1 FACULTY OF SCIENCE (CEREMONY 2) FACULTY OF COMMERCE (CEREMONY 4) Academic Procession. (The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall) The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation. The National Anthem. The University Dedication will be read by a representative of the SRC. Musical Item. Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies. The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Deans of the Faculties. The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates. The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand. The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation. The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall. (The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.) ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
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FACULTY OF SCienCe (CeReMOnY 2) FACULTY OF COMMeRCe (CeReMOnY 4)
Academic Procession.(The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall)
The Presiding Officer will constitute the congregation.
The National Anthem.
The University Dedication will be read by a representative of the SRC.
Musical Item.
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies.
The graduands and diplomates will be presented to the Presiding Officer by the Deans of the Faculties.
The Presiding Officer will congratulate the new graduates and diplomates.
The Master of Ceremonies will make closing announcements and invite the congregation to stand.
The Presiding Officer will dissolve the congregation.
The procession, including the new graduates and diplomates, will leave the hall.(The congregation is requested to remain standing until the procession has left the hall.)
Morena boloka etjhaba sa heso,O fedise dintwa la 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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DiSTinCTiOnS in THe FACULTY OF COMMeRCe
The BCom and BBusSc degrees may be awarded with distinction
in a subject, where the student achieves a weighted average of at least 75% in a group of courses in, or related to, that subject (in some cases the average mark required is 80%)
in the degree, where the student achieves a weighted average of 80% in all courses.
Honours degrees are awarded by class of pass (first, second class division one, second class division two, or third).
Master’s degrees may be awarded with distinction
for the dissertation, (in a coursework and dissertation curriculum) for especially meritorious work, the dissertation being in the first class (at least 75%) and at least 70% for the coursework depending on the degree.
in the degree, for especially meritorious work, where the average is at least 75% and no component is below 70%.
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DiSTinCTiOnS in THe FACULTY OF SCienCe
Bachelors degrees may be awarded with distinction
in a subject (or major), where the student achieves first class passes in specified courses
in the degree, where the student has both distinction in at least one subject (or major) and first class passes in at least the equivalent of six full courses.
Honours degrees are awarded by class (first, second class division one, second class division two, or third).
Master’s degrees may be awarded with distinction
in the degree, (by dissertation) for especially meritorious work
in the degree, (by coursework and minor dissertation) for especially meritorious work for the dissertation as well as achieving 75% or better for the coursework.
nAMeS OF GRADUAnDS
An asterisk * denotes that the degree will be awarded in the absence of the candidate.
Campbell David CaleyMikayla CapitoSinethemba Siphiwosethu Cele
*Devan Brian Chamberlain (with distinction in Financial Reporting IV and the degree with distinction)
*Kai-Chao Chen*Limei Chen
Kymara Leigh Chetty (with distinction in Financial Reporting IV)
Yusra Chikte*David Yong Cho
Justin Duncan Clarke (with distinction in Financial Reporting IV)
Daniel Richard ColeWinford Kylan Collings
Carmen Jenna Colyn*Myles Crossland (with distinction in
Financial Reporting IV and the degree with distinction)
*Xinrui CuiAqeela Davids
*Cameron Lewis DaviesAngelique Gabriella Poipao De AgrelaKeanu Helio De FreitasKatinka De SmidtJulia Sandra de VartekTinotenda DhliwayoDanielle Ashley Dinur (with distinction
Alungile SukwanaSeturumane Johannes TemaAnke Van Dyk (first class)
In Mathematics:Ashiq Amien
*Ryan Michael Broodryk (first class)Choongo Chibawe
*Daniel Robert Kruyt (first class)*Hanneke Le Roux (first class)
Oliver Frederick Makins (first class)Christian OrrSamuel Joseph Pothier (first class)
Joseph Duncan Sutton
In Physics:*Nadia Nicole Barnard (first class)*Matthew Norman Boynton
Ihsaan Dawray (first class)Nicholas Michael Hyslop (first class)Storm Ryan JohnsonMatthew William Maddock (first class)
*Chloe Liesel Sole*Dylan Van Zyl
In Statistical Sciences:Joshua Jonathon Arendse (first class)Annika Brundyn (first class)Matthew Richard De Vries (first class)Mtunzi France
*Michael John Gant (first class)*Kelly Lee Goosen (first class)
Tessa Alexandra LloydKathleen Ishbel MacphersonSaadiyah Mayet (first class)Duncan John SaffyCourtney Taylor Williams
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
In Applied Mathematics:*Chinenye Jane Ani (with distinction)
Anele MaviNothando Precious Mhlongo (with
distinction)
In Astrophysics & Space Science:*Jake Eli Blake Gordin*Thembaloxolo Gqaza*Melaku Sisay Tafere
In Biostatistics:*Jacqueline Leigh Niehaus
In Mathematical Sciences:*Daniel Ajedamola Ajeleye
Zakiena Hoossen
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*Vukani Mhlongo*Tijani Ahmad Sulaimon*Tumisang Irvin Tshikare
In Operational Research:*Tamryn-Lee Fourie
In Theoretical Physics:*Daniel Mieczyslaw Adamiak*Luke Lippstreu*Husam Abubakr Alsiddig Abdallah
Mohamed
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
In Astronomy:Marie KorsagaTitle: Distribution of baryonic and dark matter in spiral and irregular nearby galaxies
Marie Korsaga completed a DEA (2012) in Astronomy after a master’s in physics and License in Physics (2010) at the Université de Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso. Her doctorate is a co-supervision with the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM). Marie Korsaga’s thesis studies the mass distribution of both the baryonic and dark matter in nearby galaxies selected from the GHASP (Gassendi HAlpha survey of SPirals) survey, observed using a Fabry-Perot interferometer on a 1.93m telescope of the Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP). To model the stellar disc, she first uses mid-infrared photometry of 122 galaxies and secondly, optical Rc band photometry of 100 galaxies. While the parameters found for the dark halos are similar in both bands and dependant of the morphological types of the galaxies, she finds that the dispersion of the parameters is smaller in the mid-infrared. Finally, Marie combines the optical kinematical data of the inner parts of 31 galaxies to the neutral hydrogen (HI) data in their outer parts to form hybrid rotation curves. She then compares the results obtained with the optical only, with the HI only and with the hybrid rotation curves.
Supervisors: Professor C Carignan (Astronomy)Co-supervisor: Professor P Amram (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, LAM)
Letjatji Samuel LegodiThesis Title: Wideband spectropolarimetry of extragalactic radio sources with KAT 7 and commissioning phase MeerKAT
Letjatji Legodi holds BSc and MSc degrees from UCT. He joined the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy and Astronomy Department to pursue a PhD in 2015. Letjatji Legodi’s thesis studies the radio polarisation properties of extragalactic sources, utilising new South African radio telescopes. An initial study of bright objects was conducted using the KAT7 radio telescope, the MeerKAT engineering prototype. A larger study of fainter more distant objects using the first 16 antennas of MeerKAT followed. The latter represents the first polarisation investigation, constituting a scientific study and technical demonstration of polarisation processing and imaging with MeerKAT. Broadband capabilities of the telescopes have allowed Letjatji Legodi to explore polarised radio emission spectra from a large extragalactic sample. He implemented a Rotation Measure synthesis algorithm which classifies sources according to the complexity of their polarisation and relates complexity to other radio properties, notably spectral index and polarised intensity. This complexity arises from processes within the sources due to magnetic fields and ionized gas. This work is a first step in the exploration of cosmic magnetism that will be studied at higher sensitivity with the full MeerKAT and the Square Kilometre Array.
Supervisor: Professor R Taylor (Astronomy)
Elizabeth NaluminsaThesis Title: Star formation and disk stability in nearby galaxies
Elizabeth Naluminsa holds a BSc (Physics/Mathematics) with Education degree from Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda. She completed her BSc (Hons) and MSc in Astrophysics and Space Science at UCT, after which she began her doctoral studies. Elizabeth Naluminsa’s thesis studies the relationship between the gravitational stability of galaxies and star formation (SF) using two-dimensional maps derived from infrared and radio observations. She investigates two models for disk stability to determine how well each model predicts the infrared light emitted from the star forming regions of galaxies. The first model (model 1) assumes the stability of a galaxy’s disk to only be dependent on processes in the gas inside the galaxy disk, while the second model (model 2) assumes the stability to be determined by an interplay of forces between both the stars and gas in the galaxy. While the two models agree in their predictions on small scales for galaxies which have a high gas content, the stability parameter of model 2 is a better predictor of star formation (SF) on large scales and it exhibits a threshold higher than the theoretical threshold, which confirms previous one-dimensional analyses.
Supervisor: Professor T Jarrett (Astronomy)Co-supervisor: Dr E Elson (University of the Western Cape)
Brenda NamumbaThesis Title: HI survey of local group dwarf galaxies
Brenda Namumba has a BSc degree in Physics from the University of Zambia, an honours in Astronomy from UCT, as part of the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP), and an MSc in Astronomy from the University of Kwazulu-Natal. Brenda Namumba’s thesis investigates neutral hydrogen (HI) properties of three nearby dwarf irregular galaxies and one blue compact dwarf galaxy. The data sets of the dwarf irregular galaxies were obtained with the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) while the blue compact dwarf was observed with the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) synthesis telescope. The two telescopes are built with compact baselines, which make them sensitive to low column density HI structures, thus allowing tracing their extended HI outskirts. The following properties are investigated in details: i) HI distribution, ii) kinematics and mass distribution, iii) star formation thresholds, and iv) possible mechanisms for the chaotic HI structure and kinematics in blue compact galaxies. Finally, Brenda Namumba shows that in regions of star formation, the cloud growth criterion based on shear explains better star formation. This shows that the local shear rate could be a key player in cloud formation for irregular galaxies.
Supervisor: Professor C Carignan (Astronomy)
Kerry PatersonThesis title: Detecting optical transients and variables with MeerLICHT
Kerry Paterson holds a BA degree in Astrophysics and Physics from UCT She began her PhD studies at UCT in 2015. Kerry Paterson’s thesis describes the development, implementation and science verification of the MeerLICHT real-time data processing pipeline.The pipeline was developed on the African Research Cloud and is now operational on the cloud computing infrastructure of the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA). Kerry Paterson’s dissertation furthermore explores the science that MeerLICHT will enable through an in-depth study of 25 Cataclysmic Variables (CV) discovered through optical transient surveys. This has led to the determination of 16 new orbital periods and the discovery of 10 eclipsing CVs. The optical MeerLICHT telescope explores a novel way of studying astrophysical transients – objects such as variable, merging, outbursting or exploding stars – through a dedicated coupling to the MeerKAT radio telescope in real-time, for five years of MeerKAT science operations ahead of the Square Kilometre Array. For every transient discovered in the MeerKAT data stream, MeerLICHT will provide an essential and complimentary view at optical wavelengths.
Supervisor: Professor PA Woudt (Astronomy)Co-supervisors: Emeritus Professor B Warner (Astronomy), Professor PJ Groot (Astronomy)
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The term ‘Bachelor’ derives from ancient ceremonies (the first such was believed to have been at Oxford in 1432) held to honour achievements of scholarship. The word derives from bacca lauri (laurel berry). Instead of the hoods we use today to signify your graduation, graduands of old wore garlands of laurel leaves and berries.
So the term has nothing to do with our modern understandings of what being a bachelor means, and everything to do with a long tradition of celebrating high achievement.
ORiGin OF THe BACHeLOR DeGRee
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OFFiCeRS OF THe UniVeRSiTY
CHANCELLORThe Chancellor wears a gown made from dark blue silk. The front of the gown has facings down each side made of dark blue velvet embroidered with a gold floral design. The gown and sleeves are lined with pale blue silk and the sleeves are looped up in front with a gold cord and button. The yoke of the gown is edged with gold cord. The gown is worn with a square blue velvet hat with a soft crown and gold tassel.
VICE-CHANCELLORThe Vice-Chancellor wears a gown made from bright blue silk. The front of the gown has facings down each side and sleeve-linings of pale blue silk. The sleeves are looped up in front with a gold cord and button and the yoke of the gown is edged with gold cord. The gown is worn with a black velvet bonnet with a silver cord.
DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLORA Deputy Vice-Chancellor wears a gown made from dark blue silk. The gown has closed sleeves with an inverted T-shaped opening at the level of the elbow to free the arms. The front of the gown has facings of light blue down each side. The sleeves are lined with light blue and the yoke of the gown is edged with silver cord. The gown is worn with a black velvet bonnet with a silver cord.
CHAIR OF COUNCILThe Chair of Council wears a gown, of the same pattern as that worn by the Vice-Chancellor, made from light blue silk. The front of the gown has facings down each side and a yoke of dark blue. The sleeves are lined with dark blue and the facings and yoke are trimmed with gold cord. The sleeves are looped up in front with a gold cord and button. The gown is worn with a black velvet bonnet with a gold tassel.
MEMBERS OF COUNCILMembers of Council wear graduate-pattern gowns made from black silk. The front of the gown has 10cm wide, light blue facings down each side trimmed with dark blue cord. The gown is worn with a black velvet bonnet with a blue cord.
REGISTRARThe Registrar wears a gown made from black silk. The front of the gown has 10cm wide facings of blue silk down each side. The gown is worn with a black velvet bonnet with a white cord.
PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATIONThe President of Convocation wears a gown made from black silk and has long closed sleeves with an inverted T-shaped opening at the level of the elbow to free the arms. The front of the gown has facings down each side and sleeves of blue silk. The gown is worn with a black velvet bonnet with a blue tassel.
ACADeMiC DReSS
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GOWnSA plain black gown styled after the pattern of the Oxford scholar’s gown is worn by diplomats, and Bachelor’s, Honours and Master’s graduands. Senior doctoral graduands wear a scarlet gown, with facings the colour distinctive of the faculty in which the degree is awarded. PhD graduands wear a scarlet gown without facings.
HOODSThe hood is particular to the qualification and the faculty. Diplomates and Bachelor’s grdauands wear a black hood lined with white and edged with the colour distinctive of the faculty. Master’s graduands wear a black hood lined with the colour distinctive of the faculty and edged with white, except in the case of the hood for the MMed degree, which is edged with red. Senior doctoral graduands wear a hood of the colour distinctive of the faculty and a black velvet bonnet with a cord of the colour distinctive of the faculty in which the degrees is awarded. PhD graduands wear a hood of scarlet lined with black and a black velvet bonnet with a cord of the colour distinctive of the faculty in which the degree is awarded.
DiSTinCTiVe COLOURSFaculty of Commerce Yellow Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Green Faculty of Health Sciences Red Faculty of Law Old gold Faculty of Humanities Blue Faculty of Science Purple
ACADeMiC DReSS (continued)
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Founded as the South African College (a boys’ school that aimed to provide higher education as well) in 1829, the University was established as the University of Cape Town in 1918.
The early history was one of great expectations and hard times and it was not until the early years of the twentieth century that the University was developed into a fully-fledged tertiary institution. A significant and pioneering development in the 19th century was the admission of women as degree students in 1886, many years ahead of most universities in the world.
At the start of the 20th century the University incorporated the Diocesan College, the teacher training classes of the Normal College, the South African College of Music and the Cape Town Schools of Fine Art and Architecture.
The Medical School was established and in the 1920s the University began a partnership with the local health authority (now the Provincial Government’s health department) that saw the Medical School move from the Hiddingh Campus and the Green Point Somerset Hospital to Observatory (the rest of UCT’s Upper Campus moved from Hiddingh to its present site, on part of Cecil Rhodes’ estate, in 1928). This partnership allowed for the construction of the first Groote Schuur Hospital on a University site. The partnership continues to this day and now involves not only Groote Schuur as a teaching hospital but Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Valkenberg and a growing number of primary health care sites.
The period between the end of World War II and 1994 was marked by two themes. Firstly, the University recognised that if it was to be fully South African, it would have to move beyond academic non-segregation to be fully inclusive. It would have to face the consequential and increasing clashes with a government determined to legislate for segregation and enforce the doctrine of apartheid. And secondly, the University intended to transform into a leading research institution.
Before World War II, the University was largely a teaching university and its students were mostly undergraduates. The research undertaken was sporadic, though in some cases notable. A research committee was appointed for the first time in 1945. The next 75 years saw a great expansion of research and scholarly work such that the UCT of 2014 has a greater proportion of highly rated researchers and gains significantly more research grants and awards than any other South African University.
The 1980s and 1990s were characterized by the deliberate and planned transformation of the student body. This was aided by the establishment of the Academic Development Programme aimed at helping students from disadvantaged educational and social backgrounds to succeed and the desegregation of student residences. As a result, a student body that was 90% white in 1979, when UCT marked its 150th anniversary, is in 2014 more than 50% black. The total student enrolment of just above 26 000, includes international students drawn from over 100 countries, a significant proportion of which are from SADC states. Particular emphasis is placed on postgraduate studies and more than 20% of these students will be enrolled in master’s and doctoral programmes. A growing number of postdoctoral fellows contribute substantially to the research endeavours and reputation of the University (UCT has more than a third of the total number of post docs in South Africa).
UCT continues to work towards its goal to be Africa’s leading research university. Its success can be measured by the scope of study it offers and the calibre of its graduates.
HiSTORiCAL SKeTCH
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ViSiOn AnD MiSSiOn UniVeRSiTY OF CAPe TOWn
Vision
An inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global higher education landscape.
Mission
UCT is committed to engaging with the key issues of our natural and social worlds through outstanding teaching, research and scholarship. We seek to advance the status and distinctiveness of scholarship in Africa through building strategic partnerships across the continent, the global south and the rest of the world.
UCT provides a vibrant and supportive intellectual environment that attracts and connects people from all over the world.
We aim to produce graduates and future leaders who are influential locally and globally. Our qualifications are locally applicable and internationally acclaimed, underpinned by values of engaged citizenship and social justice. Our scholarship and research have a positive impact on our society and our environment.
We will actively advance the pace of transformation within our University and beyond, nurturing an inclusive institutional culture which embraces diversity.
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Platinum CircleFoundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT totaling R50 million and above (alphabetically)
The Andrew W Mellon FoundationThe Atlantic Philanthropies (Bermuda) LtdThe Bertha FoundationCarnegie Corporation of New YorkClaude Leon FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Harry Crossley FoundationHasso Plattner StiftungThe MasterCard FoundationThe Michael and Susan Dell FoundationThe Rockefeller FoundationThe Wolfson Foundation
Gold CircleFoundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT totaling between R25 million and R50 million (alphabetically
Cancer Research TrustFirst RandJohnson & Johnson Family of Companies Contribution FundMinerals Education Trust FundNovartis Research FoundationThe DG Murray TrustThe ELMA Philanthropies Services IncThe Gallagher FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Silver CircleFoundations, Trusts, and Corporates that have made donations to UCT totaling between R10 million and R25 million (alphabetically
ABSA Bank LimitedAfrisam (Pty) LtdThe Albert Wessels TrustAndreas and Susan Struengmann Foundation gGmbH
Anglo American Chairman’s FundThe Atlantic Philanthropies (SA) (Pty) LtdAXA Research FundChan Zuckerberg Foundation InitiativeThe David and Elaine Potter Charitable FoundationDiscovery FoundationDiscovery FundDonald Gordon FoundationDoris Duke Charitable FoundationEskom Holdings LtdThe Frank Robb Charitable TrustGarfield Weston FoundationGetSmarterGovernment of FlandersJames Sivewright Scratchley Will TrustJohn and Margaret Overbeek TrustThe Kresge FoundationLiberty Holdings LtdThe Mauerberger Foundation FundMoshal Scholarship ProgramNational Lottery Distribution Trust FundThe Nellie Atkinson TrustThe Oppenheimer Memorial TrustThe Raith FoundationThe Raymond Ackerman FoundationRustenburg Platinum Mines LtdSigrid Rausing TrustThe South African National Roads Agency LtdThe Spencer FoundationStandard Bank Group LtdUnilever South Africa Home and Personal Care (Pty) LtdWK Kellogg Foundation, USA
Bronze CircleFoundations, Trusts and Corporates that have made donations to UCT totaling between R1 million and R10 million (alphabetically)
The A & M Pevsner Charitable TrustThe Aaron Beare FoundationAbax FoundationAbe Bailey TrustActuarial Society Development TrustActuarial Society of South Africa
AECI LtdThe African Development Bank GroupAllan Gray Orbis FoundationAlliance for Open Society InternationalAnglo American Platinum LtdAnglo Operations Ltd - Anglo Corporate DivisionAngloGold Ashanti LtdThe Atlantic Philanthropies (Ireland) LimitedAttorneys Fidelity FundAurecon South Africa (Pty) LtdAurum Charitable TrustBank Sector Training and Education AuthorityThe Beit TrustBHP Billiton Development TrustBirdLife South AfricaBM Raff Will TrustBoehringer Ingelheim (Pty) LtdThe Boston Consulting Group (Pty) LtdThe Breadsticks FoundationBritish American Tobacco South AfricaThe Calleva FoundationCape Gate (Pty) Ltd, Cape TownCape Gate (Pty) Ltd, VanderbijlparkCapebridge Trust Company (Pty) LtdThe Carl and Emily Fuchs FoundationThe A & M Pevsner Charitable TrustThe Aaron Beare FoundationAbax FoundationAbe Bailey TrustThe Ackerman Family Educational TrustActuarial Society Development TrustActuarial Society of South AfricaAECI LtdThe African Development Bank GroupAllan Gray Orbis FoundationAlliance for Open Society InternationalAmerican Council of Learned SocietiesAnglo American Platinum LtdAnglo Operations Ltd - Anglo Corporate DivisionAngloGold Ashanti LtdArab Bank for Economic Development in AfricaThe Atlantic Philanthropies (Ireland) Limited
THe UniVeRSiTY OF CAPe TOWn DOnOR ROLL
The University of Cape Town gratefully acknowledges the sustained contributions of the following partners. Their generosity has assisted us toward our goals of improving student access to tertiary education and
promoting curriculum, staff and student transformation; increasing our research capacity; and implementing programmes that promote social engagement and community upliftment.
FOUnDATiOnS, TRUSTS, AnD CORPORATeS
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THe UniVeRSiTY OF CAPe TOWn DOnOR ROLLAttorneys Fidelity FundAurecon South Africa (Pty) LtdAurum Charitable TrustBank Sector Training and Education AuthorityThe Beit TrustBHP Billiton Development TrustBirdLife South AfricaBM Raff Will TrustBoehringer Ingelheim (Pty) LtdThe Boston Consulting Group (Pty) LtdThe Breadsticks FoundationThe Bright Future FoundationBritish American Tobacco South AfricaThe Calleva FoundationCape Gate (Pty) Ltd, Cape TownCape Gate (Pty) Ltd, VanderbijlparkCapebridge Trust Company (Pty) LtdThe Carl and Emily Fuchs FoundationCharles Stewart Mott FoundationThe Children’s Hospital TrustCHK Charities LtdThe Chris Barnard Trust FundCliffe Dekker Hofmeyr IncDaimler Fonds - Deutsches Stiftungs- ZentrumDr Vasan Govind Legacy Foundation TrustThe Davis FoundationDe Beers Consolidated Mines LtdDe Beers Fund Educational TrustDe Beers Marine (Pty) LtdDepartment for International Development (DFID), Southern AfricaDepartment of Economic Development and TourismDepartment of Health (Western Cape)Desmond Tutu HIV/AIDS FoundationDie Rupert-MusiekstigtingThe Doris Crossley FoundationDow Southern Africa (Pty) LtdDr Stanley Batchelor Bursary TrustDr. Leopold und Carmen Ellinger StiftungEdgars Consolidated Stores LtdEdwards Lifesciences (Pty) LtdEJ Lombardi Family Charitable TrustElse Kröner-Fresenius-StiftungElsevier FoundationEmbassy of the People’s Republic of ChinaEranda FoundationEric and Sheila Samson FoundationErnest E and Brendalyn Stempel FoundationFetzer InstituteFirstRand Bank LimitedThe FirstRand FoundationFood & Beverages Sector Training and Education AuthorityThe Foschini Group CSI
The Foschini Group LtdGarden Cities IncThe Gatsby Charitable FoundationGeneral Electric South Africa (Pty) LtdGlaxoSmithKline plcGlaxoSmithKline SA (Pty) LtdGoldman Sachs Charitable FundGoldman Sachs FoundationGovernment Technical Advisory CentreGreen Leaves Ausbildungs-StiftungGuy Elliott Medical Fellowship FundHaw & Inglis (Pty) LtdHBD Business HoldingsHCI FoundationHealth and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority The Hermann Ohlthaver TrustHillensberg Trust BursaryHope for Depression Research FoundationHR Hill Residuary TrustHSBC AfricaHumanist Institute for Development CooperationIBA Human Rights Institute TrustThe Indigo TrustThe Institute of International Education IncInternational Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentInternational Development Research CentreThe International Foundation for Arts and CultureInvestec LimitedThe Jaks TrustJanssen Pharmaceutica (Pty) LtdJoan St Leger Lindbergh Charitable TrustThe John D & Catherine T MacArthur FoundationThe John Davidson Educational TrustThe John Ellerman FoundationThe Jonathan and Jennifer Oppenheimer FoundationJohnson & Johnson (USA)Johnson & Johnson Services IncJohnson Matthey plcJoy Global South African FoundatioJPMorgan Chase South African Trust FoundationJRS Biodiversity FoundationJulian Baring Scholarship FundThe Justin and Elsa Schaffer Family UCT Scholarship TrustKangra Group (Pty) LtdKaplan Kushlick Educational FoundationKarl Storz GmbH & Co KGKeerweder (Franschoek) (Pty) LtdKPMG, JohannesburgThe Leanore Zara Kaplan Will TrustLEGO Foundation
The Leverhulme TrustThe Lewis FoundationLife Healthcare FoundationLily & Ernst Hausmann Research TrustLinbury TrustLink-SA FundThe Little Tew Charitable TrustLonmin Management ServicesThe MAC AIDS FundMacsteel Service Centres SA (Pty) LtdMai Family FoundationThe Maitri TrustThe Maize TrustManufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training AuthorityMariaMarina FoundationThe Maurice Hatter FoundationMedical Education for South African BlacksMedicor FoundationMedtronic Africa (Pty) LtdMedtronic FoundationThe Merck Company FoundationMillennium TrustMisys Charitable FoundationMota Engil Construction South Africa (Pty) LtdMTU South AfricaNational Arts Council of South AfricaNational Bioproducts InstituteNedbank FoundationNedgroup Trust LtdNestlé (South Africa) (Pty) LtdNew Settlers FoundationNigel & Judith Weiss Educational TrustNM Rothschild & Sons LtdNorwegian Agency for Development CooperationNovo Nordisk (Pty) LtdThe Nuffield FoundationOAK FoundationOasis Crescent Fund TrustOld Mutual Foundation (South Africa)Old Mutual South AfricaOpen Philanthropy Project FundOpen Society Foundation for South AfricaThe Ove Arup FoundationPA Don Scholarship TrustPearson PlcPercy Fox FoundationPF Charitable TrustPfizerThe Philip Schock Charitable & Educational FoundationPicasso Headline (Pty) LtdPrimediaPM Anderson Educational TrustRapcanRand Merchant BankRangoonwala Foundation
FOUnDATiOnS, CORPORATeS AnD TRUSTS COnTinUeD
FOUnDATiOnS, TRUSTS, AnD CORPORATeS
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Retina South AfricaRheinmetall Denell Munition (Pty) LtdRio Tinto PlcRobert Bosch StiftungRoche Products (Pty) LtdRoche Products (Pty) Ltd - DiagnosticsRoche Products Limited, UKRockefeller Brothers FundThe Rolf-Stephan Nussbaum FoundationRosalie van der Gucht Will TrustRuth and Anita Wise Charitable and Educational TrustSanlam LtdSAP South Africa (Pty) LtdThe Sasol Social and Community TrustThe Saville FoundationThe Schroder FoundationSCHWAB Foundation for Social EntrepreneurshipThe Skye Foundation TrustSouth African Institute of Chartered AccountantsSouth African Norway Tertiary Education Development ProgrammeSouth African Penguins
South African Responsible Gambling FoundationSouthern African Music Rights OrganisationThe Starr FoundationStevenson Family Charitable TrustStudents for a Better FutureSusan Thompson Buffet FoundationSwiss-South African Co-Operation InitiativeTB/HIV Care FoundationThabo Mbeki Education TrustThuthuka Education Upliftment FundTides FoundationTrencor Services (Pty) LtdTshemba Charitable Foundation NPCTullow Oil South Africa (Pty) LtdUCT Fund Inc (New York)United Therapeutics CorporationUpstream Training TrustVictor Glasstone Will TrustVodacom (Pty) LtdThe Vodafone Group FoundationWallace Global FundWellspring Advisors, LLC
Welton FoundationWenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research IncWestern Platinum LtdThe Wholesale & Retail Sector Education and Training Authority The Wilfred Cooper TrustThe Wilhelm Frank TrustWine Industry Network of Expertise and TechnologyWyeth SA (Pty) LtdXstrata South Africa (Pty) LtdThe Zamani African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes FoundationThe Zenex Foundation
Friends of UCTOrganisations that have made gifts to UCT, totaling under R1 million.
2606 organisations who have generously shown their support by making a gift to the University of Cape Town.
FOUnDATiOnS, CORPORATeS AnD TRUSTS COnTinUeD
inDiViDUAL DOnORS
Chancellor’s CircleIndividuals whose gifts to UCT over a five year period have amounted to over R500,000
Bruce and Serena AckermanOludolapo Akinkugbe CONAntony and Colette BallJustin BaringDavid and Ursel BarnesKlaus-Jürgen BatheLee and Brenda BaumannHelen BeachSir Frank BermanTony BloomRoelof BothaJohan and Monika BrinkMalcolm and Marjorie BrownCharles Edward CarterThe Cockwell FamilyPeter and Christine CooperNick and Martine CriticosElgin and Rosemary CurryTheophilus Danjuma GCONSir Mick and Lady Barbara DavisKeertan DhedaKevin DillonRicky Dippenaar
Judith DlaminiThe late Rashid DomingoRobert and Liesel DowerMarlene DumasGeorge EllisRobby & Georgina EnthovenIan and Gillian FalconerJill FarrantMeyer FeldbergJohn and Anne FieldBill Frankel OBEErnest FullagarRichard and Kara GnoddeJohn GrahamJohn GrievePauline GrovesPhilipp GutscheSelwyn HaasRaymond HaasMichael HaydenCharlotte Heber-PercyMichael Jurgen Alexander IhlenfeldtNeville IsdellElizabeth and Roderick JackWilliam and Yvonne JacobsonChristopher and Jeanne JenningsKenneth Downton JonesJohannes Jordaan
Alasdair & Eve Kemsley-PeinRobert KnutzenPaul KumlebenThe late Oliver KuysBrett and Jo LankesterGary LubnerPeter MaggsVincent MaiCharles McGregorNoel McIntosh and familyJim and Marilynn McNamaraTrevor NorwitzJonathan and Jennifer OppenheimerNicholas OppenheimerKate OwenSimon PalleyShafik ParkerDavid and Elaine Potter CBEMax Price and Deborah PoselPatrick & Jane QuirkDerek and Inks RaphaelTrevor & Sandy ReidMary May RobertsonSimon RobertsonPatrik SandinDuncan SavilleJustin SchafferGuy Shutt
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FOUnDATiOnS, CORPORATeS AnD TRUSTS COnTinUeD
inDiViDUAL DOnORS
Mark ShuittleworthJames SimmonsGeorgina StevensSir Hugh & Lady StevensonAlan StewartGrant and Sarah Jane StubbsBen SurdutSibylla and Bruce TindaleBlaine John TomlinsonJohannes van ZylTiger WesselsStephen and Chantry WestwellChristo and Caro WieseRussel Zimmerman
Vice-Chancellor’s CircleIndividuals whose gifts to UCT over a five year period have amounted to between R250,000 and R500,000
Helmut AmosRobin Barnett-HarrisBrian AnziskaSean BaumannThe late Dee BradshawCharlyn BelluzoRobert BermanHenry and Marcia BlumbergMarthin BothaAnette Campbell-WhiteStewart CohenRodney DawsonKeertan DhedaLinda Dobbs DBEAlan DrabkinColin DutkiewiczAngela FraterAndrew GibsonJohn GurneyEric HassallPeter HopeCraig HowieSir Chips KeswickMichael LevyClive McIntyreIrene MenellWilliam MichellCraig Mullett and familyNicolene NelKeith OatesNicholas OppenheimerFlora PedlarAnthony RademeyerLiam and Penny RatcliffeDelise ReichAlistair RuitersKier SchuringaShirley and Hymie ShwielMugsy SpiegelColin Tebbutt
Les UnderhillDavid WatsonPaul WilcoxIan Yudelman
Dean’s CircleIndividuals whose gifts to UCT over a five year period have amounted to between R100,000 and R250,000
Bruce Keith AdamsBeverley AdriaansMark and Lynette AlexanderMichael and Agnes Alexander FamilyHugh AmoorePeter BeightonLeslie BergmanBob BishopR David BloombergMarcus BowmanPaul BoyntonNeil BraudeStanley BraudeWalter BraudeDonald Jamieson BuchananGeoff BurtonGregory CalligaroYasmin CarrimFrancois CilliersIan ClarkJohn ClarkBeric CroomeMichael DarlisonEzra DavidsJim DavidsonBryan DaviesElmarie de BruinJeanelle Louise De GruchyHarry DixonMarion DixonPrashila DullabhSakhi DumakudePeter DryburghIan FarlamArthur FormanRobert FormanJeremy FranklinMichael FreundAnthony Stephen FrickeLauren FriedmanChristoph FröhlichGregory FurySiamon GordonRobert GouldSuzanne Mary HallMary Ethel HarrissonNigel and Lila HarveyVivien HodgsonRuth Horner-MibashanGeorgina Jaffee
Andrew James JaffrayMegan Ruth JobsonGeoffrey KayeWilliam J KentridgeRochelle Le RouxThomas LeidenHugh LivingstonePaul MalherbeTimothy MathewsMary MattholieMalcolm McCallumJames Mc MillanDavid JP MeachinRon MerkelMalcom Andrew MillerMichael Erwin Richard MittermaierMutle MogaseElsie MullerDavid NurekGerald Norman NurickHelena OkreglickiGabby ParkerDeborah PoselHannah-Reeve SandersJohn Stuart SaundersSteve SchachChristoph and Renate SchmockerMark ShuttleworthCrain SoudienSara SpiegelMargaret StanfordCurtis StewartDavid StrongGregory John SymonsRoman SzymonowicsJenny ThomsonJudy ThonellMartin TookeStephen TownsendKaren Van HeerdenAnthony WestwoodGiles WhiteJacob Daniel WieseRob WilliamsPeter George Abner WrightonDerek YachKaren Van HeerdenJacob Daniel WieseRob WilliamsPeter George Abner WrightonDerek Yach
inDiViDUAL DOnORS COnTinUeD
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Individuals who have bequeathed a legacy gift to UCT in their wills.
Niel AckermanPA Ackerman Will TrustHarry AllschwangEnid AtkinsonLinda Doreen BeckettJFW BellTS Berwitz Will TrustAnne Alida BomfordSimon BorCLF BorckenhagenAM BothaArthur BridgmanJack BroadleySandra BurmanEdward CarterCH CharlewoodDI ChiltonPhillip Alexander ClanceyRJHH ColbackDavid Graham CunninghamJoyce Irene Ivy CupidoIlse Margaret DallEIGT DanzigerGSD DavisPauline de la Motte HallMBM DennyLilian DubbSeymour DubbCW EglinM Eilenberg TrustElsabe Carmen EinhornBarbara FinbergAzriel FineDerek Stuart Franklin
Sybil Elizabeth Laura GauntlettPamela Marcia GlassVictor Glasstone Will TrustBA GoldmanBJN GreigJM GriffithsJS Griffiths Will TrustRB GrosseGN HaywardAlfred Harold HonikmanML HuttCarolina Rebeca IljonVera JaffeColin KaplanThe Leanore Zara Kaplan Will TrustJohn E. KarlinMiriam KlukLB KnollESE Kramer Will TrustAnn Kreitzer Will TrustNH LernerElias Bertrand LevensteinLeah LevyMyer LevyHenri MaraisIN MarksDorothea McDonaldJ MelroseEOWH MiddelmannWalter MiddelmannValerie MoodieIM MonkAudrey MoriartyP Moss Will TrustRM MossMargaret Alice NashHawa Patel
Elizabeth Ethel Barbara ParkerHFB PaulsenRC PeadAH PeiresEdward PetrieHarry PhillipsEsme Wedderburn QuilleyJacob Wolf Rabkin TrustBM Raff Will TrustMartha ReedPatricia RocheKathe RocherKevin RochfordAnita SaundersCCG SteytlerHajee Sulaiman ShahMahomedBG ShapiroJames Sivewright Scratchley Will Trust Aline SmitIan Trevor Berry SmithRolf Richard SpiegelPWL StantonRM StegenAM StephenGeorge StratesClifford Herbert Stroude TrustAbraham SwerskyPeter TheronSarah TuroffRosalie van der Gucht Will TrustLM van der SpyCederic James VosLaurence Gregory WellsJF Viljoen
FRienDS OF THe UniVeRSiTY OF CAPe TOWn
Bequests
Individuals whose gifts to UCT over the last five years have amounted to less than R100,0003305 individuals who have generously shown their support by making a gift to the University of Cape Town.
Note:As of January 2015, the levels of individual donors’ giving circles have changed as follows:
• Chancellor’s circle: formerly R250 000+, now R500 000+; • Vice-Chancellor’s Circle: formerly R100 000 – R250 000, now R250 000 – R500 000; • Dean’s circle: formerly R60 000 – R100 000, now R100 000 – R250 000; • Friends of UCT: formerly <R60,000, now <R100,000.
Please note that these changes only affect donations received after 1 January 2015. All donors who were members of particular circles prior to January 2015, will continue to be recognised in their original circles, until the rolling five-year giving period has elapsed.
We apologize for any omissions or errors. If you would like to query your donations totals, circle membership, or any other matter related to your gifts to UCT, please email [email protected].
A full list of UCT donors is also available at www.uct.ac.za/main/donating-to-uct/donor-recognition.
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OFFiCeRS OF THe UniVeRSiTY OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Chancellor Graça Simbine Machel, BA Lisbon LLD(hc) UWC DU(hc) Essex PhD(hc) Cape Town DLitt et Phil(hc) RAU DHL(hc) Massachusetts Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, BSc North West MSc PhD Witwatersrand Chair of Council Sipho Mila Pityana, BA Essex MSc London DTech (hc) VUT President of Convocation Edward Tshidiso Maloka, BA Rhodes MA Lausanne BA(Hons) PhD Cape Town Chief Operating Officer Reno Lance Morar, MBChB Natal DHMEF MMed Cape Town FCPHM SA Deputy Vice-Chancellors Loretta Annelise Feris, BA LLB LLD Stellenbosch LLM Georgetown Maria Lis Lange, BA (Hons) Buenos Aires MA Colegio de Mexico PhD Witwatersrand Kevin Jonathan Naidoo, MSc Cape Town PhD Michigan (Acting) Deans of Faculties Commerce: Linda Cynthia Ronnie, Adv Dip in Adult Ed MEd Sheffield PhD Cape Town Engineering & the Built Environment: Alison Emslie Lewis, PrEng BSc(Eng)Chem MSc(Eng) PhD Cape Town
Practitioner of the High Court of Malawi Science: Maano Freddy Ramutsindela, MA UNIN PhD London FSSAG Dean of Higher Education Development Alan Frank Cliff, HDE BA MEd Cape Town PhD Auckland (Interim) Director of the Graduate School of Business Kosheek Sewchurran, BSc Unisa BSc (Hons) MSc UKZN PhD Cape Town (Acting) Registrar Royston Nathan Pillay, BA HDE BEd Executive MBA Cape Town
FRienDS OF THe UniVeRSiTY OF CAPe TOWn
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Welcome, Wamkelekile, Welkom – today is not the end of your relationship with the university but the beginning of a new phase in your continuing relationship with UCT, one that
you share with the UCT community of over 100 000 alumni.Diverse as this community is, the shared experiences of a critical academic ethosand a spectacular campus make for a strong network that has a wide footprint,
not only in South Africa, but across the continent and the globe.
We set a great store by our links with our alumni, and indeed the links alumni have witheach other. We promise that we will be in touch, and ask you in turn to let us know
not only your current contact details but also, from time to time, somethingof your lives and where you are in your careers.
Updates can be done on the web – http://www.uct.ac.za/dad/alumni/update/ - or by writing to the Alumni Office, UCT, PB X3 Rondebosch 7701
or by contacting us on (27) (21) 650 3746.
Your alma mater looks forward to welcoming you back,whether to a public lecture, a leadership forum, your class reunion,
