Student leadership

Whether it’s members of the Students’ Representative Council or Student Parliament, your voice is always present in the discussions and decisions that are made at UCT.

Students’ Representative Council

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) is the highest decision-making structure of student governance. It represents all students at UCT, and their overall interest and social well-being, in university committees. It is highly involved in policy-making and co-operative decision-making on campus.

The SRC is elected annually by the students and consists of 15 members who either represent other student organisations or are independents. The duties, functions, privileges and term of office are set out in the SRC Constitution and election by-laws approved by Council as institutional rules.

The SRC is a very important stakeholder within UCT, and there is no decision that can be taken without the student voice. The notion of cooperative governance is embraced by the institution through these processes.

The members of the SRC for 2020/21 are:

• Declan Dyer, president
• Sima Kekana, vice president
• Daniel Erasmus, secretary-general
• Jamie-lee Thomas, deputy secretary-general
• Oratile Thothela, treasurer-general
• Matthew Field, corporate relations and fundraising coordinator
• Sharon Mogale, international students’ coordinator
• Aphiwe Poqo Aloni, labour and student services coordinator
• Tamsyn Dekenah, postgraduate academic coordinator
• Ukhanyo Mdakane, residences and housing coordinator
• Gisella Shaer, social responsiveness coordinator
• Retshedisitswe Molefe, societies and day houses coordinator
• Aslam Bezuidenhout, sports and recreation coordinator
• Xoliswa Tsolo, student advocacy coordinator
• lance-selae august, undergraduate academics coordinator.

Read more about the SRC president’s plans for his term of office.

Student Parliament

The Student Parliament of UCT is an assembly of all the student structures at the university. It serves as an advisory body to the SRC on policy matters, but decisions taken by a two-thirds majority of the assembly are binding on the SRC.

It keeps the SRC and its substructures accountable, transparent and rooted in the principles and values that are enshrined in the SRC constitution. The meetings of the student assembly are open to all registered students of the university to observe and participate without voting rights.