Staff list: Department of Crop Sciences 

 

Acting Head of Department

Dr Retha Slabbert

Qualification(s): PhD (Biotechnology)

Subjects offered: Agricultural Botany I, Crop Protection (plant diseases), Project Management (Plant Pathology)

Field of Expertise: Abiotic stress in plants (drought and heat), biotechnology (tissue culture, mutation breeding), African leafy vegetables, plant diseases

Room No.: 5-405

Tel: +27 12 382 5335

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: slabbertmm@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Sonia Knott

Position: Departmental Administrator

Room No.: 5-408

Tel: +27 12 382 5301

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: knotts@tut.ac.za

 

 

 

Name: Prof Wim van Averbeke

Position: R&I Professor 

Qualification(s): Lic. Sc. (Geography.); M. Sc. (Soil Sc.); D. Sc. Agric. (Crop Science)

Subjects offered: Research Methodology: Planning, Designing and Conducting Research, Project Management IV (Soils & Irrigation)

Field of Expertise: Smallholder agriculture

Room No.: 6-285B

Tel: +27 12 382 5777

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: vanaverbekew@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Manie de Lange

Position: Principal Lecturer

Qualification(s): M Sc (Entomology) (UP)

Subjects offered: Agricultural Calculations, Crop Protection(Pest Control), Project Management (Pest Control)

Field of Expertise: Insect Pest Control (Agronomical and industrial), Educational Technology

Room No.: 5-433

Tel: +27 12 382 5309

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: delangehc@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Dr Lewis Metho

Position: Senior Lecturer 

Qualification(s): PhD (UP) ; MsC Agric. (Res), (Univ of West Aust.);

BSc Agric Hons  UWA-Perth; B Ed (Sc) Hons  Univ of Nairobi; Post-graduate (PGE)- IITA, Ibadaan; CIMMYT & Addis-Ababa; Dip in HR & Diversity Management (SA TECH); Cert in Seed Science; PFMA for Managers (PMB-ASCOTT)

Subjects offered: Crop Production

Field of Expertise: Crop Production

 Room No.: 5-423

Tel: +27 12 382 3545

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: methola@tut.ac.za

 

 

 

Name: Simon Letsoalo

Position: Senior Lecturer 

Qualification(s): M. Agricultural Extension (UL), B Inst. Agrar. (Hons.) Extension (UP), M Tech. Education (TUT), B. Agric. Education (UN)

Subjects lectured: Agricultural Extension; Agricultural Communication and Manpower Management

Field of Expertise: Agricultural Extension and Community Development  

Room No.: 5-434

Tel: +27 12 382 5329

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: letsoaloss@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Frans Joubert

Position: Lecturer 

Qualification(s): BSc Agric (UP)

Subjects offered: Soil Science, Soil Surveys, Crop Protection (Weed Control)

Field of Expertise: Soil fertility

Room No.: 5-428

Tel: +27 12 382 5340

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: joubertfph@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Ishmail Tshiame

Position: Lecturer

Qualification(s): MSA Degree: Agribusiness Management (UFS), B Tech Degree: Agricultural Management (TUT), National Diploma: Agricultural Management (TP).

Subjects offered: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Production Management

Field of Expertise: Farm and Financial Management, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Production Economics.

Room No.: 5-414

Tel: +27 12 382 5873

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: tshiamei@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Isaac Tsotetsi

Position: Junior Lecturer

Qualification(s): N Dip: Agricultural Management, B Tech: Crop Production

Subjects offered: Fruit Production, Vegetable Production

Field of Expertise: Agricultural management and Horticulture (Fruit and Vegetable production)

Room No.: 5-431

Tel: +27 12 382 4634

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: tsotetsii@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Marcus Sosibo

Position: Junior Lecturer

Qualification(s): N Dip: Agric: Crop production, B Tech: Agric: Crop Production

Subjects offered: Agricultural Mechanisation, Farm Planning

Field of Expertise: Crops and Vegetables production

Room No.: 5-419

Tel: +27 12 382 5320

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: sosibozm@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Nomsa Radebe

Position: Office Assistant

Room No.: 5-425

Tel: +27 12 382 5342

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: radebepn@tut.ac.za

 

 

Name: Douglas Mfolo

Position: Farm Manager

Qualification(s): N Dipl: Agric: Agricultural Management

Field of Expertise: Small Scale Farming

Address: Crop Sciences Farm. Bon Accord

Tel: 0829028234

Fax: +27 12 382 5869

E-mail: mfolodd@tut.ac.za