The Task Teams of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) focus on major systemic higher education policy issues on which the South African Minister of Education has requested the CHE's advice or on which the CHE wishes to provide advice proactively. Task teams are established according to need.

Members of Task Teams, including the Chairperson, are appointed by the CHE, and non-CHE members may participate with the approval of the Council. The CHE Secretariat is responsible for the management and administration of Task Team work.

The CHE currently has one Task Team, on South African Government Involvement in and Regulation of Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom. The work of the Task Team will shortly be concluded.

Task Team on South African Government Involvement in and Regulation of Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom

Established in March 2005, the Task Team has investigated the past decade of regulation of South African higher education by government and other agencies, and promoted debate on conceptions of institutional autonomy, academic freedom and public accountability in general, and in the specific context of higher education transformation.

Members of the Task Team
Dr Khotso Mokhele	Chairperson
Dr Saleem Badat	Vice-Chancellor, Rhodes University (Convener)
Dr Mala Singh	Consultant
Prof. Steven Friedman	Research Associate, IDASA
Prof. Ebrima Sall	Head of Research and Documentation, CODESRIA
Dr Frene Ginwala	Member of the Council on Higher Education
Justice Dennis Davis	Judge in the Cape High Court
Dr Adam Habib	Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Johannesburg
Prof. Loyiso Nongxa	Vice-Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand
Prof. Peter Vale	Nelson Mandela Chair of Politics, Rhodes University
Ex-Officio members
Dr Lis Lange	Acting CEO of the CHE (at the time of establishment of the Task Team; now Executive Director: HEQC)

For further information, please contact Ms Pam du Toit.