Saul Nurick

Dr Saul Nurick is a senior lecturer in the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he teaches on both the undergraduate and masters Property Studies programmes. His teaching focuses on property financial mathematics, property feasibility analysis, property finance and environmental aspects linking to the real estate sector. He holds a BCom, BSc (Hons) (Property Studies) and MPhil from the University of Cape Town, and a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is registered as a chartered surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He is the director of the Urban Real Estate Research Unit (URERU), based at UCT.

Louie van Schalkwyk

Dr Louie van Schalkwyk is a Senior Lecturer in property law in the Department of Construction Economics & Management at the University of Cape Town. She is also a researcher at the SARChI Research Chair: Mineral Law in Africa, hosted at the Law Faculty of the University of Cape Town.  Her current research interests include mining law and property law, in particular the relationship between land use planning and mining and the role of cooperative government in this context. 

Dr van Schalkwyk holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cape Town, and LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. She is also an admitted attorney, notary and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa with about ten years of experience in conveyancing and notarial practice.

Uche Ordor

Mr Uche Ordor is a lecturer in the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town. He holds an MSc in Property Studies from UCT, an MSc in Architecture from the University of Jos, and a BSc in Architecture from the University of Jos, Nigeria. He is a registered professional architect with the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, the International Facility Management Association (Nigeria), and the South African Society for Engineering Education.

Mr. Ordor teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including Engineering Drawing and Building Technology at undergraduate level, as well as research reports and minor dissertations for master’s students in Property Studies and Project Management. He is affiliated with the Urban Real Estate Research Unit, and his research interests include strategic urban management, urban facilities management, and facility management more broadly.