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 | 14H30
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 14H30
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
ELHAM HOSSEINI
Department: ENGLISH
Supervisor: DR M FLOCKEMANN
Co-supervisor: DR M ESPIN
Thesis:
The promise of mutability or another turn in the widening gyre? The pursuit of transitional moments as refracted through South African Theatre and Iranian Theatre and Cinematography
Description:
Elham Hosseini’s comparative study explores connections between the work of seven South African playwrights and eight Iranian film makers in which the idea of transition is examined. The comparative approach provides a new understanding of the politics of culture and the culture of politics in both South African and Iranian contexts. The contrast between the generally explicit and spectacular aspects of South African theatre and dramatic literature and the more covert and allegorical modes associated with Iranian cinema, provides an innovative research platform by highlighting synergies and contrasts between the socio-political and cultural contexts in which the works were produced, as well as their thematic similarities in responding to the transitional process of the time.
CHERI HUGO
Department: WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF T SHEFER
Thesis:
From Surviving to Thriving: Strategies to navigate postgraduate education for academic woman of Colour, in the Design field
Description:
This study examines the challenges faced by womxn of colour pursuing postgraduate studies in design education in South Africa — a discipline shaped by Eurocentric, patriarchal, and colonial legacies. It explores how university culture perpetuates systemic violence and undermines the spiritual and emotional well-being of marginalised students, particularly those whose ancestors were displaced by apartheid. The study employs collaborative autoethnography and draws on decolonial, Black feminist theories, critical race theory and hydrofeminism. Working with ballet and ocean swimming as embodied metaphors for navigating academic pressures and violences, the study calls for a radical reimagining and decolonising of design education towards socially just academic environments, where all can flourish.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
CHRISTOPHER KUDYAHAKUDADIRWE
Department: ENGLISH
Supervisor: PROF M VAN DER MERWE
Thesis:
Next to nothing: A novel
Description:
Next to Nothing, portrays the struggles of three undocumented Zimbabweans during COVID-19. All came to South Africa in search of economic survival and political asylum, but they find themselves facing impossible odds during lockdown, when financial safety nets and government interventions, exclude them. The reflective component examines the myth of Ubuntu hospitality as well as the ongoing problems of institutional and casual xenophobia in South Africa. It asks how the unique imaginative strategies offered by fiction, might help to improve empathy towards ‘the other’, challenge dehumanising misconceptions around African migrants, and ultimately cause social and political change. This PhD makes an essential contribution to Zimbabwean diaspora literature, not just in South Africa, but globally.
MATTHEW XOLA MPAHLWA
Department: AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF R KASCHULA
Thesis:
A study of linguistic imperialism and forensic linguistic dynamics in selected Eastern Cape criminal courtrooms
Description:
This thesis investigates interpreter-mediated communication in criminal court proceedings involving isiXhosa-speaking participants. Situated at the intersection of Forensic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Language Policy Studies, the study draws on theoretical perspectives from linguistic imperialism, language ideology, and interactional sociolinguistics. Particular attention is given to the role of court interpreters as active participants in legal interaction rather than neutral transmitters of speech. Using a qualitative discourse-analytic methodology, the research analyses a corpus of interpreter-mediated courtroom interactions alongside lawyer–client consultations prior to trial. The thesis advances theoretical debates in forensic linguistics by demonstrating how interpreter mediation functions as a site where institutional language ideologies and power relations become embedded in legal discourse.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
ODWA PATRICIA NGEZANA
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR N MOMOTI
Thesis:
A cloud-based knowledge management tool for small and medium microenterprises in the mining industry of the North West Province in South Africa
Description:
While they are the backbone of South Africa’s mining sector, SMMEs in the North West province often face operational stagnation due to fragmented knowledge management. These SMMEs provide ancillary services and products to the mines, boosting community livelihoods. This quantitative study, involving 120 owners and managers, addresses these challenges by examining cloud computing as a strategic enabler for knowledge transfer and retention. The study integrated the Technology–Organization–Environment framework with Ba theory to develop a model for the adoption of cloud-based KM, ensuring business continuity, sustainability, and competitiveness in a vital global industry.
WITNESS SAKUMZI NTAYIYA
Department: SOCIOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF E MAYEZA
Thesis:
Exploring accountability among male gender activists against gender-based violence in South Africa
Description:
The study examined how selected South African men engaged in gender-based violence prevention work negotiate accountability amidst the dominant framework of patriarchy and violent masculinity. The analysis of the qualitative interviews reveals gendered nuances embedded in their lived experiences of activism, how they challenge themselves to unlearn patriarchal norms and relations in order to be effective in their activism towards violence prevention and equitable gender relations. We are challenged to rethink accountability and engage with it as a relational, fluid, ethical, caring and as an everyday lived and negotiated practice. Existing approaches, assumptions and frameworks on men, masculinity, gendered violence, and male activism in violence prevention are also open to reconceptualisation.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
ISABEL BETHAN RAWLINS
Department: ENGLISH
Supervisor: PROF F MOOLLA
Thesis:
The Namib, Kalahari and Karoo: Reading the desert in selected southern African literature
Description:
Dr Rawlins has expanded the horizon of African ecocriticism by studying literary representations of southern African deserts. Thus, the thesis inaugurates African desert humanities. The originality of the PhD is constituted significantly by the development of the concept of the garocentric , derived from an indigenous Khoikhoi root, meaning dry or arid. By the garocentric imaginary, Dr Rawlins captures the distinct range of genres, modes and media that emerge out of aridity. The stereotype of the desert as space of absence and lack is debunked. Instead, the desert is shown to be teeming with resilient life forms. It emerges as a place of physical and spiritual transformation, a deep space where cultural heritages are unearthed; and a globally connected space threatened by capitalist colonialist extractivism.
PULENG SEFALANE-NKOHLA
Department: ENGLISH
Supervisor: PROF S BHARUTHRAM
Co-supervisor: DR M VAN HEERDEN
Thesis:
The impact of social media on undergraduate and postgraduatestudents’ academic writing in the Writing Centre at a University of Technology in South Africa
Description:
Ms Nkohla’s research is distinguished by its focused exploration of how social media use intersects with academic writing practices within the context of Writing Centre support. The findings reveal that both undergraduate and postgraduate students recognise the dual impact of social media on their academic writing, acknowledging its potential to support learning and writing practices while also promoting informal writing habits. However, the nature and complexity of these challenges vary, pointing to deeper systemic issues that call for more nuanced and digitally responsive academic literacy approaches in higher education. Within this context, the Writing Centre is uniquely positioned to play a bridging role by supporting students in navigating the shift between everyday social media writing practices and the conventions of academic discourse.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
JACOB TWICE THAMAGA
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: PROF F BANDA
Thesis:
Fixedscapes, mobilescapes and the minibus taxi industry in Gauteng Province: A semiotic landscape analysis
Description:
The study analyses the minibus taxi industry in Gauteng Province as a dynamic semiotic space shaped by fixed and mobile landscapes. Drawing on a social semiotic approach to multimodality, it uses photographic documentation and interviews conducted around taxi ranks and urban hiking points. The findings show that landmarks, hand signs, oral cues, and soundscapes work together to support navigation, negotiation and social interaction. Oral communication remains central despite the presence of visible signage, supported by systematic non-verbal signalling. While English continues to dominate commercial signage, indigenous African languages play increasingly prominent roles in regulatory and communicative contexts. The study has implications for urban planning, language policy, and signage practices.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER OF ARTS
ABRAHAMS LAUREN
Thesis:
Landscapes of literacy: How visually impaired students navigate the academic space
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: PROF Z BOCK
ARENDSE TERESA JEAN
Thesis:
Die ontwikkeling van riglyne vir die onderrig van leesbegrip
(The development of guidelines for the teaching of reading comprehension)
Department: AFRIKAANS/NEDERLANDS
Supervisor: DR D LAWRENCE
DE VILLIERS FIRDOUS
Thesis:
Perspectives on bi/multilingual pedagogies: Insights from a third-year Linguistics module at a South African university
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: DR R TYLER
ALI ABDINUUR MOHAMED
Cum Laude
Thesis:
Environment in Islamic discourse: A corpus-assisted content analysis approach
Department: FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Supervisor: DR M SAIDI
Co-supervisor: MR T MOHAMMED
BIN BAREK ABDULLAH OMAR MAREAI
Thesis:
The challenges of the Arabic language in the Age of Globalisation and the role of Qu’ran in preserving it
Department: FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Supervisor: DR M SAIDI
FAROOKI MUZZAMMIL AHMAD
Cum Laude
Thesis:
Challenges and strategies in translating Islamic texts from Arabic into English
Department: FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Supervisor: MR T MOHAMMED
Co-supervisor: DR M SAIDI
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER OF ARTS
HENDRICKS CORNE
Cum Laude
Thesis:
Social media and the mediation of religious authority, identity and community
Department: RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF L SCHARNICKUDEMANS
LINDEROTH RUTH
Thesis:
The ethics of war, protest and South African state-sanctioned violence
Department: PHILOSOPHY
Supervisor: DR J LERM
MAJAL AQEELA
Cum Laude
Thesis:
AI literacy and its place in the first-year undergraduate curriculum at the University of the Western Cape
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: DR M VAN HEERDEN
Co-supervisor: PROF Z BOCK
KEMP D’ANGELO XAVIER
Cum Laude
Thesis:
Bruin manlike subjektiwiteit in die digkuns van Ryan Pedro en Ashwin Arendse. Brown/coloured male subjectivity in the poetry of Ryan Pedro and Ashwin Arendse
Department: AFRIKAANS/NEDERLANDS
Supervisor: PROF S VAN WYK
MABUZA SENAMILE TSAKASILE
Thesis:
Addressing mental health challenges among paramedics: A sociological study in Cape Town
Department: SOCIOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF E MAYEZA
NKABINDE NOKWANDA
Thesis:
An examination of smallholder community perceptions on the sustainable utilisation of flood-plain wetlands along the uMsunduzi confluence in KwaZulu-Natal
Department: GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Supervisor: DR T KANOSVAMHIRA
Co-supervisors: DR V CHIMONYO, DR M SIBANDA
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES
MASTER OF ARTS
NQABA LISAKHANYA
Cum Laude
Thesis:
A comprehensive solid waste audit in UWC residences: awareness, views, and waste management amongst university students and waste workers
Department: GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Supervisor: DR T KANOSVAMHIRA
Co-supervisor: DR M CAROLISSEN
SALASA GADEEJATUS SABREYYA BINTI-OMAR
Thesis:
Enhancing the linguistic and instrumental competence of Arabic-English trainee interpreters in tertiary institutes
Department: FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Supervisor: MR T MOHAMMED
Co-supervisor: DR M SAIDI
STEPHANUS DEAN ENRICO
Thesis:
Rethinking the biographic performance, rebranding and re-symbolisation of Prince
Department: HISTORICAL STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF C RASSOOL
RIGALA ABUSISWE
Thesis:
Monitoring floodplain wetland dynamics along uMfolozi and uMsunduzi confluences using remotely sensed data
Department: GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Supervisor: DR M SIBANDA
Co-supervisor: PROF T DUBE
SMITH VICTORINE CHEREE
Cum Laude
Thesis: The mediatisation of conflict: A stancetaking analysis of traditional media versus new media’s representation of the Palestinian genocide
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: PROF Q WILLIAMS
STUURMAN X-NITA JADE
Thesis:
Written Kaaps: The morphological (in-) dependence of het
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: DR E PRETORIUS
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER OF ARTS
VAN DER HEYDE WENDY YOLANDER
Thesis:
Courtroom cross-examination: An analysis of persuasive strategies, challenges and ethical imperatives
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: PROF M RALARALA
Co-supervisor: DR L LESCH
VAN DER WESTHUIZEN CHÀNDE
Thesis:
Ballingskap en vervreemding in die werk van Vernon February en Julian de Wette Exile and estrangement in the writing of Vernie February and Julian de Wette
Department: AFRIKAANS/NEDERLANDS
Supervisor: PROF S VAN WYK
LALALA LIMPHO
Thesis:
The transformative journey of ukuthwasa: Exploring the process of ukuthwasa and its impact on the lives, identities and careers of young women
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF S MFECANE
VAN
DER MERWE JAMIE JADE
Thesis:
Functions of Kaaps in virtual linguistic landscapes: A Jakobson perspective
Department: LINGUISTICS
Supervisor: PROF F BANDA
YASSIN ZAAHIRA
Thesis:
From Pixel to Perception: Integrating spatial, ecological, and socio-cultural datasets into the monitoring of wetland ecosystems — A case study of De Hoop Vlei
Department: GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
Supervisor: DR M CAROLISSEN
Co-supervisor: MS M SOUTHON
MORRIS KEANU CADEN
Thesis:
The path to Free Education: An exploration into student revolts in South Africa with an archival perspective
Department: HISTORY
Supervisor: PROF M VAN BEVER DONKER
2026
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES
MASTER OF ARTS
TYHALI LUTHO
Thesis:
The rise of iinkabi: An ethnographic study about ‘iinkabi identity’ as a rising form of masculinity in black communities
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF S MFECANE
MASTER OF ARTS IN CREATIVE WRITING
HEYANA OWAM QHAMA
Thesis:
Spilling everything that threatens: a collection of poems that explores the role of the black matriarch in the nuclear family in South Africa
Department: ENGLISH
Supervisor: PROF J MOOLMAN
Co-supervisor: MS N MPUMA
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASTER’S DEGREES 2026
MASTER
OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
CHAWUKE TONY
Thesis:
Legal deposit of e-publications in South African legal deposit libraries
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR N MOMOTI
MATLALA CONSTANCE MAPULA
Thesis:
Public libraries’ response to the fourth industrial revolution: The case of City of Johannesburg public libraries
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: PROF L KING Co-supervisor: DR S NEERPUTH
SWARTZ JUNE ELAINE
Thesis:
Organisational knowledge retention strategies and their effectiveness in promoting knowledge transfer for the development of future public library managers
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: PROF L KING
STUDIES
KAMANGA RODNEY COLLEN THABANI
Thesis:
Knowledge use for competitiveness in a South African pharmaceutical institute
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR N MOMOTI
MBONAMBI LINDA
Thesis:
LibGuides as tools to support teaching and learning of postgraduate students at a South African university
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR M MABWEAZARA
SWEKILE BAVUYILE
Thesis:
Information and communication technology systems for knowledge management in a South African research institution
Department: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Supervisor: DR N MOMOTI
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
HONOURS’ DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS
MOURIES SHEVONNE AMBER
Cum Laude
NCAPAYI SOLETHU
Cum Laude
OLATUNJI KEHINDE DEBORAH
Cum Laude
PETA LUYEMA
Cum Laude
QAMBI MONDE
Cum Laude
SHUMI ZANDILE
Cum Laude
SMAYE KARABO PRIDE
Cum Laude
STEVENS CAITLIN JADE
Cum Laude
MABELANE KEABETSWE
MAKHUBELO SAMUKELO
MAKWELO THOZAMA LEON
MALALA JANIQUE INEISHIA
MANUEL FABIAN
MARLIE KAUTHAR
MATOLENGWE INGA
MATYHOLO ALIZIWE
MCENGE ANELE
MDLULI LONDEKA
MFAKADOLO SOMILA
MITCHELL ROXANNE CLAIRE
MITHANI NALEDI
MOSIENYANE KEAMOGETSE
MUKESHIMANA HUGUETTE
MUNRO LEE-ANNE THELMA
MURANGWA STEPHAN
NAKANI YONELISA
NDLEBE INDIPHILE
NDLOVU MIHLA LINDOKUHLE
NDWENDWE MAPASIKA
NGOZANA MTUNZIKAZI PHATHEKA
NGWENYA JEANETH
NKOSI KAMOHELO
NOACH ERIN
NOAH DENZEL
NOBATANA NOMALIZO
NONYONDLA ASIVILE
NORTJE SIMONE BERNADETTE
NTABA ASEMAHLE
NXANO AMANDA
ONIWE SIPHELELE SINAWE
OWEN CAIDENE
PERSENCE WILLIAM
PETER ABONGILE
PETERS MAHMOOD
PFEIFFER KIONA
POOVAN DAMAINE EMERSON
DAVID
PRETORIUS KAYLIN LEE
QEBENGU ASISIPHO
RHODA AMY-LEE TAMLIN
RUITERS TASHA
RUNEYI ZENANI TRACEY
SALIE ANOESKA
SCHEEPERS FREDERICK
SEPTEMBER NASTASHJA LEIGH
SKWEYIYA LUTO
SNYDERS STEVAN REESE
SOLOMONS ZOE
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
HONOURS’ DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS
SOMHAYA SIMPHIWE GOODMAN
SONNIE FADIA
STEWART KRISTIN LEAH
STOFFELS LUKE NORMAN
SUBJEE REGINALD
SYMS ROBYN JADE
TARENTAAL MYLES COLIN
TENGIMFENE MLANDELI FELIX
THOMAS CLEMENCEA DANIELDIA
TJEMOLANE KWANZAA
TONISI PHUMEZA OLIVE
TRUSSELL ROSS
TSHWENE REBABALETSWE
VAN WYK JAYDA
VELDSMAN CAITLIN
WILLIAMS BRONWYN HAYLEY
WILLIAMS LINDSAY
WILSON BIANCA
ZULU AMANDA
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS 2026
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LANGUAGE PRACTICE
DYERS FRANCES ELISABETH-
Cum Laude ROSE
NGCANA PHUMLANI SHANE
Cum Laude
DICHABE MASEGO
GOGELA INATHI
HIINE KGAOGELO IDA
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
BARKHUYSEN JANINE
BOOYSEN MISHCA ERIN
FRANKE URSULA
GADALA BALISA PEARL
MAKANANISA MULALO
MANGE HAPPINESS CEBISA
MAY CHAD RYAN
MAY WILMA NATHESCA
NOBENGELA ZINTATHU
OLIVIER RALPH JAMES
PIENAAR MONIKA
STUURMAN MELVINA SUZANE
BACHELOR OF ARTS
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
KARLIE NAWAAR
Cum Laude
KENNEY SAALIGAH
Cum Laude
KHIVA ZIMBINI ZIZIPHO
Cum Laude
KIRKWOOD TAMZYN HELEN
Cum Laude
LEANER DORIAN
Cum Laude
MAGININDANE NOSIPHIWO
Cum Laude
MAKANANDA LATHITHA CHUMA
Cum Laude
MALLOY KAYLEIGH
Cum Laude
MALULEKE PALESA
Cum Laude
MASEKELA NICOLE LIHLE
Cum Laude
MC MAHON ZOE KAYLA
Cum Laude
MOFOKENG BOHLALE KGOTHATSO
Cum Laude
MOKOKOSI LATIFAH
Cum Laude
MSUTU SIMAMKELE
Cum Laude
KALANE SINETHEMBA NOMBULELO LIHLE
KAYI TAPHELO
KERSPUY MALIKAH
KHAN MAAJIDAH
KHASANE PONTSHO
KHAU JUDE
KHOROMBI THAKHANI
KHOSA PAULINAH THOKO
KHOZA PHUMLA
KHUMALO NOMPUMELELO
THOLAKELE
KHUMALO PRECIOUS SELINA
KHUPE ZANDILE RAYLEIGH
KIESWETTER JAYDEN JESSE
KLAAS SISIPHO
KLAASE KELLY
KLEIN MICHELLENE
KOLOBE MAMELLO KATLEGO
KONDILE THINA
KOOPMAN ANGELE
KOOPMAN VINETTE
KRAMM ALEX-ZANDRE LAUREN
KRUGER JOSHUA CLIFF
KUMALO ASITHANDILE MGANI
KUNENE MELISA SWAZI
LANGEVELDT ZEA
LATEGAN BRANDON MAURICE
LATHA NQOBANI LINDANI
LAWRENCE JUAN-RUE
LEE CLAIRE
LEETJER DHAAKIRAH
LEGODI BONTLE KHENSANE
LEKAS SARAH-JANE
LEONARD LEVERN
LEPADILE KATLEGO
LEPHOTO PALESA
LESENYEHO PABALLO JENNIFFER
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
LETLOLE RELEBOGILE
MMABATHO
LEVENDAL ANASTACIA EDWINA
LEVENDAL ANRIQUE WILLIAM
LEWIS QAANI’AH
LIBERTY ERIN SHAUNA
LIMELA FUNZANI
LINGELA SIMAMKELE
LOLIWE AVELA
LOTTERIE BROOKLYNN
LOUW MISTY BLUE
LUBBE MEAGAN
LUDAKA SIVE KAMVA
LUMNKA BLESSING
MABEJANA LIYEMA
MABENA ANELE
MACHANE OLEBOGENG SIPHO
MACU THANDOLWETHU
SILINDILE
MADELA ANDILE
MADLOTYWA AVUYILE
MADUNA SLULEKO KWANELE
MAEBELA LUCKY THEMISHI
MAGAGA AVELA
MAGANTOLO OTHANDWAYO
MAGWAZA NKOSIKHONA
MAHABEER AKIHDNA
MAHANYANE BUHLE
MAHLALELA NOMPILO OLWETHU
MAHLANGU DIMAKATSO NESTA
MAHLANGU TSHEPANG
MAHLANYANA LIYEMA
MAHLULO SIMTHANDILE
MAHOME KAMOHELO
MAJA KATLEGO
MAHLOGONOLO
MAKALENG RABOTALA THATO
MAKAM THAMSANQA
MAKATU FULUFHEDZANI
MAKELENI ASEMAHLE
MAKHENDLANA OWAMI
MAKHETHA NOBUHLE
MAKOBE MAGABYANE LESEDI
MALAWU ANEZWA
MALEMA MODJADJI ELIZABETH
MALEPE MMAMELLO JOHANNAH
MALGAS EDWILL ISAAC
MALI FIHLIWE FELICITY
MALULEKE PUFFTICH
MAMPHWELI NAKISANI
MANESI NONGALIPHI MPHO
MANGALI SOMILA
MANGENA MMAMOLEMA JENNIFER
MANNEL XENETHIA
MANYAMA PHOLOSO MOSIBUDI
MANYIKE VUTIVI FINE
MAQHINA ALWABA
MAQOGA KAMVALETHU
MAQULA AKHONA
MAQUTYWA SALIZWA
MAREDI NQOBILE BOIPELO
MAREZANA KHANYISILE TARISAI
DESMAUREE
MARIKENI THAYINA
MAROBELE AVELA
MARTIN FARHAH
BACHELOR OF ARTS
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MASEBENI MBALENTLE
MASEKO MARTIN
MASEKO SISONKE
MASETI SOMILA
MASHABA REJOICE
MASHICILA OMBESIWE ESIHLE
MASILANE ELTON
MASINDI DARLING MAGI
MATHIBELA LUKANYO
MATLALA DIMPHO HARIED
MATOKAZI ZUSIPHE
MATSHAKA SINESIPHO
MATSHAYA ANDA
MATSHOBA NOTHANDO
MATUMBA THALUKANYO
MAVIKA AYABULELA LUNGELO INNOCENT
MAVIKELA ATHINI NICHOL
MAVIMBELA NTANDO
MAY AKHANYA
MAYEDWA SINELIZWI KAYLA
MBALI NTLANTLA ERIC
MBALI ONAKHO
MBAMBO ALLIYAH YOLANDA
MBANDEZI AMAHLE
MBANE-MAJOZI XOLELWA
MBANGANE ELETHU
MBANJWA SIHLE
MBAYE AISHA
MBAZINI SIYABONGA
BHEKUMUZI
MBECENI OVAYO
MBEKENI TABHITA AWOZUKO
MBEWANA ALUNGILE
MBOLOMPO SINOKUHLE
MBORO AMAHLE
MBOXO SIPHUMEZE
MCHUNU SIBULELO
MDAKA PHILISIWE
MDLEKO NQOBILE
MDYESHA OLWETHU BUHLE
MEHLO MIHLALI
MEKILE BULELANI
MEMANI LISEMI
MEMANI THANDEKILE
MENIERS SHUAIB
MESANI SAKONWABA
MEYER JOSHUA LAWRENCE
MEYER ZAYYAAN
MEYIWA ANDISIWE
MFAKADOLO CHULUMANCO
MFAXA TANDOLWETHU KIA
MFENGUZA LONWABO
MFUNDISI PHELISA
MGOSWANA ESONA PRINCESS
MGUGA APHELELE
MHLANGA PHUMZILE
MHLAZANA LUKHANYO
MHLONYANE SIWAPIWE
MICHAELS KEANUH CAMERON
MIDDLETON AIMEE
MIENIES LAUREN
MIETHA JOSH
MJONONO LITHA ANGEL
MKELO ASIVE
MKHALA NONCEBA
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
MKHAVELE HLOMANI
MKHIZE NOTHANDO
PHATHUTSHEDZO
MKHUTSHWA ELLENA
MKONA SESONASIPHESIHLE
MKUNJULWA LINAMANDLA
MKUTSWANA NEO
MLANGENI BONOLO
MLOTSHWA NJABULO MBULELO
MLUMISO MISIWE
MNCWANGO SISANDA PHELELISWA
MNGOMEZULU KATLEHO
MNGQINGO EMIHLE NATASH
MNGUNI IBONGWE YOLANDA
MNTAMBO OKUHLE
MNTUNGWA SIBONAKALISO
MNYANI OWAMI
MOABI ONALENNA REFILOE
MODIBOA BOITSHEPO KATE
MODISANE ORATILE BOIPELO
MOEKETSI LERATO PATIENCE
MOENG ONALENNA
MOGOTSI GOMOLEMO
MOHAMEDE ALLEN DIAS DOS SANTOS
MOHLAKOANA THABISO
MOHLALOGA LETHABO
MOHLARE TINTSWALO
MOKOATLE KEKETSO
MOKOENA JEANET
MOKOENA NONTANDO PROMISE
MOKOENA REFENTSE
MOLEFE LESEDI
MOLEPE BOHLALE
MOLO LUTHO
MOLOKO MFUNDO THATO
MONDO LE-JEAN SASHON
MONJANE ASANDA SIYETHEMBA
MONK DANIÉLLE LYNETTE
MONYAE MULALO HOPE
MOOKI BAKANG VICTORY
MOOS RM
MOROA RORISANG EMILY
MOSE VUYOKAZI
MOSENA KGOMOTSO
MOSES CARA-MIA
MOSIKARI KATLEGO
MOTAU ALICE KHULULEKANI
MOTAUNG LESEGO NTHABISENG
MOTSAMAI LESEDI
MOUTON CHANEL
MPAYO ELIHLE
MPOFU AMAHLE PHILA
MPONGOMA NDIMPHIWE
MSHEDE ANELISA
MSWELI BOITUMELO
MTALA ZINTLE
MTAMZELI SISIPHO
MTENJANA FEZISIWE
MTHEMBU FIKILE DONDISANE
MTHEMBU SUKOLUHLE
MTHETHWA KGOTSOFALANG
MTHI LIYABONA
MTHINTELWA XOLELWA
MTHIYANE SANDILE
MTILENI KENEILWE
MTOTO SICELO
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
MTSHALI SINEMBALI FEZEKA
NOKUBONGWA
MTSHUNGWA SINDI
MTSHUNGWA SINDISWA
MUDAU CHANTEL
MUFAMADI MPHO MARK
MUNNIK KIRSTEN CHELSEA
MUNRO ETHAN CLIVE
MUNRO GIDEON
MUNSHI LAYLA
MUTAVHATSINDI ELEKANYANI
MVELASE ZANOBUHLE
MVIKO XHANTI MILANI
MXI SISAMKELE
MXUTU LAKHIWE
MZIZI ZIYANDA
MZOLO MHLENGI FAITH
MZOMBA MIHLALI
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.
