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2026 GRADUATION CEREMONY 9 OCTOBER 2026

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GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

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 conﬁ nes of disciplinary and geographic boundaries.

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR

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 aff ect 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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MESSAGE FROM THE RECTOR

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

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

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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

ENROLMENT

% of total student population

Science, Engineering, Technology

35% Education

12% Business Management

11%

24790 BREAKDOWN

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 1437 Female

8 10

Male

37 %

1 367

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

are enrolled at UWC.

HISTORIC MILESTONES UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

1960:

The University College of the Western Cape opens its doors.

1970:

The institution gains independent university status and is allowed to award its own degrees and diplomas.

1975:

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 ﬁ rst website – joining the internet age before other universities in the Mother City.

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 longestserving Chancellor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who would serve for more than 25 years.

1990:

UWC becomes the ﬁ rst 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.

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 Offi ce 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 UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

2012:

UWC is declared Africa’s Greenest Campus in the inaugural African Green Campus Initiative Challenge.

2013:

UWC signs the Berlin Declaration on Open Access in the Sciences and Humanities, joining hundreds of institutions around the world dedicated to supporting the principles of open access and working to achieve openness in publicly funded projects.

2015:

Prof Tyrone Pretorius is inaugurated as the new Rector and ViceChancellor.

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.

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.

2018:

UWC Choir made its debut at the 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 ﬁ rst 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:

UWC’s former Vice-Chancellor, Prof Brian O’Connell, receives the National Research Foundation’s highest honour, the NRF Lifetime Achievement Award.

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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.

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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

2024: 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.

2023:

Four signiﬁ cant 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.

2025:

Prof Robert John Balfour is inaugurated as the 8th Rector and Vice-Chancellor

2024: The ﬁrst year of the full implementation of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme, which provides full bursaries to 250 undergraduate and 250 Master’s students as part of a seven-year agreement.

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OFFICE BEARERS UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

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 Sciencs (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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DEANS UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

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 09 OCTOBER 2026 | 14H30

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY FACULTY OF EDUCATION FACULTY OF LAW

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS 1.

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

2. The Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor constitutes the congregation 3. National Anthem 4. Address: SRC 5. Address: Rector and Vice-Chancellor 6. Item in song 7. Presentation of Graduands to the Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor 8. The Chancellor / Vice-Chancellor dissolves the congregation 9. The Academic Procession leaves the hall NB: THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE PROCESSION HAS LEFT THE HALL.

TIME AND VENUE GRADUATION CEREMONY 09 OCTOBER 2026 (FRIDAY) UWC CAMPUS 14H30

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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ANTHEM Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo. Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika. Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee, Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.

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FACULTY OF DENTISTRY DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MARWA A EL-MEHDE ABORASS Department: ORAL MEDICINE AND PERIODONTOLOGY Supervisor: PROF M CHETTY Co-supervisor: DR M PECK Thesis: Level of Inflammatory mediators associated with periodontitis in pre-eclampsia Description: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that may contribute to systemic inflammation and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preeclampsia (PE). This case-control study investigated the association between periodontitis, inflammatory mediators and PE in 294 pregnant women in the Western Cape, SA. Periodontal parameters differed significantly between preeclamptic and normotensive women (P<0.0001). Most inflammatory mediators were higher in women with PE and periodontitis, although differences were not statistically significant. PGE2-E2 was significantly elevated (P=0.0045). The findings support an association between periodontitis and PE and highlight the importance of integrating oral health assessment into antenatal care. ELIZABETH THOMAS Department: ORTHODONTICS Supervisor: PROF A HARRIS Co-supervisor: PROF A OETTLE Thesis: Creating guidelines for the placement and design of mini-implants in the South African population Description: Published data on orthodontic mini-implants in the South African context remain limited. Recognising this knowledge gap, the study investigated anatomical factors influencing the safety and stability of orthodontic mini-implant placement in two South African population groups. Using cone beam computed tomography and a novel semi-automated approach, the study evaluated cortical bone thickness and interradicular distances according to population group, sex, age and anatomical region. Population-specific visual bone maps were developed to facilitate preliminary chairside identification of suitable mini-implant sites. The study provides novel, locally relevant evidence to support successful miniimplant placement in South African populations.

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

ZAINOENISA ALLIE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor:

PROF M OGUNNIYI

Thesis: Investigating pre-service science teachers’ conceptual understanding of electric circuits Description: The study investigated pre-service science teachers’ conceptions of electric circuits, a basic physical science concept where learners perform poorly in national assessments. Using a hybrid explanatory sequential mixed-methods design involving 20 subjects. The data-set was analysed in terms of sound, partial understanding and alternative scientific conception (ASCs). The findings showed that ASCs are not merely passive obstacles (reinforced by poor instruction) but actively competing cognitive frameworks that interfere with the adoption of scientific reasoning through cognitive coexistence. Prioritizing conceptual accuracy and embedding precision diagnostic assessment tools such as the one used in the study was therefore recommended. JESSICA MANMINA AYUBA Department: Supervisor:

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PROF T MOODLEY

Thesis: The influence of Nigerian sign language on the teaching and learning of pupils in a school for the deaf, Abuja, Nigeria Description: American Sign Language is the official medium of instruction at Nigerian schools for the deaf. This, despite the local, culturally contextual Nigerian Sign Language, that is commonly used outside classroom settings. This study explored the use of Nigerian Sign Language at a school for the deaf in Nigeria. The study found that Nigerian Sign Language enhanced learners’ levels of engagement, understanding and enthusiasm during lessons. It was not as effective in developing writing skills. The study showed that Nigerian Sign Language may offer Nigerian deaf learners, better pedagogical access than American Sign Language. However, it needed further development and refinement, including the development of appropriate teaching and learning materials, and teacher-training opportunities.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF EDUCATION DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY HEBREW GODDEN SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor: PROF C JULIE Co-supervisor: PROF M MBEKWA, DR M SIMONS Thesis: Investigating the impact of productive practice as a teaching strategy to improve proficiency in mathematics Description: Hebrew Godden’s research investigated how productive practice can develop learners’ mathematical ways of working. Through three iterative design cycles with Grade 9 learners, the study traced a progression from procedural engagement to visual investigation, identification of mathematical relationships, verbal explanation, justification and structured proof. The research shows how spiral revision, purposeful task design, and progressive scaffolding can create opportunities for learners to move beyond performing procedures to explaining, justifying, and constructing mathematical arguments. The study contributes a classroom-based account of how mathematical reasoning can be progressively developed within the realities of South African mathematics education. CAVIN BENEDICT MCPHERSON INSTITUTE FOR POST SCHOOL STUDIES

Supervisor: PROF J PAPIER Co-supervisor: DR S NEEDHAM Thesis: An investigation into the outcomes of articulation agreements between South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and universities for students in Engineering studies Description: Technology, finance, and cybersecurity are increasingly inseparable in digital economies. Christo This doctoral thesis offers a critical analysis of how articulation agreements between SA TVET colleges and UoTs are enacted and experienced, specifically in engineering pathways. Evidence gathered revealed a complex reality: while formal pathways exist on paper, effective articulation is undermined by fragmented curricula, inconsistent institutional collaboration, and limited recognition of TVET qualifications. The thesis concludes that achieving equitable education requires systemic alignment, robust partnerships, ongoing staff development, and institutionalised, holistic student support. The study fills a critical gap in the local literature and sets an international research and practice agenda that prioritises lived experience and multi-level agency as central to policy transformation.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

DÉSIREÉ EVA MOODLEY Department: Supervisor:

LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROF R CHETTY

Thesis: Critical thinking pedagogy and teacher education Description: This thesis by publication investigates ways in which critical thinking pedagogy is conceptualised, contextualised, and confronted in South African teacher education. Anchored in Critical Theory and Philosophy for Children, this multidisciplinary study positions the classroom as an environment for enabling voice, cognitive development, knowledge creation, and transformation. The constituent journal articles engage complexities and contradictions within critical thinking pedagogy and challenge current frameworks. The study’s findings on the role of context and culture make a meaningful contribution to knowledge in the form of a conceptual and operational critical thinking pedagogical framework for academic, socio-economic, and cultural awareness towards individual and social emancipation. MARTHA MEGUMBO NEHEMIA INSTITUTE FOR POST SCHOOL STUDIES

Supervisor:

DR M HENDRICKS

Co-supervisor:

DR K APLOON-ZOKUFA

Thesis: Technology and the possibilities for access to higher education in Africa. The case study of a university in Namibia Description: This doctoral study investigated access into higher education for non-traditional students in Namibia and evaluated online learning as a strategy to expand access and improve participation. Drawing on theoretical lenses of widening participation and technological affordances; the doctoral candidate examined how to make higher education more accessible. Semi-structured interviews with postgraduate students and teaching staff revealed that students were motivated to pursue a pathway into higher education; but enrolment were constrained by financial difficulties, work commitments, distances from campus and family responsibilities. It also found that online learning has the potential to enhance access for non-traditional students, though it risks disadvantaging students living in poverty.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF EDUCATION DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY NOMATHAMSANQA NTSHOKOMA INSTITUTE FOR POST SCHOOL STUDIES

Supervisor:

PROF J PAPIER

Co-supervisor:

PROF Z DESAI

Thesis: The impact of the language of learning and teaching (LOLT) on TVET college students’ performance Description: This study investigated how students at a TVET college in the Eastern Cape, a province where 90% of the population is isiXhosa-speaking, experienced learning through the medium of English and the role that this language of learning and teaching played in their academic performance at college. Findings showed that students struggled with vocational terminology in English, and that this language of learning and teaching impacted their understanding of content in all other subject areas. Students reported that their home environments were often not conducive to speaking English, where this might be regarded as undermining of the home language. Amongst college lecturers code switching was a widespread teaching practice, but there was evidence of the concept of translanguaging gaining traction. OLUSOLA SURAJUDEEN SAIBU SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor:

PROF M OGUNNIYI

Thesis: Exploring grade 10 learners’ understanding of selected ecological concepts using a dialogical argumentation instructional model Description: This study explored the effect of a dialogical argumentation instructional model (DAIM) and Traditional Instructional Method (TIM) in enhancing grade 10 learners’ understanding of selected ecological concepts in two Cape Town high schools. Learners in experimental Group (E-Group) and Control Group (C-Group) were simultaneously exposed to DAIM and TIM for six weeks. A rigorous sequential design namely, Ecological Achievement Test, Comprehensive missing gaps, Reading Energy Flow through living system, and Claims-Evidence-Reasoning were used to monitor the learners’ progressive performance. E-group outperformed their C-Group counterparts on all the dimensions of ecology tested showing its efficacy and superiority of DAIM over TIM in enhancing learners’ conceptions of complex concepts.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

ISHMAEL SIBANDA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor:

PROF M OGUNNIYI

Thesis: The effect of a dialogical argumentation instructional model in enhancing grade 11 learners’ scientific and indigenous conceptions of heat and temperature in the OR Tambo Coastal District, Eastern Cape Description: The study examined the effect of DAIM in enhancing grade 11 learners’ scientific and IK worldviews of heat and temperature in a Coastal School District of Eastern Cape. The experimental group (E-Group) and the Control Group (C-Group) were exposed separately to DAIM and TIM for six weeks. Findings showed that: (1) learners in both groups held an amalgam of scientific and IK views about heat and temperature; (2) E-Group demonstrated an eminently superior understanding of heat and temperature and the ability to change from one worldview to another as the context changed; (3) all efforts made to replace IK with science completely proved abortive. DAIM was therefore recommended for the current South African multicultural science classrooms.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF LAWS ABDULMALIK BELLO Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Supervisor:

PROF Y FESSHA

Thesis: Shared Rule in Federal Political Systems: The Case of Nigeria Description: This thesis makes a significant contribution to understanding shared rule in federal systems, with particular focus on Nigeria. It examines whether the 1999 Constitution adequately guarantees the representation and participation of subnational governments in national decision-making. The study analyses formal and informal mechanisms of shared rule and highlights the often-overlooked role of local government. The thesis argues for stronger constitutional guarantees, meaningful representation, effective participation, and improved intergovernmental relations. It demonstrates that well-designed shared rule can strengthen democratic governance, national unity, and peaceful coexistence in deeply divided societies. OBINNA VICTOR CHUKWUMA Department:

PRIVATE LAW

Supervisor:

PROF D ORIAKHOGBA

Co-supervisor:

PROF A DIALAI

Thesis: Artificial Intelligence and the rights of asylum seekers and refugees: considerations for the regulation of AI in Africa Description: This thesis investigated how the deployment of Artificial Intelligence affects the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, and the effectiveness of current regulatory frameworks in Africa. Using a tripartite theoretical framework of decoloniality, critical race and Ubuntu, it finds that AI poses considerable risks to human rights when it is deployed without adequate safeguards. Drawing lessons from the EU and the USA, it recommends the adoption of a special AI treaty for protecting asylum seekers and refugees, which should be culturally rooted in Africa’s asylum and refugee terrain.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF LAW 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF LAWS

MELANY LEONIE HENDRICKS Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Supervisor:

PROF W LE ROUX

Thesis: Integrity as a post-apartheid constitutional virtue: Solution or complication? Description: This thesis responds to the social, political, and legal crises associated with state capture and corruption in South Africa. It asks whether Dworkin’s theory of law as integrity can provide a normative framework for renewing transformative constitutionalism. Drawing on Michelman’s civic republicanism, it develops a deliberative conception of integrity that emphasises empathetic and participatory engagement in politics and constitutional adjudication. It then traces the reception of Dworkin’s work in South Africa from apartheid to democracy. Examining the Constitutional Court’s trajectory, the thesis argues that a deliberative practice of integrity can support judicial legitimacy and political integrity in a morally diverse, post-conflict society, while transcending legal formalism through empathy, participation, and ongoing normative reflection. OLAMIDE IBRAHIM Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Supervisor:

PROF U ASSIM

Co-supervisor:

PROF E DUROJAYE

Thesis: Amicable settlement of disputes by the African Court: Model for activating Article 9 of the protocol establishing the Court Description: In his thesis, Olamide Ibrahim responds to the underdevelopment of amicable settlement as an aspect of African regional human rights adjudication – by comprehensively examining its legal and institutional framework before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Focusing on Article 9 of the Court’s Protocol, the study combines doctrinal and qualitative empirical analysis to examine the factors necessary for effectively utilizing the mechanism – demonstrating that amicable settlement is inherently judicial in character and proposing a structured model for its implementation. The research contributes to the development of African human rights law by offering a framework through which amicable settlement can complement adjudication, strengthen access to justice and enhance the effectiveness of the African regional human rights system.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF LAWS TSHILIDZI KNOWLES KHANGALA Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Supervisor:

PROF Y FESSHA

Thesis: An assessment of the effectiveness of constitutional oversight bodies: A case study of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Education Portfolio Committee Description: This thesis makes a valuable contribution to understanding how political and institutional factors shape parliamentary oversight and executive accountability in South Africa’s provincial government. It examines the effectiveness of the Education Portfolio Committee of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in holding the Department of Education accountable from 1994 to 2024. The study finds that, although the committee has formal powers of oversight, its effectiveness is limited by dominant-party politics, political allegiance, institutional constraints, and complex intergovernmental relations have limited effective oversight. It shows that oversight often prioritises financial and procedural compliance over educational performance, outcomes, and equity. The thesis recommends stronger institutional independence, enhanced technical capacity, and a greater focus on results. KATLEGO ARNOLD MASHEGO Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW

Supervisor:

DR P NDLOVU

Co-supervisor:

PROF M WANDRAG

Thesis: A comparative analysis between the AfCFTA and the EEA Agreements: The impact of the activities of foreign multinational corporations and counterfeit goods on economic development and enhancement of socio-economic rights Description: Utilising the context of trade liberalisation, this thesis investigates how the intersection between the activities of foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) and their trade in counterfeit goods affects the realisation of socio-economic rights on the African continent. The thesis highlights the deleterious effect of counterfeit goods and the need for African countries to implement measures that address the trade in such counterfeit goods by foreign MNCs. The recommendations made in the thesis are based on a careful and considered analysis of the current existing legal frameworks of individual African countries, the various sub-regional economic communities in Africa, and the African Continental Free Trade Area itself. GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF LAW 2026

DOCTOR’S DEGREES DOCTOR OF LAWS

NIMROD MUHUMUZA Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Supervisor:

PROF B MEZMUR

Thesis: Safeguarding Children’s Rights in a Changing Climate: A Case Study of South Africa Description: Children in Africa remain largely absent from climate law and policy, despite facing disproportionate climate risk. Nimrod Muhumuza’s doctoral research addresses this omission by applying anthropoholism, an Africa-centred environmental ethic that links human and ecological well-being, to a children’s rights-based approach to designing and implementing climate governance. The dissertation focuses on South Africa’s Constitution, legislation, jurisprudence and institutions, and finds that children remain invisible in climate governance and architecture not because the constitutional protections are weak, but because the mechanisms to realise them have remained blind to children’s needs. The research contributes to African human rights law by proposing reforms to begin addressing this gap. PAUL MUKIIBI Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE

Supervisor:

PROF A HAMMAN

Co-supervisor:

PROF R NANIMA

Thesis: An Evaluation of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Based Adjudication Process in Civil Procedings in Uganda Description: This study examines ICT-based adjudication and protection of the right to a fair hearing in civil cases in Uganda’s judiciary. Using a desktop methodology, it analyses international instruments, Ugandan laws, scholarly literature and comparative practices. The study finds that Uganda’s Constitution and statutes broadly protect the right to a fair hearing, but legal and institutional frameworks are not sufficiently harmonised with ICT-based adjudication. Challenges include judicial discretion, limited internet coverage, poor connectivity and high data costs, as well as risks to access to counsel, privileged communication, impartiality, privacy and vulnerable litigants. The study recommends legal reform, improved digital infrastructure and safeguards to ensure that ICT-based adjudication promotes both fair hearings and access to justice.

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW DOCTOR’S DEGREES

2026

DOCTOR OF LAWS FIDELIS OLISE OLISE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Supervisor:

PROF J IYI

Co-supervisor:

PROF E DUROJAYE

Thesis: State Failure in a Contested Legal Order: Towards a Differentiated Approach to Domestic Terrorism in Northern Nigeria Description: This study investigates domestic terrorism in northern Nigeria as a contestation of the secular legal order. It argues that terrorist groups, exploiting underlying grievances, seek to replace the secular constitution with a sharia legal order. Using qualitative methods, the study establishes a triadic relationship between terrorism, state failure, and the secular legal order, showing terrorism’s positive correlation with state failure and both phenomena negative correlation with secularism. It concludes that political and constitutional concessions to sharia erode Nigeria’s secularity, producing a fragmented society. To accommodate diversity and restore state legitimacy, the study proposes drawing on Sudan’s integrative sharia model, Nigeria’s 1959 Penal Code, and Weber’s theory of legitimacy, reforms, indigenised anti terrorism laws, and a hybrid counterterrorism strategy that combines soft and hard power. ATEL ONGEE PAITO Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE

Supervisor:

PROF R NANIMA

Co-supervisor:

PROF A HAMMAN

Thesis: An evaluation of the legal and institutional money laundering framework in South Sudan: integrating an international approach Description: This study examines the effectiveness of South Sudan’s legal framework for combating money laundering, with particular reference to international standards and regional developments in East Africa. It evaluates legislative and institutional shortcomings and considers the extent to which South Sudan’s framework aligns with instruments of the East African Community, the African Union and the United Nations. The thesis finds that South Sudan’s AML regime remains at a formative stage, with formal legislative alignment but significant institutional and operational weaknesses, including poor inter-agency coordination, limited technological capacity and weak implementation of preventive measures. It proposes a practical, context-sensitive reform model to strengthen financial supervision, asset recovery, institutional coordination and AML governance. GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY 2026

MASTERS DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DENTISTRY KUMM

CHANTELLE

Department: COMMUNITY DENTISTRY Supervisor: PROF N GORDON Co-supervisor: DR R AHMED Thesis: Cultural Competence of Oral Hygienists in South Africa

SMITH

JAMI ASHLEIGH

Department:

CRANIOFACIAL BIOLOGY ORAL PATHOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY

Supervisor: DR S KABBASHI Co-supervisor: DR S CHANDLER Thesis: Detection of Substances in Human Dentine using Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry

PILLAY

ARUSHKA

BALLARAM-WEBER REENITA

Department: Supervisor:

PROSTHODONTICS

Department: COMMUNITY DENTISTRY Supervisor: PROF D SMIT Co-supervisor: DR K SIMPSON

PROF S KHAN

Thesis: Factors associated with endodontic failures

Thesis:

PUTUMA GQALANGILE YONELA ZINTLE

HAG ELNOUR WAAD OSAMA MIRGHANI

Department: PROSTHEDONTICS Supervisor: PROF R MAART Co-supervisor: DR W ASIA-MICHAELS Thesis: A comparative study of analogue and digital impression techniques for maxillary edentulous ridge

Oral health related-quality of life among children with atopic diseases

Department:

ORAL MEDICINE AND PERIODONTOLOGY

Supervisor: PROF H HOLMES Co-supervisor: PROF M ENGEL Thesis: The Effectiveness of Combination Therapy with Cetuximab for the Treatment of Oral or Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY MASTERS DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DENTISTRY HAMED

NAMAREG HASSAN MOHAMMED

Department: PROSTHODONTICS Supervisor: PROF R MAART Co-supervisor: DR W ASIA-MICHAELS Thesis: The effect of time on two physical properties of four tissue conditioners applied to an acrylic base - An in vitro study

WAMBUGU

JOHNSON JOEL

Department: Supervisor:

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY PROF F KIMMIE-DHANSAY

Thesis: Factors Influencing Private Dentists’ Attitudes and Practice Participation in Dental Insurance: A Validation Study among Kenyan Practitioners

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

MASTERS DEGREES

MASTER OF EDUCATION ARENDSE

RYAN CRAIG

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor: PROF M MBEKWA Co-supervisor: MR S DINIE Thesis: Investigating the Influence of a School Science Club on Grade 7 Learners’ Science-Related Attitudes

BRAY

ZAINAB

DAVIDS

MEGAN BRIGITTE

Department: Supervisor:

LANGUAGE EDUCATION DR S LOUW

Thesis: The effects of overcrowding on reading comprehension in Cape Winelands District primary schools

HAMZA

ZAY-YAAN CUM LAUDE

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor:

DR M SIMONS

Thesis:

A quasi ethnomethodological analysis of examinees ways of working in the Grade 12 final National Senior Certificate (NSC) high stakes examination in the case of functions

Engaging teachers in Critical Mathematics Education: Modelling water sustainability issues in South Africa

BROWN

GREGORY -DEAN

HENDRICKS

ARYN

Department: Supervisor:

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Department: Supervisor:

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

DR M BLADERGROEN

PROF T DHURUMRAJ

Thesis:

Inquiry into the establishment of participative management, towards change at Primary Schools in the Metro North Education District in the Western Cape in a disadvantage community

STEM Education Curriculum advisor experiences in STEM in the Metro South Education District: Support mechanisms implemented, to effectively enhance the curriculum

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF EDUCATION MASTERS DEGREES

MAPHOSA

2026

LYDIA NOKUKHANYA

ROOMANEY

KAUTHAR

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Department: Supervisor:

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Supervisor:

DR M SIMONS

DR M BLADERGROEN

Thesis:

Thesis: A Quasi-Ethnomethodological Analysis of Examinees’ Ways of Working in the Grade 12 National Senior Examinations (NSC) High Stakes Examinations: The Case of Sequences and Series

An Exploration of Senior Management Teams’ Experiences in Technology Integration across Five Western Cape Public Secondary Schools

MDOVU

VAN WYK

MLUNGISI Cum Laude

DELON Cum Laude

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Supervisor:

DR M SIMONS

Thesis:

An analysis of students’ ways of working with Calculus (Integration) in high-stakes examinations from a sociological scientific knowledge lens: A case study of N4 Mathematics students at Technical and Vocational and Training (TVET) in the Western Cape

Integrating mathematical modelling and critical theory to address water consumption challenges

NZIRA

LEWIS

Department: Supervisor:

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES PROF M LUCKAY

Thesis: Exploration of factors that delay decolonisation of the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and Occupational Electrical Engineering curriculum in the Western Cape, South Africa

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

MASTERS DEGREES

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN ADULT EDUCATION AND GLOBAL CHANGE BRINK

MEGAN

SAMPSON

LIEZEL

INSTITUTE FOR POST SCHOOL STUDIES

Supervisor:

DR M HENDRICKS

Thesis:

A study of the factors that influence the retention of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) students at a South African university

Assessing the admission criteria to attend learning programs at a provincial government learning institute

NAUDE

LORNA ELIZABETH

INSTITUTE FOR POST SCHOOL STUDIES

Supervisor:

DR K APLOON-ZOKUFA

Thesis: Investigating the well-being of nontraditional students at a University in Cape Town

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF EDUCATION HONOURS DEGREES

2026

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION HONOURS BLOEMBERG

RAEESAH

GRANGER

DIOLENE

KGOWA

DIKELEDI

MDLALO

NOSIYAMCELA

NONKENYANE

ASIPHILE

MKEHLE

MSEKELI

SOMAGACA

THINAM

MNQANQENI

NQABAKAZ

STEVENS

NANCY SUE

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION HONOURS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SABERA

ABDUL MUTTALIB

FACULTY OF EDUCATION DIPLOMAS

2026

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING HULANA

BAFANA

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

CERTIFICATES

POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION IN FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING BAILEY

SINCLAIRE

FANI

ONKE WELLINGTON

BAKAJANA

SOMILA

GREEN

KEANIN MARK

BAMBI

CLEO MARCOS

MBOYI

SANELISIWE ABONGILE

BOOI

GCISAKAZI

TUYA

PHIWOKUHLE

DINGANI

TAMIA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGES AND LIFE ORIENTATION JULIES

PHILLIP CALEB

NWABUNNE

EMMANUEL

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGES AND MATHEMATICS BOOYSEN

NICOLE

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES MTYATYENI

MFUNDO WISEMAN

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING GQAMANA

MIHLALI

NKONQA

SIYAVUYA

WYNGAARD

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

TARA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

2026

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING ADAMS

MICHAELA

SIKEPE

INAM

JOHNSON

MELITA RINSIA

VAN ZYL

DARREN

MAZANTSANA

SIPHOSETHU

SIGQAKAZA

BUKISA

MOSES

RONALDO

TEEGLER

EBRAHIM

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2026

HIGHER DIPLOMA

HIGHER DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION NKUPU

HOMBAKAZI CHRISTINE

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW MASTERS DEGREES

2026

MASTER OF LAWS AHMED

ADNAAN

DUBE

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF B MUPANGAVANHU

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE Supervisor: DR A MUNYAI

Supervisor:

LEO XOLANI

Thesis:

A critical examination of the legal governance of cross border mergers and acquisitions in South Africa with international perspectives

An Evaluation of the Judicial Interpretation of the term ‘Exploitation’ in the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act 7 of 2013

APRIL

NALEDI

FLORIS

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW DR E OLIVIER

DULLAH OMAR INSTITUTE Supervisor: PROF J DE VISSERI Co-supervisor: DR J BEUKES

Department: Supervisor: Thesis:

CHRISTIAN

Thesis:

The Turquand rule and third-party protection in South African company law

Personal Liability of Municipal Officials for Financial Misconduct in South Africa: Law and Practice

BOCK

DANEECA NARELLE

GEORGE

CLAYTON REWAYNE

Department: Supervisor:

PRIVATE LAW MR M SUNGAY

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF T KONDO

Supervisor:

Thesis: A South African law analysis of the basic conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 in relation to

DLELEMBE

ABONGILE

Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE DR E OLIVIER

Supervisor:

Thesis: E-commerce B2C contracts of necessity: A South African legal perspective on unilateral amendment

Thesis: Legal Responses to Vigilantism in South Africa GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF LAW 2026

MASTERS DEGREES

GIBA

THA-LITHA

HLONGWANE

MDUDUZI

Department: Supervisor:

PRIVATE LAW DR C JACOBSI

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW DR E OLIVIER

Thesis: Economic abuse as an act of Domestic Violence: Evaluating the Effectiveness of South Africa’s legal frameworks

HAYNIE

ZAYTOEN

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF B MUPANGAVANHU

Supervisor:

Supervisor: Thesis:

The development and legal nature of ostensible authority in the South African law of agency

Thesis: The Role of ESG in Corporate DecisionMaking: A South African Analysis MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS LAW JANKE

ANDI JAMELLEE

KAMISH

YUSRA

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF M WANDRAG

Department: Supervisor:

PRIVATE LAW PROF Y MUPANGAVANHU

Supervisor: Thesis:

Towards a Structured Legal and Policy Framework for Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices in Namibia’s Mining Sector

Thesis: Global pandemics and the waiver of intellectual property rights: possibilities and challenges

JULIUS

LEONARDO

KUNENE

THATO

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF F MOOSA

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF B MUPANGAVANHU

Supervisor:

Thesis:

Double taxation agreements: an assessment of their efficacy in the equitable allocation of taxing and tax collection rights among State parties

Examining Integration of Artificial Intelligence into Corporate Governance in South African State-Owned Businesses

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW MASTERS DEGREES

LETTINGA

DOUTJE CUM LAUDEI

Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE PROF B MEZMUR

Supervisor: Thesis:

The justiciability of the right to housing to advance social rights: The case of Cape Town and Rotterdam

MAGIDA

ZANDA WELA

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF P LENAGHAN

Supervisor: Thesis:

The Future of Migration on The African Continent in light of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement

LISEKELE

DANISWA

MAKORA

MISHECK

Department: Supervisor:

PRIVATE LAW PROF VILJOEN

Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE DR R STEENKAMP

Thesis:

2026

Supervisor:

An Analysis of land reform policies in South Africa and their implications for the protection of indigenous rights

Thesis:

MFAMANA

EMIHLE

MANANA

BUHLE NOTHANDO

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE PROF K VAN MARLE

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF B MUPANGAVANHU

Department: Supervisor:

A Legal Analysis of the Role of Local Government in the Production and Procurement of Renewable Energy in South Africa

Supervisor:

Thesis:

Gender-Based violence: A study on the community of Khayelitsha

Promotion of public interest considerations in the Regulation & Evaluation of South African mergers and acquisitions deals

MOOKO

GOSEGO GIFT

Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE DR R STEENKAMP

Supervisor: Thesis:

An analysis of the South African Legal Framework in relation to Health Risk Mitigation in the Mining Sector GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF LAW 2026

MASTERS DEGREES

MASUBELELE

MUKWEVHO

MUVHUYA

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE Supervisor: DR A MUNYAI

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW DR E OLIVIER

Thesis:

A critical analysis of the challenges faced by the judiciary in facilitating the TRC’s recommendations on prosecutorial investigations in South Africa

From conflation to confusion: A critical and comparative analysis of ostensible authority and estoppel in South African Law post Makate v Vodacom

MATHABATHA MAHLODI

NGESI

PHUMLA

Department:

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE DR R STEENKAMP

Supervisor:

ELIJAH EPHRAIMI

PUBLIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE DR R STEENKAMP

Supervisor:

Thesis:

A critical legal perspective on seismic explorations in light of South Africa’s just energy transition

A legal analysis of shale gas exploration in South Africa: Lessons from United States and United Kingdom

MATUBATUBA SINALO

NOHESI

NOMAGUGU

Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE PROF W NORTJE

Supervisor:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF M WANDRAG

Supervisor:

Thesis:

An analysis of the Impact of the Cadre Deployment Policy on the governance of State-Owned Enterprises

A Restorative Approach to Criminal Justice: Examining Sentencing Reforms in South Africa

MUKOMBERI

CYNTHIA TASHINGA

PETER

BUSISWA AVIWE

Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE PROF A HAMMAN

Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE PROF W NORTJE

Supervisor:

Thesis:

The use of artificial intelligence to combat money laundering in South Africa

An evaluation of the right to access health care for inmates with disabilities in South African correctional facilities

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW MASTERS DEGREES

SITHOLE

MAKUNGU DUNCAN

WILLEMSE

AUBREY JOHN

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW PROF F MOOSA

Department:

MERCANTILE AND LABOUR LAW MS F MULLAGEE

Supervisor:

2026

Thesis:

A critical analysis of the Capital Gains Tax implications on the disposal of cryptocurrencies: an evaluation of possible lessons for South Africa from Hong Kong

From Domestic Work to the Gig Economy: Challenging exclusion under workers compensation law

STEYN

INIGO

YOKWE

Department:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PROCEDURE PROF R NANIMA

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE Supervisor: PROF J IYI

Supervisor:

VUYOKAZI

Thesis:

Towards specialised anti-corruption courts for South Africa: a delayed engagement

A legal assessment of some of the impact of states parties non-compliance with their obligations to arrest and surrender indictees to the International Criminal

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF LAW 2026

MASTERS DEGREES

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY ZAMXAKA

NOZUKO

DULLAH OMAR INSTITUTE Supervisor: PROF T CHIGWATA

Thesis: The rise of informal local government on the back of municipal failures

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW DIPLOMAS

2026

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC LAW COETZEE

RENIER Cum Laude

MANJEZI

LORRAINE

BOSMAN

RICHARD

MATHABA NONTANDO

VUYISWA NONHLANHLA

CLOETE

VOUTRINE

MBATANI

BENEDICTA NOLUFEFE

GROVE

LLEWELLYN

MOSAI

ANDISWA CHARLENE

JACOBS

PETRIE ELIZLE

PRINCE

LORINDA JENNIFER

JANSEN

LU-WAYNE MICHELLE

TSIE

RADIKASHU TSIE ISAAC

MANGENA

ISAAC

VAN NEEL

JARED

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LABOUR LAW ANDREWS

CHANDRE

MOHLABI

NTHABISANG

ATLEE

ANNE ERICA

MOHOME

PALESA PRECIOUS

BREDA

HENRY

NGUNZE

SISEKO RICHARD

HUMANE

SANDILE WISEMAN

ITUMELENG

TSHEGOFATSO JOYCE

NOMOKOZA-BENSON NTOMBEZINTLE PRINCESS

JOHARIE

FASHEEGA

MAIWASHE

NYAMBENI PETER

MASOTE

REFILWE YVONNE

MBALISO

ESONA

MENTE

THANDOKAZI

MLAMBO SENZOSENKOSI

SIBONGISENI

MNONO

NOLUTHANDO

MODUTWANE

FAITH MAMOKETE

NONXUBA

ATHABILE

OSLODIEN

ULFAH

RAS

ALIE

SOFOYIYA

SIPHOBUHLE

TITUS

MUNEEB

TLHAPI TSHEGOFATSO

BOITUMELO

YAKHE

YOLANDA

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

FACULTY OF LAW 2026

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

BACHELOR OF LAWS NKOMO

MUNYARADZI

PATIENCE

MACNEIL RALPH

ADAMS

NICOLAS

SITHOLE

PRIDE

DIAMOUANGANA KIA-RA JOSÈPHINE AMOR

THOMAS

JAMIE-LEIGH

MAENI

NOKUTHULA

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN LAW ABRAHAMS

ABDUR RAHMAN

HLONGWANE

LWETHU VUYISWA

DIALE

KAMOGELO

MANTHADA

FULUFHELO

GUBELA

KHANYA

SUKAZI

SIYABONGA

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

FACULTY OF LAW DIPLOMAS

2026

ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN LABOUR LAW AVONTUUR

ELAINE CRYSTAL

KABINI

AMANDA MILLICENT

COLANI

LIHLE

MZANTSI

AVUMILE

HELE

SINOXOLO

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES 1983-2026

1983

1996

S Motsuenyane, Doctor Commercii

G Brundtland, Doctor Legum

MC O’Dowd, Doctor Commercii

T Chapman, Doctor Commercii JJF Durand, Doctor Philosophiae

1984

P Gorvalla, Doctor Commercii

E Theron, Doctor Legum

1987

1997 B Davidson, Doctor Litterarum

B Breytenbach, Doctor Litterarum

E King, Doctor Theologiae

RE van de Ross, Doctor Educationis

I Mohamed, Doctor Scientiae F Naude, Doctor Theologiae

1989

J Scholten, Doctor Legum

J de Villiers, Doctor Scientiae G Mbeki, Doctor Philosophiae

1990

R Turner, Doctor Educationis

1998 J Derrida, Doctor Litterarum

N Mandela, Doctor Legum

M Nuttall, Doctor Theologiae

O Tambo, Doctor Legum

M Oduyoye, Doctor Theologiae J Reddy, Doctor Educationis

1991 R Alexander, Doctor Commercii

2001

G Machel, Doctor Legum

V Faigle, Doctor Theologiae

D Mitterand, Doctor Litterarum

G ‘t Hooft, Doctor Scientiae

D Zihlangu, Doctor Educationis

P Langa, Doctor Legum A Small, Doctor Litterarum

1993 G Boonzaaier, Doctor Litterarum

2002

B Head, Doctor Litterarum (posthumous)

W Gray III, Doctor Philosophiae

A Ibrahim, Doctor Litterarum

CLR Hirschsohn, Doctor Philosophiae

E Mancoba, Doctor Litterarum

T Manuel, Doctor Commercii D Philip, Doctor Litterarum

1995

M Philip, Doctor Litterarum

G Gerwel, Doctor Educationis

D Tutu, Doctor Legum

P Sonn, Doctor Legum

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES 1983-2026

2003

2008

K Mokhele, Doctor Scientiae

W Morrow, Doctor Educationis

T D Fredericks, Doctor Educationis P Uys, Doctor Educationis

2004 K Asmal, Doctor Legum

2009 A Govender, Doctor Legum

2010

E de Keyser, Doctor Commercii

A Adebajo, Doctor Philosophiae

G Fitzgerald, Doctor Litterarum

M Dien, Philosophiae Doctor (posthumous)

A Omar, Doctor Legum (posthumous)

B Fanaroff, Doctor Philosophiae

A Sachs, Doctor Litterarum

P Olumfemi-Kayode, Doctor Philosophiae

A Sisulu, Doctor Curationis

R Simonsen, Doctor Philosophiae

W Sisulu, Doctor Legum (posthumous)

P Tergat, Doctor Philosophiae

2005 A Achmat, Doctor Philosophiae

D Tulu, Doctor Philosophiae

2011

C Bundy, Doctor Philosophiae

S Biko, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)

E Dido, Doctor Litterarum

S Isaacs, Doctor Educationis

T Jones, Doctor Philosophiae

A Magrath, Doctor Litterarum

J Fagan, Doctor Legum

M Shear, Doctor Philosophiae

I Mahomed, Doctor Legum (posthumous)

M Temmerman, Doctor Philosophiae

2006 F Ginwala, Doctor Administrationis

2007

R Wolf, Doctor Philosophiae

2012 B Gawanas, Doctor Legum E Moosa, Doctor Legum

E Abrahams, Doctor Philosophiae

R Reddock, Doctor Philosophiae

E Braune, Doctor Philosophiae

H Shaper, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)

A Chaskalson, Doctor Legum D Jordaan, Doctor Philosophiae

A Sheiham, Doctor Philosophiae

R Kadalie, Doctor Litterarum P Mlambo-Ngcuka, Philosophiae Doctor Y Mokgoro, Doctor Legum V Shubin, Doctor Philosophiae

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026

HONORARY DEGREE AWARDEES 1983-2026

2013

2023

H Howa, Doctor Philosophiae

C Hani, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)

T Jones, Doctor Philosophiae

D Moseneke, Doctor Philosophiae

J Matthews, Doctor Philosophiae

S Zotwana, Doctor Philosophiae

G Merino OP, Doctor Theologiae

2014

2024 M Choi, Doctor Philosophiae

A Haron, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)

H Kummeling, Doctor Philosophiae

2015

C Pauwels, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)

A Jedaar, Doctor Philosophiae

2025

2016 H Adams, Doctor Philosophiae F Robertson, Doctor Philosophiae M Tsedu, Doctor Philosophiae

2017

A Hassim, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae C M Maxeke, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae (posthumous) M Monakali, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae (posthumous)

M Lapsley, Doctor Philosophiae

G N M Pandor, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae

2018

M T W Robinson, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae

Z Skweyiya, Doctor Philosophiae (posthumous)

2026 L Nongxa, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae

2021 Z Wicomb, Doctor Philosophiae

F P Albanese, Honorary Doctor of Philosophiae

A Boesak, Doctor Philosophiae W Kentridge, (jointly awarded with Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University)

2022 K Prah, Doctor Philosophiae I Sooliman, Doctor Philosophiae

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

GOLD MEDALISTS 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 MEANING AND SYMBOLISM

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 EMS EDU LAW NSCI

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

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

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

BACK OF T H E YO K E Black velvet with two gold proteas embroidered on the back. G R A D U AT 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.

BACK OF T H E YO K E Blue satin with protea embroidered on the back. G R A D U AT 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 T H E YO K E Peony red edged with silver trim. G R A D U AT 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 T H E YO K E Black edged with gold trim.

G R A D U AT 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 T H E YO K E Black edged with silver trim.

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

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Dentistry 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 U AT I O N AT T I R E

Law

GOWN AND HOODS

Natural Sciences

T H E MOT I F

THE NECKBAND

Black, edged with symbolic print in the Faculty colour. THE COWL

The neckband emblazoned with the protea in the Faculty colour.

Trimmed based on the type of qualification being conferred.

THE HOOD Full hood in black.

THE GOWN

C E R T I F I C AT E S A N D DIPLOMAS

Black (all degrees, diplomas and certificates, except Doctoral degrees).

(NQF LEVEL 5 AND 6) 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 U AT 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 ( N Q F L E V E L 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.

M A S T E R S (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.