Eloise Coetzer

Human Resources Manager  To oversee all aspects of human resource practices and processes in support of the CRI Mission.    QUALIFICATIONS BA (HSS) Degree with specialization in Psychology  Diploma in Recruitment and Selection Diploma in Labour Relations PDM in HR...

Luke Cousins

Field Technician : Integrated Pest Management Research  2 Years experience as a contract field technician for CRI. Has experience in citrus pest ecology, soil entomopathogens and IPM research in general. Currently working under Professor Sean Moore and Dr Tamryn...

Dr. Jacquie van der Waals

Programme Manager : Pre-harvest Disease Research    QUALIFICATIONS PhD in Plant Pathology (UP)    ...

Lizeth Swart

Office Administration : Stellenbosch   21 years’ experience in office administration, but trained as a plant pathologist and field experience on the diseases of the Proteaceae. Currently working as office administrator for the CRI personnel in Stellenbosch, and...

Heinrich Geldenhuys

Research Technician : Stellenbosch   Heinrich joined CRI in 2022. He is based in Stellenbosch.  QUALIFICATIONS MSC Agric Horticultural Science    ...

Siphuxolo Melamane

Assistant Cultivar Evaluator   Siphuxolo joined CRI in March 2022. He is based in the Kirkwood office and will be responsible for all cultivar evaluations in the Eastern Cape. He has experience in farm and packhouse practices. He has 4 years of working experience in...

Andrè Combrink

Area Extension Manager : Eastern Cape    Andrè obtained his BSc (Botany and Soil Science) from North-West University (1992 to 1994). In 1995 he was appointed by the ARC – Institute For Tropical And Subtropical Crops in Nelspruit as researcher in the Cultivar...

Coenraad Fraenkel

Area Extension Manager : Western and Northern Cape    Coenraad has 12 years of experience in the field of precision agricultural practices in the fruit industry of which a decade is focused on citrus. He has experience in most provinces in South Africa and has also...

Jan Landman

Postharvest Extension Officer   Jan joined the Extension team within CRI in 2021. He has over 25 years experience in general maintenance and technical side of packhouses, knowledge of various wax applications, identification of pest and diseases on citrus....