Honorary Degrees and Chancellor's Medals

Recipients of NWU honorary degrees

2004–2006
No awards made by Council.
2007
Renate-Marié Coetzee (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2008
  • Joseph Motlhasedi Ntsime (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Prof. Antonie Petrus Gerhardus Goossens (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Prof. Johannes Hendrik Venter (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences)
2009
  • Prof. Friedrich Albert Penellis (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Prof. Barrie Maxwell Margetts (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Prof. John H Cummings (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2010
  • Prof. Francois James Retief (Faculty of Theology)
  • Dr Joel Ivor Mann (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2011
  • Chief Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa (Faculty of Law)
  • Dr Johan van Zyl (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
2012
  • Prof. Jacob Lewis Helberg (Faculty of Theology)
  • Prof. Willem JM Genugten (Faculty of Law)
  • Prof. Gert Lukas Strydom (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Dr Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences)
  • Dr Linda Chisholm (Faculty of Education Sciences)
2013
  • Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (Faculty of Law)
  • Prof. Michael Welker (Faculty of Theology)
  • Prof. Marius Adrianus Kaashoek (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences)
2014–2015
No awards made by Council.
2016
  • Adv Thuli Madonsela (Faculty of Law)
  • Adv Altus Joubert SC (Faculty of Law)
  • Prof. Ena Janson (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Prof. Ludo Juul Cuyvers (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
2017
No awards made by Council.
2018
  • Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
  • Prof. Monica Ferreira (Faculty of Education)
2019
Keith Bothongo (Business School)
2020
Justice Jess Nkabine (Faculty of Law)
2021
Dr Geraldine Fraser Moleketi (Faculty of Humanities)
2022
No awards were made by Council.
2023
  • Prof. Hubertus van der Spuy (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Rassie Erasmus (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Masego Ezekiel Matjila (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Johannes J Oosthuizen (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2024
  • Peter Monametsi Chiepe (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences)
  • Prof. Toyin Falola (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Prof. Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles (Faculty of Humanities)
  • Prof. Raymond Parsons (Business School)
2025
  • Prof. Machaba Michael Sathekge (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Henderson Kgolaetsile Pule (Faculty of Humanities)
2026
  • Sandra Prinsloo (Faculty of Humanities)
    Tim Modise (Faculty of Humanities)
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Recipients of NWU Chancellor's medals

2004–2008
No awards made by Council.
2009
U Visagie
2010
J-L van der Berg
2011

B Mlangeni

Adv. TS Kekana

2012

Rev. EH Stegen

Dr MN Oliphant

2013
MG Masuku
2014

N Bester

J van Rensburg

Dr K Motaung

2015

Dr A Worral

R Loader

Prof. K van de Poel

2016
No awards made by Council.
2017
No awards made by Council.
2018
No awards made by Council.
2019
No awards made by Council.
2020
No awards made by Council.
2021
D Hefer
2022
No awards were made by Council.
2023
No awards made by Council.
2024

Prof. C Rautenbach

Brigadier S Moodley

2025

Group nomination:

  • T Tsambo
  • C Schabort
  • K Maboe
  • M de Villiers
  • S Pretorius
  • N van der Walt
  • JC Venter
  • C Steyn (posthumously)