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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

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Standard Institutional Statute, 2018

Chapter 6 : Senate

27. Election and nomination procedures

 

(1) The Registrar shall make the arrangements for the nomination and election of members.

 

(2) Student members of the Senate are elected at an ordinary or special meeting of the SRC in accordance with the election procedures of the SRC.

 

(3) Two members from the ranks of the permanent academic employees and two members from the ranks of the permanent non-academic employees shall be elected in accordance with the process set out in subparagraph (4).

 

(4) The Registrar shall arrange and administer an election of members from the ranks of the employees to the Senate in the following manner:
(a) Within a reasonable period before a particular election date, the Registrar shall afford—
(i) every permanent academic employee the opportunity to nominate a representative or representatives to represent the permanent academic employees on the Senate; and
(ii) every permanent non-academic employee the opportunity to nominate a representative or representatives to represent the permanent non-academic employees on the Senate.
(b) Each nominated candidate shall be seconded by at least ten permanent employees (in the case of an academic nominee they must be academic employees and in the case of a non-academic nominee they must be non-academic employees), not be a Senate member already and inform the Registrar in writing whether he or she accepts the nomination.
(c) On the closure of nominations, the Registrar shall arrange for an election in accordance with general acceptable election procedures.
(d) Permanent academic employees shall vote in respect of vacancies to be filled by permanent academic employees and permanent non-academic employees shall vote in respect of vacancies to be filled by permanent non-academic employees.
(e) An election shall be valid only if at least 15 per cent of the permanent academic employees or permanent non-academic employees, as the case may be, participated in the election.
(f) If an employee performs academic and non-academic tasks in accordance with his or her job description, that particular employee is considered to be an academic employee. Should a dispute arise in this regard, the Registrar has the discretion to decide whether an employee is an academic or non-academic employee.
(g) The Registrar shall announce, as soon as possible at an appropriate time, the names of the members duly elected.