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)
FACULTY
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
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OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 13 APRIL 2026 | 09H30 PROGRAMME
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
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 13 APRIL 2026 (MONDAY) UWC CAMPUS 09H30
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
HLULANI ALLOY NGHAYO
Department: COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
Supervisor: PROF R MAART
Co-supervisor: PROF K RAMPHOMA
Thesis:
A framework for oral health community engagement: A case study of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Description:
This thesis develops an oral health community engagement framework to strengthen oral health promotion within rural primary healthcare in South Africa. Drawing on a multi-phase mixed-methods study involving health system actors and rural communities in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, the study found systemic barriers affecting access, service delivery and community participation. The study advances a contextual framework that embeds community engagement within primary healthcare system to improve preventive oral health strategies, service delivery, and promote equitable oral health systems. By positioning community engagement as key to oral health improvement, this study informs oral health policy, strengthens health governance, and supports sustainable services in rural settings.
IMAAN ROOMANEY
Department: CRANIOFACIAL BIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF M CHETTY
Co-supervisor: PROF C NYIRENDA
Thesis:
Utilising facial scanning to screen for FASD in South Africa
Description:
Today we recognise the doctoral work of Dr Roomaney, whose research addresses one of SA’s most pressing yet under-recognised public health concerns: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Through an integrated programme of research, this study examined the potential role of oral health professionals in early FASD screening using AI-assisted facial imaging. The findings reveal both the promise and the limitations of current technologies, particularly the risks associated with non-representative datasets and algorithmic bias. The work further demonstrates that OHPs could contribute meaningfully to early identification when supported by appropriate training, ethical safeguards and health-system support, highlighting the need for locally developed tools and coordinated national responses to FASD.
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
MASTER’S DEGREES
MASTER OF DENTAL SURGERY
VAN VUUREN DELIA
Thesis:
Patient reported outcomes regarding immediate and conventional loading of single implants in the aesthetic zone
Department: PROSTHODONTICS
Supervisor: PROF R MAART
Co-supervisor: PROF F KIMMIE-DHANSAY
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DENTISTRY
Thesis:
Periodontal ligament stem cells in regenerative periodontal procedures: A systematic review
Department: ORAL MEDICINE AND PERIODONTOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF H HOLMES
Co-supervisor: PROF M ENGEL
RAMCHURAN KRISHKA
Thesis:
The use of odontometric measurements to determine the estimated height of deceased individuals from the Western Cape population
Department: CRANIOFACIAL BIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY
Supervisor: DR S CHANDLER
Co-supervisor: DR A ALBLAS
KHALID
Thesis:
Design of a Voice Controlled Periodontal charting application (V.C.C.)
Department: ORAL MEDICINE AND PERIODONTOLOGY
Supervisor: PROF H HOLMES
HAMID RAYAN
MOHAMED
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS 2026
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DENTISTRY IMPLANTOLOGY
ABBAS MOHAMMED ASSALA
BEEKA SABRINA
GANDI CRISWELL
TAFADZWA
GREEFF LAMBERT
KORKIE PIETER JACO
MABUZA KHULEKILE
MATLALA NOBANTU VIVIAN
MINYI TIMOTHY JEREMIAH
MOOLMAN MARINDA
NEERPUTH VIDHIR
RANCHOD JITESH NATVARLAL
SONG HYUNSUNG
SWART SCHALK
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DENTISTRY
HENNING NATASHA
Cum Laude
AHMED SYED ZOHAIB
BENEKE BIANCA
BOBAT SUHAIL
BOSMAN NICOLAS
CHONCO NOLWAZI
SINOTHANDO
CHUMA MOHULA
WELHEMINA
DAVIDS RAGHMAH
DE BRUYN TANIA
DE JAGER ELSANNE
ERNSTZEN ADRIENNE LYNNE
ESACK AMEERA
ESSOP MUHAMMAD
ISMAIL
GOPEE POOSHAN
GOVA SIYABONGA
HENNING KAYLA
ISMAIL FIRDOWS
KALEB ESTHER NDAPEWA POMWENE JENNIFER
KAFULA RAUNA NANGULA
KHAN SHAZIA
KHUMALO LUNGILE
LOUW HILANA
MACHABA KHOLOFELO
MACKENZIE TAMSYN KAELA
MANKGELE LETHABO
MOFOKENG LEHLOHONOLO
MOKGACHA MATLHOGONOLO
MORKEL MARIUS
MUSE KAMOGELO RAMAREDI
NIDDRIE LOUISE ELRIDA
OJAGEER AISHWARYA
PARIES ALICIA CORINNE
PARKAR HASEEBA
PILLAY LUSHMIKA
PRETORIUS ALBERT NICO
RADALI ETHEL
RADLEY TERSIA
2026
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DENTISTRY
RAMMUTLA RANKOTSANA AGNES
RAMNARAIN TAMISHA TEMERA
REDDY DEEVANIE
REID MBASA
SCHOLTZ EULLIAM
SMALBERGER SASKIA
SULIMAN ISMAAEEL
THABETHE NONTOKOZO PRETTY
TSHEKO-ZWANE WARONA LINDIE
UNDRE FARHAANA
VAN AARDT ELANDRI
VAN WYK ANRINETTE
VAN ZYL LUZANDRE
VORSTER PETRUS JACOBUS SCHOEMAN
WILLE JUANDRE ANNE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
HONOURS’ DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION HONOURS
ABRAHAMS CHELSEA
ABRAHAMS TORI TYRA CHRISTAL
BAINBRIDGE BIANCA KELLIE
BANGANI ZIKHONA
CLOETE BLANCHE NESTA
DANISA BUKEKA
DARIES JAYLON
DAVIDS LUCRETIA
DINISO SISIPHO
DIVETI ASITHANDILE
DLAKIYA NKOSINATHI
DU PREEZ KAYLA
ENGEL KURT
FALKEN RIESHKA
GEORGE AMY LEE
GONCALVES NABEELAH
GQIBITHOLE NODUMO
GREEN NIGEL PETER
HAHN KIRSTY LEIGH
HARMSE ISCHKA PAULINE
HENDRICKS ROZELLE
JACOBS JAYDAN MICHELENE
JACOBS KEANAN
JANSE CHERYL-LEE LOUZELLE
KETANI SANELE
KWINANA SINAZO
LEETJER ZOE CHRISTEEN
LINKS DILLON BRENT
LIWANI YOLISA
LOEKS CLEÉSHAY
LOUIS KAYLIN CASSIDY
LOUIS KYLE MARVIN
MARTIN JAYDEE ULENE
MAZOMBA LUKHANYO
MBALI MELUXOLO
MBAMBO EBENEZER THANDO
MBIRA THEMBILE RONALD
MNYAKA LUYANDA
MSI ASITHANDILE
NDWAYANA LUKHANYO PHUMELELE
NKEBETWANA NOLUTHANDO
NTLOKWANA THABISO
NYANGENI SINALO
NYATSO KUTLWANO NALEDI
OHLSON CINDY
OLIPHANT TIFFANY
OPPERMAN CHAROYNIQUE
PAWULI SINESIPHO
PETER ZANDILE
PRINS SHARIFA
RHODE CHELSEA-ANN
SIBIYA FAITH
SIHLOBO SIMPHIWE
SILELO ASIPHE
SIMAYILE ANITHA
SIRUNU JABU
SONN DANIELLE
STELE SESONA
VAN BREDA AUBREY
VAN ROOY ALICIA KELEIGH
WOLHUTER DOMONIQUE
XWAZI
MATEJOA NOZIPHO
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
HONOURS’ DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION HONOURS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
DE WAAL DANIELLE PETRO
Cum Laude
CWALA OKUHLE
DU TOIT JANÉ JEANETTE
FORTUNE CHANTE ANDREZA
HANS MICHELLE URSULA
KHAN HABIBANNISAH
LEWIS ALICIA MARISCA
MAPKER ZAKIRA
MATTHYS X-ZIAVIA JOELENE
MAY TAMLIN NIKITE
NQIWA SONGEZO
VIVEIROS NIZE
YHUKUTWANA XOLISA
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING
ABRAHAMS A’ISHAH
Cum Laude
MKIVA SIGCOBILE
Cum Laude
OCKERT WENDELL
Cum Laude
ABRAHAMS JIYAAD
ABRAHAMS MATTHEW JAMES
ADAMS COURTNEY ANNE
ALLIES MICAYLA
BROOKSBANK ZOE XENA
CHETTY KISHMIA
CITA NOLUBABALO
DAVIDS IMRAN
DAZELA LUNCEDO
DIAS TAUHIR
DOLF ELZANA KAYLA
DREYER SAARAH
FEKETA INATHI ZOZUKO
FONK LIYEMA
FORTUIN NICOLE MICHAY
GABA SIYAMBONGA
GOOLAM TAMRYNNE
GULIWE SIMPHIWE CYRIL
GWENTESHE ZUKISA
HLOMUKA ANDISWA
HLOPHE BONGANI GABRIEL
HOZA SIYAVUYA
ISAACS ALYCIA
JACOBS DAIYAAN
JAFTHA LETONIA
KEMP MUZZAMMIL
KHOMBA HLONELA
LATEGAN AMY JUSTINE
LINDT JUSTIN
LUTHULI KENNETH
LUTZ LIANE
MAGANO APRIL
MAGUNDANA YONGAMA
MAGUTYWA SIHLE
MAREDI TSHEGOFATSO
MARITE KGOMOTSO
MASEKO SIYABONGA INNOCENT
MAZOMBA MIHLALI NONTYATYAMBO
MBATHA KWANELE
MCUNU LONDEKA
MFIHLO OLWETHU INNOCENTIA
MHLATYANA NOSIPHO
MIA TASNEEM
MITCHELL ADRIENNE KIERA
MLAMBO DONLEE
MLISI VUYO NCEDO
MOKHONOANA LETHABO
MONNAMONTSHO TSHEPANG
WELLINGTON
MOOI OLWETHU HOPE
MOSELANE TEBOGO
MOTA GCINILE
MSWELANTO EMIHLE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING
MTIMKULU YONGISIPHO
MVANDABA NANDILE
BELLAGINA
MVULA IPELENG
NCONTSA VUYANI
NDINISA ANATHI
NGINDANA ZUKHANYE
NKAWU ENDINAKO
NKOSI SIBUSISO HOPE
NKOSI SPHAMANDLA
MAXWEL
NOMBEWU ZIMI
NTOMBELA SIPHO
NTSUMPE VUYOLWETHU
OHLSON SVEN
PERES AMY
PHAHLADIRA CHOENE
PHILLEMON
QWABE SINQOBILE
RASHAKA MOSES
RODGERS TRISTAN
SAAL CARRON JAYDE
SAMSON AKIELAH
SELEPE PULENG TANKISO
SIGUDU YAMKELA
SITHOLE DIRE
SITWAYI INATHI
SOGIBA SIPHOSETHU
SOLOMON AASIYAH BINT IGHSAAN
SOLOMON CASSEY JOY
SOLOMONS KYLE
SONDAY AMMAARAH
SWANE THEMBA
THOMSON SHARDENE
TSHIPINYANE MAPASEKA PRUDENCE
TYHALITI AVELA
WANDA NOMKHOSI
WEHR MISCHKA
WILLIAMS CYDNEY ZEE
WINDVOGEL CASSIDY KIRSTEN
ZAKADE SINAWO
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES DIPLOMAS 2026
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ABDURAHMAN AGHMAD
ABRAHAMS ABDUL-GAKHEEM
ABRAHAMS MANDY LYNETTE
ALBERTUS YOLANDE
APLENI MATOMELO
ARENDSE LUSINDA
BASSON JOHETTE
BOCK TREVOR
CHRISTIANS LEAZEL
DAMON TARONNE
CHARMEASE
DAMONDS LARRY WILLIAM
DEU SHIELA PHINDISWA
DYOSI BEAUTY ZIMKHITHA
ELLIOT JEFFRENE
FIELIES JANINE
FIGAJI LESLIE LLOYD
FRANCIS TOHIERA
GCABAYI SANDISO
GEORGE GADIJA
GERTZE RUDOLINE LEANDRÉ
GOLIATH ESJOHNNE
GRACIO DESIDERIA MAKIESSE
GXEKWA NOLUBABALO
HERMANS BABALWA HAPPINESS
HOHO ANELE
JACOBS ESME MAY
JANSEN JESSICA JOLANDY
JONES KASHIEF
JOSIAS WAYNE
KITTEN OSCAR
LEONARD JACO GERHARD
LESENYEHO TSELANE PRISCILLA CYNTHIA
LESTER LEONIE GEORGINA
LEVENDAL NICOLE TIFFANY
LOTTERING JOFRE
MABENA BANENGI MAKHOTSO CHARITY
MABOTJA PHUTI ALICE
MACLONS CHANTEL JANINE
MAHLANGU VALENTINE GELLY NOKULUNGA
MAJIZA SIPHOKAZI
MAKAYA THANDAZO PRECIOUS
MANDLA NTOMBOXOLO PATIENCE
MANGXABA ATHI THONEKA
MANKOE RAEHEDEAN JOHANNA
MANUEL RIFQA
MANZANA NOLITHA
MARAIS GIZELLE LUDENE
MARS EDWINA
MEINTJIES TERRI-LEA JOANNE
MEKGWE DIPUO LIZZIE
MELAMANE AMANDA PHELISA
MEYER SONJA
MEYER TERENCE DUNCAN
MGQALA NOLUTHANDO
MKITA SINDELWA THERESERJOY
MLOTHA SYLVIA
MODISE KEROMANG JANE
MOLEFE MOTLALEPULA MARGARET
2026
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
DIPLOMAS
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MOTAU JOHANNAH
MMANTSETSE
MQIKWA ATHI
MSIBI
SINENHLANHLA
HALALISANI
MTSHAMBA SYLVIA
NOMBULELO
MTYANA NOBANZI FIONA
MTYEKU VUYISEKA CYNTHIA
MUSSA JENNIFER
MVENYA NOSITHEMBISO
MZENZI NONTLAHLA
DIAGRACIA
NDEMA PUMEZA
NDZO MZOXOLO
NGUZA THEMBAKAZI
NQEKETO MOSULI
QUVANE NEE DUMISA THEMBEKA CECILY
RAISA FUNIWE
SEBATANA MATSHEDISO JULIA
SENOAMALI MATAU SHARON
SHIBE ZANELE
SIMELANE SISONKE
SIMONS CARMEN
SISHUBA SISONKE
SISUSA SISANDA
THOMAS VUSUMZI
VAN BOSCH NOLAN ALLISTAIR
VANDALA SIYASANGA
WATKINS ANTOINETTE RHODA
WILDEMAN TANYA MAUREEN
PIETERS SAMANTHA
SITYANA NCEDISA
SKOTA WHITNEY
SWARTBOOI KEMSLEY
VAN HARTE MEAGAN
VAN NIEKERK GERTRUIDA
WITBOOI CANDICE SADIE
ZAKE NCUMISA TUMIE
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES DIPLOMAS 2026
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT
ADAMS GADIJA
BRAND FLORIS JOHANNES
KOLWANA SIHLE PEGGY
MAMBANE PHOZISA PRECIOUS
MAVUSO LINDA
NDINISA PHUMZA
NGWENZE AYABONGA
SHOBA NONHLANHLA ZINHLE SHAMAINE
SOGONI OKUHLE NATASHA
FRANSMAN JOHANNES
MATJAN AURILO KEITH
PETERS EMILE CARL
WHITE MICHANA LAUREN
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.
