The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University logo is a visual expression of what our university

stands for, what sets us apart and what we aim to achieve. It draws on the vision, mission and
values of NMMU.

The logo
The circular nature of the outer element suggests cyclical and continuous change – a key element
of a university, fostering fresh thinking and innovation. It is also suggestive of a rising sun, a new
dawn – the birth of a new university. The circle is a symbol of unity, with the pointed elements
suggesting diversity, as well as engagement and interaction, both amongst ourselves and with our
stakeholders in the broader external community.

The inner element emphasises that we are a people-centred organisation, striving to optimise the
potential of all our people. It is also suggestive of a learning environment, and a supportive
environment. The globe represents our international links, as well as our connection to our natural
resources.

The slogan
NMMU is a university “for tomorrow” – we nurture innovation, foster creativity, embrace technology,
and develop people to meet the challenges of the world of tomorrow. “For tomorrow” also
symbolises our commitment to sustainable development – development that meets today’s needs
and can be continued into the future.

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 2011 GRADUATION CEREMONIES
FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2011
Ceremony 1 10:00 George Campus
All Programmes

TUESDAY, 12 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 2 09:30 Faculty of Law

Ceremony 3 14:30 Honorary doctoral degrees

Faculty of Health Sciences: Undergraduate qualifications

WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 4 09:30 Faculties of Arts and Health Sciences: Postgraduate
qualifications

Ceremony 5 14:30 Faculty of Science

THURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 6 09:30 Faculty of Arts: Undergraduate qualifications

Ceremony 7 14:30 Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and

Information Technology: Diplomas

FRIDAY, 15 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 8 09:30 Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and
Information Technology: Degrees

Ceremony 9 14:30 Faculty of Education: Undergraduate qualifications

SATURDAY, 16 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 10 09:30 Faculty of Education: Advanced Certificate in Education

Ceremony 11 14:30 Faculty of Education: Postgraduate qualifications

MONDAY, 18 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 12 09:30 Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences: Diplomas

Ceremony 13 14:30 Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences: Bachelor's

degrees

TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2011

Ceremony 14 09:30 Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences: Postgraduate
qualifications

♦♦♦♦♦

Honorary doctoral degrees will be conferred on the following candidates during the April 2011
graduation ceremonies:

 Sir David Frederick Attenborough – Doctor Scientiae (honoris causa)

 Mr Suresh Parbhoo Kana – Doctor Commercii (honoris causa)
 Judge Lex Mpati – Doctor Legum (honoris causa)
 Mrs Tembeka Nosipho Tozama Nkamba – Van Wyk – Doctor Philosophiae (honoris causa)
 Prof Walter Eugene (Wally) Morrow – Doctor Educationis (honoris causa) posthumously
 Mr Mark Shuttleworth – Philosophiae Doctor in Information Technology (honoris causa)

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 OFFICE-BEARERS
CHANCELLOR
MS S BOTHA: BEcon (Economics & Marketing), BEconHons (Marketing)(Stell)

CHAIRPERSON OF COUNCIL
JUSTICE R PILLAY: BA, LLB(UDW)

VICE-CHANCELLOR
PROF DI SWARTZ: BA(UWC), MA, DPhil, Doctor in Human Rights Law (hc)(Essex University, UK)

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: ACADEMIC

PROF C VAN LOGGERENBERG: BJuris, LLB(UPE), DJuris(Leiden)

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT

PROF TV MAYEKISO: BA, BAHons, MA Psych(Fort Hare), DPhil(Free University, Berlyn, Germany), HDE(PG)(Unisa)

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

DR SW MUTHWA: BA(SW)(Fort Hare), BA(SW)Hons(Wits), MSc(Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries),
PhD(London University, UK)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: FINANCE

MR M SCHEEPERS: BCom(Pret), BComHons, Dip Comp Science(Unisa), CFA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: HUMAN RESOURCES

MR GW PAUL: BA, HDE(UWC), BTech HRM (TSA), MTech HR(NMMU)

REGISTRAR
MR MH GRIMBEEK: BA, BAHons, HDE(PG)(Stell), MA(Unisa)

PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATION
MR PGG GESWINDT: BComEd(UPE), BComHons(Unisa), PGDE(UPE)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: OPERATIONS

MS G KAISER: BSc (Civil Engineering), GDE (Project Mgt)(Wits), MBA(UFS)

DEAN OF STUDENTS
MR TH SOGA: BA, BAHons, BEd(Fort Hare), MSc(Int Inst for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences)(Netherlands),
JSTC(Lovedale)

EXECUTIVE DEANS OF FACULTIES

ARTS
PROF V NOTSHULWANA: BA Psychology (City College of New York); PhD Psychology (Southern California University
for Professional Studies); Certificate in Public Policy & Executive Leadership in Higher Education (Nova
Southeastern University)

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES

PROF NJ DORFLING: BCom, BComHons, BEd(Ter) (UPE), MBL(Unisa), PhD(Stell)

EDUCATION
PROF DM ZINN: BA(UCT), BAHons (UCT), HDE(UCT), MEd(Harvard USA), DEd(Harvard USA)

ENGINEERING, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

PROF HJ DE JAGER: BA(PU-CHE), DTE(Unisa), MDip Tech Elec Eng(Vaal Triangle Technikon), DTech: Edu
Mgt(TSA), Pr Tech(Eng), MSAIEE, MIPET

HEALTH SCIENCES
PROF NT NAIDOO: BSc(Pharm), BScHons, MSc, PhD(Rhodes), MPS(SA)

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LAW
PROF VA LAWACK-DAVIDS: BJuris, LLB, LLM(UPE), LLD(Unisa)

SCIENCE
PROF AWR LEITCH: BSc, BScHons, MSc, PhD(UPE)

CAMPUS PRINCIPALS

George Campus
PROF C FABRICIUS: BSc, BScHons(Pret), MSc(Wits), PhD(UCT)

Missionvale Campus
MR K MATISO: BA(Vista), BEd(Rhodes), MBA(PET), HDE(PG), PGDIR(Rhodes)

DEAN OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

PROF CD FOXCROFT: BA, BAHons, MA, DPhil(UPE)

SENIOR DIRECTORS

ACADEMIC PLANNING AND QUALITY ADVANCEMENT

PROF MJ OOSTHUIZEN: BA(Law), BAHons, BTh, Lis Teol, MTh(Stell); DTh(Unisa)

AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT

MR KD PATHER: CA(SA)

FINANCE
MR J WASSERMAN: NH Dip Cost Acc (PET), PA(SA), AGA(SA)

STRATEGIC PLANNING
PROF HJ NEL: BA, BAHons, MA, DPhil(UPE)

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

MR S BOSIRE: BBA -MIS (Andrews), MBA (Heriot-Watt), MPA (UFH), MCSSA

DIRECTOR: TRANSFORMATION MONITORING AND EVALUATION

MS R-A LEVENDAL: BSc, BSc Hons, MSc(UWC), MPhil (UPE)

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 ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS

ENTRANCE OF ACADEMIC PROCESSION

Congregation rises

MOMENT OF SILENCE

CONSTITUTION OF CONGREGATION AND WELCOME

Chancellor
Congregation sits

CHORAL ITEM
NMMU Choir

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DOCTORAL DEGREES

Chancellor

AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES

Chancellor
Please applaud each candidate once only, after the Executive Dean has announced the name

DISSOLUTION OF CONGREGATION
Chancellor

NATIONAL ANTHEM
Congregation rises

DEPARTURE OF ACADEMIC PROCESSION

Congregation remains standing

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NATIONAL DIPLOMA: BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
AJAM, Razia SEPHOTO, Zandile Emily
FREEMAN, Chanté Francis SIBI, Zandile
GABA, Sibulele SOMBHANE, Ntsako Ophilia
GALADA, Zimasa STUURMAN, Nombulelo
KILI, Ziyanda TSHANGANA, Marjorie
KUTER, Melissa Lee TSOTSI, Noluthando
MANGCOTYWA, Avela
MARITZ, Sonika CUM LAUDE
MAY, Aseza Felicia Thulashe
NAIDOO, Sarisha DE KOCK, Leanne
NDZIMANDE, Yonela MALAPERMAL, Veshara
NGXIZELE, Lazola NORTJE, Adri
NZUZO, Zimkhitha Azukile SIZILA, Wandile
RATSHIVHADELO, Thendo Judith TURNER, Faye
SAM, Thirusha Melissa

NATIONAL DIPLOMA: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

ALVENI, Bulelani MBANGWA, Zandile
BALITI, Lwandile MEKE, Vuyokazi
BOCO, Simnikiwe MENEMENE, Lungisa
CHITYWA, Ondela Zimbini MHLAMBISO, Thokozile Lucritia
DAMANE, Ziyanda NED, Fatima
DUBULA, Sivuyile NKUMANDA, Thantaswa
GOBA, Mawethu NONTSHIKIZA, Abongile
GONZO, Zandile OMBASO, Sheilah Bitutu
GUMBO, Ngoni QULUBA, Ncumisa
JOHN, Stellan Abraham RERANI, Mulanga
JOOSTE, Claire SANGQU, Sipiwe Ongezwa
KHUMALO, Mondli Justice SIJADU, Ntombekhaya
KRAMER, Kim Carin SIYATHA, Chumisa
LAGARDIEN, Saubirah SKITI, Camagu
LITELU, Muso Teboho SOGAYISE, Lwazi
LOUIS, Logan Simoné STEMELA, Unati
LUSIZI, Nwabisa TIYO, Zanele Abegail
MADINGA, Anelisa TOBI, Nokuzola Judy
MAJOLA, Nobuhle Wendy TOBOTI, Onela
MAKASA, Xoliswa Beaullah TYILA, Sizeka Felicia
MALI, Nokubonga Patience VALAYDON, Ashlynn Simone
MASIKO, Pinky ZIGOXO, Yandiswa
MAZONDA, Luvuyo

NATIONAL DIPLOMA: RADIOGRAPHY: DIAGNOSTIC

BALOI, Chumande Tiago
BROWN, Donnay
GRUNDLINGH, Danielle
JACK, Nokulunga Lucia
JARVIS, Shauna Alika
JOHANNES, Nazley Janine
KOEN, Jolindi
LOLI, Tandiswa
LUDWABA, Thandokazi
MPOFU, Phelekwa Patricia
MTINTSILANA, Anele Brian
MVUNYISWA, Solomzi
NDZULULEKA, Solomon Mhlanguli
NORTJE, Melissa
NTLANTSANA, Funeka Akhona
NYAKAMBI, Ntombozuko
OERSON, Monique Melissa
RATYANA, Khayalethu
SANDLA, Avuyile Tunky
SINYONGO, Nontuthuzelo Cynthia
TAVERNER, Anne Louise
VAN NIEKERK, Natalie
VELEZANTSI, Siyabulela Kenneth
VERS, Randy Nicole
CUM LAUDE
MINYA, Ntomboxolo

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NATIONAL DIPLOMA: SPORT MANAGEMENT
BAARTMAN, Heinrich NXOMANI, Thandiswa Caroline
BENADE, Ruan Benito PIETERSE, Darren Christo
DE VILLIERS, Francois Etienne SLABBERT, Cristopher André
DU PLOOY, Jean-Pierre VAN JAARSVELD, Nadine
HUFKIE, Traun Chad VERMAAK, Sheldon

BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM (HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE)

BOTHA, Rowan Roderick

BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM (PSYCHOLOGY)

DYASI, Nandipha Andiswa MATROS, Portia Bongiwe
FORTUIN, John Alfred Michael

BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM (SOCIAL WORK)

RANTLOLE, Segametsi SELALEDI, Mpho

BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM IN PSYCHOLOGY

ADAMS, Nolwazi SCHARNICK, Edmunda Lesley
ATLHOLANG, Angel Bugalo SCHEEPERS, Andrisa Rutania
BAATJIES, Vunyiwe Princess SEBILO, Ikko
BEZUIDENHOUT, Wendy SINGH, Romisha
BROWN, Curtis Alain SMITH, Nicole
COLEMAN, Nicole Candice SNAYER, Bradley Wade
FOURIE, Cindy Yolandi SOLOMON, Tamryn Lee
FOURIE, Hanlie STRYDOM, Yolandi Eloise
FRANCIS, Nateley Melissa STWAYI, Nontsukuma Abigail
HAY, Anton Riaan SWANEPOEL, Bianca
HITGE, Marcel THORPE, Nadine Kirsty
HOLLAND, Samantha Nicole Anderson TRYFONOS, Angelique Carmen
HUMAN, Nadine Melinda TULUMA, Vuyolwethu
JOHNSON, Peter Benjamin VAN DER HOVEN, Chantel
KEMP, Hermione Stephlyn Juanita VAN DER WALT, James Alexander
LAZARUS, Jayde Tamzin VERRALL, Carl Michael
MAJAVU, Lukhanyo VINCENT, David Paul
MOHALE, Keneuoe Maryen-Joseph WALAZA, Pumla
MOJE, Boitshepo WILLIAMS, Candice Demi
MONYERE, Shanel Nayang WOLFF, Nomalizo
MOTSAGE, Keletso WRIGHT, Candice
NAIDOO, Sanjay WYNNE, Nicola
NOKAMA, Busisa Antoinette ZABU, Yvonne
NTSOANE, Itumeleng Gladwin
PARBHOO, Preeyam CUM LAUDE
PERILS, Carlyn Meredith
PETU, Mothabiseng Christina BENTLEY, Kaitlyn
PHUTHEGO, Tirelo Tonkanyana FRANK, Anne Stephannie
PRAG, Reshika FRONEMAN, Carmen Michelle
PRETORIUS, Sunelle HOLLAND, Ashleigh Simone Anderson
RAMATSITLA, Kgomotso KARABATSIS, Eleni
RUMBLES, Grant STANDER, Liandi
RUPPERSBURG, Lynne

BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM IN YOUTH WORK

MALEBE, Letlhogela NKUBIZI, Clement Kazinguvu Papy

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BACCALAUREUS CURATIONIS (INSTITUTIONIS ET ADMINISTRATIONIS)
KOEBERG, Beverley Ingrid

BACHELOR OF HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE

AFRICA, Lanine Tamlin HOWLAND, Sheldon
AH SHENE, Grant Leslie William KLEINHANS, Ronél
BENNETTA, Natasha Elizabeth LAGARDIEN, Nooreen
BONTHUYS, Sheldon Troy LEO, Tranele
BOWDEN, Justin Tony LOPES, Calvin Adrian Querobino
BURTON, Aron Michael LUSASA, Yanga
CARD, Glen Eric MOORE, Gavin Michael
CHIRINDA, Archibald Tendai MOSEHLE, Mmabatho Sephora Mmakgetsing Christine
COMERASAMY, Neeshalan PERKS, Andrew James
CUMMINGS, Wade Lester RADEMEYER, Maryké
DE DONCKER, Sueivique Renee Suveria RADLOFF, Mary-Lyn Elaine
DERRY, Katherine Pamela SCHLEMMER, Mandy
DORFLING, Karen SECOND, Rudi Stewart
DOS SANTOS, Mazan Forsyth SLUIS-CREMER, Sandra-Mari
HEATLEY, Jessi Marcelle TARR, Byron Lawrence
HOGGONS, Genevieve Odette TAUNTON, Katherine Claire
HOLDER, Ryan TEPPLER, Jonathan Bradley
HOLDSTOCK, Bianca Caroline VAN ZYL, Alex Lesley Francis
HORNE, Leani Hestien VIMBELA, Zanele Vuyiswa
HOULIE, Faik VORGERS, Nicole Natasha
HOWITZ, Jayde Annabel WEITZ, Riaan

BACCALAUREUS CURATIONIS
BIRUNGI, Immaculate MORRIS, Loren Claire
BRITZ, Zelda NSINAMWA, Batanani Unopa
HANS, Nombulelo Cornelia O'CONNOR, Anya
JARDIEN, Sihaam ROETS, Zelda
JOOSTE, Suemaya VAN DYK, Anke
KOEKEMOER, Liné Louie VAN ROOYEN, Marelize
MAXAZA, Bukelwa WALTERS, Danielle Chavonne
MOMANYI, Naom Nyarorego

BACCALAUREUS PHARMACIAE
ABAHAMYE, Aloysius MLANDULI, Siyamthanda Patricia
BLOUW, Buhle Sharon MOREMI, Tshepiso
BOOYSEN, Alister Wayne MOSIMANEMOTHO, Peo
CHITAKA, Ponayi MUNGROO, Careena Bholah
DINGELA, Mzikazi Elsie MWAMBAZI, Kapembwa
DORASWAMI, Devanisha NICHOLSON, Chantelle
FALCO, Marco Francesco NODADA, Nkululeko
GIBBS, Claire Joy OWINO, Dennis Omondi
HOWARD, Cahlia PATEL, Mehul Kiritkumar
JANKEE, Bassant Singh PENZA, Mwaka
JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Ettienne PICKARD, Naseera-Khanamnoor
JUGOO, Arunima Kassee RAMLOLL, Jason
KADERNANI, Yakub SAADOON, Sumayah
KAPO, Ntombizanele SOMHLAHLO, Zolisa
KRÜGER, Johannes Jakobus
LILLMOND, Sarwan Kumar CUM LAUDE
MAMOOJEE, Muhammad Muniir Yacoob
MANGALISO, Vuyokazi Judith DOUBELL, Miecke
MEYER, Tania GAIDA, Razia
MKO, Nobulali

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BACCALAUREUS PSYCHOLOGIAE (COUNSELLING)
AROSI, Ziyanda VAN ZYL, Hazel-Jeanne
GUMBI, Nkhosivile WOOD, Mandi-Rae
LELIMO, Thabang Lucky
MACHEKABUWE, Tarsianna CUM LAUDE
PIET, Astrid Heagan
PROCTER, Jenna-Lee DUTTON, Tanya
TWAKU, Unati

BACCALAUREUS PSYCHOLOGIAE (SPORT PSYCHOLOGY)

MAC KENZIE, David James PRETORIUS, Mona

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

BALAMU, Efrance MONTWEDI, Dimakatso Sophrine
BAZI, Fikelwa Yolanda NYEREYEMHUKA, Christie
BEYLEVELD, Mario-Bernhardt OLIVIER, Lauren
BROWN, Carren Cathrine PETERS, Ricardo
DHLIWAYO, Michelle REMIE, Stephanie
GABAKOPANE, Maitumelo SARUCHERA, Ennie
HOKONYA, Nozipho Rungano Emma-Jean SCANNELL, Marcelle Dianne
KLEINBOOI, Nombulelo SIHOYI, Shirley Tholakele
MAERESERA, Raviro TSHAKAZA, Zoyisile
MAERESERA, Rutendo VETFUTI, Nkosinathi Oscar

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HONORARY DOCTORAL
DEGREE CITATIONS

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 DAVID FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH
DOCTOR SCIENTIAE, HONORIS CAUSA

DAVID FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH was born on 8 May 1926 in

Isleworth, London, UK, to Frederick and Mary. He was educated at
Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester before studying
at Clare College, Cambridge, where in 1947 he graduated with a
degree in Natural Science. He spent two years in the Royal Navy in
North Wales before taking employ as an editor of children’s science
textbooks.

In 1952 he began his long and illustrious career at the BBC working
his way up as writer, editor, director and producer and also
introducing colour television in the United Kingdom. His contribution
hardly needs introduction - his often-whispering voice forms the
backdrop for so many of the best natural history programmes used
to teach and entertain our children from pre-school to university.

While at BBC2, David developed his own style of nature cinematography – one that filmed nature
unobtrusively. During the accumulation of his monumental portfolio, he has travelled to every part
of the Earth, presenting, narrating, displaying, and showcasing the extraordinary natural world -
delivering a view of natural science that, in his own words, “is the greatest source of excitement;
the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest ... the greatest
source of so much in life that makes life worth living”.

It was in 1985, that he received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth the 2nd to become Sir David
Attenborough and in 2005 he was awarded the Order of Merit conferred for eminence in his field.
His list of television programmes, publications and awards is extensive but special mention must
be made of his being voted one of the Smithsonian’s 35 Innovators of our Time Who Made a
Difference. Added to this, an opinion poll in 2006 by Reader's Digest names him “the most trusted
celebrity in Britain” and according to a list compiled by New Statesman in the same year, he was
voted tenth in the list of “Heroes of our time”. He is patron or supporter of many charitable
organisations, including Patron of the World Land Trust, which buys rain forest and other land for
preservation.

Sir David has visited South Africa several times while filming his many series, traversing the
country from Cape to Kruger filming all kinds of amazing wildlife from Matebele ants to spitting
cobras.

He has built much of his career around the conviction that the natural world is a beautiful and
complex place, and that humankind is in danger of being severed from its natural environs by
technology and civilization. In contrast to our obsession with ourselves as organisms, Sir David
provides poignant glimpses into the astounding world on which we are so dependent. In so doing
he fathered the basic structural framework for much of the current science material available on
television, such as The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. He has provided hours of
wonder and awe in a remarkably entertaining way, while maintaining the scientific credibility. Sir
David Attenborough has without doubt earned the title of “the alpha male of natural history
documentary-making” (Times Online, 22 January 2009).

He married Jane Oriel in 1950, spending 47 years with her until her death in 1997. They have two
children, Robert and Susan.

In recognition of his pioneering approach to wildlife film-making as well as the engineering of an

astonishingly successful marriage between science and entertainment – maintaining both
profitability and fascination while living up to the scientific credibility demanded by our intricate and
complex natural world, it is an honour for NMMU to confer the degree of Doctor Scientiae
(honoris causa) on SIR DAVID FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH.

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 SURESH KANA
DOCTOR COMMERCII, HONORIS CAUSA

SURESH PARBHOO KANA was born on 17 January 1955. He

obtained his BCom degree in 1975 from the former Durban Westville
University, his honours degree from Unisa in 1978, and qualified as a
Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1979. As a keen intellectual, Suresh
furthered his higher education to obtain his MCom from Wits University
in 1986.

In 1976, Suresh was the first black professional to join the then
Coopers and Lybrand and played a key role as national HR Director in
the later PricewaterhouseCoopers' transformation. He currently serves
as a trustee on the governing board of the SA Institute of Chartered
Accountants (SAICA) Thuthuka Bursary Fund, aimed at increasing the
access of black graduates to the Chartered Accountancy profession.

He became involved with SAICA's committees in 1993 and for many

years chaired its Auditing Standards Committee, responsible for the development and issuance of
auditing standards in South Africa. From 2003 to 2005 he was also a member of the Accounting
Standards Board, responsible for the setting of accounting standards for use in the public sector.
Suresh served as a member of the GAAP Monitoring Panel, set up to investigate complaints about
the accounting practices of JSE-listed companies and report findings to the JSE Listings Division,
from its inception until the end of 2005.

He was elected to serve as a board member of the International Audit and Assurance Standards
Board (IAASB) of the International Federation of Accountants which he did from 1995 to 2003. The
IAASB is the body responsible for independently setting International Standards on auditing and
assurance standards used by the auditing profession across the world. These standards play an
important role in ensuring the quality and uniformity of external auditing practices, and strengthen
public confidence in financial reporting.

Suresh has made notable high-level contributions to issues of governance and accountability in the
business world. He is convenor of the Accounting and Auditing sub-committee of the well-known
King Committee on Governance in South Africa, a director of the Independent Regulatory Board of
Auditors (IRBA) as well as the National Business Initiative, and serves on the Audit Committee of
both these organisations. In the financial field, he has served on the Boards of Appeal for the
Financial Services Board Act, Stock Exchanges Control Act and the Financial Markets Control Act.

He has wide experience in a variety of industries and has been involved in the audits of companies
like Group Five, Afrox, Guardian National, and the Anglo American Properties Limited Group. He
has also acted as relationship partner on the audits of listed companies like MTN, Naspers and the
FirstRand Group.

Suresh is currently the Territory Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer for
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Southern Africa, Senior Partner for the PWC African Region and serves
on the PWC Strategy Council. He served on the PWC Global Board from 2005 to 2009.

His interest in academic work is demonstrated by his professorship at the University of

Johannesburg and the post of Honorary Professor at the Centre of Accounting at the University of
the Free State. He is co-author of Corporate Reporting, now in its 7th edition.

His own history of making progress against considerable odds is part of the driving force to ensure
that the future of the Accounting profession reflects the full spectrum of South African society.
Suresh lives in Johannesburg and is married to Kalpana and they have two girls and two boys.

In recognition of his unique contribution to the development of the Accounting profession and
governance practices in South Africa and globally, it is an honour for NMMU to confer the degree
of Doctor Commercii (honoris causa) on SURESH KANA.

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 LEX MPATI
DOCTOR LEGUM, HONORIS CAUSA

LEX MPATI was born in Durban on 5 September 1949. He attended St

Joseph’s Catholic School in Fort Beaufort and Mary Walters High School
in Grahamstown where he matriculated in 1967.

During the following 12 years, Lex earned a living working his way
through the ranks of furniture salesperson, petrol attendant and barman
until he was able to start studying law at Rhodes University, graduating
with a BA in 1982 and an LLB in 1984.

After completing his articles, he practised as an attorney in a partnership

in Grahamstown. Much of his practice as an attorney coincided with the
troubled times in the Eastern Cape in the late 1980s. Lex was one of the
few practitioners committed to the unfashionable work of representing
the interests of far-flung communities throughout the Karoo, whose cases
never made the headlines, but whose human rights were as important as those whose cases
caught the attention of the media.

After having served as Secretary of the Grahamstown Side-Bar Association between 1985 and
1987, Lex joined the Eastern Cape Society of Advocates in Grahamstown in 1989 until 1993 when
he joined the Legal Resources Centre as its in-house counsel, continuing to serve rural
communities as far afield as Barkley East.

In 1994, he served as co-chair of the Greater Grahamstown Local Government Negotiation Forum,
leading the negotiations to establish a single non-racial local authority in the town. He was also a
member of the delegation to Chile which studied the Chilean truth and reconciliation committee
with a view to the establishment of the South African body in due course. In 1996, former president
Nelson Mandela appointed Lex as senior counsel and, soon thereafter, he was appointed as an
acting judge. He was permanently appointed to the Eastern Cape Bench on 1 February 1997.

After having served as an acting Judge of Appeal for 18 months, Lex became the first black person
appointed to the Supreme Court of Appeal in December 2000. He was elevated to the position of
Deputy President of the Court in 2003 and became President, the second highest judicial office in
South Africa, in 2008.

His great passion for rugby started in high school and he later captained the Old Collegians RFC in
Grahamstown and played at centre for the South Eastern Districts Rugby Union. Furthering his
love for the game, he served in various capacities on SARU and SARFU structures. His arrival to
conduct court cases at distant centres like Middelburg often provided an opportunity for local rugby
administrators and players to seek guidance and advice. He was a member of the national
executive of the SA Rugby Union from 1992 to 1994 and has been a member of the National
Judicial Committee of SARFU, which he chaired for two years, since 1994. In 2003, Lex was
appointed by the International Rugby Board as judicial officer for the Rugby World Cup in Australia
and has been a member of the SANZAR (South Africa/New Zealand/Australian Rugby) Judicial
Committee since 2007.

He is married, with four children, two sons and two daughters.

Lex Mpati’s outstanding characteristic throughout his legal career has been his compassion for the
ordinary citizen, the weak and the defenceless. In recognition of his contribution to the
transformation of the South African legal profession and the struggle for the respect of human
rights as well as the respect he commands as a judicial officer, it is an honour for NMMU to confer
the degree of Doctor Legum (honoris causa) on LEX MPATI.

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 TEMBEKA NKAMBA-VAN WYK
DOCTOR PHILOSOPHIAE, HONORIS CAUSA

TEMBEKA NOSIPHO TOZAMA NKAMBA–VAN WYK was born on

11 September 1954 in Umtata. She did her schooling at various
schools in the former Transkei and passed her matric in 1972.

In 1973 she enrolled at Fort Hare University where she attained a BA

degree in Xhosa and English and in 1976, an honours degree in
Xhosa Literature. In 1977 she enrolled for a master’s degree in Xhosa
poetry, but when her parents and her baby sister were tragically killed
in a road accident she had to leave university and seek work to
support her five sisters who were all still in school.

Moving to Johannesburg in 1978, she was employed by the Chamber

of Mines as a researcher and translated and interpreted Xhosa poetry
and protest songs sung by the miners. After three months she was
fired as the managers thought she put too much depth into the interpretation. In 1979 she worked
as a volunteer in rural villages teaching women to read and write where she was spotted by the
Department of Education in Umtata who sent her on a literacy teacher training course. Her project
expanded into art production including beadwork and grass work.

Taking up her studies again in 1981, she enrolled for a master’s degree in English Literature and
African Studies and later an MA in Film and Video at UCLA in Los Angeles, graduating with a dual
degree in 1984. Returning home, she joined the South African Department of Education in Umtata
as a planner for Cultural Affairs – organising traditional music competitions and encouraging artists
to produce beadwork and grass work products for the major centres. She also encouraged budding
writers to write books in both Xhosa and English.

In 1988 she enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand to study for a Higher Diploma for Educators
of Adults for which she attained two distinctions. In 1989 Professor Russell of Wits University
recruited Tembeka to conduct research on the use of radio for a participatory democracy in South
Africa and her report “Listening to Learn, Learning to Listen” prompted the SABC to offer Tembeka
a position at the national broadcaster to produce educational and career guidance programmes. In
1992 she was promoted to the position of Manager of Corporate Services. It was during this time
that Tembeka worked with children and youth giving them a voice and recording their feelings
about what was happening in their communities. She edited the magazine called “The Children’s
Voice” and later produced 10 TV documentary programmes under this name. After this production,
she produced 52 episodes called The People’s Choice.

In 1995 she was appointed as the National Chief Director for Communications for the new
democratic government, but left the position in 1997 to start the Talking Beads Academy, focussing
on job creation and the promotion and preservation of the arts and cultural heritage. In 2000, she
started Blue Sky Investments – the social upliftment arm of Talking Beads – providing counselling
and education on aids awareness. In 2008 when xenophobic unrest swept the nation she used her
bead craft centre as a refugee centre which when eventually vacated in 2010, was converted into
the Ngezandla Zethu Earth Centre – creating beautiful crafts utilising recycled waste materials –
addressing her desire to be more environmentally responsible.

She has received numerous awards throughout her illustrious career, including the Absa Top
Award for Innovation in 2006, the SABC Checkers Business Woman of The Year in 2000 and the
National Department of Arts and Culture Award for Developing the Arts in 1998. Tembeka was
married to Sirk Bernadus Van Wyk for ten years, until his death following a stroke. Together they
wrote and performed poetry at reading sessions.

In recognition of her substantial literary, cultural and community development contributions to

South African society, it is an honour for NMMU to confer the degree of Doctor Philosophiae
(honoris causa) on Tembeka Nosipho Tozama Nkamba – Van Wyk.

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 WALTER MORROW
DOCTOR EDUCATIONIS, HONORIS CAUSA (posthumously)

WALTER EUGENE MORROW was born on 15 July 1939 in Pretoria

and completed his school education at Pretoria Boys High, where
after he proceeded to study at the University of Witwatersrand
obtaining his BA in 1961.

After completing his Transvaal Teacher's Higher Diploma at the

Johannesburg College of Education, he taught English at two high
schools in Johannesburg from 1962 till 1965.

In 1965, he joined the tertiary education arena when he was

appointed as an English lecturer at the University of Riyadh in Saudi
Arabia. He later joined the Maria Grey College in London where he
taught Philosophy of Education. During this time, he continued with
his studies and obtained a BA Honours from UNISA in 1964, an
Academic Diploma in Education from the University of London in
1967 and an MA from the same university in 1968.

Prof Morrow returned to South Africa in 1972 and taught philosophy of education at Wits and UWC
where he later became Dean of the Faculty of Education. In 1982, he was awarded his PhD from
the University of London. Moving to Port Elizabeth, he was appointed as Dean of Education at the
former UPE in 1999, where he remained until 2004 before being seconded to the National Ministry
of Education to chair the Ministerial Committee on Teacher Education.

Prof Morrow was also a dedicated Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) councillor and a
member of the Editorial Board of HSRC Press, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA),
the advisory committee for the Study of Education Project, the South African Institute for Distance
Education, and the UMALUSI research committee. He acted as a consultant to the Higher
Education Qualifications Committee (HEQC), the national Department of Education, as well as the
South African Council for Educators (SACE).

Until his illness, Prof Morrow was a member of the task team on the development of a Continuing
Professional Teacher Development system. He was also a founder member of the Kenton
conference and established the academic journal Perspectives in Education. Jointly, these two
platforms created the intellectual space for critical discussion about education during dark times in
South Africa. A previous collection of his essays, published in 1989 under the title Chains of
Thought, addressed fundamental issues that were constantly disregarded in disputes about
education during the decades of political struggle. Since the early 1990s he was prominently
involved in the project of transforming South African education. More recently, two additional
selections of essays were published. Learning to teach in South Africa (2007) consists of a
selection of essays that span the crucial years of democratic transition in South Africa. The Bounds
of Democracy (2009), another selection of essays, spans the pivotal years in the historic
democratisation of our country and provides a forceful reflection on South African Higher Education
in transition.

Sadly, Prof Morrow was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and passed away on 11
February 2009. He leaves us with a legacy of rich intellectual material for sustained scholarly
engagements.

In recognition as South Africa’s foremost philosopher of education and respected as one of the
most original and distinctive thinkers in South African education over the past three decades, it is
an honour for NMMU to confer the degree of Doctor Educationis (honoris causa) posthumously
on WALLY MORROW.

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 MARK SHUTTLEWORTH
PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTOR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HONORIS CAUSA

MARK SHUTTLEWORTH was born on 18 September 1973 in

Welkom in the Free State. He studied finance and information
technology at the University of Cape Town where he was involved in
the installation of the first residential Internet connections at the
university. In 1995, his final year at UCT, Mark founded Thawte, an
Internet consulting business which later shifted to Internet security for
electronic commerce. Thawte became the first company to produce a
full-security encrypted e-commerce web server that was commercially
available outside the USA. Thawte was one of the first companies to
be recognised by both Netscape and Microsoft as a trusted third party
for website certification, and it quickly established a leadership
position helping businesses around the world accept secure
transactions over the web.

In 1999, Mark sold Thawte to the US Company VeriSign – it was then the fastest-growing Internet
certificate authority worldwide, and the leading certificate authority outside of the USA. He then
founded HBD Venture Capital, believing that entrepreneurs in South Africa have the potential to
start businesses with global impact. HBD has invested in several South African companies in a
variety of sectors, such as software, pharmaceutical services, electronics and mobile phone
services.

In the hope that risk capital can be as important for social development as it is for the economy,
Mark has also created a non-profit organisation that supports social innovation in education in
Africa. The Shuttleworth Foundation funds projects that have the potential to bring about dramatic
improvements to some aspects of the education system and hopes to improve both the quality and
the reach of education in Africa. The Foundation has worked in all 9 provinces of South Africa,
funding initiatives from teachers, small businesses and private individuals. The Foundation is a
catalyst for accelerated change in civil society. It seeks to identify ideas that have the potential to
create tremendous change for good in civil society, and funds them for implementation in South
Africa. The ideas can be South African in origin, but the Foundation also seeks to identify global
trends and to bring new ideas to South Africa that are working well in other countries.

Mark moved to London in 2001, and began preparing for the First African in Space mission,
training in Star City, Russia, and in Khazakstan. In April 2002 he flew in space, as a cosmonaut
member of the crew of Soyuz mission TM34 to the International Space Station. Since then, he has
worked on a road show to share that experience as well as his excitement about science,
mathematics and technology with pupils across South Africa. The science and mathematics show
under the Hip2BSquare brand has been seen by more than 100,000 pupils from nearly 2,000
schools.

In March 2004 Mark formed Canonical Ltd., for the promotion and commercial support of free
software projects. The Ubuntu project, which aims to produce a high quality desktop and server
operating system that is freely available all over the world, is funded through Canonical Ltd. Sub-
projects include specialised desktop environments for schools, and for the needs of people in
specific countries or industries, such as Edubuntu and Kubuntu. In December 2009, Shuttleworth
stepped down as the CEO of Canonical, Ltd to focus his energy on product design, partnership
and customers.

In recognition of his contribution to the field of Information Technology, through sustained open
source initiatives endeavouring to promote universal and free access to the tools of the digital era,
it is an honour for NMMU to confer the degree of Philosophiae Doctor in Information
Technology (honoris causa) on MARK SHUTTLEWORTH.

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 VISION, MISSION, VALUES,
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE AND
PHILOSOPHY
VISION
To be a dynamic African university, recognised for its leadership in generating cutting-edge
knowledge for a sustainable future.

MISSION
To offer a diverse range of quality educational opportunities that will make a critical and
constructive contribution to regional, national and global sustainability.

To achieve our vision and mission, we will ensure that:

 Our values inform and define our institutional ethos and distinctive educational purpose and
philosophy.
 We are committed to promoting equity of access and opportunities so as to give students the
best chance of success in their pursuit of lifelong learning and diverse educational goals.
 We provide a vibrant, stimulating and richly diverse environment that enables staff and
students to reach their full potential.
 We develop graduates and diplomates to be responsible global citizens capable of critical
reasoning, innovation, and adaptability.
 We create and sustain an environment that encourages and supports a vibrant research,
scholarship and innovation culture.
 We engage in mutually beneficial partnerships locally, nationally and globally to enhance
social, economic, and ecological sustainability.

VALUES

i. Respect for diversity

- We reflect and serve diverse regional, national and global communities
- We promote an open society where critical scholarship and the expression of a
multiplicity of opinions and experiences are actively encouraged
- We foster an environment in which diversity is appreciated, respected and celebrated
- We are committed to accessibility, inclusivity and social justice

ii. Excellence
- We promote, recognise and reward excellence in our teaching, learning, research and
engagement
- We promote, recognise and reward excellent service delivery to all our stakeholders
- We provide a supportive and affirming environment that enables students and staff to
reach their full potential
- We adopt innovative approaches to promote excellence in our institutional policies,
structures, processes and systems

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iii. Ubuntu
- We are a people-centred university
- We respect the dignity of others
- We recognise our mutual interdependence
- We promote compassionate and responsible citizenship

iv. Integrity
- We act with integrity and accept responsibility for our actions
- We behave in an ethical and professional manner
- We conduct our activities in an accountable and transparent manner
- We ensure the integrity of our information, systems and processes

v. Respect for the natural environment

- We care about the environment and recognise our responsibility to conserve, protect and
properly manage natural resources for ourselves and future generations
- We promote the integration of sustainability principles into our academic practices,
institutional operations and design of physical infrastructure
- We encourage mutually beneficial and sustainable approaches to community service and
engagement
- We inspire students and staff to embrace environmentally friendly practices

vi. Responsibility
- We acknowledge our personal responsibility for ethical behaviour towards others
- We assume responsibility for the achievement of personal and institutional goals
- We accept responsibility for our actions and the consequences thereof
- We provide an environment that encourages students and staff to take responsibility for
their academic and professional endeavours

EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE AND PHILOSOPHY

- We provide transformational leadership in the service of society through our teaching and
learning, research and engagement activities.
 To achieve this we are committed to developing the human potential of our staff and
students in the full spectrum of its cognitive, economic, social, cultural, aesthetic and
personal dimensions in the pursuit of democratic citizenship.
- We adopt a humanising pedagogical approach that respects and acknowledges diverse
knowledge traditions and engages them in critical dialogue in order to nurture a participative
approach to problem-posing and -solving, and the ability to contribute to a multi-cultural
society.
- We inspire our stakeholders to be passionate about and respectful of an ecologically diverse
and sustainable natural environment.
- We will be known for our people-centred, caring, values-driven organisational culture that will
allow all members of the university community to contribute optimally to its life.

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 NATIONAL ANTHEM

Nkosi Sikelel’i-Afrika,
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 Africa.

South Africa.

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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