Head of Department
Musa Khapayi
Dr Musa Khapayi
Position: Head of Department
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Location: South Campus
Phone: 041 504 3632
Email: Musa.Khapayi@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Bachelor of Technology degree, Agricultural Management (Coursework) (Nelson Mandela University) National Diploma in Agricultural Management (Nelson Mandela University) Master’s degree in Agricultural Management (Nelson Mandela University) Doctoral degree in Agricultural Management (Nelson Mandela University) Centre for Research in Information and Cyber Security (2015) Certificate in Security, Education, Awareness and Training

Academic Staff
Janene
Ms Janene Ferreira
Position: Lecturer
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Room: 229
Location: North Campus
Email: Janene.Ferreira@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: NDip GRM /Btech GRM/Masters GRM
Expertise: First Years: GGS1001/GGS2002 (Game Science I&II) Second Years: GER2001/GLM2002 (Game Economics II & Game Lodge Management II) AGM3000 (Agricultural Management III)

Pumeza Cingo
Ms Pumeza Cingo
Position: Lecturer
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Location: South Campus
Email: Pumezac@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: MSc, Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (WITS); BSc Hons., Ecology, Environment, and Conservation (WITS); BSc Biological Science (WSU)
Expertise: Wildlife Conservation, Ecology, Game Ranch Management, Sustainability Management and Environmental Management.

Qinisani Qwabe
Dr Qinisani Qwabe
Position: Lecturer
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Room: c226
Location: South Campus
Phone: +27(0) 41 504 3634
Email: qinisani.qwabe@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Sustainable Agriculture (Doctor of Philosophy); Organisational Leadership (Magister Technologiae); Agriculture (Master of Science); Agriculture: Development and Extension (Bachelor of Technology); Community Extension (National Diploma)
Expertise: Agricultural Extension, Agroecology, Plant Production; Organisational Leadership

Samalesu Mayonde
Dr Samalesu Mayonde
Position: Research Fellow
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Room: Building 93, Room: 0002A
Location: South Campus
Email: Samalesu.Mayonde@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: PhD and MSc (Distinction) in Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences (Wits University), BSc Honours in Plant Sciences (Wits University), BSc in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (Africa University, Zimbabwe).
Expertise: Agroecology, Indigenous vegetable biodiversity, Crop-Soil microbe interactions, Genetics, Ecophysiology, Crops abiotic stress resistance, Invasion biology and biocontrol, GIS and remote sensing
My site: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=nHZNwlIAAAAJ&hl=en

Bathathu Peter
Dr Bathathu Peter
Position: Senior lecturer
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Location: South Campus
Email: Bathathu.Peter@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics (UFH), MCom in economics (UFH), BCom Hons in economics (UFH), and BSc Agric degree in Agricultural economics and economics (UFH). Certificate in Teaching with Technology (UCT).
Expertise: Agricultural economics, Agricultural Management, Micro & Macroeconomics, International Trade, and Marketing of Agricultural Products.

Administration
Mrs Christa Koen
Mrs Christa Koen
Position: Secretary
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Room: 0004
Location: South Campus
Phone: +27 41 504 3527
Fax: +27 41 504 9527
Email: Christa.Koen@mandela.ac.za
Qualifications: Diploma in Education
Expertise: Office Admin
Responsibilities: Administration