Notable Staff
- Author André Brink, professor in the English Language and Literature Department.
- Author Breyten Breytenbach, visiting professor in the Graduate School of Humanities from January 2000.
- Philosopher David Benatar, noted antinatalist and professor in the Department of Philosophy
- Professor David H. M. Brooks (1950–1996), author of On living in an Unjust Society and The Unity of the Mind.
- Cosmologist George Ellis, collaborator with Stephen Hawking and winner of the 2004 Templeton Prize, Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.
- Author Joan Hambidge, professor at the School of Languages and Literature.
- Author Etienne van Heerden, Hofmeyr Professor at the School of Languages and Literatures.
- Professor Nigel Worden, historian of slavery in South Africa and Cape Town
- Helen Zille, former Mayor of Cape Town and current Premier of the Western Cape, former Director of Public Relations for the university.
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