WitsGrads: Five luminaries to be Honoured
We gladly inform you about WitsGrads: Five luminaries to be honoured
Wits University is proud to announce the start of the April graduation season where 5 593 students will be capped between 19 and 29 April 2022.
Wits will award honorary doctorates to human rights luminaries Dr Frene Ginwala, Mr Charles Nupen, Justice Navi Pillay, Justice Moloto and governance expert, Dr Suresh Kana. Wits’ current Chancellor, Dr Judy Dlamini will also graduate.
The April cohort comprises of undergraduate degree holders who, having completed their last two years under pandemic conditions, are particularly notable for their perseverance and resilience.
“I would like to congratulate the graduands who are being capped and those who have supported them on their journey of intellectual discovery,” says Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Zeblon Vilakazi. “Having walked a difficult path, these graduands have the honour of becoming Wits alumni at a historic time in the life of the University. Wits University turns 100 this year and I urge our graduands to advance the public good and to change society for the better.”
Wits Chancellor, Dr Judy Dlamini, also graduates this season with a postgraduate certificate in education.
The University will also confer honorary doctorates on five distinguished individuals this graduation season: Judge Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, Judge Bakone Justice Moloto, Dr Frene Ginwala, Dr Suresh Kana, and Mr Charles Nupen.
“Honorary doctorates are awarded for outstanding contributions to society and the five Wits honorary graduands have all made profound and significant contributions for good in South Africa,” says Vilakazi. “South Africa is a markedly better country and a global player because of their efforts.”