These are academic degrees Wits awards for which the usual requirements are waived. It is awarded honoris causa (Latin: "for the sake of the honour")
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The year below reflects the date on which the degree was conferred.
Professor Ernest Aryeetey - Doctor of Commerce (DCom)
Professor David Dyzenhaus - Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Professor Jennifer Glennie - Doctor of Education (DEd)
Mavuso Msimang- Doctor of Commerce (DCom)
Prof Loyiso Nongxa – Doctor of Science
Dr Robert Adam – Doctor of Science
Abdul Minty - Doctor of Science (DSc)
Dr David Fine - Doctor of Science (DSc)
Professor James Sylvester Gates (Jnr) - Doctor of Science (DSc)
Professor Keith Klugman - Doctor of Science in Medicine (DSc Med)
Father Trevor Huddleston (Posthumously) - Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Judge Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay - Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Charles Nupen - Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Frene Ginwala - Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Bakone Justice Moloto - Doctor of Lawas (LLD)
Suresh Parbhoo Kana - Doctor of Commerce (DCom)
Professor Molefi Kete Asante - Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Zanemvula Kizito (Zakes) Mda - Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Professor Hazel Sive (BSc 1977, BSc Hons 1979) -
Doctor of Science in Engineering (DSc Eng)
Sibongile Khumalo - DMus
Dr John Kani - Doctor of Literature (DLitt) Listen to his [speech]
Professor Isidor Segal - Doctor of Science in Medicine (DSc Med) [speech] Professor Lucille Blumberg - Doctor of Science in Medicine (DSc Med)Richard (Dick) Enthoven - Doctor of Commerce (DCom)
Lyda Hill - Doctor of Science (DSc)
Henry Fanyana Nxumalo (Posthumously) - Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. - Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Professor Khaya Mfenyana - Doctor of Science in Medicine (DSc Med)
Brigalia Bam - DLitt (listen to address here)
Mandla Langa - DLitt
Chris van Wyk - (posthumously) DLitt
Wendy Appelbaum - DSc
Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - DLitt
Dr Stavros Nicolaou - DSc
2012
Elza Miles, Doctor of Literature
Njongonkulu Ndungane, Doctor of Literature
David Koloane, Doctor of Arts
Albert Solomon, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Duncan Mitchell, Doctor of Science
John Maxwell Coetzee, Doctor of Literature
Ahmed Kathrada, Doctor of Literature
David Glasser, Doctor of Science in Engineering
2008
Terence English, Doctor of Medicine
Noel Chabani Manganyi, Doctor of Literature
Mervyn King, Doctor of Laws
Lewis Spitz, Doctor of Medicine
David Goldblatt, Doctor of Literature
2009
Abdullah Ibrahim, Doctor of Music
Jerold Steele, Doctor of Laws
Donato Mattera, Doctor of Literature
Yosuf Joe Veriava, Doctor of Medicine
Geoffrey Blight, Doctor of Engineering
2010
Edwin Cameron, Doctor of Laws
Colin Caro, Doctor of Science in Engineering
Njabulo Ndebele, Doctor of Literature
2006
Peter Tyson, Doctor of Science
James David Lewis-Williams, Doctor of Science
Robert Griffiths Hodgins, Doctor of Literature
Abraham Morris Rudolph, Doctor of Medicine
Graham Norman Hall, Doctor of Education
2007
Amartya Sen, Doctor of Economic Science
Alan Kemp, Doctor of Engineering
Khotso Mokhele, Doctor of Science
Teresa Heinz, Doctor of Laws
Jonathan Clegg, Doctor of Music
Bruce Fordyce, Doctor of Laws
Wiseman Nkuhlu, Doctor of Economic Science
John Burland, Doctor of Science in Engineering
2000
Julian Browde, Doctor of Laws
Mercy Makhalemele, Master of Arts
Achim Richter, Doctor of Science
Miklos Rebak, Master of Science
Margaret Marshall, Doctor of Laws
Sydney Kentridge, Doctor of Laws
Chinua Achebe, Doctor of Literature
2001
Bill Venter, Doctor of Engineering
GJ (Jakes) Gerwel, Doctor of Laws
Pauline Lipson, Doctor of Laws
Joel Joffe Doctor of Laws
Aron (Ali) Bacher, Doctor of Laws
Arthur Rubenstein, Doctor of Science in Medicine
2002
Tony Bloom, Doctor of Laws
Sheila Aronstam, Doctor of Laws
Antony Honore, Doctor of Laws
Errol Friedberg, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Lydia Komape-Ngwenya, Master of Laws
2003
Sydney Lipworth, Doctor of Laws
Eric Molobi, Doctor of Laws
David King, Doctor of Science
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (posthumously), Doctor of Laws
Costa Rallis, Doctor of Science in Engineering
Hoosen Mohamed (Jerry) Coovadia, Doctor of Science
Selma Browde, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Amancio d’Alpoim Miranda (Pancho) Guedes, Doctor of Architecture
2004
John Dugard, Doctor of Laws
Raymond Tucker, Doctor of Laws
Amina Cachalia, Doctor of Laws
Pieter-Dirk Uys, Doctor of Literature
Deane Yates, Doctor of Laws
William Kentridge, Doctor of Literature
2005
Anthony Gubbay, Doctor of Laws
John Chalsty, Doctor of Commerce
Rory Byrne, Doctor of Engineering
Mamphela Ramphele, Doctor of Laws
Trefor Jenkins, Doctor of Medicine
1996
Irene Menell, Doctor of Laws
Clive Menell, Doctor of Laws
Bob Hepple, Doctor of Laws
Cecil Skotnes, Doctor of Literature
Ismail J Mohamed, Doctor of Laws
Bert Myburgh, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Mike Rosholt, Doctor of Laws
1997
David Zeffertt, Doctor of Laws
Jack Spence, Doctor of Laws
Christopher Cresswell, Doctor of Science
Desmond Pretorius, Doctor of Science
James Kitching, Doctor of Science
Jacques Pierre Friedrich Sellschop, Doctor of Science
Stephen Anderson, Doctor of Laws
John Hansen, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Anthony Melcher, Doctor of Science in Dentistry
Jack Metz, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Hendrik Koornhof, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Dan Jacobson, Doctor of Literature
Tamsanqa Kambule, Doctor of Science
Ismail Mahomed, Doctor of Laws
1998
Michael Katz, Doctor of Laws
Edith Raidt, Doctor of Literature
Alexander Walker, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Walter Bodmer, Doctor of Science
Herbert Cooke, Doctor of Science
Andrew Huxley, Doctor of Science
Kofi Annan, Doctor of Laws
Robert Charlton, Doctor of Laws
Alan Lipman, Doctor of Architecture
1999
George Bizos, Doctor of Laws
Charles Brain, Doctor of Science
Nthato Motlana, Doctor of Laws
Lawrence Robertson, Doctor of Education
Albertina Sisulu, Doctor of Laws
Walter Sisulu, Doctor of Laws
Lucy Wagstaff, Doctor of Science in Medicine
1990
Justice Arthur Chaskalson, Doctor of Laws
Sheena Duncan, Doctor of Laws
Athol Fugard, Doctor of Literature
Thomas Geary, Master of Science
Ellison Kahn, Doctor of Laws
Sir Mark Weinberg, Doctor of Economic Science
1991
Archbishop Denis Hurley, Doctor of Laws
Sir Robin Renwick, Doctor of Laws
Donald Gordon, Doctor of Economic Science
Nelson Mandela, Doctor of Laws
John Barlow, Doctor of Science in Medicine
1992
Justice John Didcott, Doctor of Laws
Mervyn Shear, Doctor of Laws
1993
Edward Pavitt, Doctor of Laws
Zena Stein, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Mervyn Susser, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Doctor of Laws
Michael O'Dowd, Doctor of Laws
Anthony Mathews, Doctor of Laws
1994
Justice Richard Goldstone, Doctor of Laws
Justice Michael Corbett, Doctor of Laws
Lorna Marshall, Doctor of Literature
Gideon Roos, Doctor of Laws
Jane Drew, Doctor of Architecture
Thomas Bothwell, Doctor of Science in Medicine
Phillip Tobias, Doctor of Science
1995
Derek Keys, Doctor of Economic Science
Es'kia Mphahlele, Doctor of Literature
Harry Seftel, Doctor of Laws
Joyce Segerman, Master of Science
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