Chapter Governance
Leadership
Meet the Branch Executive Committee entrusted with advancing chapter strategy, member development, and constitutional engagement at BLASC UFS.
Chapter Governance
Meet the Branch Executive Committee entrusted with advancing chapter strategy, member development, and constitutional engagement at BLASC UFS.
First Layer Leadership
The BEC is elected annually by members in good standing. At least 50% of the BEC must be women, in line with the BLASC Constitution. The BEC serves a 12-month term and is accountable to the general membership.
Chairperson
His BLASC journey starts in 2024 where he served on the Deputy Chairperson’s subcommittee and as an Impartial Student (2025). Co-founder of Gear Up Learner’s Licence Programme, is a United Nations Global Youth Award winner (2024) and a Student Parliament delegate. Chief executive officer of BLASC UFS, he oversees all executive members, chairs meetings, and serves as the chapter's primary spokesperson. Wanga coordinates the Gear Up Learner's Licence Programme alongside Treasurer Alakhe Mvuyu.
Deputy Chairperson
Transformative activist with racial and gender equality at the forefront of her work. Co-founded the Gear Up Programme and pioneered the BLASC UFS website. Heads disciplinary processes and drives international moot court prospects. Advancing AI Law, Cyber Law and E-Law in SA. BLASC journey: Projects & Events sub-committee 2024, impartial student 2025.
Secretary
Chief administrative officer responsible for records, minutes, correspondence, and coordinating Executive Committee meetings. He also monitors executive performance, delivers branch updates and the Secretary's Report at the AGM, and introduced a Digital Filing System to modernise branch administration. His role has expanded from the Secretary Subcommittee to support administration across all BLASC programmes.
Deputy Secretary
Deputises the Secretary and takes primary responsibility for recruitment of new members into the chapter, ensuring continued growth and engagement.
Treasurer
Alakhe Mvuyu is the Treasurer of BLASC for the 2025/26 term. She joined BLASC in 2024 on the Deputy Chairperson's subcommittee, where she learned the foundations of the association and built strong relationships, before serving on the Treasurer's subcommittee in 2025 with an active role in events and fundraising. As Treasurer, she manages BLASC's finances by overseeing budgets, tracking income and expenditure, ensuring transparency, and driving fundraising to support the association's projects, a role that has earned her the nickname "the engine of the association."
Academics & Legal Research
I serve in BLASC's academic and legal research portfolio, having co-authored last year's newsletter and helped coordinate moot court competitions. I also supported the planning and execution of various BLASC subcommittee events in 2025. Individually, I was named moot court champion in both my first and second year of competing.
Projects and Events Coordinator
Joined BLASC in 2025 and has been actively involved in the Projects and Events subcommittee since then, participating in fundraising, the Pad Drive, moot court, and the NPA program. The experience has strengthened teamwork, communication, leadership, and critical thinking.
Media and Publicity
Media and Publicity Subcommittee (2025). Responsible for promoting BLASC UFS, maintaining the chapter's public image, advertising programmes and events, and profiling executive members for the membership.
Each portfolio (except the Chairperson) has a dedicated sub-committee. Sub-committees exist to support office bearers, extend the chapter's capacity, and give more members the opportunity to serve and grow. Sub-committee members report directly to their respective portfolio holder and are an essential part of BLASC UFS's operational backbone.
Responsible for assisting the Deputy Chairperson in constitutional duties, including deputizing the Chairperson and being head of discipline.
Assists with administration, minute-taking, correspondence, and maintaining chapter records under the guidance of the Secretary.
Supports financial tracking, fundraising initiatives, and budget monitoring in collaboration with the Treasurer.
Assists in coordinating academic workshops, legal research, moot court training, and the NPA Shadowing Programme.
Supports planning, logistics, and execution of all chapter events, outreach activities, and community programmes.
Assists with social media management, photography, graphic design, and communication of chapter activities to the public.
Supports membership recruitment drives, onboarding of new members, and maintenance of the membership database.
Leadership Pathway
BEC members are elected at the end of each term to lead the chapter. The second layer of leadership is handpicked by the BEC to step into the same responsibilities as their office bearers — same mandate, same accountability, same standard.