Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of the University of Fort HareChapter 4 : Council27. Composition, Appointment and Eligibility Criteria |
| (1) | Subject to section 27 of the Act, as well as the transitional arrangements reflected in paragraph 82 of this Statute, the Council consists of: |
| (a) | External members |
| (i) | five persons appointed by the Minister in accordance with section 27(4)(c) of the Act; |
| (ii) | the President of the Convocation; |
| (iii) | five members appointed on the basis of proven expertise and experience from appropriate sectors and professions, with a broad range of competencies in fields such as, but not limited to, management, education, business, finance, law, marketing and stakeholder relations, information technology and human resource management as indicated by the Council, elected according to the provisions of subparagraph 29(4) of this Statute and the Rules; |
| (iv) | One member nominated by the Eastern Cape Provincial Government; |
| (v) | One member nominated by the Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Committee of the South African Local Government Association; |
| (vi) | One member from the donor community and nominated by the University of Fort Hare Foundation; |
| (b) | Internal members |
| (i) | the Vice-Chancellor; |
| (ii) | one Deputy Vice-Chancellor nominated by the Management Executive Committee and appointed by the Council. The other members of the Management Executive Committee are required to attend Council meetings, but they have no voting rights; |
| (iii) | two members of the Senate elected by Senate, who are not otherwise members of the Council, one of whom must be a dean; |
| (iv) | one full-time academic employee not on Senate elected by the academic employees; |
| (v) | one non-academic full-time employee elected by the non-academic employees; |
| (vi) | two student representative elected by the Student Representative Council in accordance with the constitution of the Student Representative Council. |