UWC is a research-led university responsive to the needs of a changing world through excellence in learning, teaching and research, and the generation and application of new knowledge.
Firmly anchored in its local and sub-regional context and inspired by its distinctive academic role in building a more equitable and dynamic society, the University continues to empower its students, staff and partners to advance its mission of serving the greater public good and searching for humane and sustainable solutions to the challenges of our time. This is pursued through high academic standards, intellectual rigour and productive partnerships and networks beyond the confines of disciplinary and geographic boundaries.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR
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Welcome to this important day in the life of the University of the Western Cape. Today we celebrate you, our graduands, and we honour the discipline and perseverance that have brought you to this point. We also acknowledge those who have supported you along the way, especially your parents, guardians, families, friends and loved ones. Reaching this day has taken sacrifice and determination. For many of you, the journey has not been easy. There were pressures and moments of uncertainty. But you continued, and today we recognise what you have achieved.
You enter the world at a time of great complexity. Across the globe, many societies are living with conflict and socioeconomic strain. Many are also affected by division. Here in South Africa, we continue to face inequality, unemployment and the unfinished work of building a more just and inclusive society. These issues influence the daily lives of millions of people, especially those who continue to live on the margins. Yet there is still hope for humanity in those who continue to care for others and for the world we share.
That is why your education is so important. It is indeed for personal advancement, but it is also for service. It is part of the work of restoring dignity and widening opportunity. It is also for helping to build communities in which people can live with hope. Your degree is an achievement to be proud of, but it also comes with responsibility. As UWC graduates, you are part of a university guided by courage and critical thought. It is also a university with a strong sense of social purpose. Whatever path you follow from here, I hope that will remain with you. Use what you have learned with integrity. Do so with generosity and a clear sense of justice.
Ubuntu recognises that our lives are bound up with those of others. In a time when many people still feel excluded or unheard, that understanding still holds. The world needs graduates who are capable and thoughtful about how they use their knowledge and how their choices affect others. Congratulations on all that you have achieved. May you go forward with confidence and a sense of responsibility to others. God bless.
Welkom by hierdie belangrike dag in die lewe van die Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland. Vandag vier ons julle, ons gegradueerdes, en ons eer die dissipline en deursettingsvermoë wat julle tot op hierdie punt gebring het. Ons erken ook diegene wat julle langs die pad ondersteun het, veral julle ouers, voogde, families, vriende en geliefdes. Om hierdie dag te bereik, het opoffering en vasberadenheid geverg. Vir baie van julle was die reis nie maklik nie. Daar was druk en oomblikke van onsekerheid. Maar julle het voortgegaan, en vandag erken ons wat julle bereik het.
Jy betree die wêreld in ’n tyd van groot kompleksiteit. Regoor die wêreld leef baie samelewings met konflik en sosio-ekonomiese druk. Baie word ook deur verdeeldheid geraak. Hier in Suid-Afrika staar ons steeds ongelykheid, werkloosheid en die onvoltooide werk om ’n meer regverdige en inklusiewe samelewing te bou in die gesig. Hierdie kwessies beïnvloed die daaglikse lewens van miljoene mense, veral diegene wat steeds op die kantlyn leef. Tog is daar steeds hoop vir die mensdom in diegene wat steeds omgee vir ander en vir die wêreld wat ons deel.
Daarom is jou opleiding so belangrik. Dit is inderdaad vir persoonlike bevordering, maar dit is ook vir diens. Dit is deel van die werk om waardigheid te herstel en geleenthede te verbreed. Dit is ook om gemeenskappe te help bou waarin mense met hoop kan leef. Jou graad is ‘n prestasie om trots op te wees, maar dit kom ook met verantwoordelikheid. As UWK-gegradueerde is jy deel van ’n universiteit wat gelei word deur moed en kritiese denke. Dit is ook ’n universiteit met ’n sterk sin vir sosiale doel. Watter pad jy ook al van hier af volg, hoop ek dit sal by jou bly. Gebruik wat jy geleer het met integriteit. Doen dit met vrygewigheid en ‘n duidelike sin vir geregtigheid.
Ubuntu erken dat ons lewens verbind is met dié van ander. In ’n tyd wanneer baie mense steeds uitgesluit of ongehoord voel, geld daardie begrip steeds. Die wêreld het gegradueerdes nodig wat bekwaam en bedagsaam is oor hoe hulle hul kennis gebruik en hoe hul keuses ander beïnvloed. Baie geluk met alles wat jy bereik het. Mag jy vorentoe gaan met selfvertroue en ’n gevoel van verantwoordelikheid teenoor ander. God seën.
AARTSBISKOP THABO MAKGOBA
KANSELIER
UNIVERSITEIT VAN WES-KAAPLAND
Dear Graduands,
MESSAGE FROM THE RECTOR
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Few moments in university life speak more clearly to the purpose of higher education than graduation. It is a time to celebrate achievement. It is also a time to recognise discipline and perseverance, and to acknowledge the support of families, friends, lecturers and mentors who have walked this journey with you.
Your graduation comes at a time when South Africa, and the world, continue to face serious challenges. We are living through a period of socioeconomic pressure and technological change. It is also a period affected by conflict, persistent inequality and climate instability. We are living through a complex time in which public trust and social justice remain urgent concerns. These realities form part of the world you are entering as graduates. Amid these issues, it remains possible to act with purpose and to help build a better future.
For that reason, your qualification is significant both as a personal achievement and as a public good. A university education equips you with knowledge and skills. It also develops your judgement, your ethical sense and your capacity to work with others in addressing the challenges of our time. At UWC, we believe that higher education should prepare graduates who can think critically, act responsibly and contribute meaningfully to society.
You have reached this day through sacrifice and determination. Many of you had to overcome various obstacles. That experience will have influenced what you know and who you are becoming. The strength you have shown in completing this journey will serve you well. As UWC graduates, I hope you will take with you a strong sense of social purpose and thoughtful engagement. Use your education with purpose and in ways that widen opportunity for others. In a society still facing deep inequality, that responsibility should be taken seriously. Congratulations on your achievement. We wish you every success in the years ahead.
PROF ROBERT J. BALFOUR RECTOR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Min oomblikke in die universiteitslewe spreek duideliker tot die doel van hoër onderwys as graduering. Dit is ’n tyd om prestasie te vier. Dit is ook ’n tyd om dissipline en deursettingsvermoë te erken, en om die ondersteuning van families, vriende, dosente en mentors wat hierdie reis saam met jou gestap het, te erken.
Jou graduering kom in ’n tyd wanneer Suid-Afrika, en die wêreld, steeds ernstige uitdagings in die gesig staar. Ons leef deur ’n tydperk van sosio-ekonomiese druk en tegnologiese verandering. Dit is ook ’n tydperk wat geraak word deur konflik, aanhoudende ongelykheid en klimaatsonstabiliteit. Ons leef deur ’n komplekse tyd waarin openbare vertroue en sosiale geregtigheid dringende bekommernisse bly. Hierdie realiteite vorm deel van die wêreld wat jy as ’n gegradueerder betree. Te midde van hierdie kwessies bly dit moontlik om doelgerig op te tree en te help om ’n beter toekoms te bou.
Om daardie rede is jou kwalifikasie betekenisvol, beide as ’n persoonlike prestasie en as ’n openbare bate. ’n Universiteitsopleiding rus jou toe met kennis en vaardighede. Dit ontwikkel ook jou oordeel, jou etiese sin en jou vermoë om met ander saam te werk om die uitdagings van ons tyd aan te spreek. By UWK glo ons dat hoër onderwys gegradueerdes moet voorberei om krities te kan dink, verantwoordelik te kan optree en betekenisvol tot die samelewing kan bydra.
Julle het hierdie dag deur opoffering en vasberadenheid bereik. Baie van julle moes verskeie struikelblokke oorkom. Daardie ervaring sal beïnvloed het wat julle weet en wie julle word. Die krag wat julle getoon het om hierdie reis te voltooi, sal julle goed te pas kom. As UWK-gegradueerdes hoop ek dat julle ’n sterk gevoel van sosiale doel en nadenkende betrokkenheid sal saamneem. Gebruik julle opleiding doelgerig en op maniere wat geleenthede vir ander vergroot. In ’n samelewing wat steeds diep ongelykheid in die gesig staar, moet daardie verantwoordelikheid ernstig opgeneem word. Baie geluk met julle prestasie. Ons wens julle alle sukses toe in die jare wat voorlê.
PROF ROBERT J. BALFOUR
REKTOR EN VISEKANSELIER
UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE WES-KAAPLAND
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HISTORIC MILESTONES
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
1960: The University College of the Western Cape opens its doors.
1970: The institution gains independent university status and is allowed to award its own degrees and diplomas.
1975: Prof Richard van der Ross is appointed as UWC’s first black Rector.
1978: UWC’s Cape Flats Nature Reserve is declared a National Monument (now known as a provincial heritage site).
1987: New Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Jakes Gerwel, declares UWC as the ‘university of the left’. The University deracialises and opens its doors to African students.
UWC inaugurates its longest-serving Chancellor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who would serve for more than 25 years.
1990: UWC becomes the first university to award the late President Mandela an honorary doctorate upon his release from prison.
1994: Many academics from UWC join President Mandela’s government and are appointed to ministerial and advisory positions, including its Rector, Prof Gerwel, who became the Director-General in the Presidency.
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1994: UWC’s leadership takes part in writing the higher education policy for the incoming government. The South African interim Constitution and final Constitution are drafted at UWC.
1995: UWC launches its first website – joining the internet age before other universities in the Mother City.
UWC launches the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) to engage in research, training, policy development and advocacy in relation to land reform, rural governance and natural resource management.
2002: Under the leadership of Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Brian O’Connell, UWC successfully resists being merged. Instead, its Dentistry Faculty is merged with that of the University of Stellenbosch, making UWC the only dentistry faculty in the Western Cape.
2010: 10 SARChI chairs awarded to UWC, the highest number awarded to any university in SA that year (as of 2018, UWC hosts 17 SARChI Chairs).
2012: UWC launches its Technology Transfer Office to help promote the development and protection of the intellectual property of the University’s research community, staff and students.
HISTORIC MILESTONES
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
2012: UWC is declared Africa’s Greenest Campus in the inaugural African Green Campus Initiative Challenge.
2013: UWC signs the Berlin Declaration on Open Access in the Sciences and Humanities, joining hundreds of institutions around the world dedicated to supporting the principles of open access and working to achieve openness in publicly funded projects.
2015: Prof Tyrone Pretorius is inaugurated as the new Rector and Vice-Chancellor.
2016: UWC’s Centre for Humanities Research is awarded the Flagship on Critical Thought in African Humanities by the NRF.
UWC is ranked number 1 in Physical Science – not just in South Africa, but for Africa as a whole – in the 2016 Nature Index.
2017: A group of UWC students, led by Prof Nico Orce, conduct the second major African-led experiment at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland.
UWC’s former Vice-Chancellor, Prof Brian O’Connell, receives the National Research Foundation’s highest honour, the NRF Lifetime Achievement Award.
2018: The Faculty of Dentistry launches a state-of-the-art video conferencing system that allows students to watch live surgeries in class or at home – a first for South Africa.
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2018: UWC Choir made its debut at the World Choir Games. The choir came first in its category, bringing home the gold medal and the titleWorld Champions.
2019: UWC Rugby makes its historical debut in the Varsity Cup, by becoming the first team from an historically disadvantaged institution to qualify for the competition.
2020: UWC’s South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), in collaboration with researchers from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), sequenced the first SARS-COV-2 genome in South Africa, providing a genetic “fingerprint” helped us understand - and contain - the spread of COVID-19.
UWC celebrates its 60th anniversary.
2022: Professor Russell H Kaschula is appointed as the Research Chair in Forensic Linguistics and Multilingualism – a first in Africa.
The UWC Main Hall is renamed the Jakes Gerwel Hall to honour this iconic leader.
2023: Professor Marion Keim is appointed as the UNESCO Chair for Sport, Development, Peace and Olympic Education – the first ever awarded UNESCO Chair in Sport in Africa
HISTORIC MILESTONES
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
2023: Four significant infrastructure projects are completed in 2022 and 2023, including the Education Faculty building on the main campus, the 2700-bed Unibell Residence complex in Belhar, the Centre for Humanities Research building in Woodstock, and the UWC Innovation Hub in Parow.
2024: The first year of the full implementation of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme, which provides full bursaries to 250 undergraduate and 250 Master’s students as part of a seven-year agreement.
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2024: UWC is the first and only university team to compete in the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions LeagueAfrica’s premier club competition for women’s football.
2025: Prof Robert John Balfour is inaugurated as the 8th Rector and Vice-Chancellor
OFFICE BEARERS
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
CHANCELLOR
The Most Reverend Dr TC Makgoba (PhD, Doctorate of Divinity: Hon. Causa)
CHAIR OF COUNCIL
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Ms X Mpongoshe (Dipl. Juris, B. Proc, Cert in Compliance Management, Cert. CRO (Euromoney London))
RECTOR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR
Prof R Balfour (BA, BA (Hons), HDE, MA, PhD)
VICE-RECTORS AND DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLORS
Prof MK Ralarala (HDE (Arts), BA (Hons), MA, DLitt, PhD)
Prof P Baker - Acting (BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD)
Prof M Madiba (BA (Paed), B.Ed (Hons), B.Ed (Hons), BA (Hons) (English), MA Linguistics (Applied Studies), PhD)
REGISTRAR
Dr N Lawton-Misra (BA, BEd, MEd (Educational Psychology), PhD (Educational Psychology))
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Mr ME Magida (BProc, LLB, LLM)
Mr M Regal (BCom (Hons), CA (SA), M Dev Studies)
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Prof F Moola (BA Hons, MA, PhD)
DEANS
Prof A Padmanabhanunni (BA Hons (Psych), MA (Counselling Psych), PhD)
Prof V Yengopal (BChD, BSc (Hons), PGDip, MChD, PhD)
Prof MV Esau (BAdmin, BAdmin (Hons), MAdmin, PhD)
Prof R Govender (BSc; BSc Honours (Mathematics); MEd and PHD (Mathematics Education))
Prof JR De Ville (BCom, LLB, LLD)
Prof D Holgate (BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD)
08 APRIL 2026 | 09H30
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FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
FACULTY OF LAW
1. Academic Procession (THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO STAND AS THE PROCESSION ENTERS THE HALL)
2. The Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor constitutes the congregation
3. National Anthem
4. Address: SRC
5. Address: Rector and Vice-Chancellor
6. Item in song
7. Presentation of Graduands to the Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor
8. The Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor dissolves the congregation
9. The Academic Procession leaves the hall
NB: THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE PROCESSION HAS LEFT THE HALL.
TIME AND VENUE
GRADUATION CEREMONY 08 APRIL 2026 (WEDNESDAY) UWC CAMPUS 09H30
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
FACULTY OF LAW
DOCTOR’S DEGREES 2026
DOCTOR
OF LAWS
CHRISTOPHER UZOMA EBEREONWU
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF V LAWACK
Thesis:
Prospects And Legal Considerations For Open Banking In Africa
Description:
This thesis examines the potential and legal implications of Open Banking in Africa through case studies of Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Australia. The thesis addresses the numerous legal, regulatory, and institutional issues that are critical for establishing a strong Open Banking regime from an African perspective. The study argues for a regulatory model suited to African contexts, a specialised unit within the regulator devoted to regulating the significant risks of Open Banking, and a cross border framework unconstrained by data localisation. The study offers recommendations to strengthen the Open Banking eco-system in Africa. A draft Model Law on Open Banking was developed to assist policy-makers and regulators in countries without Open Banking schemes.
HUSSEIN KASHILLINGI
Department: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE
Supervisor: PROF J MUJUZI
Thesis:
The constitutional right to adequate housing and shelter in Uganda: problems and prospects
Description:
The candidate examined the constitutional right to adequate housing in Uganda, through the prism of the experience of women as an exemplar of a distinctly and particularly affected group. The thesis provides the first comprehensive examination of the right to adequate housing for women in Uganda. It demonstrates additional insights into the special challenges experienced by vulnerable and marginalised groups, such as women, in fully enjoying this right on an equal basis with others. The candidate suggested practical ways in which this right can be better promoted, protected and fulfilled.
FACULTY OF LAW
DOCTOR’S DEGREES
DOCTOR OF LAWS
JULIE INGRID LUGULU
Department: PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
Supervisor: PROF B MEZMUR
Thesis:
Childhood statelessness in Kenya: an appraisal of legislative compliance with international human rights law obligations
Description:
Statelessness affects all continents. This under-researched topic on childhood statelessness in Kenya examines the extent to which the State has complied with its international human rights law obligations on children’s right to a nationality and the challenges hindering its full realization. It posits that childhood statelessness arises in both non-migratory contexts impacting children from ethnic minority groups and non-indigenous communities, and migratory contexts affecting Somali children born in protracted refugee situations in Kenya. Using a doctrinal legal research methodology, it systematically analyses international instruments on the children’s right to a nationality, citizenship laws, and case laws, and proposes a child rights-based approach. It makes a significant scholarly contribution to understanding childhood statelessness from colonial times to the present.
HAZEL MANJENGENJA
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF B MUPANGAVANHU
Thesis:
A critical legal examination of South African standards on director responsibility and liability when approving financial statements in view of evolving global standards
Description:
South Africa has hitherto experienced various financial reporting/accounting scandals such as the Masterbond; the Steinhoff International; VBS; Tongaat Hulett Sugar Ltd scandals, inter alia. Inspired by these challenges, this thesis set out to (i) investigate whether South Africa adequately governs director responsibility and liability when approving financial statements, and (ii) to interrogate the effectiveness of the enforcement mechanisms for directors’ financial reporting standards. While evidence of plausible financial reporting standards in the Companies Act 71 of 2008 was established, the study identified worrying gaps in the mechanisms for enforcing the said standards. Drawing from international best practices, the study makes firm proposals, ‘custom-made’ for the South African context, to enhance the quality of the financial reporting standards and to improve effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms.
FACULTY OF LAW
DOCTOR’S DEGREES 2026
DOCTOR OF LAWS
SIA AIDAN MZIRAY
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF V LAWACK
Thesis:
Legal Considerations for Adopting Central Bank Digital Currencies for Cross Border Payments in the Southern African Development Community Region
Description:
The thesis examines the legal and institutional foundations needed for the implementation of a cross-border central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the SADC region. It finds that although the SADC Real-Time-Gross-Settlement System and the Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis payment scheme have improved payments, they face limits in access, currency reliance, regulatory consistency and technical readiness. A cross border CBDC can enhance participation, speed and transparency and complement current systems. The research concludes that an interoperability model best aligns with SADC’s integration goals. The thesis identifies legal gaps in regional instruments and proposes reforms, emphasising that a CBDC is feasible only through gradual, coordinated and legally grounded development.
KALAIVANI NAIDOO
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF V LAWACK
Thesis:
Towards robust regulatory frameworks for fintech regulation in South Africa
Description:
This thesis reassesses South Africa’s financial regulatory framework in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and rapid FinTech growth, accelerated by COVID 19. While FinTech enhances access, efficiency and cost-effectiveness in financial services, it introduces new risks to soundness, stability, and customer protection. The research evaluated international best practices, and the benchmarks set by standard-setting bodies and other Twin Peaks jurisdictions. The thesis proposes practical regulatory and policy measures, including a draft Joint Standard for the Regulation of FinTech in South Africa. The thesis further advocates for principle and rules based approaches focused on technological outcomes to ensure that South Africans benefit from evolving Fintech advances.
FACULTY OF LAW
MASTER’S DEGREES
MASTER OF LAWS
GIDI NALEDI
Thesis:
Cartel criminalisation in South Africa: assessment of cartels in the context of construction industry
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: DR T KONDO
Thesis:
Local Government’s pursuit of the just energy transition: legal perspectives on the City of Cape Town
Department: PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
Supervisor: DR R STEENKAMP
Co-supervisor: PROF A VAN DER BERG
SINOVUYO UNAM
Thesis:
Towards the formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining in South Africa
Department:
MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF A OSIKI
MANA ZUKO
Thesis:
Jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court in contempt of court matters: Critical evaluation of the State Capture case
Department: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE
Supervisor: DR T NJOKO
Thesis:
Attempting to be dad and dad: Examining the challenges of surrogacy for gay couples in Namibia
Department: PRIVATE LAW
Supervisor: DR C JACOBS
Thesis:
An assessment of the rights and influence of debtholders in corporate decisionmaking in light of shareholder primacy
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF R WANDRAG
LANGA
MC DAVIDS KAASHIF
MADI KHWEZI
KOEN JAYDE
MASTER OF LAWS
MKULA SITHEMBILE
Posthumous
Thesis:
Access to Adequate Housing in South Africa: A Critical Analysis
Department: PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
Supervisor: DR S FICK
NDABA ZUSAKHE CHARLES
Thesis:
The Implementation of Restorative Justice
Principles in the South African Child Justice Act: A Critical Evaluation of Recognition and Effectiveness
Department: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE
Supervisor: PROF L MUNTINGH
NELSON JOSHUA
Cum Laude
Thesis:
To Be an Impimpi or Not to Be? A Legal Analysis of Whistleblower Protection in South Africa
Department: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE
Supervisor: PROF W NORTJE
FACULTY OF LAW
MASTER’S DEGREES
MOHAMED FIROZA
Thesis:
Towards Facilitating Decent Work for All in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: An exploration of transitionary schemes for workers in South Africa
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF A OSIKI
NDLAZI TABILE
Thesis:
An examination of the Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional knowledge and its implications on South Africa
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF Y MUPANGAVANHU
NTAMNANI AKHONA
Thesis:
An analysis of the meaning of section 24(a) of the South African Constitution in the context of correctional centres
Department: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE
Supervisor: DR C ALBERTUS
FACULTY OF LAW
MASTER’S DEGREES
MASTER OF LAWS
NTSIMBI DELANI MICHAEL
Thesis:
Protecting Personal Data in South Africa:
The Legal Imperative for Artificial Intelligence Regulation in the Workplace
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF D ORIAKHOGBA
PEARSON VIVIAN LIZAAN
Thesis:
Silent Suffering: The Violation of Women’s Human Rights During Childbirth in South Africa
Department: PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
Supervisor: DR U ASSIM
Thesis:
Re-assessing South Africa’s diaspora voting rights provisions from a comparative constitutional law perspective
Department: PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
Supervisor: PROF W LE ROUX
Thesis:
The Review of a Municipality’s own Procurement Decisions: PAJA or Legality Review?
DULLAH OMAR INSTITUTE
Supervisor: PROF N STEYTLER
Co-supervisor: MR C STEVENS
PRINS WHITNEY
Thesis:
Debt crises in the local governments of South Africa: a policy and legal analysis
Department: PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
Supervisor: PROF N STEYTLER
SETI JABU
Thesis:
The implementation of mandatory quota policy aimed at gender diversity in South African Corporate Boards
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: DR E OLIVIER
Co-supervisor: DR K CHINNIAN-KESTER
NTUKU SANELISIWE SINAZO
RALARALA FUMANA
FACULTY OF LAW
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER OF LAWS
SIEMBO AISHA BILHAH ANYANGO
Thesis:
Religion and Crime: The Difficult Choice Between Punishment and Forgiveness
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Supervisor: PROF J IYI
Thesis:
The over-controlling shareholder syndrome: Implications for corporate governance and enterprise efficiency in the governance of state-owned companies in South Africa
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF B MUPANGAVANHU
SONJICA NOTHEMBA JESSICA
Thesis:
Aspects of consent in sexual offences: an analysis of emerging case law and calls for legislative reform in South Africa
Department: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE
Supervisor: PROF W NORTJE
TOTANA SIBULELE
Thesis:
The role of non-executive directors and their impact on enviromental social and governance / sustainability of companies
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF R WANDRAG
SWANA KHANYA SIYAMAMKELA
FACULTY OF LAW
MASTER’S DEGREES
MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS LAW
OGADA HEZRON OBILA
Thesis:
Navigating green protectionism: analysing the impact of the European Union carbon border adjustment mechanism on African trade
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF R WANDRAG
Co-supervisor: DR A PUJA
TJIJOROKISA SIGRID
Thesis:
Towards an integrated investment strategy and legal framework for Namibia that facilitates foreign direct investment (fdi), sustainable development and economic growth
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF R WANDRAG
SMALL DANIELLE FRANCINE
Thesis: Domestic investment in primary agriculture in South Africa
Department: MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW
Supervisor: PROF R WANDRAG
FACULTY OF LAW
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS 2026
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC LAW
ROSE CINDY JADE
Magna Cum Laude
BALOYI NYIKO
Cum Laude
VENTER JOS
Cum Laude
ARRIES LAETITIA HELOISE
CAMPHER ENRICO GODFREY
TERRENCE
CLAASSEN EDGAR
CLOETE BETHMERY CASANDRA
GALANT LINDSAY
HOHO LUZUKO
JOB OWEN CYPRIAN
LOUW DAVY
MAGANGA DESMOND MHLANGABEZI
MALE TSEPANG
MASANGO NHLANHLA EMMANUEL
MBALI MPAKAMISI MAC
MENTOOR BERYLDENE IRIS
MKONDWANE FANYANA ADVOCATE
NGAMLANA NONTANDO ZINTLE
PHAMA SOLOMZI PHAMA
SWARTZ ROGER NIELDO
TUNCE LOYISO
WILLEMSE SHERLEQUE
ZONDI MICHAEL MUZIWENKOSI
ZULU SIBUSISO SIFISO
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TAX LAW
CHIVHENGE MARY
CONRADIE MUJAHID
GELDENHUYS MARCEL
KGAPHOLA MAMOSE CANDY
KHAMLANA AYANDA
KHUMALO SIPHIWE
MADLALA NDUMISO JACOB
MKAYA BABALWA
NGININGINI SIPHOKAZI
RATHNUM LUCENDRA
REYNEKE MARLIZE
PEARSON MATTHEW
FACULTY OF LAW
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LAW
NAIDU MATTHEW JARRED
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN LAW
MATJI CATHLEEN
Magna Cum Laude
MOGOTLANE KEITUMETSE MOLOKO
Magna Cum Laude
MEKOA SETH OFENTSE
Cum Laude
ALEXANDER CAYLEE DREW
AYOB HAMZAH
BASSON MATTHEW NICHOLAS
CAIRNS JOEL
COCKMAN JORDAN
DEMANE ZENANDE
DIBAKOANE KABELO CLIDE
DOBELA SINOLWETHU
GORATA ZIPOZETHU
HARNEKER MUHAMMAD DHAMIER
ISAACS JOSH-MATTHEW
JIKIJELA SIPHOSETHU SINOXOLO
KABELO MOEAKAE DOREN
KEDIKILWE TSHEGOFATSO
KHUMALO SAKHELE AUWEN
KUBAYI VULOMBE ONALLO
LARKIN CULLAN ROBERT
MADUNA BUSISIWE
LEHLOHONOLO
MAKHUBELA MBUYELO
MARUBINI RYNETH
MASEKO FAITH
MAYISELA LUNGILE
MBHELE PAMELO SURPRISE CUTE
MFUNDISI PHELOKAZI
MNGUNI UNPREJUDICED
BORNAGAIN HOPEWEL
MOFOKENG T-JANÉ JESSICA BONTLE
MOKUMO MMABATHO
MULAUDZI MASHAKA PATRICK
MZIZI NOMVULA
NDABA SAMKELO
NGOBENI TUMELO HAROLD
NONTSHE ONGAMA
NTOMBELA SIBONGAKONKE
NTSETSERE REITUMETSE JUSTICE
NTSUME LUTHO
NYAKAZA ZIPHO MTHANDENI
NZENZA ITAI TAFADZWA
PHILANDER RYAN COHEN
POSWAYO QHAWE
PREGNOLATOE FAATIMA
RAMETI THANDOKUHLE
SEFARA NHLANHLA IGNESIAS
SEKOME TSHEPISO INNOCENTIA
SESHOKA THABO HEBERT
SIKHAKHANE CHUMANI SIYABONGA
SIMAMANE PHILASANDE
THINDISA LESETJA
TLOU THEMBINKOSI PRECILA
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN LAW
FACULTY OF LAW
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
TSHABALALA PHUMELELE ANDISWA
TYALI AYABONGA
BACHELOR OF LAWS
NDWANDWE NOMPUMELELO
Summa Cum Laude
MOTAUNG AYISHA
Magna Cum Laude
SAYERS LILITHA
Magna Cum Laude
CAMPHER LE-KESHA
Cum Laude
ERASMUS KYLE ANTHONY
Cum Laude
GAORAELWE MAIKUTLO MAXINE
Cum Laude
ISAACS AMMAARAH
Cum Laude
KLEYNHANS MI-ZEL CHEVONNE
Cum Laude
MALIBA OLWETHU UBUHLEBENKOSI
Cum Laude
MATHONSI UNTHATILE HOPE
Cum Laude
NKALWENI VUYOLWETU
Cum Laude
VAN DER SCHYFF LAYLAA
Cum Laude
ABDEROUF ZAINAB
ABRAHAMS ADIN
ABRAHAMS JOEL
VAYEKE LISAKHANYA
ZWANE SENAMILE NOTHANDO
ADENDORFF DEONÉ MARIA
AFRICA ANJALI
AFRICA WINOLA MEGAN
AHMED FAIZAAN
ALBERTUS LEIGH
ALBERTYN FAITH
ANDRIES ZACHARY-CARL
APHANE KGOTSO
APPIES REATLEGILE OLYVIA
APPOLLIS AMY LEE-ANN
ARENDS CLISHA
BAILEY LYNDON
BALOI BUANG KEAMOGETSE
MATSUBANE
BALOYI MASANA
BAVUMA SIXOLISE
BESHU LUTHO
BEUKES JADEN SARAH-ANN
BILONDA
KABENGELE TEGRA
BOLTMAN AMMARAH
BOOYSEN MONIQUE JENICE
IZANNE
BOSCH WAYLINN
BROWN TAMMY-LYNN
CHARLIE SIMBABALWE
CHAUKE ADVISE
CHIRWA EMILY
FACULTY OF LAW
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF LAWS
COOK JADE
CORNELIUS AEESHA
CROUWCAMP JOSHUA MATTHEW
DALVIE RIZWAAN
DANIELS ARETINO ATHANASIUS
DANIELS SAARAH
DAVIDS AMAARAH
DAVIDS JAMIE ERIN
DE KOKER JAYME
DENNIS RHYS
DESAI AASHIK
DLAMINI MJABULISI BAYANDA
DLAMINI OLWETHU
DLWATI ELETHU
DOLLIE YAQEEN
DONOUGH AMEERAH
DREYER KEERON WILLIAM
DU PLESSIS ETHAN
DUBE LUYANDA NOKWAZI HONEY-DEW
DUMA BABONGILE LETHOKUHLE
DUNGULU SOMELEZE
ESAU AAKIFAH
FARMER CHONECE SHANTE
FORBES ERIN-LEIGH
FORTUIN DEVLIN
FORTUIN SIMONÉ CARMEN NORMA
FORTUIN TAMSYN CHANTE
FOSTER DANIELLE LAUREN
FRANCIS KELSEY
GADISO SIBANI SHISA
GADLA AMKELE
GAMIET MOGAMAT SAEED
GANGALA FUNDISIWE
GAVEN ALECIA ANN
GAYA SIKELELA THALITHA
GEORGE MIHLALI VANISSA
GIDEON JADON PAUL
GODONGWANA LWAZI
GQAMANA SANELE
GQAMANA SENZO
GREEN MICHAILA INGRID
GROENEVELD OLIVIA KATINKA
HAM ZIZIPHO
HANKEY MICAH
HANNIBAL NURAH
HANS ZOE
HANSEN BEA
HASHIM LAILA
HENDRICKS ADEN
HENDRICKSE MOGAMMAD ANEEQ
HENRY GAILY
HESS JEMCA SINTICHE
HEUVEL NICOLE
HLATSHWAYO NONHLE
HOWELL IMAAN
HOZA BUHLE ONWABILE
ISAACS LEOVION JUANIQUE
ISMAIL AEESHA
ISMAIL SAJIDAH
JACOBS CALLEN
JACOBS MIA
JACOBS SHUAIB
JALI SOLOMZI
JOHANNES MHLELI
JOHNSON BOBBY WILCHRIS
FACULTY OF LAW
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF LAWS
JOHNSON BRENT CHRISTOPHER
JONES LEAH
JONGA ASIMANYE ONGEZWA
JORDAAN SIPHOKAZI
KADER RIYAADH
KAPUYA AKEEM CHRISO
KARRIEM AMMAARAH
KHANYILE LUCKY
KHAWULA LONDEKA
KHOMUNALA WARAMAANDA
KHOPHE ALUNGILE
KHOZA SBONISO SENZOWETHU
KHOZA THEMBELIHLE
KIBANGULA FEZEKA NONCEBA
KING ALEXANDER JAMES
KLEIN SHONNE-LEE DEIDRE
KORKIE CHANTÉ VERONIQUE
KUBHEKA MXOLISI FISOKUHLE
KUZWAYO ANDILE
LALOO AQEELAH
LIGWA PATRICK
LINDA NONJABULO THANDISWA
LOTTERING ISCHA
LOUBSER EVAN
LOUW MARCEL
LUDZIYA YANGA
LUKAU NSIMBA
LUMKO NGQIBELELO
LUTHULI KWANELE FAITH
M ALI SITI AISYAH
MAART CURTLEY
MABASO THANDIWE
MABELANE FAITH
MABUSELA KHANYISILE PHUMLA
MACKENZIE CHELSEA-ROSE
MADONDO ASANDA
MAFANYA SPELO SAMMUEL
MAFONGOSI MIHLE
MAGAGULA SEBEI
MAHLANGU SABELO LUNDA
MAHOMED SUHAIL
MAHOVE VICTORIA TAKUNDA
MAJOLA LUTHANDO MALCOLM ELIAS
MAKALIMA LIYEMA
MAKAZA MARSHALL KEANU
MAKGAMATHA CHIKITLA
MAKHANYA NTUTHUKO NKANYEZI
MAKHUVELE SIBUSISO
MAKINANA LWANDO
MAKUA MANQOBA MATHEWS
MAKWEDINI NASIPHI
MALANGENI APHELELE
MALULEKE KANANA BONGINKOSI
MAPHITSHA QHAYIYA PRECIOUS
MAPUKULE FULUFHELO AUSTIN
MAQOKO LISAKHANYA
MARLIE ZUHAIR
MARTIN CLEO
MASENGEMI SNOTHILE
MASERUMULE MAKGOMO KOKETSO
MASHILO TSHIAMO
MATHE THAMSANQA CYRIL
MATHEBULA KHANYISILE
MATHEBULA SBUSISO GERALD
MATSEMELA KAMOGELO
FACULTY OF LAW
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF LAWS
MATSHUSA BENEDICT
MAZIBANE MAQHAWE BLESSED
MBASANE KHUSELWA
MBELE ONGEZIWE
MBHELE THULISILE
MBONGO SARAH
MBUSI ALWABA
MBUTUMA FEZEKA
MDIDIMBA YOLA
MEMANI LIKHO
MENYACHO TAEGAN JILL
MEYER JORDAN WILFRED
TINO
MFUNDA NANDE
MHAGA BONGISA
MHLAKAZA ONDELA
MHLANGA NOKUTHULA
MHLONGO OLETHUXOLO ZAMANJOMANE
MHLONGO UNATHI PEARL
MHLUZI TINYIKO
MKHONTO NOMTHANDAZO
MKHONZA KHANYISILE
MKULISI UNATHI IVIWE
MKWENKWE LIYABONA
MLABA LIBONGENI
ASANDE
MLAHLEKI ACHUMILE AVUZWA
MLANJANA MVABA
MOALUSI LESEDI BOIPELO
MOCHEKGECHEKGE TEBOGO
MOEKETSI IRISH KEITUMETSI
MOFOKENG SAMUKELO HEATHER
MOGOAI BOITSHEPO BAATSHWANA
MOGOLA MARCFALDA NANI
MOHAMED NIZAAM
MOKGETHI REABETSWE LETHABO
MOKONE ASHANTI
MOLOKO BOKANG BOTHLALE
MORE JOYCE REITUMETSE
MORRIS WESLEY CALEB
MOSEKI OMOLEMO
MPHAHLELE THAPELO JOHANNES
MPHUMA MULWELI AAROL
MSIMANGO NONKULULEKO MASHUDU
MSIMANGO RHULANI
MSOMI SENZO
MTHETHWA SUPRISE NHLAKANIPHO
MTYELWA ANATHI
MUDAU ENESTINAH
MUDAU NSUKU
MULAUDZI GUNDO
MVIMBI LUKHANYO
MYEKI INGANATHI
MZOLWA UNAM AIWEN
NAIDOO ANELISA NICOLE
NAKERDIEN AYYOOB
NAZO SINESIPHO
NCIKANE SINESIPHO
NCUBE NTSOAKI
NDLOVU NKOSINGIPHILE FELICIA BUSISIWE
FACULTY OF LAW
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF LAWS
NELUFULE ROTONDWA RONEWA
NEMAKONDE VHUTALI DORCUS
NEMATHAGA TENDANI VALERIE
NEMBIDZANE AMPFARISAHO GLORIA
NETSHIREMBE MULALO
NGCOBO THABILE
NGEMA SIPHO MUJI MANDISA
NGHONDZWENI NKHENSANI PEARL
NGOBENI GUGU ADELAID
NGOBENI NSUKU CHRISSY
NGUBANE LIHLE
NGUBO SBONISO LWANDISO
NGWENYA REASON
NGWEPE MATCHOENE WILLIAM
NGXABANI LIKHONA
NGXISHE MIHLE
NINELA NOLWANDLE ANDISWA
NKULANE LINAMANDLA
NKUNA THEMBISILE
NKWINIKA AMUKELANE
NOHOLOZA MNONELELI CEBO
NOMAME ANGELICA MARSHA
NONE MALEKENA RELINA
NONGQOQO BULELANI
NOVUKELA OLUNGAKA LISA
NSELE MUZIWAMADODA
PHILASANDE
NTENGENTO THABISA
NTLEBI ASIVE
NTLEKI SANDISILE SKILLFUL
NTOBELA NOSIPHO
NTOZAKE NELISEKA
NTSEPO AVUYILE QENGEBA
NTULI KOMBANI CAPTAIN
NTULI SAMKELO
NYAWO ISIPHEPHELO WELILE THOLINHLANHA
PAYNTER GABRIËL STACEY
SALIGEE KATE-LYNN
WINDVOGEL PHILIP THOMAS
HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES
1983
S. Motsuenyane, Doctor Commercii
M.C. O’Dowd, Doctor Commercii
1984
E. Theron, Doctor Legum
1987
B. Breytenbach, Doctor Litterarum
R.E. van de Ross, Doctor Educationis
1989
J.C. de Villiers, Doctor Scientiae
G.A.M. Mbeki, Doctor Philosophiae
1990
N.R. Mandela, Doctor Legum
O.R. Tambo, Doctor Legum
1991
R.E. Alexander, Doctor Commercii
G.S. Machel, Doctor Legum
D. Mitterand, Doctor Litterarum
D. Zihlangu, Doctor Educationis
1993
G. Boonzaaier, Doctor Litterarum
B. Head, Doctor Litterarum (posthumous)
A. Ibrahim, Doctor Litterarum
E. Mancoba, Doctor Litterarum
1995
G.J. Gerwel, Doctor Educationis
P.M. Sonn, Doctor Legum
1996
G.H. Brundtland, Doctor Legum
T.N. Chapman, Doctor Commercii
J.J.F. Durand, Doctor Philosophiae
P. Gorvalla, Doctor Commercii
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1997
B. Davidson, Doctor Litterarum
E.L. King, Doctor Theologiae
I. Mohamed, Doctor Scientiae
F.B. Naude, Doctor Theologiae
J.N. Scholten, Doctor Legum
R. Turner, Doctor Educationis
1998
J. Derrida, Doctor Litterarum
M. Nuttall, Doctor Theologiae
M.A Oduyoye, Doctor Theologiae
J. Reddy, Doctor Educationis
2001
V.H. Faigle, Doctor Theologiae
G. ‘t Hooft, Doctor Scientiae
P.N. Langa, Doctor Legum
A. Small, Doctor Litterarum
2002
W.H. Gray III, Doctor Philosophiae
C.L.R.Hirschsohn, Doctor Philosophiae
T. Manuel, Doctor Commercii
D. Philip, Doctor Litterarum
M. Philip, Doctor Litterarum
D.M.B. Tutu, Doctor Legum
2003
K. Mokhele, Doctor Scientiae
T. D. Fredericks, Doctor Educationis
P.D. Uys, Doctor Educationis
2004
K. Asmal, Doctor Legum
E. de Keyser, Doctor Commercii
G. Fitzgerald, Doctor Litterarum
A. Omar, Doctor Legum (posthumous)
A. Sachs, Doctor Litterarum
A. Sisulu, Doctor Curationis
W. Sisulu, Doctor Legum (posthumous)
HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES
2005
A. Achmat, Doctor Philosophiae
C.J Bundy, Doctor Philosophiae
E.K.M. Dido, Doctor Litterarum
T. Jones, Doctor Philosophiae
J. Fagan, Doctor Legum
I. Mahomed, Doctor Legum (posthumous)
2006
F. Ginwala, Doctor Administrationis
2007
E. Abrahams, Doctor Philosophiae
E. Braune, Doctor Philosophiae
A. Chaskalson, Doctor Legum
D. Jordaan, Doctor Philosophiae
R. Kadalie, Doctor Litterarum
P. Mlambo-Ngcuka, Philosophiae Doctor
Y. Mokgoro, Doctor Legum
V.G. Shubin, Doctor Philosophiae
2008
W.E. Morrow, Doctor Educationis
2009
P. Govender, Doctor Legum
2010
A. Adebajo, Doctor Philosophiae
M.S. Dien, Philosophiae Doctor (posthumous)
B.L. Fanaroff, Doctor Philosophiae
P. Olumfemi-Kayode, Doctor Philosophiae
R. Simonsen, Doctor Philosophiae
P.K. Tergat, Doctor Philosophiae
D. Tulu, Doctor Philosophiae
2011
S.B. Biko, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)
S.B.A. Isaacs, Doctor Educationis
P. Magrath, Doctor Litterarum
M. Shear, Doctor Philosophiae
M. Temmerman, Doctor Philosophiae
R.B. Wolf, Doctor Philosophiae
2012
B. Gawanas, Doctor Legum
E. Moosa, Doctor Legum
R.E. Reddock, Doctor Philosophiae
H. Shaper, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)
A. Sheiham, Doctor Philosophiae
2013
H. Howa, Doctor Philosophiae
T. Jones, Doctor Philosophiae
J. Matthews, Doctor Philosophiae
G. Merino O.P, Doctor Theologiae
2014
A. Haron, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)
2015
A. Jedaar, Doctor Philosophiae
2016
H. Adams, Doctor Philosophiae
F. Robertson, Doctor Philosophiae
M. Tsedu, Doctor Philosophiae
2017
M. Lapsley, Doctor Philosophiae
2018
Z Skweyiya, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)
2021
Z. Wicomb, Doctor Philosophiae
A.A. Boesak, Doctor Philosophiae
W. Kentridge, (jointly awarded with Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University)
2022
K.K. Prah, Doctor Philosophiae
I. Sooliman, Doctor Philosophiae
HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES
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2023
C. Hani, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)
D.E. Moseneke, Doctor Philosophiae
S.Z. Zotwana, Doctor Philosophiae
2024
M.Y. Choi, Doctor Philosophiae
H. Kummeling, Doctor Philosophiae
C. Pauwels, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)
2018
Ebrahim Rhoha
2021
AB Mahomed
Derek Joubert
Peter Takelo
HEADER SUB-HEADER 2018-2024 GOLD MEDALISTS
2022
Sean Patrick Lance
Peter Wilson
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
2024
Albert Lois Sachs
UWC GRADUATION ATTIRE
MEANING AND SYMBOLISM
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The three proteas symbolise Teaching, Culture and Education.
The stepped pattern represents the steps that lead to the Greek temple. This is the international symbol for academia and our recognition that we are a part of it.
The laurel leaves indicate competition and victory.
The diamond-shaped protea petal represents strength of character, ethics and faithfulness to oneself and others.
The continuous pattern that extends from the front to the back speaks to Respice Prospice, which means to look back, to look forward. Take what is good from the past and build the future.
The beaded effect is meant to reflect African craft and creativity.
The colours that make up the band are derived from those that represent the seven Faculties that make up the University.
CAP Black John Knox cap with silver tassel.
Peony red edged with silver trim.
THE CAP
Black John Knox cap with gold tassel. BACK OF THE YOKE
Black edged with gold trim.
THE SLEEVE
Open sleeves, looped up with gold cord and lined with gold satin.
THE GOWN
Black with full facings of gold and trimmed yoke.
Black John Knox cap with silver tassel.
Black edged with silver trim.
SLEEVE
Open sleeves, looped up with silver cord and lined with empire blue satin.
GOWN
Black with full facings of empire blue.
GRADUATION ATTIRE
AND HOODS GOWN
1 THE GOWN
Black (all degrees, diplomas and certificates, except Doctoral degrees)
Arts and Humanities
Community and Health Sciences
Dentistry
Economic and Management
Sciences
Education
Law
Natural Sciences
THE MOTIF
Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour.
THE COWL
Trimmed based on the type of qualification being conferred.
THE NECKBAND
The neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.
THE HOOD
Full hood in black.
2
CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS
(NQF LEVEL 5 AND 6)
Black, with gold and blue strips.
GRADUATION ATTIRE
HOODS
3 BACHELORS
(NQF LEVEL 7)
Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour; the neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.
Degrees: BA, BSc, BCom, BAdmin, BA (SRES), BSc (Complementary Health Sciences), BOH, PGCE
5
ADVANCED BACHELORS
(NQF LEVEL 8)
Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour and trimmed on the cowl with cord in platinum colour; the neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.
Degrees and Diplomas: All Honours degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas
4
PROFESSIONAL/SENIOR BACHELORS
(NQF LEVEL 8)
Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour and trimmed on the cowl with cord in gold colour; the neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.
Black, lined with the Faculty colour, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour and trimmed on the cowl with cord in the Faculty colour; the neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.
