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Awards for excellence
12 November 2021 Read time >10 min.
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science
Tsaone Tamuhla (PhD student, computer and information science)
Doaa Ali (Department of Chemistry)
FLAIR Fellows
Dr Lauren Arendse (Drug Discovery and Development Centre)
Dr Rondrotiana Barimalala (Department of Oceanography)
Dr Ross Blamey (Department of Oceanography)
Dr Felix Sizwe Dube (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology)
NSTF-South32 Awards
Associate Professor Abimbola Windapo (Department of Construction Economics)
UCT Fellows
Professor Linda-Gail Bekker (Deputy Director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre)
Professor Haroon Bhorat (Director of the Development Policy Research Unit)
Professor Jonathan Blackburn (Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine)
Professor Johannes Fagan (Head of the Division of Otorhinolaryngology)
Professor Mark Fleishman (Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies)
Professor Landon Myer (Director and Head of the School of Public Health and Family Medicine)
Young Researcher Awards
Associate Professor Markus Arnold (Department of French Language and Literature)
Dr Susan Cunningham (FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology)
Associate Professor Nico Fischer (Department of Chemical Engineering)
Dr Itumeleng Monageng (Department of Astronomy)
Dr Ryan Nefdt (Department of Philosophy)
Dr Elona Toska (Centre for Social Science Research)
Dr Christopher Trisos (African Climate and Development Initiative)
African Academy of Sciences
Professor Collet Dandara (Department of Pathology)
Associate Professor Nicki Tiffin (Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa [CIDRI-Africa], the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research at the School of Public Health and Family Medicine and the Computational Biology Division in the Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences)
Professor Harald Winkler (Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment)
European Research Council Advanced Grant
Professor Erwin de Blok (Honorary Professor of Astronomy)
WEF Young Scientists
Dr Sarah Fawcett (Department of Oceanography)
Professor Salome Maswime (Head of Global Surgery)
International Communication Association Fellow
Professor Herman Wasserman (Centre for Film and Media Studies)
Marsh Award for Climate Change Research (British Ecological Society)
Professor Wendy Foden (Honorary Research Associate at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology)
Newton Prize
Dr Jiska de Groot (African Climate and Development Initiative)
Frank J Malina Astronautics Medal
Professor Peter Martinez (Honorary Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering)
Royal Society Fellowship
Professor Gordon Brown (Adjunct Member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine)
The Medicine Maker’s 2020 Power List
Professor Kelly Chibale: (Director of the Drug Discovery and Development Centre)
Georg Forster Award
Professor Abdulkader Tayob (Department of Religious Studies)
Other
M&G 200 Young South Africans
Health
Dr Cosnet Lerato Rametse
Kate Lara Solomons
James van Duuren
Dr Jonathan Macauley
Dr Thozama Siyotula
Ken Mark Kabongo
Arts and entertainment
Phumlani Pikoli
Refilwe Nkomo
Business, entrepreneurship and tourism
Farirai Sanyika
Hope Ditlhakanyane
Velani Valentine Mboweni
Zizipho Ntobongwana
Jaryd Hermann
Uzair Essack
Adam Duxbury
Rajiv Daya
Civil society
Ian Mangenga
Zanele Melissa Simango
Chaeli Mycroft
Education
Anza Tshipetane
Lehlohonolo Ntlatlapo
Wilson Tsakane Mongwe
Environment
Esethu Cenga
Shaakira Chohan
Film and media
Nickita Maesela
Rutendo Nyamuda
Justice and law
Thamsanqa Malusi
Thando Gumede
Sally Gandar
Science and technology
Moagabo Ragoasha
Palesa Nombula
Tim Mitchell
Thapelo Nthite
Fleur du Cap
G7: Okwe-Bokhwe (Like/of a goat)
Best director
Best performance by an ensemble
Best sound design, original music, soundscape or live performance
Scott
Best new South African script
Best new director
Best performance in a revue, cabaret or one-person show (Tafara Nyatsanza)
Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award
Professor Dee Smythe (Centre for Law and Society)
Associate Professor Kelley Moult (Centre of Criminology)
PASS awards
Vice-Chancellor’s awards
Vice-Chancellor’s Global Citizenship Award
Ahmien van der Walt (Development and Alumni Department)
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Service Excellence
The Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
South African Graduate Employers Association Awards
Best Career Service
Careers Service
Times Higher Education’s 10 People of the Year
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng
Toastmasters 2020 Communication and Leadership Achievement Award
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng
Social responsiveness awards
Social Responsiveness Award
Dr Rebecca Hodes (AIDS and Society Research Unit)
Alan Pifer Research Award
Professor Elmi Muller (Head of the Division of General Surgery)
This was the year COVID-19 stretched us, thrust us into the unknown and challenged us to think of new ways of doing and being. It was a year we moved to remote teaching and learning, with many of our colleagues working remotely. This edition is dedicated to the men and women who worked hard to ensure that the education programme continues, and students who worked equally hard under unusual circumstances.