IEEE South Africa Section History
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| IEEE South Africa Section History | |
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| Established date | 1977-08-05 |
| IEEE Region | 8 |
| IEEE Council | |
| Geographic region | South Africa |
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List of Prominent Members
Chairs
Since, 5 Aug. 1977, the Chairs of the IEEE South Africa Section have been based primarily in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch, and Cape Town:
- Peter Calvert, G.E.C. Machines, Benoni, 1977/08/05 - 1978/09/30 -- Founding Chairperson
- Peter J. Goddard, National Electrical Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, 1978/09/30 - 1984/08/31
- Louis van Biljon, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 1984/09/01 - 1985/08/31
- Johannes A. Malherbe, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 1985/08/01 - 1987/06/30
- Christoff K. Pauw, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 1987/07/01 - 1989/03/31
- Pieter W. Van Der Walt, Univ. of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1989/04/01 - 1991/02/28
- Jan A. Ferreira, Rand Afrikaans University (now: University of Johannesburg), Johannesburg, 1991/03/01 - 1993/02/28
- Duncan C. Baker, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 1993/03/01 - 1994/02/28
- Willem J. Perold, Univ. of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1994/03/01 - 1997/02/28
- Petrie Meyer, Univ. of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1997/03/01 - 1998/02/28
- Gerhard P. Hancke, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 1998/03/01 - 2001/12/31
- Willem A. Cronje, Univ. of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2002/01/01 - 2002/12/31
- Nico Beute, Cape Peninsula Univ. of Technology, Cape Town, 2003/01/01 - 2004/12/31
- Marthinus W. Pretorius, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2005/01/01 - 2006/12/31
- Nico Beute, Cape Peninsula Univ. of Technology, Cape Town, 2007/01/01 - 2008/12/31
- Saurabh Sinha, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2009/01/01 - 2010/12/31
- Jacques van Wyk, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31
- Riana Geschke, Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town, 2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31
- Shaun Kaplan, CapeSoft, Cape Town, 2015/01/01 - 2016/12/31
- Albert Lysko, CSIR, Pretoria, 2017/01/01 - 2018/12/31
- Darryn Cornish, Sasol, Johannesburg, 2019/01/01 - 2019/06/30
- David Oyedokun, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 2019/07/01 - 2023/07/29
- Udochukwu B. Akuru, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, 2023/07/30 -
Honorary members
- 2007 - Ian C. McRae and Tsutae Shinoda
Fellows
- Prof. Jacobus van Wyk, LFIEEE'11
- Prof. Duncan Baker, LFIEEE'11
- Prof. Jan Malherbe, LFIEEE'08
- Prof. Xiaohua Xia, FIEEE'10
- Prof. David Davidson, FIEEE'12
History of Chapters
- South Africa Section Jt. Chapter, AP03/MTT17/EMC27, Joint Chapter, 18-Apr-86
- South Africa Section Jt. Chapter, SP01/COM19, Joint Chapter, 13-Jun-86
- South Africa Section Chapter, C16 Chapter, 13-Apr-87
- South Africa Jt. Chapter, IE13/PE31/IA34/PEL35, Joint Chapter, 16-Apr-90
- South Africa Section Chapter, AES10/GRS29, Joint Chapter, 8-Jul-91
- South Africa Section Chapter, CS23/RA24, Joint Chapter, 5-Feb-92
- South Africa Section Jt. Chap, ED15/PHO36/CAS04, Joint Chapter, 10-Mar-95
- South Africa Section Chapter, TM14, Chapter, 23-Jul-99
- South Africa Section (Pretoria) Aff. Grp, GOLD Affinity, 15-Nov-02
- South Africa Section Chapter,E25, Chapter, 18-Jun-05
- South Africa Affinity Group, WIE Affinity, 8-Aug-05
- South Africa Section (Cape Town) Aff. Grp, GOLD Affinity, 18-Oct-08
- South Africa Section Chapter, SMC28, Chapter, 29-May-09
- South Africa Section Chapter, CIS11, Chapter, 4-Jun-09
- South Africa Section Chapter, NANO42, Chapter, 16-Jul-09
- South Africa Section Chapter, PE31, Chapter, 27-Jan-10
- South Africa Section Chapter, IT12, Chapter, 11-Mar-10
- South Africa Section Jt Chap, NPS05/MAG33/IM09/PC26, 11-Feb-20
- South Africa Section Chapter, SEN39, 30-Jan-24
We would like to thank, Donna McClelland, IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Department, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA for providing the list of chairs. For more information, please contact: Donna McClelland, d.mcclelland@ieee.org Tel: +1 732 562 5518
Milestones
First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy, 1899-1902
Recognitions
- 2011- MGA GOLD Achievement Award to David Oyedokun (R8), South Africa Section; For inspirational leadership towards successful IEEE EPICS-High Projects, fostering member engagement, and empowering the community.
- 2012 - MGA GOLD Achievement Award to Nana Ampofo Ampofo-Anti (R8), South Africa Section; For his dedicated efforts toward the success of IEEE EPICS-High Projects that have fostered IEEE member engagement through service to the community.
Section officers
| Year | Chair | Vice chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
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| 2000 | Gerhard Hancke | Willem Cronje | ||
| 2001 | Gerhard Hancke | Willem Cronje | ||
| 2002 | Willem Cronje | Nico Beute | George Vanschoor | Michael Vanwyk |
| 2003 | Nico Beute | George Vanschoor | Michael Vanwyk | |
| 2004 | Nico Beute | Marthinus Pretorius | George Vanschoor | Gerhard Hancke |
| 2005 | Marthinus Pretorius | Richardt Wilkinson | Gerhard Hancke | |
| 2006 | Marthinus Pretorius | Richardt Wilkinson | Gerhard Hancke | |
| 2007 | Nico Beute | Richardt Wilkinson | Gerhard Hancke | |
| 2008 | Nico Beute | Saurabh Sinha | Richardt Wilkinson | Gerhard Hancke |
| 2009 | Saurabh Sinha | Richardt Wilkinson | Jacques Van Wyk | |
| 2010 | Saurabh Sinha | Richardt Wilkinson | Jacques Van Wyk | |
| 2011 | Jacques Van Wyk | Richardt Wilkinson | Jacques Van Wyk | |
| 2012 | Jacques Van Wyk | Riana Geschke | Shaun Kaplan | Jonathan Page |
| 2013 | Riana Geschke | Shaun Kaplan | Jonathan Page | |
| 2014 | Riana Geschke | Shaun Kaplan | Jonathan Page | |
| 2015 | Shaun Kaplan | Albert Lysko | David Oyedokun | Jonathan Page |
| 2016 | Shaun Kaplan | Albert Lysko | David Oyedokun | Moin Hanif |
| 2017 | Albert Lysko | Olayinka Ayanda / Darryn Cornish | David Oyedokun | Moin Hanif |
| 2018 | Albert Lysko | Olayinka Ayanda / Darryn Cornish | David Oyedokun | Jacques Van Wyk |
| 2019 | Darryn Cornish | Yanxia Sun | Wynand Lambrechts | Jacques Van Wyk |
| 2020 | David Oyedokun | Yanxia Sun | Wynand Lambrechts | Jacques Van Wyk |
| 2021 | David Oyedokun | Yanxia Sun | Wynand Lambrechts | Jacques Van Wyk |
| 2022 | David Oyedokun | Yanxia Sun | Wynand Lambrechts | Jacques Van Wyk |
| 2023 | Udochukwu Akuru | Komla Folly / Richard Millham | Joyce Mwangama | Jacques Van Wyk |
| 2024 | ? | Yanxia Sun | Wynand Lambrechts | Jacques van Wyk |
Archival Documents
- Section petition documents
- IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document
- Petition letter, with list of petitioners, dated 1977, asking to create a South Africa Section of IEEE. Congratulatory letter from IEEE acknowledging the creation of South Africa Section.
Further Reading
Visit the Section Website.
