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)
10 APRIL 2026 | 14H30 PROGRAMME
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FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
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 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 EDUCATION
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
RUBEN ABRAHAM STEPHEN DANIELS
Department: EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF L DU PLOOY
Co-supervisor: DR M BLADERGROEN
Thesis:
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) students’ experience of reflective practice as part of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) within two Higher Education Institutions
Description:
This study examines PGCE students’ reflective practice during Work Integrated Learning at two higher education institutions. Informed by Shulman’s Pedagogical Reasoning and Action Model and Bourdieu’s sociocultural theory of habitus, field, and capital, it reveals a persistent gap between university theory and classroom realities. Despite emotional exhaustion and time pressures, students demonstrate agency through spontaneous strategies like reflection-in-transit and peer mock-classes. Critical opportunities for reflection remain underutilised in triadic mentoring and microteaching. Recommendations include extending the PGCE to 18–24 months and integrating reflective practice longitudinally across modules and placements for deeper theory–practice synergy.
OLUWAFEMI EBISENI EBIMOMI
Department: EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Supervisor: PROF M LUCKAY
Thesis:
Pre-Service Teachers’ Preparedness, Adoption and Integration of ICTs for Technological Pedagogical Practices at a Higher Education Institution in South Africa
Description:
The study explored pre-service teachers’ preparedness to integrate ICT into teaching at a higher education institution. Using the mixed-method design, data were collected from 300 Bachelor of Education students a higher education institution. The theories used in the study were the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technology Acceptance Model and Technology Integration Planning model which together guided the development of a new framework, the Pedagogy, Technology and Content (PTC) model. This model links pedagogy, technology and content to prepare pre-service teachers to teach with ICT in classrooms. Findings show that technological knowledge and access to ICT resources promote ICT integration, while limited infrastructure and lack of training hindered ICT integration.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DOCTOR’S DEGREES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 2026
LU-ANN MILLICENT KEARNS
Department: LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Supervisor: PROF R CHETTY
Thesis:
Identity, and emergent counter-narratives of teachers of Afrikaans
Description:
This study on Afrikaans teachers’ being and belonging, using critical race theory, offers a decolonial interpretation of the current realities of language teaching. The relationship between Afrikaans and race represents inequalities embedded in language ideology. Teacher counter-narratives provided an alternative lens to examine pedagogical experiences. Findings reveal curriculum tensions between a dominant standardised Afrikaans and the excluded Kaaps and reflect struggles over power, identity and linguistic justice. The silence governing race and language teaching, particularly for subaltern communities, compromises teacher agency and learner achievement. Teacher voices are essential to disrupt norms and values that impede the transformational agenda of language-in-education.
SIMPHIWE MICHAEL SIGONYELA
Department: LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Supervisor: PROF Z DESAI
Thesis:
Intermediate Phase teachers’ attitudes towards using technology in English First Additional Language classes at selected schools in low income communities in the Western Cape
Description:
This is a case study aimed at investigating teachers’ attitudes to ICT in low-income communities. The study utilised the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as its framework, highlighting ‘perceived ease of use’ and ‘perceived usefulness’ as key factors influencing technology adoption. The research involved interviews with IP teachers and SMT members as the main source of data generation. The findings demonstrate that, while many teachers expressed positive attitudes towards ICT, its actual use was conditional on perceptions of ease of use and usefulness. The study provides critical insights for stakeholders seeking to promote equitable, sustainable and effective ICT integration in disadvantaged educational settings, but particularly in the aftermath of Covid 19.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
MARK DEON SOLOMON
INSTITUTE FOR POST SCHOOL STUDIES
Supervisor: DR S NEEDHAM
Co-supervisor: DR K APLOON-ZOKUFA
Thesis:
Access, barriers and successes of educational pathways for out of School youth. Applying the capability theory
Description:
The candidate’s study investigated the impact of a private, non-profit educational institution, on young people’s ability to access alternative post-school pathways. New theoretical insights were generated through detailing the relationship between the Capability Approach (CA) and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) among youth at a post-school educational institution. The research contributes new knowledge by showing how a non-profit postschool institution can mediate capability growth, while emphasising that sustainable youth transitions require coordinated educational, labour market, and social policy responses.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BALOYI KHAZAMULA DAVID
CHAUKE ELELWANI
CHOSI LWANDILE
GAFANE RAYMOND KARABO
GWENGU MALERATO
JOSE SHARON BEIBI
KHUMALO SIZWE HENRY VINCENT
LUVHIMBI SIHOLI LAWRENCE
MAAKE NTHABISENG BEDAYTH
MALANGE HULISANI
MALEPE AFRICA EDDIE
MALESA LUCKY MASILO
MANI SIPHOKAZI
MANZINI NKATEKO
MARUBINI AZWIMMBAVHI IDAH
MASHABANE LEBOGANG SYLVIA
MASHILOANE ZONKE
MATIDZE GIVEN RUDZANI
MHLANGA DANISA ARCHIBALD
MLUMBI THOMPSON
MOGANE TEBOGO PETER
MOKABO DIKELEDI
MOKGOLO PRISCILLA
MONI PATUXOLO
MPATI SINETHEMBA
MPENGESI-
KHANYA SIPHOSETHU
MPHETHU NAHA ISHMAEL
MQUQU SIXOLISIWE
MRAGANE THULISWA
MTEMBU PHUMLA
MZIZI KEMMONYE IRIS
NAKANA MMATLALA GRACE
NDLOVU ZAKHELE NEHEMIA
NDUKU ISENATHI
NELANI WILFRED
NGCATHU SONGEZIWE
NGOVENI WITNESS KURISANI
NGUDLE LULAMA CARRY
NHLABATHI CONSTANCE LINKY
NKOSI VUSUMUZI
NOLUTSHUNGU PHUMEZA
NYAKALE REUBEN UBE
NYANGANA THOBILE
PAKATI SPHAMANDLA
PHASHA MAKATANE SAMUEL
QAWA SIPHOKAZI
SANGOTSHA ABIGAILNTOMBEBHONGO
SEKHODIANE PRESSY
SHABANGU BHEKINKOSI JEROME
SMITH MASESI RACHEL
TITI-DUIKER THOLOANA
ZAPHEZA PHEMELO
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION LANGUAGES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DE WEE HERSCHELLE MARCO
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGES AND LIFE ORIENTATION
GIDEONS HOGAN
MYBURGH JASON JODY
PHILLIPS SHAQUILLE SHIMANO
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGES AND MATHEMATICS
KOTI DUNYISWA CYNTHIA
NDUNDUZELA NOMTHANDAZO GLADYS
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING
ADAMS JULIE ANN
Cum Laude
BROWN CANDICE JOHANNA
Cum Laude
CIMANI AQHAMILE
ADAMS GERALDINE
ALLIE MUSHFIQAH
AMERICA SHANICE FAITH
ANTHONY CLEO ZANETA
ANTHONY IMAAN
Cum Laude
JANTJIES MICHE MARIAN
APRIL CARMEN
APRILL DANUISHA
Cum Laude
KAMPHER CHARNE LINIQUE
BADI NOSIPHIWO OLWETHU
BOOYSEN TAYLINE
Cum Laude
LAKAY MAALIKAH
BOSMAN KAYDEE
BROWN NABEELA
Cum Laude
PANNEWITZ STACEY TAMSIN
CARELSE ANAISH
CARELSE TAMRA
Cum Laude
RASOOL TARA KIM
Cum Laude
ABRAHAMS TIFFANY CHELSEA
CLAASSEN JOSHUA JUAN-PIERRE
STEPHEN
CLAASSEN NATALIE BRONWYN
CLARKE JAMIE-LEE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING
CLOETE JODIE
CLOETE SHANA
CLOETE TAMRYN WILLMAREE
CUPIDO AYELISHA
CWABA SISIPHO
DAMON FEBE FAITH
DAVIDS ALEX
DAVIDS ROBYN
DEANE ZOE
DICKSON CHARLIZE LE-RENCIA
DU PLESSIS CAYWYNNE-LEE ANTHEA
DU PLESSIS ZOE LAYKEN
ENGEL MICKAYLE
FISCHER AZRAA
FORTUIN CASEY
FORTUIN KIM
FORTUIN TAMMY
FREDERICKS IMRA
GAGA SINOLUTHO
GARDINER KAEDE BRUNECIA
GCILITSHANA MBALI TANIA
GERTSE CASSADY RAE
GROENWALD GABEEBA
GROOTETJIE HALLEY
HEEGER JENNA TEZNA
HENA BUHLE
HILI ANELISA
HLANJWA LATHITHA
HUMAN HAYLLE
ISAACS WAHAAJUDEEN
JACOBS CHRISTLEEN
LA-ROSCHELLE
JACOBS KEESHA CLIRESE
JAFFER MEAKE JADE
JIYANE TSHIAMO BANELE
JOHANNES CAYLIN JILL
JOHANNES ELICIA CARIN
KENTE OKUHLE
LAKAY AAKIFAH
LAKAY JAMIE LEE
LALLA FAATIMAH
LAWRENCE LISA
LEAK ZAHRAH
LEROUX AMY LINDSAY
LINTNAAR JOSHLINE
LODEWYK SHANEEZ
MABUNDA NTWANANO REPLY
MABUTO NANDE
MAFANYA AMAHLE
MAJOVA SIKHO
MAKHADI ELAIN TAKALANI
MANEVELDT JOSHUA
MANGA SIBONGOKUHLE PRECIOUS
MANGQOMA LELETHU
MAPHOSA PHINDEKILE MAWETHU
MARTHINUS LAEEQAH
MASALA AZOLA
MATYENI LWANDISO KHWEZI
MCATA INDIBABALE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING
MDINGI PHILELA PRUDENCE
MELANI LUKHOLO
MENTOOR ETHAN
MEYER EDERISIA ASHANTÉ
MFIKANYE YAKHA
MHOBO ANOKUHLE
MKHUNGO MENDY THULISILE
MLUMKISI ELONA
MNGXUMA SISONKE
MOLEFE JOSEPH ELIJAH
THAPELO
MOLEFE KGOTHATSO MAKI
MOUTON SHENEAD LENIQUE
MQHAMKANA YONELA
MQHAYI GILIKIDI CHUMA
MTIKI SISIPHO
MXI MIHLE
NGOBENI MPUMELELO UTRICIA
NKADIMENG KGOTLELLO
NKOMO NQOBILE
NKUNA LOVENESS
TINTSWALO
NKUZO MBALENTLE SINAZO
NOHIYA THINA
NONGQOTHO YANGA
NORDIEN IMAAN
NOZITSHIXWANA SAMMY
NTLALI SIYANDA
NYOKA SONWABISE
OCKHUIS JODI-ANN SAMANTHA
PETERSEN JOSLIN VIOLA
PETERSEN MARYAM
PHILLIPS JESSICA SHEONAY
PRESSEND JUDE LOREN
RAKGORWANE NTHABISENG
RANK ASHNA LAQEESH
REID ELRIQUE JADE
RICHARDS CAMILLA JOY
RICHARDS LISA CAITLIN
RICHARDS ROCHELLE
SASS MISCHE
SCHECKLE AMBER JUANE
SCHIPPERS CASSIDY
SEFALANE TABILE LERATO
SEGERS JENNA ANASTACIA
SEGERS RYAN
SEJOSENGOE REAMOHETSE
GETRUDE MAJUSAEA
SHAND BIANCE
SILJEUR DESNY JADEE
SLAMDIEN SADIA
SNYMAN SHAKIMA
STOFFELS SASKIA MICHÉ
STOLLEYS IMOGENE
THERON CASSIDY
THOMAS LUCINDA JOY
TIMMEY SHANDRÉ
TSHABALALA NOBUHLE BRILLIANT
TUNZANA ZINCEBA
VAN DER HORST KAYBE AFTON
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING
VAN WYK SAYDEN-LEE
VLOTMAN NATASHA FEBRECHA
WAGMAN CHANDREY CHANTE
RAYWINIQUE
WANZA JANE
WHITES KEZIAH
WILDSCHUT JADÉ CHRISTENE
WILLEMSE AAMINAH
WINDVOEL OKUHLE CARMINITA
WITLOUW CAITLIN EDITH
WOLHUTER TAMMY THERESIA
WRIGHT KAYLIN
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING
JACOBS JADE CHARL
Magna Cum Laude
ABRAHAMS NAEEMA
Cum Laude
AFRICA PATRICIA NATASHA
Cum Laude
BABOO MUHAMMAD RIDAA
Cum Laude
BANDA MELLISSA MPHATSO
Cum Laude
ENGELBRECHT TAMRE
Cum Laude
FELDTMANN DANIËLL DEFERNAYSHA
RAWOOT LAYLA
Cum Laude
ROSENBERG JANATE HEAVENLEY
Cum Laude
SWANEPOEL BRUMILDA UDENIO
Cum Laude
ABRAHAMS SHAMEEMAH
ADAMS AMY JADE
ADONIS MIA-CARLA
ALBANY RUWAIDA MONTIQUE
AMOO ABDUL QAYYOOM
APLOON FIONA
ARNOLDS TAARIQ
Cum Laude
KEYS ALECIA KARISHNA
ASHRAF AYESHA
BAILEY NAZERIO
Cum Laude
MAY CHARDONNAY
COURTNEY
BEUKES BRYAN ALROY
BOOISE MARGO SUNÉ
BOOYSEN CURTIS
Cum Laude
ONTONG NICOLE ANNEKE
Cum Laude
BOOYSEN NAYLEE GEORGIA
BOSMAN JACIRA
BREY NAADIRAH
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING
BRUCE JAYDON
BUNGE ASTHANDILE
CALENI OYAMA
CAMERON AMELIA
CARELSE SANTENIO JOSEPH
CLAASEN LOUIRENS ENRIC
CLOETE MARION KAYE
DAAMES MESHAY HAILEY
DANIELS TAANYA GEORGINA
DARIES ZACHARY KEVIN
DAVIES MISH AAL
DE KOCK JAMIE LEE
DE WEE MAXENE AIMEE
DOLLIE ZENITH
DRAMAT RAEEZ
DU TOIT TAMMY
DYSON DANZYL DEVANN
ENGELBRECHT BREYTON CLAUDE
ERASMUS HOUSTON
ERASMUS JAYDEN BRYAN
ESAU JAN-TAY FAITH
FANISO AYAKHANYA
FEBRUARY MANISHA-TAYLOR
GEBE MKHANYISI
GONIWE KWAKHE
GRILL CHELSEY
HALFORD AZRAA
HART MOSHÉ CARLA
HENDRICKSE JUNAID
HLOPHE MBONISENI
ISMAEL NABIELAH
JACK NAZRON JAYDON
JANTJIES AVENTIS
JANTJIES CHELSEA JADE
JIEMIES MCKYLAN ABRAHAWEEN SUSHMITA
JONES SADE’ KEISHA
JONKERS MARQUINN
JOSEPH KAYLEIGH ROBYN
KAFAAR ABDUR-RAZAAQ
KHOZA GUGU
KOOPSTAD SHANIQUE LEO-NAY
LAMOHR ZOE
LEAST LINATHI
LEKAY AJERA LYNN
LEKHULENI THAPELO MTHOKOZISI
LETHWANE MAMATLOPE CAROL
LOTTERING LOUISA
LUSIBANE LUYANDA
MABUNDA NTAVASI VUKONA
MAGUBANE THABANE MXOLISI
MAGXUNYANA SIYAMBONGA
MAHUNGELE ERNEST JONATHAN
MALI HLUMELO PATRICIA
MANDOLL AATIKAH
MAPASA SIYASAMKELA
MATOLO ODWA
MAVUNDLA LOLWETHU
MAXIM CHANTE
MBATYAZWA GLORIA NOMONDE
MBEKA ANESIPHO
MDAKA SIYABONGA
MDLULI LUTHANDO
CLEMENTINER ZODWA
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING
MFANA ASENATHI
MHLAMBI MNGOBI SPHELELE
MKAFANE PAMELLA
MLAMBO ANDILE NOMSA
MLELENGWANA VUMEKA
MMETHI NTSEWA ZELIA
MNETHE ANELE
MNYAKA ZOLISA
MOLOI
TLHOKOMELO
VALENTINO
MOSHOADIBA MPHO MOTISE THULANI
MTHEMBI NKWETSIMO
MTHETHWA BHEKINKOSI
CHRISTIAN
MURUDI KHULISO MUNENE
MUSAPO REGINALD
MVELASE FEZILE NTOMBIZETHU
NDINISA NTOMBIZINE
NDOU MURENDENI ANNA
NGXANDE PHELOKAZI
NOLAN DEVON JONATHAN
NORODIEN FATIMA
NOTHNAGEL MIKAYLA
NTSHALINTSHALI LINDOKUHLE
NTSOKOLO KAMOHELO INNOCENT
PERSENT JOHNICA HAYLENE
PHAKULA RIVONINGO BLESSING
PLAATJIES JADE
PLAATJIES SHARON-LEE
QONONO SIBABALO
RANCK NIKITA MERCIA
ROBERTS OLIVIA ASHLEIGH
RUDOLPH ANGELO DEACON
RYK HEINRICH JAMES
SAAL HEINRICH PETER
SAMSON JAMY-LEE
SAULS JEMILE
SCHOEMAN LIANDRE
SEPATO BOITSHOKO
MOKGADI ASNATH
SEPENG BONOLO
SIKO THOBILE
SIMON ANGELIA DORETHIA
SOBUTYU SISONKE
SOLOMONS SHAYDENE SELVOLENE
SOKABO SIBULELE
STRAUSS CHRISHY JOHNLYN
STUURMAN JENNELINE
THOMAS ALLISON VERONICA
TITUS MONRE IVAN
TJATJIE MATHULE NOAH
TOMTALA AMAHLE JENINE
TSHETSHE YAKHANANI
TYANASE MIHLALI
VAN JAARSVELDT SHAI-LYNN JODEE
VAN WYK SERA-LEE
VAUGHAN CAITLIN JADE
VERCUIEL GEORGE MAURICE
WILLIAMS HAYLEE OLIVIA
ALZANIA
ZONDO NONHLANHLA PRUDENCE
ADVANCED DIPLOMA FOR EDUCATORS OF ADULTS
PHILLIPS RANDALL NEVILLE
HIGHER DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION
NHAMUSSUA NONTUTHUZELO VERONICA
FACULTY OF EDUCATION CERTIFICATES
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION
SIBAWU THELISWA CONFIDENCE
2026
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.
