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LEADERSHIP AWARD
RECOGNISES UCT’S REAL
ESTATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
The International Real Estate Society’s (IRES) 2021 Corporate Leadership Award
honours UCT’s Department of Construction Economics and Management.
The IRES award recognises international
leadership in support of real estate research
and education. It also acknowledges the
department’s support of the African Real
Estate Society (AfRES). Associate Professor
François Viruly, the director of the Urban Real
Estate Research Unit, and Associate Professor
Manya Mooya, the head of the Department of
Construction Economics and Management,
expressed their delight at the news.
“This award reflects the considerable time
and effort that colleagues in the department
have dedicated to enhancing UCT’s position
globally, and illustrates the important role the
university plays in furthering and supporting
research across the continent,” said Viruly.
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
WAHEEDA AMIEN JOINS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY LAW
An academic in the Faculty of Law, Amien will join the South
African Law Reform Commission’s (SALRC) Advisory Committee
on the Review of Aspects of Matrimonial Property Law.
Amien’s appointment means she will provide
assistance, advice and constructive criticism
on how to develop matrimonial property law
in South Africa. Amien specialises in family
law and human rights, with a particular focus
on religious and customary family laws, and
Muslim family law.
In this role, Amien hopes to apply her
expertise in a practical setting and to help
improve the socioeconomic circumstances
of marginalised spouses, particularly women,
in religious marriages. “This appointment is
an opportunity to apply my work to effect
positive law reform in a significant aspect of
marriage laws,” Amien said.
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