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Germarié Viljoen
Treasurer
Associate Professor Germarié Viljoen (LLB, LLM, LLD) has previously consulted as environmental legal specialist. In 2014, Germarié joined…
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Michael Kidd
KZN Representative
Professor Michael Kidd lectures in various aspects of Environmental law such as Pollution Control Law, Natural…
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Patrick Forbes
KZN Representative
Patrick graduated from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2004 …
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Tanya Wagenaar
Eastern Cape Representative
Tanya is a full-time lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth where she lectures…
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Dr Clive Vinti
Free State Representative; Legislation & Policy Sub-Committee
Dr Clive Vinti is an evangelist at Heal the Wounds Christian Centre; Lecturer for Law at the University of the Free State…
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Ntando Ncamane
Free State Representative
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Adie Erasmus
Mpumalanga Representative
Adie is the owner of AdiEnvironmental cc (founded in 1999), based in eMalahleni (Witbank)….
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Ademola Oluborode Jegede
Limpopo Representative
Ademola Oluborode Jegede is a Professor of Law in the Department …
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Dr Tiisetso John Rantlo
North-West Representative
Dr John Rantlo (LLB, LLM, LLD) is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the NRF South African Research Chair: Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES) at the Faculty of Law North-West University (NWU).
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Nicolene Steyn
North-West Representative
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Tendai Bonga
Western Cape Representative
Tendai is an environmental attorney at Webber Wentzel where he advises public and private sector…
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Kate Handley
Western Cape Representative; Legislation & Policy Sub-Committee
Kate currently works as a Consultant Attorney for the specialist environmental law firm Cullinan…
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Justine Sweet
Gauteng Representative
Justine is a consulting attorney, specialising in mining and environmental law matters.

Margot Slabbert
Social Media; Newsletters
Margot started volunteering for the ELA after presenting at the ELA Annual Student Conference in 2018…
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Allyson Petersen
Marketing and Membership
Lecturer UNISA
LLB
LLM Environmental Law
Sub-Committees & Collaborators

Jenny Hall
Gauteng Sub-Committee
Jenny is a senior lecturer in international environmental law and legal skills at the University of Johannesburg.
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Angela van der Berg
Western Cape Sub-Committee
Angela van der Berg is the Acting Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre (GELC) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Faculty of Law in South Africa.
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Melandri Steenkamp
Student Sub-Committee
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Isabella Potenza
Student Sub-Committee
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