Professor Johan Buitendag – the dean of the theological faculty at the University of Pretoria – writes:

“I am pleased to inform that the Senior Appointments Committee (SAC) of the University of Pretoria passed unanimously a resolution to appoint Professor Werner Klän as an extraordinary professor in the Faculty of Theology as from 01 January 2013 for a renewable period of three years (SAC472/12).

Congratulations! You are bestowed all the privileges and responsibilities vested in the position of a professor of the University of Pretoria.”