(Seated): Matshediso Tladi, Tumelo Lekhanya, Palesa Mafisa, Gabriel Dzeha
(Standing): Emmanuel Mashele, Johnny Davis, Shelton Mellentze, Marvin Odendaal

The Student Representative Council, together with the Faculty of Law and the Department of Student Affairs, has re-established the Student Court. This body will operate as a student administrative organ of the university, exercising its disciplinary powers as assigned to it in terms of its constitution and institutional delegations.

The Student Court isanindependentbodythatwill exercise its legalpowersimpartially with the aimof establishing a studentcommunityand a studentgovernance culture committedtojustice,equity, andaccountability. TheCourtwilldecideonmattersbetween students,student associations,or anypartof thestudent bodyat the student level.

Newly-appointed judges and clerks are currently undergoing training in preparation for the court sessions which will begin in the second semester of 2015.  The student court judges for this year are as follows:

• PalesaMafisa
• Gabriela Dzeha
• Marvin Odendaal
• Emmanuel Mashele
• Johnny Davis
• Shelton Mellentze
• MatshedisoTladi

The Student Court Clerk is Tumelo Lekhanya.