Call to vote: Election of one (1) Council Member for the term 1 October 2024-30 September 2028
On 24 July 2024, members of the Convocation of Stellenbosch University (SU) were invited to submit nominations for the election of one (1) member of the Convocation to serve on the SU Council. We received five (5) valid nominations for the vacancy. One member has since withdrawn his nomination.
We call on members to participate in the election by casting their vote.
The candidates, in alphabetical order, are:
Heindri Adré Bailey
Duan Coetzee
Waldimar Pelser
Crispin Franklyn Sonn
For the vision statements of these candidates, as well as their CVs, kindly visit the Convocation webpage.
We are constantly trying to improve the experience of our Convocation members and in this regard, we have created the unique voting link for members to simply click on and cast their vote. No login is required.
If you are aware of a member of Convocation who has not received this email, please ask them to send an email to
elections@sun.ac.za in order to receive their personalised notification and to confirm their details.
The voting platform opens on
Monday, 16 September 2024 at 08:00, and will automatically close on 26 September 2024 at 23:59. For your convenience, the election rules are provided below.
Election rules
- Voting will take place on an online platform only.
- Members have ten (10) calendar days to cast their votes using this online platform. No late votes will be considered.
- Members will be allowed to vote only once, and once a vote is submitted, it is final.
- Members can vote for only one (1) candidate, as there is only one (1) vacancy.
- No member may vote on behalf of another member.
- By voting, the member voting assumes responsibility for compliance with the election rules in this notice and on the Convocation webpage
(Procedure to nominate, elect and appoint Convocation Members to serve on the Council and Institutional Forum (the Procedure)).
- Any campaigns must be aligned with the Procedure, and non-compliance may lead to the disqualification of the candidate.
It was optional for nominees to provide a CV or short biography. SU did not provide any template, prescriptions or guidelines on the format for this additional information. All candidates opted to share more information to enable Convocation members to get to know them better. Please note that no editing or translation of any vision statement, CV or biography was done by SU. The wording was placed as we received it. SU also did not vet the CVs; the accuracy of the information provided in the CVs is the responsibility of the candidates.
Please direct enquiries to
elections@sun.ac.za.
Dr Ronel Retief
Registrar
Stellenbosch University
13 September 2024