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2026 GRADUATION CEREMONY 08 OCTOBER 2026

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FROM HOPE TO ACTION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

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.

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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

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Dear Graduands, 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

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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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FACTS AND FIGURES

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TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION

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ENROLMENT

% of total student population

Science, Engineering, Technology

35% Education

12% Business Management

11%

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Other Humanities

42%

SUCCESS RATE

Undergraduates

78%

Overall Graduation Success Rate

Undergraduate Success Rate

83 %

Postgraduates

22%

GENDER

% of total student population

81 %

GRADUATE OUTPUT Undergraduate

Postgraduate

3 739 1 437 Female

Male

37 %

1 367

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

are enrolled at UWC.

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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.

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.

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HISTORIC MILESTONES

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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 title World 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

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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.

2025: Prof Robert John Balfour is inaugurated as the 8th Rector and Vice-Chancellor. 2026: UWC analytical chemistry scientist Prof Priscilla Baker receives the Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze for her contribution to scientiﬁc research. UWC secured eighth place in South Africa, 26th place in Africa and 657th globally in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings.

UWC is the ﬁrst and only university team to compete in the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League Africa’s premier club competition for women’s football.

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OFFICE BEARERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

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CHANCELLOR The Most Reverend Dr TC Makgoba (PhD, Doctorate of Divinity: Hon. Causa)

CHAIR OF COUNCIL 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 S Nadar (BA, B Social Science (Hons), MA, 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)

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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PROGRAMME 08 OCTOBER 2026 | 09H30

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ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS 1.

Academic Procession (THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO STAND AS THE PROCESSION ENTERS THE HALL)

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor constitutes the congregation National Anthem Address: SRC Address: Rector and Vice-Chancellor Item in song Presentation of Graduands to the Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor The Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor dissolves the congregation The Academic Procession leaves the hall

NB: THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE PROCESSION HAS LEFT THE HALL.

TIME AND VENUE

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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.

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DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

NELSON ADEBO ABITI Department: Supervisor:

HISTORICAL STUDIES PROF C RASSOOL

Thesis: Transforming the Uganda National Museum: From tribal craft and ethnic cultures to representing histories and traumatic memory in collections and exhibitions Description: This is a study of the creation of an ethnographic museum in colonial Uganda that was concerned with ‘tribal craft’ and ethnic cultures’, as well as how the museum came to be reshaped as part of the project of making a new, independent society. It explores the reconﬁguration of the Uganda National Museum to depict the social history of violence and traumatic memory, with its collections, methods and community programmes geared towards social healing. The Uganda Museum is shown as one always in transition, through a focus on exhibitions about Uganda’s history, as well as through the museum’s embrace of restitution and social restoration. This study will contribute to debates about the remaking of Ugandan society through the cultural work of transforming the Uganda National Museum.

BRENT NICOLAS ABRAHAMS Department: Supervisor:

HISTORICAL STUDIES PROF N ROUSSEAU

Thesis: Commingled Agencies: The afterlife of mortal and material remains Description: This thesis examines memories and narratives of three anti-apartheid cadres, Phila Portia Ndwandwe, Nokuthula Simelane and Griffiths Mxenge, who were killed and ‘disappeared’ by apartheid security forces. While perpetrators gave the narrative of their deaths, they were inscribed as heroes who made freedom possible. Abrahams rehumanises them by extending the narrative possibilities of their lives, deaths and afterlives. In addition to the oral and documentary, Abrahams turns to material remains and objects: a blue plastic bag, a statue and a motorcar. Attention to the interactions between persons, everyday objects, and remains generates new narrative possibilities through which an expanded personhood emerges. We see each as they lived and loved, as unique, irreplaceable and missed.

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FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ZAHIA ATAL Department: Supervisor:

WORLD LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES DR B NYINGONE ASSAM

Thesis: The application of the competency-based approach in learning French foreign language: A practical case in Algerian primary schools Description: This study examines the implementation of the competency-based approach (CBA) in Algerian primary-school for teaching French as a foreign language ( FLE). Using questionnaires with teachers, inspectors and classroom observations, it analyses teaching, learning and assessment practices, as well as implementation challenges. Findings highlight contextual, pedagogical and institutional constraints affecting CBA effectiveness. The study recommends stronger teacher training, improved resources, curriculum coherence and adaptation of CBA to the Algerian context. The research contributes to the study of competency-based education and French as Foreign Language (FLE) didactics by providing an empirical examination of the implementation of CBA in Algerian primary schools and by identifying the institutional, pedagogical and contextual conditions that facilitate or constrain its effectiveness.

ANDRE JEAN DU PLOOY Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

RELIGION AND THEOLOGY PROF H ENGDAHL PROF E CONRADIE

Thesis: The Liturgical Cosmologies of Alexander Schmemann and Gordon W. Lathrop: A Comparison Description: André du Plooy opted for liturgical theology and a comparison between a Russian Orthodox in exile, Alexander Schmemann and an American liberal Lutheran scholar Gordon Lathrop regarding the cosmological effect of the liturgy of the Christan church; not theology saying what is liturgy but rather liturgy as source of theology. The comparison was a test in itself: an Orthodox world view based on Platonic assumptions confronting a liberal view embedded in a Western view informed by modern science. Both deal with cosmology but they hardly meet: Schmemann is for a permanent transcendence, Lathrop a cosmology totally this-worldly. Yet, at times they are tangent to each other; a unique study bringing together theologians worlds apart into an ecumenical equilibrium, cosmology being the denominator.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

SOPHIA MARGARETHA FERGUSON Department: Supervisor:

HISTORICAL STUDIES PROF P HAYES

Thesis: Neoliberal abstractions and microhistorical illuminations: Dispatches from Cape Town Description: Retha Ferguson embarked on an unusual itinerary to study neoliberalism in all its contemporary theoretical abstraction and then work across other scales of economic life in Cape Town involving a shoemaker, a social worker and a manufacturer, whose microhistorical and material existences are sedimented with a long history of the former. Often termed spontaneous market order, neoliberalism beneﬁts from the elision of its violent histories that suppress older traces of relationality to produce social formations of insensitivity. The material residues that Ferguson brings to life through her dispatches from the margins allow for their connected singularities to emerge, grounded in a counter-aesthetic that is teased out with an unusual degree of rigour, originality and creativity.

GERALDINE GUENE LINDOLE HARTMAN Department: Supervisor:

LINGUISTICS PROF F BANDA

Thesis: Curating meaning in Western Cape museums: A social semiotic approach Description: This study examines how space, language, materials, and affect shape what is remembered, who is represented, and how power circulates across four sites of public memory: the Iziko South African Museum, the Iziko Slave Lodge, the South African Sendinggestig Museum, and the Simon’s Town Museum. Using geosemiotics, sensory and visual ethnography, the study analyses assemblages of photographs and images of spatial designs and artefacts, and the sensory and affective experience in place. It concludes that colonial and apartheidera ideologies remain embedded in spatial design, exhibition selections, artefact framing, linguistic labelling, and signage, typically in English and Afrikaans. The study contributes to postcolonial museology and critical heritage studies by offering a framework for more inclusive transformation of museums.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AMY HISS Department: Supervisor:

LINGUISTICS DR R TYLER

Thesis: Anglonormativity, decoloniality and the status of isiXhosa in. an .elite school in Cape Town: a linguistic ethnographic case study Description: This thesis investigates the status and visibility of isiXhosa at an elite Cape Town school, exploring how language, power, and ideology intersect in a post-apartheid setting. Using a linguistic ethnographic approach – including policy analysis, interviews, and observations – the study applies Anglonormativity, practiced language policy, and decolonial cracks to assess multilingualism in practice. Findings show that while English remains deeply entrenched as the primary language of academic legitimacy, educators actively disrupt this dominance by advocating for isiXhosa and Kaaps. Multimodal representations across the schoolscape further create decolonial cracks, proving that transformation requires African languages to be genuinely valued and integrated rather than treated as secondary subjects.

MASNOENAH KAMALIE Department: Supervisor:

WORLD LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES PROF T MOHAMMED

Thesis: The Qur’an and the Impact of Its Memorisation on Female Hāfizāt: A Textual and Phenomenological Approach Description: The thesis investigates how Qur’anic memorisation ( if ) shapes the spiritual, social, and religious identities of female fi t. Drawing on the Qur’anic corpus, a corpus of Islamic media texts, and interviews with fi t in Cape Town, the study explores the textual foundations, contemporary representations, and lived experiences of Qur’anic memorisation through an integrated qualitative, corpus-assisted, and phenomenological approach. It brings together Maq id al-Qur n, Wodak et al.’s Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA), and de Beaugrande and Dressler’s Standards of Textuality to examine the spiritual, socio-historical, and textual dimensions of if . The study contributes to a deeper understanding of women’s experiences of Qur’anic memorisation and their evolving roles in religious practice and the transmission of transmission of Islamic knowledge.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

LEMAY LLORENTE QUESADA Department: Supervisor:

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES DR M BOEKSTEIN

Thesis: Disruptive innovation and the sharing of economy: Perspectives and responses of black-owned accommodation establishments in Cape Town Description: This study examined how black-owned micro-accommodation establishments in the Cape Town Metropolitan area respond to disruptive innovations within a rapidly changing tourism industry. Using a qualitative multiple case study design, data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews with tourism officials and accommodation business owners. The findings revealed that infrastructure constraints, bureaucratic barriers, crime and limited access to tourism value chains intensified operational challenges. Despite these obstacles, entrepreneurs demonstrated resilience through adaptability and innovative decisionmaking. These findings are relevant for tourism accommodation businesses, emerging tourism entrepreneurs, and policymakers seeking to develop targeted interventions and policies to support economic growth and inclusive participation.

MALEFU MAHLOANE Department: LINGUISTICS Supervisor: PROF M RALARALA Co-supervisors: PROF R KASCHULA, PROF M TSOEU Thesis: Sign Language interlingual interpreting in the South African court room: Towards developing a digital database of legal terminology of South African Sign Language (SASL) Description: This study investigates a range of factors related to South African Sign Language (SASL) and courtroom interpreting; identifying limited terminology as a key factor that hampers effective interlingual interpreting. Through the lens of participation framework and Critical Discourse Analysis, and informed by corpus linguistics, the study compiles a corpus of legal texts to generate the legal terms. The ﬁndings show that a persistent gap in the development of legal terminology and dialectical disparities amongst interpreters and the Deaf community pose a threat to achieving standard technical terminology for SASL. To address these challenges, a database of legal terminology was compiled and reconceptualised to beneﬁt the development of SASL.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY NOMFUNDO MALI Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES PROF R KASCHULA DR Z DOCRAT

Thesis: Every accused person has a right to a fair trial: The problematisation of the application and implication of interpreting during cross examination of the accused Description: The study examines the implications of Section 35(3)(k) of the Bill of Rights of the South African Constitution in relation to interpreting processes during cross-examination. The study establishes strengths and limitations of interpreting from English to isiZulu, and vice versa. The ongoing Meyiwa murder trial forms the case law for the research. This case has generated public debate in various forums, particularly regarding the interpreting process. The ﬁndings of this study contribute signiﬁcantly to the interpreting practice in relation to legislative provision of a fair trial. To achieve comprehensive and conclusive results, a qualitative content analysis methodology and Goffman’s (1981) model of participation framework were employed. The study contributes to forensic linguistics with a focus on legal interpreting and translation.

PRALINI NAIDOO Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES PROF S NADAR PROF D LEWIS

Thesis: Deﬁant seed: Tracing feminist narratives of seed within the context of indentured migrant communities in South Africa Description: As corporations increasingly control seed, and therefore agriculture and food systems, what might ancestral practices of saving, sharing and cultivating seed teach us? Drawing on narratives of women descended from Indian indenture in South Africa, this thesis traces relationships with seed, land and food that survived colonial displacement and apartheid. Through oral histories, backyard gardens, recipes and poetry, it reveals how women carried intergenerational knowledge that sustained life and continues to resist extractive agriculture. Presented as a PhD by publication, its ﬁve publications challenge conventional academic forms by treating narrative, autoethnography and poetry as ways of knowing. Among them is the student’s published poetry collection, “Wild Has Roots,” which brings embodied experience into the making of feminist knowledge.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

NDAMONONGHENDA NDATYAPO Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

LINGUISTICS PROF M RALARALA PROF R KASCHULA

Thesis: Defamation of character: A forensic linguistics and comparative study of Namibia and South Africa Description: This study investigates defamation of character within forensic linguistic and legal linguistic contexts. This comparative analysis of Namibia and South Africa cases explore how language is used to construct and legally interpret defamatory commentaries. From a theoretical and analytical perspectives, the study is guided by Grice’s maxims and the seven principles of the Honeycomb Model. The main linguistic and social motives of defamation, along with their manifestations such as emotions; attention-seeking and political motives are identified. The findings reveal the severe, long-lasting impact on victims of defamation such as reputational damage, moral harm, emotional anguish, financial loss, as well as business injury.

YUMNAA OCKS Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE DR O SALUBI PROF L KING

Thesis: Information services provision in Library 4.0: An assessment of information professionals’ ethical practices and the POPI Act Description: The 4IR is characterised by a fusion of technologies that blurs physical, digital and cyber spheres and is changing how we live, work and communicate. Evolving technologies like AI gaining access to personal data resulted in privacy concerns worldwide. Guided by Generally Accepted Privacy Principles and the Antecedents-Privacy Concern-Outcomes model, this study examined ethical and privacy challenges of 4IR technologies in library services. Findings reveal that technological advancement requires ethical responsibility and protection of users’ privacy and rights, reinforced by the South African constitution and POPIA. The candidate is commended for creating the F-TechEthix Framework integrating privacy and data governance into digital transformation and for scholarly articles from the study.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY CHEVÃN VAN ROOI Department: Supervisor:

LINGUISTICS PROF F BANDA

Thesis: Mapping mos in Kaaps: Towards a model of syntactic distribution and pragmatic functions Description: The study examines the particle ‘mos’ in Kaaps to determine its grammatical distribution and social functions. Drawing on Generative Grammar, Interactional Spine and Pragmatic theories, and Kaaps corpus data, the study ﬁnds that the particle is largely found in the middle of the clause, rarely at the end, and never at the beginning. Among its pragmatic functions are signalling shared knowledge, providing justiﬁcation, presenting reasons, and introducing new essential information. The study contributes to recent efforts to develop and intellectualise Kaaps, and to the broader international debates about supporting marginalised languages as part of language planning, policy and practice in multilingual contexts.

SUSAN NTETE Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES PROF R KASCHULA PROF V LAWACK

Thesis: Trusted criminals conceal and fragment: A forensic linguistic case study of subprime mortgage fraud in South Africa Description: This autoethnographic case-study explores ways in which forensic linguistics can assist to make sense of the candidates’ experiences as an unwitting victim of subprime mortgage fraud. This fraudulent deception is achieved through deceptive speech acts (vague language, eloquent silence, othering discourses, promises, distancing) combined with a range of criminological strategies (loan steering, phantom help, social engineering, scapegoating, concealment and fragmentation). The study strikes a balance between the linguistic, and criminological demands of the investigation. Confronting the study’s limitations means acknowledging that this investigation lays the basis for a testable set of propositions by which a body of theory about organised economic crime (and by default subprime mortgage fraud), can be assembled.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

ARTHUR BHEKIMPILO CHIKWARE

Supervisors:

CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY PROF N ROMAN, DR E DAVIDS

Thesis: Developing guidelines for the inclusion of Health Informatics competencies in undergraduate Inter-Professional modules in Healthcare Professional programmes Description: Mr Chikware addressed a critical gap between the digital transformation of healthcare and the education of future health professionals. Guided by the Four-Dimensional Curriculum Framework, he used a scoping review, analysis of South African curricula, stakeholder engagement and a Delphi survey identifying fragmented health informatics education, dependence on basic digital literacy, limited regulatory guidance and clear knowledge gaps, despite positive attitudes towards digitisation. This study developed and validated evidencebased guidelines for integrating health informatics into undergraduate interprofessional education. It provides a foundation for a digitally competent workforce through digital health literacy, interprofessional skills and business and administrative awareness.

JEPKEMOI JOANNE KIBET Department: PHYSIOTHERAPY Supervisor: PROF J PHILLIPS Co-supervisors: PROF T STEYL, PROF L ENNION Thesis: The effectiveness of a physical activity intervention in the management of chronic pain for survivors of torture in Nairobi, Kenya Description: Jepkemoi Joanne Kibet’s doctoral research investigated the management of chronic pain among survivors of torture in Kenya. Her work used a rigorous multimethod design, integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches across ﬁve interlinked phases. The study addressed the cultural appropriateness of assessment tools, explored survivors’ expectations, and designed and implemented a culturally adapted physical activity intervention. The intervention demonstrated signiﬁcant improvements in pain, disability, pain catastrophizing, fear avoidance beliefs, and multiple domains of quality of life. The research contributes to trauma-informed rehabilitation, demonstrating the value of physiotherapy and structured physical activity in restoring function and well being among survivors of torture.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GEORGE TUELO KOROPE Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS PROF J FRANTZ DR M LONDT

Thesis: Developing a framework to assist key stakeholders to implement prevention and awareness programs that address the drivers of GBV Description: This doctoral study advances gender-based violence prevention through an evidenceinformed framework for stakeholders implementing prevention and awareness programmes. Integrating the Capabilities Approach and an ecological perspective, it combined a systematic review of 13 African studies with interviews involving 15 stakeholders in three South African provinces. The research identified economic and social inequalities, gendered role conflict, harmful cultural norms, substance abuse and mental-health concerns, institutional failures, and intergenerational trauma as interconnected drivers of violence. Its adaptable framework translates these findings into coordinated, multilevel action and provides a practical basis for context-responsive programme design, implementation and evaluation.

SAMMYSKHUMBHUZO KHANYILE Department: Supervisor:

SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE PROF M YOUNG

Thesis: Development of a quality recreation service framework for the Gauteng Provincial Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation Description: This doctoral study developed an evidence-based Quality Recreation Service Framework (QRSF) to improve public recreation service delivery in the Gauteng Provincial Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research examined service-quality dimensions, user expectations and perceptions, and key servicedelivery challenges. The study produced a practical framework to guide community needs assessment, programme planning, resource allocation, staff development, communication, and monitoring and evaluation. The framework provides a context-speciﬁc model for improving and sustaining quality recreation services in public-sector recreation environments.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

DENISE RONELLE MARINUS-BAARTMAN Department: Supervisor:

SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS PROF M VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

Thesis: A Service Framework for Interventions for Rural Families Affected by A Relative’s Substance Use Disorder Description: Grounded in the functional pragmatic paradigm and the convergent parallel mixed methods approach, the challenges, coping strategies and support needs of rural families impacted by relatives’ SUDs were explored among family members and social workers. Counselling, psycho-education, emotional, spiritual and social support, skills development, therapeutic groups, community education, awareness campaigns and collaborating with stakeholders in the community were identiﬁed as crucial components of support. Additionally, personal challenges, family dynamics and family members’ own use of substances should be considered during interventions. The student made a valuable contribution by developing a service framework that could be used in multi-stakeholder partnerships to ensure holistic care and support.

RUCIA VERN-CLARE NOVEMBER Department: SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE Supervisor: PROF L LEACH Co-supervisors: PROF S TALIEP, PROF C NYIRENDA, PROF H CAI Thesis: The use of professional cricket match-play performance analysis to enhance the tactical decision-making of cricket coaches Description: The doctoral study of Ms Rucia November was a sequential exploratory mixed-methods research design that was methodologically sophisticated, theoretically grounded, and used innovative analytical modelling techniques to predict the match outcomes of professional Twenty20 cricket. The study constituted academic scholarship that was well-conceived, well-constructed and wellexecuted, and synthesised complex statistical applications into meaningful knowledge. Ms November has produced innovative, compelling and insightful research that advances our understanding of how performance analysis can inform tactical decision-making within professional cricket, and provides valuable insights with important practical implications for cricket coaches, team managers and strength and conditioning coaches.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY TAK WING YU Department: Supervisor: Co-supervisor:

PHYSIOTHERAPY PROF M ROWE PROF J FRANTZ

Thesis: Development of guiding principles for the use of Virtual Reality (VR) to support teaching and learning for health professions students Description: Tak Wing Yu’s PhD developed evidence-informed guiding principles for the pedagogically sound use of Virtual Reality (VR) in health professions education. Employing a Design-Based Research methodology, the study combined a scoping review, qualitative investigations with health professions students and educators, and a systematic triangulation process to generate and reﬁne guiding principles for VR integration. The research provides a structured framework to support curriculum design, technology-enhanced teaching and learning, and informed decision-making regarding VR implementation. The study advances knowledge on the educational application of immersive technologies and offers practical guidance for integrating VR into health professions curricula across diverse educational contexts.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF ARTS ALSOWAIDY SUMAIA Magna Cum Laude Thesis: Dynamics of ideology and bias in human and AI-assisted translation: A post-editing comparative study

ATTWELL

Thesis: Language, communication and medicine in a public hospital in Qonce: Barriers, challenges and prospects Department:

Department:

Supervisor:

WORLD LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES DR M SAIDI

BOTHA

ERLEEN

Thesis: Inside and after apartheid: The two lives and changing visual self-representations of South African documentary photographer Juhan Kuus, 1953-2015

GERALDINE ZINZISWA

Supervisor:

AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES PROF R KASCHULA

CLOETE

JACOB

Thesis: Water-society relations in the city: Environmental governance in the Zandvlei Estuary Department:

Department: Supervisor:

HISTORICAL STUDIES PROF A BANK

Supervisor:

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES PROF S BROOKS

JACOBS Cum Laude

ABDUR-RAHMAAN

MAKITLE

MOJALEFA PATRICK

Thesis: The representation of Muslim women in Islamic historical TV series: A case study of Al-Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf Althaqaﬁ

Thesis: Intra-neighbourhood typologies matter: Revisiting the meso level impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in post-pandemic Cape Town

Department:

Supervisor:

WORLD LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES PROF T MOHAMMED

Supervisor:

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES PROF B RINK

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES MASTER’S DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF ARTS MBIKO

KUHLE

Thesis: A multimodal analysis of language practices and hybrid identities in selected South African Hip-Hop artist Riky Rick’s music videos

MOKGALA

Thesis: Assessing the efficacy of ﬂoodplain wetland management policies in the uMsunduzi river basin: a comprehensive analysis of policy implementation, adherence, and support for alternative livelihoods

Department: Supervisor:

LINGUISTICS PROF F BANDA

Department:

NOJOKA

AYABONGA

NQWAZI

Thesis: Exploring the dynamics of language use: Thematic shift and narrative structures in selected isiXhosa novels Department:

AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES Supervisor: MS S MLONYENI Co-supervisors: PROF R KASCHULA, MR Z JAMA

NTOBELA

THOZAMA

Thesis: Commodiﬁcation of African spirituality: A critical discourse analysis of selected reality shows on Moja Love and Mzansi Magic Department: Supervisor:

LINGUISTICS PROF M MOTINYANE

PALESA JESSICA

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT STUDIES Supervisor: DR T KANOSVAMHIRA Co-supervisors: DR M DLAMINI, DR V CHIMONYO, DR M SIBANDA

ONAM

Thesis: New language practices on TikTok and X Department: LINGUISTICS Supervisor: DR M SHAIKJEE Co-supervisor: PROF A PECK

OCKHUIS

RACHEL ELISABETH

Thesis: Trauma en identiteitsvorming in Dis ek, Anna van Elbie Lötter en So lyk ‘n vrou van Ilse Verster deur ‘n feministiese lens [Trauma and identity formation in Dis ek, Anna by Elbie Lötter and So lyk ‘n vrou by Ilse Verster through a feminist lens.] Department: Supervisor:

AFRIKAANS/NEDERLANDS DR M BONTHUYS

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF ARTS PANDAY

RUSHANA

Thesis: Developing an ethical and quality-oriented framework for teaching and learning Arabic and Islamic Studies in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Department:

WORLD LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES Supervisor: PROF T MOHAMMED Co-supervisor: DR M SAIDI

PATHAN

AZHAR

PARSLEY

SHIREEN

Thesis: Race, Colouredness and skin tone bias: Discovering the ﬁne line between preference and bias Department: Supervisor:

SOCIOLOGY DR T MAKHETHA

RASELABE

HAPPYNES KARABO NOKWATU

Thesis: Fiqh al-Aqalliyy t in South Africa: A critical analytical study of their historical development, religious institutions, and juristic discourses

Thesis: Adoption, abduction, defamation, and the witchcraft suppression Act 3 of 1957: An intercultural void in South African law

Department: RELIGION AND THEOLOGY Supervisor: MR N MOHAMED Co-supervisor: PROF A BAYAT

Department: AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES Supervisor: PROF R KASCHULA Co-supervisor: PROF M RALARALA

RAYNHAM

SWARTBOOI

JULIA

Thesis: Turning the tide: A performance investigating the postcolonial planetary crisis Department: Supervisor:

HISTORICAL STUDIES PROF P ISRAEL

Thesis: Die rol van taal en representasie in Veronique Jephtas se Soe rond ommie bos (2021) en Radna Fabias se Habitus (2018): ‘n Transnasionale ondersoek The role of language and representation in Veronique Jephtas’s Soe rond ommie bos (2021) and Radna Fabias’s Habitus (2018): A transnational study Department: Supervisor:

TAMLYN

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

AFRIKAANS/NEDERLANDS DR M BONTHUYS

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES MASTER’S DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF ARTS TIMOTHEUS

NICOLE CHRISTINE

TITIPANA

TSHEPISO RACHEL

Thesis: Material culture of multilingualism and multiculturalism in two episodes of the 7de Laan soap opera

Thesis: Untabooing taboos: A multisemiotic analysis of the commodiﬁcation of colourism in South African popular culture

Department: Supervisor:

LINGUISTICS PROF F BANDA

MASTER OF ARTS IN CREATIVE WRITING KUHN

CAROLYN ANN

Thesis: Unravelling the Weave: A collection of poems on language, memory and dementia Department: ENGLISH Supervisor: PROF J MOOLMAN Co-supervisor: DR K JENNINGS

MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES NKOSI

BHEKIZIZWE

Thesis: Research data management services awareness at the University of the Western Cape Department: Supervisor:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PROF E CHIWARE

SIBEWU

ANEZWA ALICIA

Thesis: The role of public libraries in reducing information inequality and poverty: The case of Ngqushwa local municipality public libraries Department: Supervisor:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PROF S ZINN

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

HONOURS’ DEGREES

BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS BODENHAM

HANEEM

NGUBO

MIHLALI

CHOWDHURY SOMDIP

NYAKA

PITSI KELETSO

WELFF

CELESTE WENDY

OHLSSON

AEESHA

DYANTYI

LIEKETSENG

SALIE

ARSHAD

KITINI

VUYELWA

SAMUELS

CONNER

LENDERS

IMTIYAAZ

STEMELE

SINAZO

MLOKOTI

MILELWA

WIPPENAAR

ASHLEIGH

NGOBESE

ZAMA

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES SELOMA

LETLAO NAPE

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

2026

BACHELOR OF ARTS AGULHAS

CLAUDIA MEGGAN

ANDRIES

LANDELA

KHATLISI

SIPHESIHLE

ARENDSE

BASILDENE

KONTSIWE

ZEZETHU

ARRIES

AZELLE NASHNEEN

KOTI

BONTLE ONALENNA

BASHE

THABO HLOMLA

KWEBA

SAKHE

BATINI

BULELANI

LEE

GRIZELDA

BENJAMIN

WENDELL JOHN

LEWIS

ERIN NICOLE

BRUCE

JEMMA

MAGANGQASI

OYAMA

CLOETE

WINLEY

MALEKA-MLOTYWA MESO REATLEGILE

CONRADIE

CONWILL BROOKLYN

MALUMBAZO

INGA WAM

CUPIDO

MOEGAMMAD RIDHAA

MANZINI

NHLAMULO JOHN

DAVIS

VENESHREE

MAPOE

ALLANZO DONN-LEA

DU PLESSIS

CIARA

MARS

VERNON JEAN-PIERRE

DUNYWA

PAMELA

MASHILO

THAROLLO

ELTOUKEY

SHAHD

MATANZIMA

KHWEZI LOMSO

ERASMUS

CHARISMA

MAY

KIRSTIN TYLOR

FEBRUARY

JAY-LEE RAVEN

MAZIBUKO

NKULULEKO

GCAYI

LILITA BRITNESS

MDLELA

KAMVELIHLE

GOQWANA

NTUTHUKO THOZAMA

MEMEZA

AZOLA

GWINTA

SIPHOSIHLE

MHLAKWAPHALWA APHIWE

HOORN

CASSIDY

MHLAMBISO

ANELISA

HUNTER

ZOE JENAY

MNGQUNGQO

INGA

ISAACS

ASHEERAH

MUCHENI

THEO

JACOBS

DEON

MULAUDZI

MASASE

JACOBS

TRISTA

MUNGWE

JANSEN

MONISHIA

JANTJIES

KEAGAN

NDLOVU

LILITA

JOHNSON

JODY IRIS

NGQAKOTYE

BUHLE LIYEMA

JOSEPH

TIYANAH

NKOSI

SIMPHIWE

JOSHI

ANISHA RENUKA

NONGAWUZA

SISANDA

JOYI

SPHOKUHLE

NTONI

LISA

KADENI

PHILANI

NTYIKWE

LIYABONA

KEARNS

CHANÉLLE BIANCA

PAULSE

AIDEN

SUCCESSOR

BUHLEBENKOSI EUGENIA

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2026

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF ARTS PRINCE

WHASEEMA

SOEKER

ZAKIYAA

RICHARDS

LEIGH CHRISSIE

SWARTLAND

CHELSEA LYNN

RIKHOTSO

NTOKOTO

THOMAS

SHERWIN

ROODT

SHANNON JESSICA

TISO

BANOTHANDO

SEDRAS

LUCRESIA

VESELE

APELELE

SHUMANI

BUSISIWE ZINZISA

VIKILAHLE

NONTSIKELELO

SIBIYA

MALWANDLA

CHRISTINE

SITSHOLWANE PHUMELELA

WARRIES

ZOE LYNNÈ

SMART

ZONDI

THABISO SANELE

CARIN

BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES BOOI

LUNGA

BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY MOOS

CHONTE

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES MASTER’S DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF ARTS IN SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE ADAMS

CARINNE

Thesis: Knowledge, attitude and hydration practices of university cricketers and its effect on ﬁtness performance tests

HOFFMAN

SHERVONNE

Thesis: The effect of a motor imagery performance intervention among Cape Town Netball Federation female netball players in the Western Cape, South Africa

Department:

SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE Supervisor: PROF S BASSETT Co-supervisor: PROF B ANDREWS

Department: Supervisor:

SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE PROF B ANDREWS

JENKINS

SINESIPHO POLINA

MASTER OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY KAYSER

NAYTHAN CHARLES

Thesis: An Uptake and Usage Study on an Artiﬁcial Intelligence-Based Mental Health Intervention at a South African University

Thesis: Perception and experiences of social support for parents of neurodiverse children and adolescents in South Africa

Department: PSYCHOLOGY Supervisor: DR F KHAN Co-supervisor: DR L TUCKER

Department: PSYCHOLOGY Supervisor: DR J ROSE Co-supervisor: PROF K MWABA

NGINASE

AVUKONKE

Thesis: Exploration of First-Year University Students’ Subjective Experiences of Stress, Coping, Self-Efficacy, Perceived Social Support and Overall Mental Health In the Context of Transition to University Department: Supervisor:

PSYCHOLOGY PROF N SOMHLABA

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2026

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF ARTS IN CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES BAATJIES

DAMIAN RYAN

Thesis: The relation between children’s time-use and subjective well-being in South Africa

Supervisor:

CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY PROF S SAVAHL

NAGUDI

FATINAH GAMISHA

Thesis: Father involvement in rearing of children during early childhood amongst the Bamasaba fathers in Busamga, Mbale District, Uganda

Supervisor:

CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY PROF C ERASMUS

ERASMUS

PEARL

Thesis: Experiences and perceptions in woman in female - headed households as it relates to the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY Supervisor: PROF C ERASMUS Co-supervisor: PROF J FRANTZ

WARELEY

SHENAAZ

Thesis: Perceptions, experiences and challenges of in-patient mothers regarding the family reuniﬁcation process: A qualitative study CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY Supervisor: PROF C ERASMUS Co-supervisor: MR S GAWULAYO

MASTER OF NURSING MEYER

DELIA

Thesis: The perceptions of the undergraduate nursing students regarding the role of the clinical facilitator (CF) at a higher education institution in the Western Cape

Supervisor:

SCHOOL OF NURSING DR J HOFFMAN

WILLIAMS

ANGELINE

Thesis: The Experiences of Diploma of Nursing Students of the Supervision from Registered Nurses during Clinical Placement in a Private Hospital Setting

Supervisor:

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

SCHOOL OF NURSING DR J HOFFMAN

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES MASTER’S DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT MANGIAGALLI CHERICE

PHILLIPS

Thesis: An exploratory study of factors involved in psychosocial behavioural changes amongst adolescents participating in sport programmes in the Cape Metropolitan Area

Thesis: A training needs assessment for the capacity building of Khayelitsha Local Football Associations Department:

SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE Supervisor: PROF C DE CONING Co-supervisor: PROF M KEIM

Department:

SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE Supervisor: PROF C DE CONING Co-supervisor: PROF M KEIM

UUSIKU

MKHANYISI

SIMON PETRUS

Thesis: An exploratory examination of Khomas Region youths’ sport-for- employability trails: A case of Namibia’s Football Association (NFA) Department:

SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE Supervisor: PROF M KEIM Co-supervisor: PROF C DE CONING

MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY BRITS

LUCA COENRAAD

Thesis: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and resilience on the mental health of South African university students at two historically disadvantaged institutions in the Eastern Cape Province Department: Supervisor:

PSYCHOLOGY PROF A PADMANABHANUNNI

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2026

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH ASIFIWE

NADIA

Thesis: The experiences and perspectives of social support among people living with mental health disorders in low and middleincome countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

ILUNGA WANGOLE

REGINE

Thesis: Tuberculosis preventative therapy uptake in people living with HIV at a tertiary care hospital in Cape Town

Supervisor:

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROF R COETZEE

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Supervisor: PROF H TABANA Co-supervisor: DR N NCUBE

MADUKU

MAVIS YEUKAI

Thesis: Assessing the effect of COVID-19 on routine childhood immunization for children under 17 in Ontario, Canada SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

MALITH

BAKIC HASSAN MANYANG

Thesis: Prevalence of Antepartum Depression (APD) among Pregnant Women at selected public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Supervisor: PROF H TABANA Co-supervisor: DR N NCUBE

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Supervisor: PROF H TABANA Co-supervisor: DR A ASEFA

MANANGA

NOMAZA

Thesis: Early prevalence and risk factors for viral load suppression among children and adults on antiretroviral therapy in Ndlambe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

Supervisor:

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROF B VAN WYK

MANGANI

MAGRET

Thesis: Prevalence and factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents in a referral hospital in Manzini, Eswatini

Supervisor:

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROF B VAN WYK

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES MASTER’S DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH NGWENYA

JULIET SIPHIWE

Thesis: Barriers to implementing quality improvement initiatives amongst health care workers at a regional hospital in Eswatini

OPUWARI

CHINYERUM

Thesis: Prevalence and knowledge of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) among female students at a tertiary institution in the Western Cape, South Africa

Supervisor:

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROF H SCHNEIDER

Supervisor:

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DR M LEMBANI

SINGH

UPASNA VIDATHA

SITHOLE

CHENGETAI MEMORY

Thesis: Incidence and risk factors of metabolic syndrome amongst antiretroviral therapyexperienced women in KwaZulu-Natal: A longitudinal retrospective study

Thesis: Adverse drug reactions in pediatric patients in Eswatini: reporting patterns and characteristics

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Supervisor: PROF B VAN WYK Co-supervisor: DR R ROOMANEY

Supervisor:

THUNGULA

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROF R COETZEE

FREDRICK LESTER

Thesis: Exploring ART patients’ experiences in using Pelebox Smart Lockers to collect ART medication in a rural district of North West Province

Supervisor:

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DR V MATHEWS

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2026

MASTER’S DEGREES

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN NUTRITION BALOYI

TINTSWALO GLORIA

Thesis: The association between snack food consumption and overweight and obesity in young adults aged 18 to 39, in Langa township, Western Cape Province Department: Supervisor:

DIETETICS AND NUTRITION PROF R SWART

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY CHANSA

KATANDULA

Thesis: Perceptions of lecturers in the Health and Applied Science Department at a selected College in Zambia regarding physical activity in the prevention and management of non- communicable diseases: An explorative study Department: PHYSIOTHERAPY Supervisor: MRS S GAMIET Co-supervisor: PROF T STEYL

SERRAO

HOFFMAN

Thesis: Athletes’ knowledge and satisfaction of physiotherapy services in the management of sport injury at a selected University in the Western Cape Province Department: PHYSIOTHERAPY Supervisor: PROF N MLENZANA Co-supervisor: DR T WILLIAMS

BRANDON

Thesis: Reliability and feasibility of the Tacto prototype Department: Supervisor:

MEAGAN

PHYSIOTHERAPY PROF L ENNION

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES MASTER’S DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK MPITI

MAMELLO

Thesis: An Exploration of the Psycho-Social Effects of Rape on Male Victims within Social Work Interventions Department: Supervisor:

SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS DR A HUMAN

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES HONOURS’ DEGREES

2026

BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN SPORT RECREATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE KOOPMAN

KYLE

MACHAKA

SELLO

STEWART

STEPHEN MICHAEL CAMPOS

BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN BIOKINETICS MANGOALE

KABELO KARL

MESSINA

MATTHEW JOHN

BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY BERNON

CHANTE LEIGH

MPONDONQI

KHANYISILE NTANDOKAZI LITHIMNA

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 2026

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT DUMISO

SIYABONGA

GONGOTA

EMIHLE

ZUMA

SFUNDO

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN NURSING EDUCATION ZULU

NOXOLO PEACE

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MIDWIFERY JAKUJA

AFIKA

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CHAUKE

HLAWULANI IGNITIOUS

MABENA

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

ZETHU FORTUNATE

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

2026

BACHELOR OF NURSING BENEDICTA Cum Laude

MATENG

NTABANKULU ATHENKOSI TSHIWULA

ISIPHO

KWIZERA

NELLY-MIREILLE

WILLEMSE

JESSICA JAMIE

MNDZWANE

LILITHA

YAMISO

VENESSA SANELISIWE

MOFOKENG

REFILWE FAITH

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CHILI

NONTOKOZO LILLY

MINI

IVILE

ERASMUS

KEISHA CHARLEEN

STEENKAMP

CANDICE

FRANTZ

MISCHKA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY HARTLEY

MUZZAMMIEL

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DIETETICS KAYEMBA

DEBORAH

SALAAM

LEYA

NKOSI

SNOTHILE XOLILE

TSHONA

MNQOBI

SERALARALA

NOKUBONGA

APHIWE

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK MTYHALI

ZOKHANYISA

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2025

HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES 1983-2026

HEADER SUB-HEADER

1983

1997

S. Motsuenyane, Doctor Commercii M.C. O’Dowd, Doctor Commercii

E. Theron, Doctor Legum

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

1987

1998

B. Breytenbach, Doctor Litterarum R.E. van de Ross, Doctor Educationis

J. Derrida, Doctor Litterarum M. Nuttall, Doctor Theologiae M.A Oduyoye, Doctor Theologiae J. Reddy, Doctor Educationis

1984

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

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

G. Boonzaaier, Doctor Litterarum B. Head, Doctor Litterarum (posthumous) A. Ibrahim, Doctor Litterarum E. Mancoba, Doctor Litterarum

K. Mokhele, Doctor Scientiae T. D. Fredericks, Doctor Educationis P.D. Uys, Doctor Educationis

1995

2004

G.J. Gerwel, Doctor Educationis P.M. Sonn, Doctor Legum

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)

1996 G.H. Brundtland, Doctor Legum T.N. Chapman, Doctor Commercii J.J.F. Durand, Doctor Philosophiae P. Gorvalla, Doctor Commercii

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES HEADER SUB-HEADER 1983-2026

2005

2012

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)

B. Gawanas, Doctor Legum E. Moosa, Doctor Legum R.E. Reddock, Doctor Philosophiae H. Shaper, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous) A. Sheiham, Doctor Philosophiae

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

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

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

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

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES 1983-2026

SUB-HEADER

2023

2026

C. Hani, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous) D.E. Moseneke, Doctor Philosophiae S.Z. Zotwana, Doctor Philosophiae

L. Nongxa, Doctor Philosophiae F.P. Albanese, Doctor Philosophiae

2024 M.Y. Choi, Doctor Philosophiae H. Kummeling, Doctor Philosophiae C. Pauwels, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous) 2025 A. Hassim, Doctor Philosophiae C.M. Maxeke, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous) M. Monakali, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous) G.N.M. Pandor, Doctor Philosophiae M.T.W. Robinson, Doctor Philosophiae

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

GOLD MEDALISTS HEADER SUB-HEADER 2018-2024

2018

2022

Ebrahim Rhoha

Sean Patrick Lance Peter Wilson Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

2021 AB Mahomed Derek Joubert Peter Takelo

2024 Albert Lois Sachs

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

UWC GRADUATION ATTIRE 2026

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.

ARTS

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.

CHS DEN

The beaded effect is meant to reﬂect African craft and creativity.

EMS EDU LAW NSCI

The colours that make up the band are derived from those that represent the seven Faculties that make up the University.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

BACK OF THE YOKE Black velvet with two gold proteas embroidered on the back. G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR 1

THE CAP Black John Knox cap with gold tassel.

THE GOWN Peony red with full facings and yoke of black velvet.

THE MOTIFS Embroidered with sprays of silver leaves and gold proteas.

THE SLEEVE Open sleeves, looped up with gold cord, and lined with black silk. GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

BACK OF THE YOKE Blue satin with protea embroidered on the back. G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

RECTOR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR 1

THE CAP Black John Knox cap with silver tassel.

THE MOTIFS Yoke edged with proteas and facing embroidered with temple in the University crest.

THE GOWN Peony red with full facings and a yoke of spectrum blue velvet.

THE SLEEVE Open sleeves, looped up with silver cord and lined with blue satin.

BACK OF THE YOKE Peony red edged with silver trim. G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR 1

THE CAP Black John Knox cap with silver tassel.

THE GOWN Empire blue with full facings and a yoke in peony red.

THE MOTIF Facing embroidered with temple in the University crest.

THE SLEEVE Open sleeves, looped up with silver cord and lined with peony red.

BACK OF THE YOKE Black edged with gold trim.

G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR 1

THE CAP Black John Knox cap with gold tassel.

THE GOWN Black with full facings of gold and trimmed yoke.

THE SLEEVE Open sleeves, looped up with gold cord and lined with gold satin.

BACK OF THE YOKE Black edged with silver trim.

G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1

THE CAP Black John Knox cap with silver tassel.

THE GOWN Black with full facings of empire blue.

THE SLEEVE Open sleeves, looped up with silver cord and lined with empire blue satin.

FAC U LT I E S Arts and Humanities Community and Health Sciences Dentistry G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Economic and Management Sciences Education Law Natural Sciences

THE CAP Black John Knox cap trimmed with symbolic print and a tassel in the faculty colour.

THE GOWN Black, with full facings in the faculty colour, open.

THE MOTIF Symbolic print in the faculty colour.

THE SLEEVE Looped up with cord and lined with the faculty colour.

FAC U LT I E S Arts and Humanities Community and Health Sciences Dentistry Economic and Management Sciences Education

G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

Law

GOWN AND HOODS

Natural Sciences

THE MOTIF

THE NECKBAND

Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour.

The neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.

THE COWL Trimmed based on the type of qualification being conferred.

THE HOOD Full hood in black.

THE GOWN Black (all degrees,

CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS

diplomas and certificates,

(NQF LEVEL 5 AND 6)

except Doctoral degrees).

Black, with gold and blue strips.

FAC U LT I E S Arts and Humanities Community and Health Sciences Dentistry Economic and Management Sciences Education

G R A D UAT I O N AT T I R E

Law

HOODS

Natural Sciences

BACHELORS

A D VA N C E D B A C H E L O R S

(NQF LEVEL 7)

(NQF LEVEL 8)

Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour; the neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.

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: BA, BSc, BCom, BAdmin, BA (SRES), BSc (Complementary Health Sciences), BOH, PGCE

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.

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.