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)
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09 APRIL 2026 | 09H30
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
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 09 APRIL 2026 (THURSDAY) 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 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
SAMEER DOSSANI
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF W ELLIS
Thesis:
Culture, crisis and epistemicide: What Southern African communities can teach the world about living in an age of crisis
Description:
Knowledge systems have created extreme depravation while simultaneously it has created extreme wealth for a few. While these defects are not unique to the dominant knowledge system there may be something unique about the problems incurred by this particular knowledge system. By learning from elders in the Southern African community often known as “Khoi-San”, this dissertation documents that there are other ways of understanding land tenure, property rights and human relations. By learning from the Southern African Knowledge System (SAKS) progressive people can propose and implement reforms to the CKS which would ultimately result in a world where human rights are not just rhetoric but part of a universal social contract.
KEVIN LESLIE JULLIES
Department: SOCIOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF M RABE
Thesis:
Redefining the roles and relationships of men in their families and communities during Covid-19: A time of crisis in Ocean View, Cape Town
Description:
In his thesis, Redefining the roles and relationships of men in their families and communities during Covid-19: A time of crisis in Ocean View, Cape Town, a social construction lens is used to explore the redefinition of men’s family relationships. Disruptions during the pandemic highlighted vulnerabilities and shifting dynamics affecting employment and men’s perceived provider roles. This qualitative study involved 25 semi-structured interviews with men which uncovered tensions between evolving masculinities with increased domestic responsibilities and persisting patriarchal structures. Within Ocean View’s history of marginalisation, the study contributes to understanding how crises can be catalysts to renegotiate gender identities and reach more equitable gendered power relations.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
PERIVI JOHN KATJAVIVI
Department: HISTORICAL STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF P HAYES
Thesis:
Under the Hanging Tree: Everyday Life and Historical Memory in Central Namibia
Description:
This practice-based thesis explores inter-generational trauma arising from the Herero genocide in central Namibia under German rule. The feature film that accompanies the historical research brings us into an acoustic, visual and cinematic encounter with multisensory memory attached to landscape and storytelling. The duality of the leadwood tree, Omumborombonga in otjiHerero, arises from its centrality to traditions of origin where the tree gave birth to Herero progenitors many centuries ago and yet served as the gallows in the wake of General von Trotha’s Extermination Order in 1904. Under this hanging tree, Perivi Katjavivi’s long camera takes make for a new archive with script, actors and audiences, while his microphone engenders new theories of an acousmatic life force.
YONELA MADLINGOZI
Department: GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF D TEVERA
Co-supervisor: PROF C SCHENCK
Thesis:
Rethinking organic waste: An investigation into urban food waste practices in two neighbourhoods of Cape Town
Description:
This study examines food waste generation, disposal, and management among low- and middle-income households in Cape Town, South Africa, using urban political ecology (UPE) framework to analyse socio-economic, spatial, and infrastructural factors. A mixed-methods approach, using both qualitative and quantitative research, was used to collect primary data. The findings reveal considerable differences in the socio-economic profiles of the study areas as well as in household food waste generation and management practices. These results are relevant for policymakers and urban planners seeking to develop targeted interventions and policies to improve food waste management in comparable urban contexts. This thesis contributes to the scholarship on urban solid waste management in South Africa and presents recommendations and policy options to improve food waste management.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
LEONA MORGAN
Department: RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF S NADAR
Co-supervisor: PROF I KEYGNAERT
Thesis:
Embodied care pathways: Feminist restorative therapeutic approaches for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in marginalised contexts
Description:
Extensive research has shown that childhood sexual trauma can affect people well into adulthood, shaping their emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Yet access to care after such trauma is often difficult in under-resourced Cape Flats communities still shaped by apartheid injustice. In her PhD, clinical psychologist Leona Morgan worked closely with 13 adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, listening deeply to their experiences. Her findings, published in four leading international journals, show that healing does not happen through biomedical treatment alone, but through community support, faith, and safe spaces where survivors’ embodied experiences are honoured. In a country where gender-based violence has been labelled a shadow pandemic, her research calls for policies that support community-based and culturally meaningful care for survivors.
The degree is jointly conferred by the University of the Western Cape and Ghent University.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
PRAISE FUNMILOLA OWOJUYIGBE
Department: HISTORICAL STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF S PILLAY
Thesis:
The expulsion of Igbo people from Equatorial Guinea: 1950-1979
Description:
The thesis explores a largely understudied history of a labour migration in West Africa that traverses the period of Spanish colonial rule in the island of Fernando Po through to independence of the nation-state that became known as Equatorial Guinea of which it is a part. The through a combination of archival research and a re-reading of existing studies, the thesis outlines the context of mostly Igbo migration during the colonial period, and the subsequent expulsion of this migrant group under the postindependence rule of Francisco Macias Nguema. The study chronologically traces the paradigm shifts in the policies the postcolonial leadership, demonstrating the continuities of styles of rule inherited from the Spanish colonial period, offering new insights on this history.
GILLIAN RENNIE
Department: ENGLISH
Supervisor: PROF J MOOLMAN
Thesis:
That night, this life: Essays from a South African story
Description:
Gillian Rennie’s PhD thesis, That Night, This Life: Essays from a South African Story, is a blend of creative non-fiction, life writing, memory studies and literary investigation. It comprises a collection of essays based on the life of Neville Beling who was shot and permanently injured in a political attack on the Highgate Hotel in East London in 1993. Rennie uses the literary genre of the essay to reveal shifting truths in the broad narrative of South African history. She draws on theories of performativity and affect as they relate to the role of a personal narrator. Inhabiting this role on the page raises complex ethical considerations, which she investigates through practice. In so doing, Rennie invigorates new ways of understanding ethical narrative practice and ethnography
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER OF ARTS
DAWETI CWENGA
Thesis:
A comparative analysis of Google
Translate and human translation with specific reference to selected isiXhosa and English literary translations
Department: AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES
Supervisor: DR L NTWANA
Co-supervisor: PROF R KASCHULA
KOSI XOLILE JOSEPH
Thesis:
The ethical predisposition of civil servants to corruption in local government: A case study of the Overstrand and Theewaterskloof municipalities
Department: RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF I SWART
Co-supervisor: PROF D SOLOMONS
MTSHIZANA NASIPHI
Thesis:
A critical discourse analysis of the linguistic choices and methods applied to gather linguistic evidence in selected gender-based violence cases in South Africa
Department: AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF R KASCHULA
Co-supervisor: DR L MAFOFO
KOOPMAN CLIO
Thesis:
Jazz, education and alternative culture in South Africa: Pedagogy and music in transgressive action
Department: HISTORICAL STUDIES
Supervisor: DR A ERASMUS
Co-supervisor: PROF K BENSON
MARLIE FERIAL Cum Laude
Thesis:
Co-wives in context: Muslim women’s lived experiences of polygyny and intersectional justice in Cape Town
Department: WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF S NADAR
NGADLELA SIVENATHI
Thesis: Perceptions and experiences of same-sex blesser/blessee relationships: case study among gay students at a South African university
(An investigation into gender-based hate speech in selected IsiXhosa literary texts as evidence of discrimination against women and violation of their human rights)
Department: AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES
Supervisor: DR L NTWANA
Co-supervisor: PROF R KASCHULA
TELIBINZA AVIWE
Thesis:
A critique of emojis in IsiXhosa language and expression with a focus on virtual modes of communication
Department: AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF R KASCHULA
Co-supervisor: DR L MLETSHE
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
KRUGER ESTHEA
Thesis:
The role of online library services in addressing the information needs of distance learning postgraduate students at a South African private higher education institution
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: PROF L KING
SOBUZA KANYISA
Thesis:
Adaptation to Digital Literacy by Undergraduate Students in a South African Private Higher Education Institution
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR M MABWEAZARA
NDWANDWA THANDO
Thesis:
The role of public librarians in prompting digital literacy: A case study of City of Cape Town Libraries
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR E CHIWARE
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
HONOURS’ DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS
LISENE REITUMETSE
Magna Cum Laude
ANTAR KAUTHAR
Cum Laude
BILERI BANAWOYE EVYN
Cum Laude
GEORGE AMY ALICIA
Cum Laude
ABDALLA ADEL
ABDELMONSEF
ABDULLATIEF LAYLA
ABRAHAMS DAMON TIMOTHY
ABRAHAMS SALMAAN
ADAMS LORRAINE SAMANTHA
ADAMS NIKITA
JOHNNELINE
ADAMS WASHIELA
ANTHONY SENAI MEGAN
APRIL NTOMBIZANELE
CHRISTINA
ARENDSE BRITTANY
BARNES KELLY
BLOOMBERG MUMINAH
BOTOPELA PHAPHULE PRETTY
BRICKLES TONI TYRA
BUKHARI SALMAN
CAWE OYAMA
CHACHINE ILDA MANUEL
CHERRY CALEM
CORNELSON CEAN
DAMALIE ROSEMARY ESINAM
DANIELS JODI
DE BEER ROBIN
DELPORT ANDREA JANE
DIKO LWANDLEKAZI
DURANDT PIERRE SAINT CLAIR
DUZE ZIYANDA NOBUHLE ASANDA
DYANI VUYISA
EBRAHIM HUDAA
EDRIES MUHAMMAD DAANYAAL
FERGUSON TATUM
FININI PHUMLISA MAKUXOLWE
FISHER TIMOTHY SCOTT
FLORIS NICOLETT ESTELLE
FORTUIN CAYE
FORTUIN DIVANDRE DAVID
FRIESLAAR MOGAMAT ISAAN
GALADA MIHLE IRENE
GEDULD MORGAN ROSE
GODUKA AQHAMA BABHEKILE
GOLDING BEAULIQUE
GROENENDAAL CARLA
HAJI ARAFA
HARTMAN ZOË ALYSSA
HENDRICKS LECHE
HENRY SHAKIRA
HLATSHWAYO PHUMLANI
HOLLENBACH FAITH
HOLOMISA LILITHA
ISMAIL SHAAKERA
JACOBS COURTNEY AIDAN
JANSEN BIANCA LEVINA
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES HONOURS’ DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS
JITA LUTHO
JONKERS SONJA JAMIMA
KHABA SIBAHLE SINETHEMBA
KHUMALO LWANDISWA
KLASSEN TYRA-LEIGH
KOTZE GRANT
KRWABASINI THINA SINOVUYO
KUNENE CHARITY APHINDA
LANDU LIYABONA
LE FLEUR JOSHUA DERICK
LEWIS DANIEL
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
CUPIDO SAARAH
Summa Cum Laude
DAVIDS WARDAH
Summa Cum Laude
ABDI ABDIRAHMAN
MOHAMED ALI
Magna Cum Laude
DIEN AMEER
Magna Cum Laude
DRIVER JOSHUA
Magna Cum Laude
BOUGARD CHELSEA
Cum Laude
BROWN DYLON
Cum Laude
DUMAS TIFFANY
Cum Laude
FEBRUARY KERISHNE
Cum Laude
FILLIES FHARAN
Cum Laude
HAIKOTI JULIA-IRENE
Cum Laude
HECTOR AMBROSIA
Cum Laude
HIEBNER SHANNON
Cum Laude
JACOBS BRITNEY JACK-LYNN
Cum Laude
JEFTHA JENAÉ
Cum Laude
JOB LAIKEN ROBYN
Cum Laude
ABDALLA SAARAH
ABDOL ARMIN MOSES
ABELS BERNELEE CATHERINE
ABELS JILL
ABRAHAMS DEMI-LEE AUTUMN
ABRAHAMS MEHGAN JOY
ABRAHAMS MICHE-KAYLYN
ABRAHAMS QUD-DOO-SIYYAH
ADAM LIKHONA
ADAMS AMMAARAH
ADAMS KEESHA HOPE
ADAMS KELLY LEE
ADAMS KELSEY JADA
ADAMS SHAHIEDA
ADAMS TERI-LEE ABBY
AFRICA MEGAN LEAH
AFRICA ZOE
AJAMDIEN SHAKEELAH
ALEXANDER CARLYNN-JADE JUSTINE
ALLIE AZAAD
AMARDIEN KAUTHAR
ANDRIAS ENVOR
ANTONIE JAYDLIN CAMILA
APLENI EMIHLE
APPELS TONYA ELAINE
ARENDSE AYESHA
ARENDSE TARIN
ARENDSE ZETA
ARMSTRONG PAULA
ARNOLDS JASMINE
ARRIES TARRYN JADE
ASEMAHLE MASALA
ASHMODIEN ZAHIER
BACHELOR OF ARTS
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
ASPELING TAMLYN KIM
AVONTUUR TURLO EBEN
BABOLAENG NEO ADRIAN
BABUNGA CHRISTOPHER
BADELA AKHONA
BADENHORST BRADWIN DENOVEN
BAILEY IDANEY
BAILEY MECAYLA MECHEY
BAKUBAKU LUSAPHO
BALIWE OWAM
BALOYI INHLE APHELELE
DESTINY
BAMBALAZA SAZOLA
BAMBIE ABRICHA-NAY CHANTY
BANDA FAATIMAH
BANIES LEEONI MICKAY
BARNES CRAIG
BARON LELAND
BASTIAAN TIANNA CARA BETH
BEHARDIEN RASHIQAH
BELEWA EMIHLE
BENJAMIN ROKEYA
BENTING MAS OOD
BERGH THALIA
BEUKES JENNIFER-ROSE
BEZIEK MELORY GERMAINE
BHENGU XOLILE AMAHLE
BLEEKERS HANNAH
BLOM SHARON
BOBANI JUNIOR YANDA
BOMVANA ANDISA
BONANI LULUPHO
BOOLEY AMEER
BOOYES JO-NELL
BOOYSEN JAMY-LEE
BOSHOFF JAY-DEE ERIN
BOSMAN TATYANA GABRIELLA
GAMIELLA
BRENNER TAAHIRAH
BRINK CASSIDY
BRITZ CAITLIN BIANCA
BRORSON GREG
BROWN CALEB
BRUINERS JOCELYN
BUBA ARMY
BUTHELEZI ORATILE BOTSHELO
BUTHELEZI SIMPHIWE
BYMAN LAURE
CAROLUS ERIN ISABELLA
CASSIEM SHAQEELA
CEASAR FRANCO
CENGIMBO SIYASANGA
CERES ILYAAS
CETYWAYO SONATHI
CHARLIE SIKELELWA
CHENGWA LUMNUI TRACY
CINDI NKATEKO FAITH
CLAASSEN CHELSEA LEIGH
COETZEE DUKELINN GIANO
COLE ELIZABETH JANE
COLTMAN GIOVANNI LIONEL
COOPER DEANAN MICHEAL
COOTE NICOLE
CUPIDO CHANEL
CUPIDO JAMIE-LEIGH VANASHRAY
CUPIDO LOWELLE JADE
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
CUPIDO SILKEN FABIOLA
DALASILE LILITA
DAMON SAARAH
DAMONS DANIEL
DANGAZELA NOKWANDA TRUTH
DANIELS MUSFIQAH
DANKERS CASSIDY BIANCA
DARIES DEMI
DARIES LIAM NOAH
DASHEKA LUVUYO
DAVIDS RIVEN HUNTER
DAVIDS SAFA
DAVIDS SHAKIRA
DAVIDS SKYLER ROBIN
DAVIDS THARA
DAVIS FAWWAZ
DAYIMANI LUVUYO
DE GOEDE ANRI
DE JAGER RENCIA
DE KLERK IBTISAM
DE KLERK JENICA
DEHAHN CAMERON
DIBAKOANE PRISCA
DICKSON TARRYN-LEE
DINI ABONGILE
DINI KUHLE RENAY
DINWA TUMELO
DIRKS GENEVENE
DLABANTU OKUHLE
DLEPU SOKOLWA
DOCRAT LAYLA
DOMINGO KAYRI
DOMINGO LESEDI
DOMINGO NALEDI BOKAMOSO
DOS SANTOS BELINHA PAULINA
DU PLESSIS CAMERON BEVAN
DU PLESSIS JORDAN HALEIGH
DU PLESSIS MARTIN
DU PLESSIS ROBIN
DUBE MANDISA FORTUNATE
DUBE THENJIWE BABORAH
DUMILE ZINTLE TSOANELO
DWADWA ALUTA
DYANTYI INAM
DYERS TARRYN
DYONTA ONAKO
DYWILI SIKELWELWA NGCWALISWA
ELLIOT MOESHFEEQAH
ENGELBRECHT BERNILEE
ENGELBRECHT TAMRIN
ERASMUS JEMECHA
ERASMUS MISHKA
ESAU JERENE DENIEL
ESAU LILEETE RHEEDA
ESBACH CARLYN
ESSOP ANIQAH
FALTEIN MINIKAZI
FATHUSE ABONGILE
FELIX KEZIA
FELIX KROTOA
FENI PHIWOKUHLE
FILEMON LUCKY
FISHER ANUSHQA
FOFLONKER MUZAINAH
FORBES AUSTIN
BACHELOR OF ARTS
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
FORTUIN CARMEN FLORENTIA
FORTUIN JADE CHANTE
FORTUIN MARILIE
FRANTZ CHANTE
FREDERICKS GHUTHAYFAH
FRENCHMAN KEANAN DOUGLAS
FUNANI ANDISIWE AMBESIWE
AVIWE
GAGADU PUMEZO
GALLANT KYLE
GAMA NONTSIKELELO
GANGATELE NOXOLO THALITHA MIVUYO
GASKIN LEAH PEARL
GAWULA CINDY
GCUMBA ALIZWA OCTAVIA
GEBENGU ANESISA
GELDERBLOEM ROBIN JANINE
GENI SISIPHO
GENNISON HANIEFA
GERBER CHLOE
GERTZE ZOE CAMRON
GEYER TAYLOR
GILFELLAN LENICE
GOBA ZANDILE BELI
GODONGWANA KHUSELWA
GODUKA ASIPHE
GOMANA SIVE
GOUWS MICHAELA
GOVENDER AMIRAH
GQOKOMA LIYAKANYA
GRANTHAM ALLISON NICOLE
GUMEDE SIPHOSETHU ZAMACHUNU
GUNGULUZA LWANDISO
GWENTSHULA SOKHANYA
GXUMISA APHIWE LUVUYO
HADEBE MELOKUHLE MPHO
HADEBE OLWETHU BUHLE
HANS LWANDILE
HARTLEY LAYYAH
HECTOR ANDREA
HENDRICKS BONIWE ELAINE
HENDRICKS RANIYA
HERADIEN ANREIGHT
HERBERT AMY
HERMANUS TIFFANY JOY
HERRINGER LIAM
HIGGINS TRISTAN
HLABANGWANE NKOSINGIPHILE DEVINE
HLAHATSI LUCIA
HLATSHWAYO LONDIWE AMANDA
HLATSHWAYO NOTHANDO
HLONGWANE SIHLE NQOBANI
HOFMAN NOMBUYISELO
ROSELINE
HUGO ZIBANGELE-JUNIOR
HULL RUQAYYAH
ISAACS DARRIAN KAYLAN
ISAACS MOHAMMED
ISAACS SHAKEASHA CAYLIN
ISAACS SHANNON LEILANIE MARCE
ISAACS YUSRAH
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
ISMAIL ISHRAT
JACK ASENATI
JACOBS CATHERINE ELLIE
JACOBS GERSHU
JACOBS JAYDEN CHELSEA
THYRECIA
JACOBS UTHMAAN
JAFFER MAWADDAH
JALI QHAMA MBALI
JAMANI SINALO
JAMJAM EMIHLE
JEFTHA CARLIN LEIGH
JEPHTA CLEO
JOB LE-ABIA AMY-LEE
JOHANNES AMBERT
JOHANNES KETHOFIN
JOHNSON JUMNA
JOHNSON KAYLENE ELIZABETH
JOHNSON LISA
JOHNSON MELISSA
JONAS ANDISIWE ANIKWA
JONAS RETHABILE
JONCK CHANELLE
JONES DAVID
JONES ZAUNDRE JESSE
JOOSTE SHERWIN DEVANO
JOOSTE ZOE LEYA
JORDAN JOSHUA
JOSEPH ALEX DUANE
JOSEPHS JADE JOSH
JOSEPHS YONE TERRI
JULY ANELISIWE LETTICIA
JWARA PHUMZILE
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY
BOTHA COURTNEY
Cum Laude ALEX
SMITH-CORNELISSEN RUTH SARAH
Cum Laude
ADAMS MARCIA
ELIZABETH
DANIELS IMKE
GCILITSHANA SALIZWA
HEYNS WHEALER
KHANG THATOHATSI
MAY SKYLER
MJEKULA NTANDO
MRARIMETSI YONELA
NGCAMA TANDOKUHLE
NOTWANE ASANDA
OCTOBER CHAYDENE
SIBOZA NOMPILO
SUMMERTON CATHERINE RUTH
TYODANA THANDEKA PATIENCE
YOTSI OKUHLE
AWU MELISSA
GARNIE CLAUDETTE JOY
HECKRATH KEVIN JAMES
KARRIEM-MORTON IRMA MACI MAKHOSINI
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.
