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13DECEMBER2021 AT13:30
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TheChancellorwillconstitutethecongregation
TheChancellorwillwelcomethe graduands andguests
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DEAN:PROFESSORG STEVENSBA(CapeTown)BAPsych(Hons)MPsych(Western Cape)DLittetPhil (Unisa)
ALLEE, Laaiqah International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: Femicide:a casestudy ofthe internalisation ofCEDAW inSouth Africa andBrazil
ALTORIO,Ayrton Marius
Demography and Population Studies RESEARCH REPORT: ImmigrantFertility inAustralia:Its relationshipto populationgrowth
ASMAL, Atiyah Yusof Tilly
South African Sign Language DISSERTATION: Defining visualvernacularin South African Sign Language(SASL): explorationof how the visual vernacularform isrepresented increative SASL
BLAISEATABONG, Amindeh
Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: CamerooninGlobalNews Flowin the Covid-19-Era: acomparativecontent analysis
BODEN, Sarah-Jane (with Distinction)
Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Storiesfrom the heartinatimeofCOVID-19:acriticalstudyofthe discourseof entrepreneurship and itslivedrealitiesfor women entrepreneursinGauteng
BODENSTEIN,Maren
Creative Writing DISSERTATION: The Sinners'Bench
BOSMAN,IsabelSusanna (with Distinction)
Political Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Definingthedemosinthetechnologicalage:howbiometricscanreshapetheconceptionof `thepeople¿
BOTES,Tamia Bianca (with Distinction) Anthropology RESEARCH REPORT: Wherehavethemidwivesgone?: everyday histories of Voetvroue inJohannesburg
BOTIYANA, Aphiwe
Demography and Population Studies RESEARCH REPORT: An assessmentof migrant/non-migrant differentialsin socio-demographic Predictors of Employment Status,South Africa
BRIMA, AbdulSamba
Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Covid-19andJournalism: how have international mediarepresented Africa duringthe pandemic?
CAMNGCA, Ade Ed
ICT Policy and Regulation RESEARCH REPORT: Criticallyassessingthe influenceoftheglobaldigitalpolicyindustrialcomplexonthe formulation ofnationaldigitalpolicies: aSouthAfricaperspective
CARNESON,John Creative Writing DISSERTATION: TheJohnandNtombiessays
CHABALALA, Katekani
International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: South Africa’sForeign Policy Aspirationsand the NationalDevelopment Plan(NDP 2030): theroleand impactof TradeandInvestment onthe State's PoliticalEconomy
COKA,Thembelihle Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Exploringtherole ofInformationCommunicationTechnologies(ICTs)inarefugee populationinJohannesburg,South Africainmaintainingfamilyrelationships
CONNELL SACCO,GabrielaMarie Philosophy DISSERTATION: TheRole ofMyth in Plato'sRepublic
COSSER, KirstenMargaret (with Distinction)
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Attitudestowardspsychedelicsand psychedelic-assisted therapyamong SouthAfrican mentalhealth careproviders
DADY, Hayley (with Distinction) Psychology DISSERTATION: WorkplaceIncivility, EmotionalIntelligence,Counterproductive WorkplaceBehaviour, Organisational Citizenship Behaviourand OrganisationalCommitmentinSouthAfrican Employees
DASILVA,Dana MauraFerreiraMartins Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: "Theywillnevercallme'she' atwork":Representing gay, lesbian and intersexpeoplein South African printmedia
DELOUREIRO, Sónia AlexandraRibeiro
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Accountsof experiencesof playbyindividualspractising BDSM
DE WEERDT, Miranda Anthropology RESEARCH REPORT: "Getting itoffmychest": exploringthe livedexperiences ofBreast CancerDiagnosis and Treatmentin Women ofReproductiveAge
DIAS, Henda Pombili ICT Policy and Regulation RESEARCH REPORT: Digitalskillsfor managing adigitalenvironment: thecase ofe-government delivery in Namibia
DLAMINI, ArmstrongNdumiso
Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: Civildisobedience asa moralresponsetoLockdown Regimes
DORASAMY, Cassandra (with Distinction)
Development Studies DISSERTATION: Whatweowetowomen:howthegovernanceofMuslimMarriageinSouth Africa impactsMuslim women
DUBBELMAN, BradleyDean (with Distinction)
Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: E-Hailng and The Crisisof Work: acontextual investigationinto the workingconditionsof e-hailing drivers in South Africa
DUNJANA,Sibonginkosi Migration and Displacement RESEARCH REPORT: ExplorationofZimbabweanMigrant Women'sBeliefsand practices surroundingaccess, utilisation ofcontraceptives and antenatalservices in South Africa
DUPREEZ,Jodie
Drama Therapy RESEARCH REPORT: An explorationoftheuse ofdramatherapytodiscoverwaysoftalking aboutracialidentity with teachers in orderto promoteintegration inourclassrooms
DUPREEZ,PaigeDemi
Health Demography RESEARCH REPORT: Functional impairmentanddepression amongstadultsliving in South Africa
EATOCK,CindaTheresa Drama RESEARCH REPORT: ThedirectorialNexus ofthesyncretichybrid dance form calledTapsula in Post-Apartheid South Africa
EKSTEEN, AmberRain (with Distinction)
Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Exploringthe intersectingsubjectivitiesof White Afrikaans-Speaking drag performers inthecontextof ashifting Post-Apartheid South Africa
ELGONI,Maryam International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: "TheKids Are AllRight": Youth activistsas norm entrepreneurs. Youth-Ledadvocacy, socio-politicaljusticeandpolicy change in InternationalPolitics
ELLAN,Nadia
Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Exploring EmicandEtic perspectivesoncreative leadership
FERREIRA,Cherie Sociology RESEARCH REPORT: Howdo South Africansexperienceandrespond toHIVstigma?
FICKLING,Briony Lee Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Xenophobia intheHeadlines: ananalysisofNews Media Coverage ofthe Xenophobic ProtestsinJeppestown, South Africa in 2019
FRANCIS,Brendan Kieran Linguistics DISSERTATION: Thediscursiveconstructionof onlineidentitiesandcommunitiesbybrandsduringthe2019FIFA Wome’s WorldCup
FRAZAO,Carina Marques Portuguese Studies DISSERTATION: TheinfluencesthattheuseofsocialplatformshaveonstudentslearningPortugueseasaforeign language
GANESS,DaeleneNoelle Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: An exploratory studyof HIVPositive employees'perceptions on the prevalence ofHIVrelatedstigma in workplace ofJohannesburg, South Africa
GANI,Salma Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Thepsychologicalwellbeing, waysofcoping and religiouscoping among South African Muslimsduring the 2020COVID-19 pandemic
GANTSHO,Frieda Kgomotso International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: From Aquino toDuterte:PhilippinesforeignpolicyandtheSouth China Seadispute
GARRUN,CliffordHayman
Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: A moraljustificationforZionismandtheJewishNationState: theconsequencesof contemporymanifestations ofAnti-Judaism
GCILITSHANE, Lerato Media Studies DISSERTATION: Re-Painting the MainstreamArchive Black: aclosereading oftheIconographyon Instagramby MarySibande, Zanele Muholi,Thenjiwe NikiNkosiand Lady Skollie
GROENEWALD, Andries Petrus (with Distinction) Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: Theethicsofpersonalisingriskusing big datainthepricingandunderwriting ofLife Insurance
GUMEDE,Zola Political Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Theliving andworkingconditionsoffarmworkers. acasestudyof Farm Macdonald in Gauteng
GUZI,Olinda Panashe Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: An analysisofpre-implementation andpost-implementationconcerns and issuesraisedby organized labour, businessand governmentregarding thesettingof the South AfricanNationalMinimum Wage
GVILIA,Tsotne Political Studies RESEARCH REPORT: BokoHaram- AfricanIslamic State
HALL,SusanJean
Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts
RESEARCH REPORT: Echoesof our Anecdotes - Playing withPlaybackatFredericPlace -Home fortheAged
HARBER,AntonPaul (with Distinction)
Creative Writing DISSERTATION: So, fortheRecord: behindtheheadlinesin an eraofstatecapture
HARRIS,Donovan Quinton
ICT Policy and Regulation RESEARCH REPORT: Achieving operationalresiliencebyaligningcybersecurityvulnerabilities,needs and responsesinProvincialGovernment
HASSIM,Farhaanah Linguistics DISSERTATION: Glossyrepresentationsof nationalityandculture acrosspopularmagazine websites: a comparativeanalysis
HICKLING,Glenn Kenneth Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: GeneticKnowledge-Isitmorallypermissibletousegeneticinformationinthecontextoflife insurance?
HLABANGANE, WandileRuby Labour and Economic Sociology RESEARCH REPORT: DigitalEntrepreneurshipanditspossibilities: acasestudyofyoung,educatedblackAfrican SocialMediaInfluencers in Johannesburg
HLOPHE, Nelson Sizwe
Drama RESEARCH REPORT: Afro-surrealism in theatre making: an exploration ofhow Afro-Surrealismcan influencethe makingof the South AfricanplayNgilande(2019)written,directed and performed bySizweHlophe
ISMAIL,Safiyyah E-Science RESEARCH REPORT: Detectinghearinglossin high-riskNeonates usingmachinelearning
JOHN,Victoria Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Attitudestoanduse of lubricationduringheterosexualsex bystudentsat WitsUniversity
JOHNSON,JermainLeroy Drama Therapy RESEARCH REPORT: BeneaththeViolence:aperformanceasaresearchinquiryintotheuseofperformanceasa riteof passageto betterunderstand blackmasculinity.
JOYI,Naledi Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: WhatareWitsfemalestudents'perceptionsoftheimpactofhegemonicmasculinityontheir decision-makingforbirthcontrol?
KELLOW,GeorgiaRenana Anthropology RESEARCH REPORT: A Seedis Planted Examining urban agriculturalhobbyistin Johannesburgduring COVID-19
KHAN, Shameelah (with Distinction) Film and Television DISSERTATION: MyMother'sWeddingDay: an invitation into Embodied Process
KHOZA,ZamakhozaFelicity Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: A qualitative analysisofyoungSouth Africanperpetrators’perceptionsoftheirsexual offences
KIRKBRIDE, Elisabeth Amber (with Distinction) Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: MontrealCognitive Assessment(MoCA): normativedata fora SouthAfricansample
KIRKER,Stephen Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: FindingCharity
KISTOO,Kerisha Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Power,privilege&perceptions:whatdostraightcisgenderIndianSouthAfricansthinkabout genderandsexuality diversity?
KUMEKE, MphoTiziviDemetrio
History of Art DISSERTATION: South AfricanArt HistoricalWriting: investigatingtheGenealogy ofTaxonomy inthe selected WorksofDavid Koloane
MABASA, Akhona (with Distinction)
Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Whatare some white people's perceptionsofracialtransformation in South Africa'sHigher EducationSector? Adecolonial examination
MABASA, AshleyNyiko
Labour and Economic Sociology RESEARCH REPORT: Thecontradictory state:South Africa’svarying approachestoitsenergypolicy
MACKECHNIE, Ann Elizabeth English DISSERTATION: Thefemale gothic’suse of gossip
MADLALA,Dumisa Wellington (with Distinction)
African Languages and Linguistics DISSERTATION: UcwaningongendlelakuqhutshwakwemisebenziyesiNtuezindaweniezisemadolobheni: ucwaningonto lwasemalokishiniakhele iGoli
MADONSELA, SontoGugu Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Acceptabilityandwillingnessamongyoung people in Sowetotouse at-homeHIVtest
MADZIWA, Kumbirai
Health Demography RESEARCH REPORT: MaternalmortalityinZimbabwe: a geospatialanalysisof socioeconomicfactors
MAGGS, Alexandra Catherine (with Distinction) Media Studies DISSERTATION: RepresentationsofMasculinity in Skeem Saam
MAHARAJ, Arisha History of Art RESEARCH REPORT: Writinghistory throughthehammer ananalysisofknowledgeproductionthroughtheSouth African auction houses
MAHOMED-KOLA, Saleha
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Preliminary normativedatafortheHooper Visual Organization Testfor aSouth African sample
MAILULA, Kutloano Mmalenake
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: An explorationof highschool learners' perceived utility of careerguidanceina public TownshipHigh School
MAJA, LactriciaRamatsobane
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Exploringtheroleof informationcommunicationtechnologiesinsustainingandmaintaining familyrelationshipswith out-migrantsin Limpopo: Modimollevillage
MAJA, PaulNoko Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts
RESEARCH REPORT: Imidlaloyase Kasi: "APerformance as researchinvestigationof indigenous gamesand its valuetoApplied DramaandTheatre"
MAKUYANA, Luck (with Distinction) African Literature RESEARCH REPORT: Hydroco-lonialsm: aHydro-Criticalreading ofthreetextsonKariba
MALESA, Martin Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: TheEthicsofCorporate SocialResponsibility
MALOPE,SeemelaDesiree Anthropology RESEARCH REPORT: Wellbeing in Mamelodi: communityengagement,social supportand mentalhealthinKasi (township)South Africa
MANJONJO,Kudakwashe Andrew Labour Policy and Globalisation RESEARCH REPORT: TradeUnionInvestmentCompanies: promoting workercontrolandasolidarity economyin South Africa?
MANQELE,GugulethuSibusisiwe Film and Television DISSERTATION: INYANGAENKULU(THE GREATPHYSICIAN)Acomparative analysisoftherepresentationof Blackwomenphysiciansinthreetelevisionseries:JoziH(2007),SoulCity(2014)andGrey’sAnatomy(2015-2016)
MAPHELELA,Koketso Anthropology RESEARCH REPORT: "Towakeupeverymorningandseethatlifeisokay...":theeverydayexperiencesofwomen whoare grantrecipientsin South Africa
MARAIS,HeinrichBen (with Distinction) Development Studies DISSERTATION: Thecrisisofwagedwork in South Africaandtheoptionofa universalbasic income
MARKANTONATOS,Jane Carol English DISSERTATION: PopulismandPower: encountering 'History'in Shakespeare'splaystoday
MATEMA,Tawanda Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: State-led AgriculturalReform andFood Securityin Zimbabwe: command Agriculture and Food ProductioninMakoni RuralDistrict, Manicaland
MATLHAKOANE, BoitshokoGrace International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: SouthAfricaandregionalstability: lessonsfromForceInterventionBrigade(FIB)ineastern DemocraticRepublicofCongo(DRC)in 2013
MAYNE, Sarah (with Distinction) Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: ExperiencesofHumanResource practitioners inmanagingworkplace bullying
MAZIBUKO, AyandaNoluthando (with Distinction) Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: South Africa'sDreamsof aBlackQueerFeministLiberation
MBATANI, Mabotlhale Organisational and Institutional Studies RESEARCH REPORT: TheIdentity ofa PublicServant(TheCaseof LocalGovernment)
MBONAMBI,Nyameka Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Theeffectivenessofexisting mentalhealth treatmentfacilitiesattheUniversityofthe Witwatersrand:perspective ofstudentsfromruralareas
MENEZES,ChaylaAlice
Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Apre-experimentalstudyofanonline microinterventionforimprovingpsychologicalcapital (PsyCap)andits impacton burnoutin South African employees
MHLAHLO, Ayabulela Yvonne (with Distinction) African Literature RESEARCH REPORT: TheRiddleof Realityin Credo Mutwa’sCosmogonies
MILLS, Lisa-Marie (with Distinction) Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Asystematicreviewontheexperienceof providingtermination ofpregnancy:healthcare workers'perspectives
MOLAPO,Mokgatle Petrus Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: Between the righttostrikeandthe rightto property in South Africa
MOLEFI,Omphile OumaPrincess Demography and Population Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Therole of antenatalcare on childbirthweightinSouthAfrica
MORRISON,Mishka International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: HowChinese infrastructureInvestmentshaveinfluenced Socio-economicDevelopment in Kenya- Acasestudyof Kenya'sStandard GaugeRailway
MOTA,Khauhelo Patience
Demography and Population Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Theinfluence ofgeographicallocation on infant mortalityinLesotho: acoxproportional hazardanalysis
MOTLHAMME, Mojuta Steven (with Distinction) History DISSERTATION: 'ReBethaTrupa':theconstructionandnegotiationofidentityamongsttheBakgatlhaBaMosetlha with an emphasisonDitrupaCulturalCommemoration
MUROYI,Roy Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Unpackingcolonailityin Zuluculturalcollectionsatthe WitsArtMuseum(WAM)
MUSTAFA,Sumanah (with Distinction) Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT:(Queer)-ying in South African Secondary Schools: narrativesofqueerteachersandwhat theyreflecton gender and sexualitydiscourse in post-apartheidSouth Africa
MUTSAKANYE,Tafadzwa
Organisational and Institutional Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Theoversightrolesandcompetencyof Ward Councilors inMidvaalLocalMunicipalityof South Africa
MXOKOZELI,Sive (with Distinction)
African Languages and Linguistics DISSERTATION: Popular African Language ArtLiterature(s): cinematic perceptionson Black African middleclassnessin South African television series-a mythorreality?
MZENDANA, Asiphe Migration and Displacement RESEARCH REPORT: AssessinghowmigrationisunderstoodinSouthAfrican communities: a casestudy ofthe Katlehong Township
NAIDOO,JuniperJade (with Distinction)
Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Interculturalexposure, interculturalempathy,creativecognitiveprocesses,andcreative behaviour in South African employees
NAIDU,Dushant Film and Television DISSERTATION: Caste, ColourandSexuality -Ananalysisof mainstreamBollywoodcinema
NANGARA,ObertTakani Sociology RESEARCH REPORT: DoesB-BBEEpolicyadvance EMEsasan objective of its policy? A Casestudyin theICT sector
NDIMA, Londokuhle NqobaniBlessing
African Languages and Linguistics DISSERTATION: ImizwaevezwawukuqanjwakwemiziyakwaNdimaesikhalenisebomvu,eNkandla
NGOMA,Pumulo Siphiwe
Digital Arts DISSERTATION: Welcomeback tomychannel:creativedigitalcitizenship anddigitallabourin the digitaleconomy amongstSouthAfrican Youtubers
NGOMANE, Bongani Nicholas
Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts
RESEARCH REPORT: TheinvisiblefaithinDemocracyEkas’lam:anexplorationofpublicethnographyasaformof protestinanarts-basedresearchmethodology
NGQULA,ZikhonaNecolette Anthropology RESEARCH REPORT: Infrastructuresasethnographicobjectsofinquiry: astudyofdevelopment in Agnes Rest, Eastern Cape
NGQWALA,Namhla Penelope Political Studies RESEARCH REPORT: A gendered perspectiveof post-apartheid politicalkillings:acasestudyofuMzimkhulu, Kwa-ZuluNatal
NGWENYA, Lindile Nontobeko Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Negotiating postmigrationidentities: the intersectionalexperiencesof blacklesbian immigrantsinJohannesburg,South Africa
NHLAPO, ElizabethNthabiseng
Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: A qualitativevignettestudyof howvariousfactors affecttheformulation ofmediareports aboutchildrenwhoarevictimsorperpetrators of crime
NJOMANE,Masilakhe Chiwota International Relations RESEARCH REPORT: PopularUprisingsLeadingtoChangeofGovernment: acomparativeanalysisoftheAfrican Union’sresponse Post-ArabSpring
NKADIMENG, Mmaphoku Pheladi Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Theinsights androles ofTraditionalHealers regarding people's wellbeingin SouthAfrica duringthetime ofCOVID-19Pandemic
NKAMISA, Siyanda ICT Policy and Regulation RESEARCH REPORT: Investigatingtheintegration of drone managementsystemstocreatean enablingremote pilotedaircraftregulatory environment in South Africa
NKOFO,PaulMaluke Organisational and Institutional Studies RESEARCH REPORT: LandRedistributioninPost-ApartheidSouthAfrica:ahistoricalevaluationoftheDepartment ofLand AffairsRedistributionDivision
NKOSI, Kagiso Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Blackgeographyandaffect:Townshipsthrough theregisterof Blackpain
NTOYAPI,Msimelelo Bunono Political Studies RESEARCH REPORT: South Africa"trapped" in aperpetualdevelopmentalstate: thefailure ofthe South African cooperativegovernmentconstitution-Assessingtheroleofthe South African federalarrangementson macroeconomicpolicy
NTOYAPI,Msimelelo Bunono
Organisational and Institutional Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Theeffectsofpublic sectorcorruptionon FiscalDecentralisationand WaterandSanitation ServiceDelivery
NYATHI, PatrickAlpheous History DISSERTATION: ProsperityDeferred: conservationismand conflictsover developmentinDukuduku, KwaZulu Natal,1980 tothepresent
PATEL, Muhammad Ozayr
Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Towhatextentscientists(orexperts)werefeaturedintheNews24coverageoftheCovid-19 pandemic?
PEENS,Anina
Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Traditional mediaandcreatingapublicsphereina new mediadominated environment. Thecaseof Newzroom Afrika
PHIRI, Lucy
Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Factors influencing perceptionsandwillingnesstoadopt reclaimedwateruseamongst building facilitiesmanagers
PUCKLE,Courteney
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: AffectiveTouch intheSouth Africancontext: validation andperspectivesoftheTouch Experiencesand AttitudesQuestionnaire
QOCHA,Dimakatso Susan ICT Policy and Regulation RESEARCH REPORT: Industry,humancapitalandpolicyneedsforindependentlyproduced South African free-to-air televisionlocalcontentinthedigital-onlyenvironment
RICHMOND, Sarah-Jane Caitlin (with Distinction)
Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Examiningthewaynecropoliticalonline discoursehaschangedduringtheCOVID-19 pandemic
ROSSOUW,Jane Patricia (with Distinction)
Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Unravellingthepowerrelationsinhighschoolsexualityeducationtext: whoisrepresented?
ROUSSOS, Margarita (with Distinction) Psychology DISSERTATION: Experientialaccountsofpregnantwomen withself-reportedsymptomsof PTSD,whodo yoga
RUFUS, HeatherJayne Philosophy RESEARCH REPORT: To postornotto post? Teasingout tensionsbetween privacyandsocialconnectivity
SEFANYETSO, Kamogelo Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: DualHealingModality in PsychologicalServices: experiencesofBlackHealer-therapistsin Johannesburg, South Africa
SEOTSANYANA, Lindiwe Melida (with Distinction)
Development Sociology RESEARCH REPORT: Theimpactofmasculinityonpre-exposureprophylaxis(PrEP)utilizationamongstmenwho havesexwithmen(MSM)inSouth Africa
SIZWE, YasminNonela E-Science RESEARCH REPORT: 'TheyStealOurJobs':howimmigrantflowsaffectattitudestowardsimmigrantsandrefugees inhostcountries
SOLOMON,Daniella Sammi (with Distinction)
Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Workplace bullyingamongTeachers: aJob Demands-ResourcesPerspective
STEWART, LaurenceFrancisRisi (with Distinction) History DISSERTATION: "'I See You'intheSoil: theIndustrialand CommercialWorkers'Union(ICU) inthe Western Transvaal, 1926-1934"
SUNG,Hwajin
Portuguese Studies DISSERTATION: "EnglishschooledstudentslearningPortugueseasaForeignLanguageinSouthAfrica:Syntactic and MorphologicalTransfers"
TAYLOR,JulieJennifer (with Distinction)
History of Art RESEARCH REPORT: History,Gender and 'New PracticesofSelf': Re-interpreting Namibia'sIndependence Warthrough thework ofTuliMekondjoandHelenaUambembe
TEKANA, Masechaba
Critical Diversity Studies RESEARCH REPORT: GenderDiscrimination in the Workplace: anexamination ofhow womenconfront marginalisationinSouth Africa
TEMBO,Tisaukirenji
Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Breakingthesilence: how communityradio engageslisteningclubs. Acasestudy ofMudzi wathu communityradio
THUPE,Matlhogonolo LauraFlorence
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: TheImpactof BrainInjury on thePerceivedQualityof Life ofAdultSurvivors ofBrain Injury andCaregivers (Post-Injury):the South African Context
THWALA, Luthando
African Languages and Linguistics DISSERTATION: TeachingAfricanLanguagesLiteracyatFoundation PhaseLevel: exploring the useof mediain teaching and learningIsiZulu
TSHABALALA,Lerato
Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture studies DISSERTATION: OnceUponA Post:Instagram asa medium forstorytelling, creative expression and interactivity
TURNER, Rowan Michael
Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Sensory Processing Sensitivityasanindividualfactor intheJob Demands-Resources Model: ananalysisof SouthAfricanemployees during theCovid-19pandemic
VANNIEKERK, Makgabo Daisy Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts
RESEARCH REPORT: An investigation intohowrole play impactsstakeholderrelations in large corporate organisations
VAN WYK,Carina Journalism and Media Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Theimpactofindependentfact-checkingon journalism practicein South Africa
VARIAVA,Tarique (with Distinction)
Social and Psychological Research RESEARCH REPORT: Asystematicreviewexploring thepsychosocialfactors affecting adolescentaccesstoHIV treatmentservices
WILDE,TamarynDorothy (with Distinction) Psychology DISSERTATION: 'Mothering'inaculture of(dis)connectivity:Onlineparentingforums,maternalguilt,and parental competency
WINZER,Jakob Malte Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: Xenophobiaandthe migration ofNigerianstoSouth Africa
WOODS, Andrew Michael Development Studies RESEARCH REPORT: TheSETA's andthe SkillsDevelopmentNeedsof firms inSouth Africa
YORKE,NaudiaO'Callaghan History of Art RESEARCH REPORT: A Visual-TemporalExcavationof SchaapplaatsRockShelter: unearthing aTraceFossil
ZENTGRAF,HeinrichReinhard Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: Investigatingtherelationship betweenmildtraumaticbrain injury andmemoryperformance ina multilingual paediatric cohort
ZIMAN,JuliaSamantha (with Distinction) Organisational Psychology RESEARCH REPORT: DistinguishingbetweenWorkplaceBullyingBehaviours,WorkplaceIncivilityBehavioursand ReasonableManagement Action: anexploratory study
ZONDO,Nhlanhla Mackeed Applied Ethics For Professionals RESEARCH REPORT: EskomasavehicleforRedistributiveJustice in South Africa
ZULU,BonginkosiPaul Labour Policy and Globalisation RESEARCH REPORT: Theroleoftradeunionsinadvancinga'justtransition'inSouthAfrica: acaseofCOSATU's perspective and approachtoclimate change
ABRAHAMS,Farieda DISSERTATION: Transformation in Speech-LanguageandHearingProfessions in South Africa: undergraduate students’perceptionsandexperiences explored
HELIOPOULOS,Argypo Angie
DISSERTATION: An investigationinto hearing aidtrials:Audiologistpracticesand adultpatient experiences
HUGILL,KellyClaire
DISSERTATION: Communicationprocessesbetween Caregivers and Audiologistsinpaediatriccochlearimplant appointmentsin JohannesburgSouth Africa
MOOLA,Najeebah Yacoob
DISSERTATION: Traditionalhealingand alternativehealthcarepracticeswithintherehabilitation professionsin South Africa
RADEBE,ThandekaGugulethu Pearl
DISSERTATION: EconomiccostofNoise-InducedHearing LossinindividualsexposedtoExcessiveOccupational noise within the South AfricanMining Sector:Practitionerperspective
LORGAT,Nasreen (with Distinction)
RESEARCH REPORT: Vicarious traumatisationintherapists workingwithvictims ofviolentcrimeincontemporary South Africa
LUFELE, Khanya Phiwe
RESEARCH REPORT: Young White Student'sexperiencesofthe increasedconscientisationof blackyouth inthe South Africancontext
NKOSI, SaneleFortune
RESEARCH REPORT: Asystematicreviewoftheutilityofpsychologicalassessmenttools inthe diagnosisand treatment ofpsychopathologyin South Africa post1994
STRYDOM,Jessica (with Distinction)
RESEARCH REPORT: Constructionsofthe`good’ motherona South Africanonlinemothering community
BONNET, AlidaElizabeth (with Distinction)
RESEARCH REPORT: Belonging and FamilyRelationships: theexperiencesofmigrants inOlievenhoutbosch
GOVENDEN,Nicaela Dee-Ann
RESEARCH REPORT: Exploring intergenerationalcontinuitiesand discontinuitiesinthenarrativesof young adults fromLenasia
HEMPE,Babalwa RESEARCH REPORT: Homelessnessfromtheperspectiveof volunteercare-workers
JOJA,Charlotte Nokulunga
RESEARCH REPORT: Exploringthe experiencesthatinfluenceacademicsuccessofsocio-economically disadvantaged postgraduatestudentsat the UniversityofWitwatersrand
LANGKILDE, AimeeDube
RESEARCH REPORT: Exploringtheculturalvalidity and utility oftheUbubele New-born Behavioural Observation programme
GRAY,DanielBruce (with Distinction)
DISSERTATION: Vibrationology: searchingfor resonancesinthe SonicArchitectureof Matter(s)
JULIUS,Zara (with Distinction)
DISSERTATION: Ripples, RhythmsandRapture Soundingspiritualtechnologiesasmarronage
ABBAOMAR,Rabia (with Distinction)
RESEARCH REPORT: Whispersof the Deep: anexploration ofthe`Unshackled History: the Wreckof the Slave Ship SãoJosé,1794' Exhibition
DLALI,Nomvula Victoria
RESEARCH REPORT: KaofelaRe Chabana Sa Khomo:Imagining the Lesotho NationalMuseum andArt Gallery throughthelensof Multiculturalism
HLATSHWAYO, SindileGoodnecia
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KGOROBA,Kagiso Agnes Innocentia
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MABASA,Tintswalo Lorraine
DISSERTATION: BeliefsandPerceptionsofAdolescentsabout SexualRelationships: acaseof two public secondaryschoolsin Soweto,Gauteng
MALEPE, Marcia
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MUTHALA, Mashudu Shadrack
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RAMKARAN, AveAshokumar
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RAMUSHU,Caiphus Kgao Ramushu
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TRUEMAN,JadeValentina
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VLOK,Ellen Megan
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MasterofMusic
FERREIRA,Jaco Louwrens (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Composingaugmentedspaces
MKHIZE,Themba Christopher
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BachelorofArtsinDigitalArts
NKAKALA, LeoakeJustinus Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts
BachelorofArtsinDramaticArt
COETZEE,Martin Daniel
KHAWULA,SiphokaziAmanda
MASHIYI, Nonkululeko
RAMOLEFO, Madimetja
BachelorofArtsinFilmandTelevision
GONDO,JacksonOnai
MERE, Keamogetswe
BachelorofArtsinFineArts
MATTHYSEN,MatthewNa
YOUNG, Stuart Max
MWELASE,Thanduxolo
BULBULIA,Fatima
JACKSON,Monique Ann
BachelorofEducation
RINGROSE,Rebecca-Leigh
BachelorofSocialWork
MAPONYA,JacquelineModikoa
BachelorofArts
APHIRI,Tsheofatso Prudence
AREFF, Mahdiyyah
ARNOTT,Joshua Hamilton Farre
BAETA, Raquel Christina
BEZUIDENHOUDT, Abigail Alexandra
BICI, AndaQhama
CELE, CebolenkosiJoyfull
CHETTY,TesslynJade
CHIGER, Elisheva Miriam
CHIRRINZE, Sibongile
DICHABE, Puseletso Victoria
DLAMINI, SizweHenry
DUBE, KaeloMakgomolela
DUBE,Themba Philasande
DUNN, Saadiqah
FULANE, Edison
GASA, Kwanda
MODIPA,Mmakoena Karabo
GELAYE, BethelehemDejene
GOVENDER,Carryn-Leigh
GWANDURE,Confidence Ruvimbo
GWEBU,Sibusiso
HEYMAN, MishakJordan
JORDAAN, Rene
KEKANA,Kgomotso Karabo
KESWA, Sakhile Victoria
KOOR,Aameera
KUN,LorealMikaela
LEBELO, MmalaiAnse
LELIMO, Palesa Mandicious
LETSOALO, Winnie PheladiLaura
LUKHELE,Elizabeth
MACUGA,Jirayus
MAGWAXAZA, Liviwe Mihlali
MAKELENI, Ayanda Precious
MAKHUTLE,KatlegoMaditsi
MALATJI,Thlologelo
MANGANYA,Thami
MARTIN,Jenard Courtney
MASHABA,NkhensaniYvonne
MASINA,Nompumelelo
MASUKU, Siyethemba Lynett
MATAI,Dhiya Pillay (with Distinction)
MAZIBUKO, Nomathamsanqa Lungile
MAZZA,Giulietta
MBETHE,NonhlanhlaZamaswazi
MBUTHO, SithokozoGracious
MENTZ, Morne (with Distinction)
MHLANGA, Emelda
MNTAMBO, SinobaniThembelihle
MOKOTO,Sizakele Refilwe
MOKWALA,NellyRamadimetje
MOLAPO,MakhosazanaGwendoline
MOLOPYANE, MamokgethiRuth
MOOSA, Mohamed
MORAILANE,Ivana Katleho
MOTHOBI,Venolia
MOUMAKWA, RorisangGoitsemangOratilwe
MOYO,MethembeBongeka
MPHAGA,Chuba Ephraim
MYEZA,Thando
NAIDOO,Kiona
NARASOO, Shaneel
NDEBELE, NokulungaOlwethu
NHLABATHI,ZandePriscilla
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NOMGCA,Lisolethu
OKOSI,Ziyanda Thembeka
PETLELE,JaidaMandisa
RADISE,Thato Keneilwe
RAMOKGATLA, MalapiSarah
RAMSAMMY, Moesha
SALLIE, Taaqiyah
SELEMATSELA,Lerato MahlatseMichelle
SERITSANE, BonoloHaohelo
SHALE,MothebaNalediLesedi
SILUMA,Ntokozo Phumelele
SIMELANE,ThandiHappy
SINGH,Ria
SKOSANA,Nompumelelo Phillistus
SMITH, Raeesa
STEVENS, Marisa
THULO,Lerato
TLEANE,Mmathapelo
TSHONA, Yolanda
TSHUMA,Hlonzile Mandisa
TSUMANE, ClaireThando
WAKEFIELD,Georgia Anne
Prizetobe presentedattheFaculty’sprize giving ceremony
FacultyofHumanitiesDean'sMedal:
Forthe mostdistinguished performance ina professionaldegree
Fatima Bulbulia
Chancellor
DRNJ DLAMINIMBChB(Natal)DBL(Unisa)MBA(Witwatersrand)IEC (USA)
Vice-Chancellorand Principal
PROFESSORZ VILAKAZI BSc(Manchester)MScPhD(Witwatersrand)MASSAf FAAS
Chairman of Council
MRI SHONGWE BA(Wesleyan)MPhil(Oxford)
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
PROFESSOR ROSMAN BA(Witwatersrand)HDipEd BEd(Unisa)MEd PhD(Witwatersrand) MASSAf
DeputyVice-Chancellor (Research andInnovation)
PROFESSOR LMORRIS BSc(Hons)(Witwatersrand)DPhil(Oxford)FRSSAFAAS MASSAf
DeputyVice-Chancellor (SystemsandOperations)
PROFESSOR IRJANDRELLBSc(Eng)GDE PhD(Witwatersrand)IntPE(SA)PrEngFSAAEFSAIEE SMIEEE
Registrar
MSCG CROSLEYBAHDipEd(Witwatersrand)BEd Hons(Unisa)MEd(Witwatersrand)
DeanofStudentAffairs
MRJAPSEPTEMBER BA MPhil (CapeTown)
FacultyofCommerce,LawandManagement
PROFESSOR IVALODIA BCom(Unisa)BComHons (Natal) MSc(Lancaster)DEcon(KwaZulu-Natal)
FacultyofEngineering andtheBuiltEnvironment
PROFESSORT MAJOZIBScEng(UND)MScEng(UND)PhD(UMIST)CEngPrEngFIChemEFAASMASSAf FWISAFSAAE
FacultyofHealthSciences
PROFESSOR SAMADHI MBBCh MMed PhD(Witwatersrand)FCPaeds(SA)
FacultyofHumanities
PROFESSORG STEVENS BA(Cape Town) BA PsychHons MPsych(Western Cape)DLittet Phil(Unisa)
FacultyofScience
PROFESSOR NCHETTY BScHons(Natal)MS PhD (Urbana-Champaign)MSAIPMASSAf
President of Convocation
SBOLONBAHonsMA(Witwatersrand)
TheFacultyofHumanities isaleading,vibrantcentre ofacademicandresearch excellenceonthecontinent.
Ourstudentsundergorigoroustheoreticalandmethodologicaltrainingwhichimpartsstrongresearchandanalytical skillsandenablesthemtoadapt,andoftendefine,theconstantlychangingworldofwork.Ourstudentslearntothink critically –theyare problem-posers,problem-solvers,andactivesocialcitizenswhomake adifference insociety.
Thecreativesuite of programmes on offer in theFacultyequipsourstudents tocompetegloballyand to act locally. To this end, the Faculty engages creatively and critically with its location in Johannesburg – South Africa’s most globally networked city – taking advantage of its dynamic political, social, economic and cultural links to the rest of Africa and the world.
The Faculty drives innovation in our undergraduate and postgraduate studies by encouraging multi-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary programmes that link the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, education and law. To this end, we have collaborative degrees in Digital Arts, E-Science, Institutional Studies, Public Health and Law. As a research intensive university, the Faculty is steadily increasing its post-graduate enrolments in order to innovate and service the needs of our fast changing world. The HumanitiesGraduateCentre is ahomefor collaborationand publicintellectualactivitieswhere students areactive participants.
TheFacultyoffers awiderange ofresearch-orientedprogrammes,including professionaldegrees.Collectively,our programmes impart skills that offer graduates access to a range of careers across a variety of professions in the public and private sectors, including, academia, research institutes and science councils, governmental and non-governmentalorganisations,civilsociety,andcorporateenterprises,amongstothers.
Renowned for its distinguished academics and scholars, the Faculty is home to globally acclaimed and emerging scholars working at the horizon of the knowledge economy. Its cosmopolitan mix of internationaland localstaff are located in a number of disciplines that are highly ranked across a range of global higher education measures. It is hometomorethan70researchersratedbytheSouthAfricanNationalResearchFoundationashavingnationaland international standing. Our scholars are innovating at the leading edge of research in the areas of African art, area studies, cities and housing, human migration, diversity and difference, critical race studies, violence, gender and sexuality, cultural studies, translanguaging, narrative, and labour/work etc. Our mission is to develop and advance globallyimpactfulscholarshiponthe questionsthatdefineanddisruptwhatitmeanstobehumaninthetwenty-first century.
TheFacultyboastsanumberofprestigiousresearchinstitutesincludingtheSociety,Workand PoliticsInstitute;the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research; the Centre for Researching Education and Labour; the History Workshop; the African Centre for Migration and Society; and the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies. To complement theresearch institutes,we host 10 prestigiousresearchchairs.
• NRFChairinLocalHistories
• NRFChairinCriticalDiversityStudies
• NRFChairinMobilityand thePoliticsof Difference
• NRFChairinPoliticalTheory
• NRFChairinSkillsDevelopment
• NRFChairin African Languages for Social Inclusion and Access
• NRF/FRFChairinMathematicsEducation
• NRF/FRFChairinNumeracy
• UNESCOChair inTeacher EducationforDiversityand Development
• CaxtonChairin Journalism
The Faculty of Humanities remains a dynamic hub of teaching innovation, research excellence and critical scholarshipembeddedinalocalandglobalsociety.Ourextensivelistofrenownedalumniprovideinspirationforour currentstudentsandnewgraduatesto leave theirmark in society.

1. In the event of an emergency and/or fire:
• The presiding official (Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor/Deputy Vice-Chancellor) will make an announcement requesting guests, graduands and staff to keep calm and remain seated;
• The Ushers will assist guests to proceed to the nearest Emergency exits in order to evacuate the Great Hall in an orderly fashion;
• Emergency exit signs are visible in red above all exit doors situated on your left and right hand sides as well as the back of the Hall;
• The Ushers will assist the elderly and disabled guests out of the building;
• The academic procession on stage must exit through the back stage door;
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