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STAFF PROFILE AND INTERESTS

Head of Department
Tsegaye, A       
B.A (Addis Ababa); PG Dip, M.A, PhD (Economics) (Kent, UK)
Research Interests: International Trade Problems and Policies; Public Finance and Development;
Teaching Areas: Undergraduate Macroeconomics, International Trade Theory and Policy, Labour Economics and Honours Macroeconomics

D/Head of Department
Odhiambo, N     
B.A (Hons.) (Kenya); M.A (Tanzania); PhD (Economics) (Stellenbosch)
Research Interests:
Financial Liberalisation in South Africa; Exchange Rate Dynamics;
Teaching Areas:  Undergraduate Mathematical Economics, Honours Monetary Economics (Theory), Honours Econometric Techniques

Professor (Investec Chair in Financial Markets, Money & Banking)
Faure, A. P       
B.A (Hons.); M.A; DPhil (Economics) (Stellenbosch)
Research Interests:  Financial Markets, Money and Banking;
Teaching Areas:  Honours Monetary Economics (Policy), Financial Market modules

Associate Professor


Ncube, M          
B.Sc.; M.Sc. (Economics) (UZ); PhD (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Research Interests:
Public Finance and Labour Economics;
Teaching Areas:
Undergraduate Micro & Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Honours Microeconomics and Labour Economics

Senior Lecturer
Smit, P             
B.Com. B.Com. (Hons.); M.Com. (RAU); NHOD
Research Interests: International trade policy and finance, Public Finance and Efficiency in the Public Sector;
Teaching Areas: Undergraduate Micro and Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Public Finance and Honours Contemporary Trade Theory and Policy

Lecturer

Stuart, R. A      
B.Com. (Hons.) (Rhodes); M.Sc. (Economics) (Glasgow); AIBS
Research Interests:
 Foreign Exchange, especially in the area of Forward Exchange Markets in LDCs;
Teaching Areas:
Undergraduate Econometrics and Money, Banking & Finance, Honours Econometrics; currently registered for a PhD (Econ) (Univ. of Stellenbosch).

Junior Lecturers
Hofert, N-M       
B.Soc.Sci. (Rhodes); currently completing B.Com. (Hons) (Econ)  at UFH
Research Interests: Public Expenditures, Consumer Behaviour and Utility; Teaching Areas: Undergraduate Micro and Macroeconomics, International Trade Theory and Policy



Nonxuba, ZP     
B.Com. (Hons.) (UPE); M.Com. (Rhodes)
Teaching Areas:   Undergraduate Micro and Macroeconomics, Development Economics






Takaendesa, P 
  B.Com. B.Com. (Hons.) (UFH); M.Com. (UFH); M.Com (Financial Markets, Rhodes), RPE (SAIFM)
Research Interests: Financial Markets and Banking;
Teaching Areas:
Undergraduate Micro & Macro Economics, International Trade Theory & Policy, Money, Banking and Finance



Full Time Tutors
Dwesini, N        
B.A (Edu.); B.Com. (Hons.) (UFH)
Current MCom Research: The Incidence of Poverty in the Eastern Cape
Makhetha, P       B.Soc.Sci. B.Com (Hons) (UFH)
Current MCom Research: The Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa



Teaching/Administrative Assistant
Jenkins, L         
B.Econ. (UFH), currently completing

Secretarial Staff (Shared)
Zosela, C         
Pitman Certificates in Word Processing & Typewriting
(Alice)