Has served the University since early 1991. Has been intimately involved with gaining SAICA Accreditation for the institutions accounting degrees. Active member of Senate from 1998 until 2014 and recently (2020) reappointed. He served on the University Council from 2008 until 2011 and has been an employee representative on the Pension and Provident funds since 2007 (3 years as the chair).

Qualifications:

• B Com (General) – Wits.
• B Compt (Hons) – Unisa.

Research interests:

• Scholarship of Teaching and Leaning
• Accounting Curriculum Development

Professional membership: 

• SAICA – SA Institute of Chartered Accountants
• IRBA – Independent Regalatory Board for Auditors

Research Databases / Publications:

Including Pervasive Skills in an Accounting Curriculum at a Rural South African University, Mark Livingstone and Sam Lubbe, Alternation Special Edition 20 (2017) 128 – 147. Electronic ISSN: 2519-5476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2017/sp20a7 .

Contextualizing the learning approaches adopted by senior accounting students at the University of Zululand, Mark Livingstone, Journal of the Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law Journal no: 5 Volume no: 1, (2013) 79 -92. University of Zululand.