UWC Autumn Graduation - 10 April | 09H30 by University of the Western Cape

MISSION STATEMENT

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.

ARCHBISHOP THABO MAKGOBA CHANCELLOR

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

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Wamkelekile kolu suku lubalulekileyo kubomi beDyunivesithi yaseNtshona Koloni. Namhlanje sibhiyozela nina bathweswa izidanga bethu, kwaye sihlonipha isimilo nonyamezelo olunibeke kweli nqanaba. Sikwabulela nabo bathe bakuxhasa endleleni, ngakumbi abazali bakho, abagcini bakho, iintsapho, abahlobo kunye nabo ubathandayo. Ukuﬁkelela olu suku kuthathe ukuzincama nokuzimisela. Kuninzi lwenu, uhambo alukhange lube lula. Kwakukho iingcinezelo kunye namaxesha okungaqiniseki. Kodwa uqhubekile, kwaye namhlanje siyayibona into oyizuzileyo.

Ungena kwihlabathi ngexesha lobunzima obukhulu. Kwihlabathi liphela, uluntu oluninzi luphila ngongquzulwano kunye noxinzelelo lwentlalo noqoqosho. Abaninzi nabo bachatshazelwa kukwahlukana. Apha eMzantsi Afrika, siyaqhubeka nokujongana nokungalingani, intswelangqesho kunye nomsebenzi ongagqitywanga wokwakha uluntu olunobulungisa ngakumbi noluquka wonke umntu. Le mibandela ichaphazela ubomi bemihla ngemihla bezigidi zabantu, ingakumbi abo baqhubeka bephila elunxwemeni. Ukanti kusekho ithemba ngoluntu kwabo baqhubeka benyamekela abanye kunye nehlabathi esikulo.

Yiyo loo nto imfundo yakho ibaluleke kangaka. Ngokwenene yeyokuhambela phambili komntu, kodwa yeyokukhonza. Kuyinxalenye yomsebenzi wokubuyisela isidima nokwandisa amathuba. Kukwanceda ukwakha uluntu apho abantu banokuphila ngethemba. Isidanga sakho yimpumelelo onokuzingca ngayo, kodwa ikwaza noxanduva. Njengabaphumeleleyo e-UWC, niyinxalenye yeDyunivesithi ekhokelwa sisibindi kunye nokucinga ngokuqiqa. IkwayiDyunivesithi enembono eyomeleleyo yeenjongo zentlalo. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela oyilandelayo ukusuka apha, siyathemba ukuba iya kuhlala ikunye nawe. Sebenzisa ngokunyanisekileyo oko ukufundileyo. Kwenze oko ngesisa nangengqiqo ecacileyo yokusesikweni.

Ubuntu buyavuma ukuba ubomi bethu bubotshelelwe kobabanye. Ngexesha apho abantu abaninzi basaziva bengabandakanywa okanye bengaviwa, oko kuqonda kusabambelele. Ihlabathi lifuna abafundi abaphumeleleyo abanobuchule nabacingayo ngendlela abalusebenzisa ngayo ulwazi lwabo nendlela ukhetho lwabo olubachaphazela ngayo abanye. Sivuyisana nawe ngako konke enikuzuzileyo. Yanga ungaqhubela phambili ngokuzithemba kwaye uzive unoxanduva kwabanye. INkosi ikusikelele.

UBHISHOPHU OMKHULU UTHABO MAKGOBA

INQONYELA

KWIDYUNIVESITHI YASENTSHONA KOLONI

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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

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Bathweswa-izidanga abathandekayo,

Zimbalwa izihlandlo kubomi baseyunivesithi ezithetha ngokucacileyo ngenjongo yemfundo ephakamileyo kunokuphumelela isidanga. Lixesha lokubhiyozela impumelelo. Ikwalixesha lokuqaphela uqeqesho nokuzingisa, kunye nokubulela inkxaso yosapho, izihlobo, abahlohli kunye nabacebisi abathe bahamba nawe kolu hambo.

Uthweso-sidanga lwakho luﬁke ngexesha apho uMzantsi Afrika, nehlabathi, lithe gqolo ukujongana nemingeni enzima. Siphila kwixesha loxinzelelo lwentlalo noqoqosho kunye notshintsho kwezobuchwepheshe. Kwakhona lixesha elichatshazelwa yingxabano, ukungalingani okuqhubekayo kunye nokungazinzi kwemozulu. Siphila kwixesha elinzima apho ukuthenjwa koluntu kunye nobulungisa boluntu kuhlala kuyinkxalabo engxamisekileyo. Ezi nyani ziyinxalenye yehlabathi ongena kulo njengabaphumeleleyo. Phakathi kwale miba, kuhlala kusenzeka ukusebenza ngenjongo kunye nokunceda ukwakha ikamva elingcono.

Ngeso sizathu, isiqinisekiso sakho semfundo sibalulekile njengempumelelo yakho kunye nanjengento yoluntu. Imfundo yaseDyunivesithi ikuxhobisa ngolwazi nezakhono. Kukwaphuhlisa ukuqonda kwakho, ingqiqo yakho yeenqkubo ezisesikweni kunye namandla akho okusebenza nabanye ekujonganeni nemingeni yexesha lethu. E-UWC, sikholelwa ukuba imfundo ephakamileyo kufuneka ilungiselele abafundi abaphumeleleyo abanokuthi bacinge nzulu, benze izinto ngononophelo kwaye babe negalelo elibonakalayo eluntwini.

Uﬁkelele kulo mhla ngokuzincama nokuzimisela. Uninzi lwenu loyise imiqobo eyahlukahlukeneyo. Loo mava aya kuba nefuthe kwinto oyaziyo kunye nomntu oyakuba nguye. Amandla othe wawabonisa ekugqibezeleni olu hambo aya kukunceda. Njengabathweswa-zidanga e-UWC, ndiyathemba uyakuhamba nomnqweno onamandla wokuphuhlisa uluntu kunye nokuzibandakanya okuqiqileyo. Sebenzisa imfundo yakho ngenjongo nangeendlela ezandisa amathuba kwabanye. Kuluntu olusajongene nokungalingani okunzulu, oloxanduva lufanelwe ukuba luthathelwe ingqalelo.Sivuyisana nawe ngempumelelo yakho. Sikunqwenelela impumelelo kule minyaka izayo.

UNJINGALWAZI UROBERT J. BALFOUR

UMPHATHISWA KUNYE NOSEKELA-NGQONYELA

IDYUNIVESITHI YASENTSHONA KOLONI

Liewe UWK-gegradueerdes,

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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10 APRIL 2026 | 09H30

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

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 10 APRIL 2026 (FRIDAY)

UWC CAMPUS 09H30

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.

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 EDUCATION

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF EDUCATION

CARELSE ANTHEA JEANETTE

Thesis:

Critical Pedagogy and Literacy Teaching in Grade 4 Classrooms

Department: LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Supervisor: PROF R CHETTY

Co-supervisor: DR K APLOON-ZOKUFA

DU PLESSIS STEPHANIE LEANDRA RUSCKE

Thesis:

Introducing a relational wellbeing approach to dealing with learner behavior and discipline in primary school classrooms

Department: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Supervisor: PROF A KITCHING

MAARMAN YOLANDA ANASTACIA

Thesis:

Exploring the lived experiences of primary school departmental heads in relation to the implementation of two policy directives

Department: EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Supervisor: PROF K COLLETT

Co-supervisor: PROF J SMITH

DILLEN SASKIA

Thesis:

Implementing a learning theory for supporting learners with learning challenges at a private school within a Middle Eastern context

Department: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Supervisor: DR R SETLHARE

HASSIEM COURTNEY ELANA

Thesis:

Exploring the use of Productive Practice for the development of procedural ﬂuency with Algebraic Fractions in Grade 10

Department: SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor: PROF C JULIE

MANANA SIYABONGA BENEDICT

Thesis:

The use of Geogebra as an instrument to facilitate grade 11 learners geometric understanding of Cyclic quadrilaterals and tangent theorems in Circle Geometry. A case-study

Department: SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor: DR M SIMONS

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF EDUCATION

MBATYAZWA MXOLISI

Thesis:

Exploring the pedagogical experiences of Natural Science and Technology teachers’ integration of ICTs in classroom practice at an under-resourced primary school

Department: EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Supervisor: PROF M LUCKAY

WYNGAARDT TAMARYN

Thesis: Literacy Activists’ Experiences and Challenges in Extensive Reading Programmes with children in South Africa

Department: LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Supervisor: PROF H NDINGAKOUMBA-BINZA

VAN NIEKERK EMILE JOHN

Thesis:

Investigating the beneﬁts of integrating GeoGebra as a teaching aid in Circle Geometry in Grade 11

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor: DR B NEL

Thesis:

Investigating English Communication challenges experienced by African students at a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college in KwaZulu-Natal

Department: LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Supervisor: DR P CUTALELE-MAQHUDE

ZUNGU NKOSINGIPHILE INNOCENTIA ZAMA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATES 2026

POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION IN FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING

ANTONELLI MARCO

BEUKES JAMIE

DANIELS ADAN

DAVIDS KEZIA

DEWAAL CLEO CHANTE

DIDISHE ONGAMA CHWAYITA

DUNA BRANDY

HENEKE JADE SUSAN

HOYI TANDILE

JACOBS MISO

KAMANZI YVES MIGISHA

MAJOVA SANELISWE

MANIMANI SIPHILELE

MBENGE LUTHANDO

MOHAMMED ELAAM

MOLOI KOKETSO

NKOSI LEBOHANG ELEONOR

NKOSI LINDOKUHLE NHLANHLA

NWABISA LUMKO

QINISILE APHIWE

SIBEKO SWELENI

SIKHWEZA AYABULELA

STOTO SIBULELE

SWARTZ CORNE

SWARTZ MALINDA HEATHER

TIM THEMBAKAZI

VAN ROOY JHAN-MARIE

VERONI LANCIAVI

WILLIAMS PETER

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

HONOURS’ DEGREES

BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS

MANIMANI SIPHILELE

Cum Laude

FOKWENI SIYABONGA

MAVUNDLA THABISO NJABULO

MBAZANA ONKE

MGAGA SPHESIHLE

NGABAZA ESONA MABEYI

SEPHAKA REANETSE

STULUMANE ANATHI

THERON ANTONIO

VAN WYK JANE

BACHELOR OF ARTS

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

RAMSDEN CHARLIZE JAYLIN

Cum Laude

REID CHEYENNE

Cum Laude

SIGOGO OYAMA

Cum Laude

THENGWA SIKELELWA-XA

Cum Laude

TSEREMA BOITUMELO

MASEGO

Cum Laude

VAN DER HEEVER CARLEE ZOE

Cum Laude

VAN DER POEL AIMEE-LEIGH

Cum Laude

VENA INATHI

Cum Laude

MAARMAN ROUELLE AGATHA

MAJOLA NOMVELO

MAXAYI BUHLE

NAIDOO SHAIANN

NAKIDIEN HANEEM

NAM TIWANI

NAMA BUHLE

NAUDE ETHAN

NCAPAYI GUGU

NCOTUKA THULISILE

NDABAMBI ORION

NDABENI OLWETHU LESEDI

NDANDANI ZUKHANYE

NDARA MIHLALI LIHLE

NDAYAMBAJE ADRIAN-MATHIEU

NDEVU SIPHESIHLE

NDEVU WANDA

NDLANGAMANDLA SIPHOKAZI

UNATHI

NDLOVU LUYANDA KIMBERLEY

NDLOVU NONKOLO

NDLUMBINI SANELISIWE

NDLWAYIVULWA EMIHLE

NDOU LUFUNO LEEAN

NDZILILI RETHABILE

NEL ZOE-JORDAN

NENE LONDEKA

PASSINATE NOLWAZI

NGAKANE LEBOGANG

NGANI LUTHO

NGCOBO ANDILE

NGCOBO JESSICA OLWETHU

NGCOBO NOMPUMELELO

NGOEPE THEODORA

NGOMANE DIDINTLE

NGONI MASIWAKE

NGQELE ZIKISA ZINTLE

NGUBO SENAMILE

NGWENYA KHUMO NICOLE

NHAMUSSUA NONTUTHUZELO VERONICA

NHLABATHI AMAHLE OWETHU

NHLANE BONTLE

NHLENGETHWA VUYO

BONGUMUSA

NICHOLAS LAUREN CHARLENE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF ARTS

NKABINDE DUDUZILE PRINCESS

NKAULE KAMVA ONI

NKETHO MIHLALI

NKOANA KATLEGO TIISETSO

NKONYANE BAXOLELE

NKUMBI LUNIKO

NKWELO SESONA LIBHASO

NOBA LIKHONA

NOBATANA CHUMA OYINTANDO

NOBULA LISAKHANYA KUHLE

NOCANDA ANDISIWE

NOGCINISA LISAKHANYA

NOLAKANA ANGA

NOMANA LUVUYO

NOMAPHELANA LELETHU

NOMDLETSHE ABONGWE

NOMNGA BOIPELO

NOMPOKWE ANATHI

NONGQAQHA NQOBILE ARCLIA

NORMAN REMY ETHAN

NOVEMBER SHA-SHA-LEE

NSHIMIRIMANA SHELA

NTLANGA LUNGISANI

NTLEBI SIYOLISE

NTLEKI MANDLAKAZI

NTSHAKAZA OBUTSHA

NTSHANGASE SNENHLANHLA

CHARMAIN YOLANDA

NTSOBI QAQAMBILE

NXANA OWAM

NXASANA IZIBELE

NYANDA MANDILAKHE

NYATHI AHLUMA

NZANZEKA SINATHI

NZIMA LUTHANDO SITHABILE

OCKHUIS ZOEY ILENE

OCTOBER CARLA JAYDE

ORGILL KIARA LEIGH

OSMAN ILAF SALAH

OVIES KINÉ

PALI HLUMISA

PAMA ATH ENKOSI INGA

PANGARKER LUQMAAN

PASHA HAYLENE

PAULSE JADE GRANVILLE

PEDRO KAY JESSAMY

PEDRO SHEVANDRE

PENXA HLUMELO

PETER ASENATHI

PETERS OREN

PETERSEN ANDREA LYNN

PETERSEN ROBIN BRONWIN

PETERSEN SCYLA

PETERSEN TYLEN SARAH

PETERSEN ZOE

PHAHLANE CRY

PHALANE DINEO

PHINDELO SIMAMNKELE

BACHELOR OF ARTS

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

PHOOKO NTHABISENG

PIETERSEN T KEYAH

PILLAY NIKHIEL

PINTO ALYX

PIYO ALIZWA

PLAATJIES SHARONE ASTRID

PLAATJIES THEODRA

PLAND LINACIA

PLATJIES DEVON HEINO

POPPLE CAMILLA

POSWA KHANYISILE

PRETORIUS KARLA

PRETORIUS ROMY

PUMANE QHAYIYA

QABO ACHUMILE

QELILE HLONELA

QHAMANI LIKHANYE

QHONQWANA LWANDILE

QWABE NOLWAZI ZAMAQWABE

MBALENHLE

QWALANA ANATHI

RABOTHATA MAKOMA ANTONNETTE

RADEBE XOLILE

RADHA RAMSAY

RADI KUNGAWO

RALARALA LIKHONA

RAMAN PERSONÉ ELDOREZA

BERNA-LEE

RAMASODI TIRO

RAMOTSOKA LEBOGANG MOTLATJO

RAMUNENYIWA MAKOMBORERO VIOLET

RANGO MEECA

RIFFEL DANIEL

ROBERTSON KEWEL GERRARD

RORICK NABEELAH

ROSE TRISTAN JOSHUA

ROSS CHELSIE

RULUMENTE SIBULELE MIHLE

RUMBLE CLEO JADE

RUNU BUHLE

RYKLIEF MUHUMMED JIHAD

SAAIMAN EDWARDO GEORGE

SACKS SAMANTHA VIDONIA

SADAN LAAIQAH

SADAN MOESZIELAH

SALAKUTYELA BABALWA

SALIE GAIRONIESA

SALIE MUSHFEEQA

SALIE MUSHFEEQAH

SAMSODIEN AMAARAH

SAPTOE SHERELLE ELGENIQUE

SARKER SUFIA SULTANA

SARKHOT AZRAA

SARKHOT SHIFFAH

SARS CYLE

SAUTI LWAHLUMA

SAYED NASHITA

SCHAFFERS LEAH CLAIRE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF ARTS

SCHEEPERS HEIDRIE ERIN

SCHEFFERS EVAN

SCHOEMAN RAEASHA

SEBOA STELLA SKYLA

SEBOGODI TEBATSO

SEBOTSA MMATSHIDISO

SEFATSA RELEBOHILE

SEKGALAKANE ONKGOPOTSE

BOTSHELO

SERAI TSHEPISO

SHABALALA ASANTE NTANDO

SEBENZILE

SHONGWE KOPANO

SIAS MELISHA TRACEY

SIBANDA KENEILWE

SIBEKO PHILANI SIHLE

SIBIYA AYANDA FORTUNATE

SIBUYI NOMTHANDAZO

SIDLAYI SINESIPHO LIKHO

SIDZUMO NOLOYISO

SIDZUMO UNAM

SIMONS ERIN MARLÉ

SIMPSON LISA FAITH

SINGAMA CABAKAZI LUCIA

SIQABITSO SIBONGILE AMAHLE

THEO

SISHUBA EMIHLE

SISILANA THEMBAKAZI JUDY

SISSING LOGAN QUINITA

SITHOLE SINETHEMBA

SITHOLE TSHEPISO

SITSHEKE YOLA

SKHOSANA BONTLE

SKHOSANA LINDOKUHLE CATHERINE

SKOSANA DINEO JON-BENET

SKOTSHI IKHONA

SLEE JODI

SLOSTER ZOE

SMIT DESNAY

SMIT ELMARE

SMITH YAZEEDA

SNELL CORNE JOSHUA

SNYMAN BEYONCÉ MCKAYLA

SOBETWA SINELIHLE

SOEKER RAABIA

SOGA ANITA QHAMANI

SOLANI SIKHANYISELE

SOLDAAT CLAUDINE NICOLENE

SOLOMONS HANNAH ELIZEBATH

SOTHUKO BAYOLISE

SPRINKLE KULTHUM

STEENKAMP CARLA MAXEEN

STEMELA LUKHANYO

STEMELA SAMKELO

STEYN ROMAINE SHANDRE

STOFILE NONTLANTLA NTOKOZO

SWANEPOEL ZINEDENE ZVLATKO

SWARATLHETLHAPANE BASHA

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

BACHELOR OF ARTS

SWART KIA

SWARTBOOI ACHUMA

SYLVESTER JUDY ZIZO

TAKATA CINGIMISO

TATSULA ZOZIBINI

TAYLOR ZENADENE NICOLE

TAYLOR ZUBAIR

TELEKISA LISA REBECCA

TEMBA ITUMELENG BRIDGET

TERHARDT CHRISHANA MELECA

THEMANE REBOTILE SATHU

THIBANE TITINA MAHLE

THOKOANE MATSHIDISO MASHUDU

THOLE MILISA

THOMAS KAYLA

THOMI ENDINAKHO

THUTHANI MALAKHIWE

THYS JARRED

TITIMA YAMKELA

TITUS SVEN ULRICH

TLADI THATO JOHN

TLALI RETSHEPILE

TLHAGENG BOKAMOSO

TLHAKA SEKGAOLA KENEILWE

TOBIAS JAMIE-RAY

TONTSI ZINTLE

TSETSWA ALUPHELI SANGE

TSHABISO LUKHO GIFT

TSHANGELA LILITHA MINENHLE

TSHAZI ALUTA

TSHIVHASE QUEEN

TSHUMA PRINCESS AYANDA

TUNCE ANELISIWE

TUNCE MBALENTLE

TWANI KHAZIMLA

TYALITI ESONA ASIPHILE

TYHALITI NAMHLA

UYS DARYL LEE

VAN DER VENTEL ASHLEIGH

VAN NIEKERK CARRYN

VAN NIEKERK MERYKE

VAN NIEKERK TIERO

VAN RHYN ALMERISHIA

MONIQUE ELEEZA

VAN RHYN JERIQUE

VAN WYK CELESTE

VAN WYK CHARNÉ

VAN WYK ROBYN LEIGH

VAPI SINALO

VENA LATITA

VENNA ESONA

VERLAAT LIAM JACQUES

VINEVALA ARIELLE

VLOTMAN ANDREW-LEE

VOYI LINDOKUHLE

VUKUVI SOKHULULEKA

WARELEY KIEYARAH

WILLIAMS AASHIERA

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF ARTS

WILLIAMS CUEN JUDE

WILLIAMS MONTELL MARCUS

WILLIAMS ROSHNIQUE GILLIAN

WILLIAMS SHAAN-LEIGH

WITBOOI INDIPHILE

WITLOUW JOEY PETER

WITTLE AKIERAH

WYNGAARD CAITLYN AMY

XABADIYA LORNA

ZAKUMBA PHILISIWE

ZENZILE SISIPHO

ZIDE SALIZWA

ZILIMBOLA ONGEZIWE

ZINGELWA JAMES

ZONDI ZAMAZONDI LINDUYISE

ZULU NAKHANE

ZULU STHANDIWE AMAHLE

ZUMA NONDUMISO PHUMLA

ZUMA NOSIPHO

ZUMA THEMBEKA REJOICE

ZUNGU SIMPHIWE NDABENHLE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES

RASHANGO MUTSHUTSHU DAVID

Cum Laude

ADAMS JADE

ADAMS JADINE

BALEKA ASANDA PORTIA

CARELSE DILLON

DUDA ANATHI ASIVE

DUMISO PAMELA

GCAYIYA ASITHANDILE

JAMA ANELISA

JANTJIES ODEALE

JOHNSTONE ZAKIEYAH BINTIE HAMMAAM

KHOZA MARTHA BUSISIWE

MBELE SIPHENATHI

MEYER ONEYDA NICOLE

MONDI AWONKE

MPAFA LINDOKUHLE

NHLAPO MFUNDO INNOCENT

ROUSSEAU CHLOE

TENGANA SIBULELE

XEGO ONGEZIWE

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

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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.

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

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

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.

Degrees: BPharm, BSW, BSc (Dietetics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy), BLIS, BNur, BDS, LLB, BEd.

6 MASTERS (NQF LEVEL 9)

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.