The Order of the Disa is a provincial-level order issued by the Department of the Premier of Western Cape Province in South Africa. It was created by the Provincial Honours Act 9 of 1999, and is enshrined in Section 6 (1) of the Western Cape Provincial Constitution. It is awarded in the following three levels:
- Commander: for rendering excellent meritorious service
- Officer: for rendering outstanding meritorious service
- Member: for rendering noteworthy meritorious service.
It was first awarded in 2003 by then-premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk at Castle of Good Hope, and has been awarded intermittently ever since.
List of honorees
2007
Source:
- Helen Suzman â Commander
- Basil February â Commander
- James Arnold la Guma â Commander
- Clements Kadalie â Commander
- Dulcie September â Commander
- Jack Simons â Commander
- Nana Abrahams â Officer
- Reverend Michael Lapsley SSM â Officer
- Reginald September â Officer
- Elizabeth Mafikeng â Officer
- Anna Berry â Officer
- Dora Tamana â Officer
- John James Issel â Officer
- Alex La Guma â Officer, Posthumous
- Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt â Officer, Posthumous
- Molly Blackburn â Officer, Posthumous
- Hilda Bernstein â Officer, Posthumous
- Gaby Shapiro â Officer, Posthumous
- Autshumao âÂÂHarry de Strandloperâ â Officer, Posthumous
- Sarah Baartman â Officer, Posthumous
- Cheryl Carolus â Officer
- Solomon Makosana â Officer, Posthumous
- Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane â Officer
- Tony Links â Officer, Posthumous
- Izak L. de Villiers â Officer
- Leonora van den Heever â Officer
- Patricia Gorvalla â Officer
- Pamela Golding â Officer
- Osma Mbombo â Officer
- Ronald Herbolt â Officer, Posthumous
- Richard Ishmail â Member, Posthumous
- Evelina Tshabalala â Member
- Zikiswa Matamo â Member
- Nomawethu Nika â Member
- Taswell Papier â Member
- Iris Barry â Member, Posthumous
- Ronald Harrison â Member
- Fred Carneson â Member, Posthumous
- Sarah Carneson â Member
- Anneline Rabie â Member
- Mbuyiselo Sodayise â Member, Posthumous
- Johanna Barnes â Member
- Helena Marincowitz â Member, Posthumous
- Jacob du Plessis â Member
- Isaac David Morkel â Member, Posthumous
- Rev. Martin Jack Reginald Wessels â Member, Posthumous
- Imam Armien Baker â Member, Posthumous
- Lutz Christian van Dijk â Member
- Lucas Janse van Rensburg â Member
- Michael Shand â Member
- Jarl Are Hovstad â Member
- David Walter Patrick â Member, Posthumous
- Sheik Abdul Hamid Gabier â Member
2006
- Molefi Nathanael Oliphant â Officer
- Dr Irvin Khoza â Officer
- Daniel (Danny) Alexander Jordaan â Officer
2005
- Nelson Mandela â Commander
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu â Commander
- Dr. Abdullah Abdulrahman (posthumous) â Officer
- Dr. Neville Alexander â Officer
- Ray Alexander Simons â Officer
- Dr. Allan Boesak â Officer
- Brian Bunting â Officer
- Dr. Danie Craven (posthumous) â Officer
- Richard Dudley â Officer
- Colin Eglin â Officer
- Prof. George Ellis â Officer
- Imam Abdullah Haron (posthumous) â Officer
- Hassan Howa â Officer
- Prof. Willie Jonker â Officer
- Philip Kgosana â Officer
- Adv. Bennie Kies (professor) â Officer
- Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea â Officer
- Zora Mehlomakulu â Officer
- Sheikh Nazeem Mohamed â Officer
- Judge Essa Moosa â Officer
- Oscar Mpetha â Officer
- Solwandle Ngudle (posthumous) â Officer
- Jan Rabie (posthumous) â Officer
- Dr. David Rabkin â Officer
- Dr. Richard Rive â Officer
- Rabbi Dr. David Sherman â Officer
- Mark Shuttleworth â Officer
- Annie Silinga â Officer
- Prof. Adam Small â Officer
- Christmas Tinto â Officer
- Basil Coetzee (posthumous) â Officer
- Archbishop Emeritus Joost de Blank â Officer
- Robbie Jansen â Officer
- Zollie Malindi â Officer
- Winston Mankunku Ngozi â Officer
- Reverend Sikolakhe Marawu â Officer
- Dr. Anton Rupert â Officer
- Zackie Achmat â Member
- Imam Manie Bassier â Member
- Mary Burton â Member
- Cissie Gool â Member
- Archbishop Lawrence Henry â Member
- David Kramer â Member
- Dr. Kwesi Madikiza â Member
- Dorothy Mfaco â Member
- Maxwell Moss â Member
- Margaret Nash (posthumous) â Member
- Madoda Ntilashe (posthumous) â Member
- Reggie Olifant (posthumous) â Member
- Taliep Petersen â Member
- Vincent Qunta (posthumous) â Member
- Dr. Hannah-Reeve Sanders â Member
- Victor Ritchie â Member
- Amy Thornton â Member
- Ernst van Dyk â Member
- Father Basil van Rensburg â Member
2004
Source:
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu â Commander
- Dr Abdullah Ibrahim â Officer
- Antjie Krog â Officer
- Mark Shuttleworth â Officer
- Dr Franklin Sonn â Officer
- Abdulah Mohamed Omar â Officer
- Adam Small â Officer
- Dr Mamphela Ramphele â Officer
- Prof. Njabulo Ndebele â Officer
- Helen Lieberman â Member
- Pieter-Dirk Uys â Member
- Chester Williams â Member
- Willie Bester â Member
- Prof. Lynette Denny â Member
- Ian Douglas â Member
- Dawn Hare â Member
- Rashid Lombard â Member
- Prof. Nomvula Mtetwa â Member
- Ernst van Dyk â Member
- David Samaai â Member
- Millin Smith Petersen (posthumous) â Member
- Dr Frank James Lloyd Quint (posthumous) â Member
- Christiaan Jacobus Du Toit â (?)
2003
Source:
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu â Commander
- Raymond Ackerman â Officer
- J. M. Coetzee â Officer
- DP de Villiers (posthumous) â Officer
- Jakes Gerwel â Officer
- Adam Small â Officer
- Frank Bradlow (posthumous) â Member
- David Jack â Member
- Helen Lieberman â Member
- Mavis Nduzulwana â Member
- Adele Seale â Member
- Mark Shuttleworth â Member
- Phyllis Spira â Member
- Pieter-Dirk Uys â Member
- Willem van Schalkwyk (posthumous) â Member
- Chester Williams â Member
References
See also