# Order of the Disa

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

* Helen Suzman – Commander
* Basil February – Commander
* James Arnold la Guma – Commander
* Clements Kadalie – Commander
* Dulcie September – Commander
* Jack Simons – Commander
* Nana Abrahams – Officer
* Reverend Michael Lapsley SSM – Officer
* Reginald September – Officer
* Elizabeth Mafikeng – Officer
* Anna Berry – Officer
* Dora Tamana – Officer
* John James Issel – Officer
* Alex La Guma – Officer, Posthumous
* Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt – Officer, Posthumous
* Molly Blackburn – Officer, Posthumous
* Hilda Bernstein – Officer, Posthumous
* Gaby Shapiro – Officer, Posthumous
* Autshumao “Harry de Strandloper” – Officer, Posthumous
* Sarah Baartman – Officer, Posthumous
* Cheryl Carolus – Officer
* Solomon Makosana – Officer, Posthumous
* Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane – Officer
* Tony Links – Officer, Posthumous
* Izak L. de Villiers – Officer
* Leonora van den Heever – Officer
* Patricia Gorvalla – Officer
* Pamela Golding – Officer
* Osma Mbombo – Officer
* Ronald Herbolt – Officer, Posthumous
* Richard Ishmail – Member, Posthumous
* Evelina Tshabalala – Member
* Zikiswa Matamo – Member
* Nomawethu Nika – Member
* Taswell Papier – Member
* Iris Barry – Member, Posthumous
* Ronald Harrison – Member
* Fred Carneson – Member, Posthumous
* Sarah Carneson – Member
* Anneline Rabie – Member
* Mbuyiselo Sodayise – Member, Posthumous
* Johanna Barnes – Member
* Helena Marincowitz – Member, Posthumous
* Jacob du Plessis – Member
* Isaac David Morkel – Member, Posthumous
* Rev. Martin Jack Reginald Wessels – Member, Posthumous
* Imam Armien Baker – Member, Posthumous
* Lutz Christian van Dijk – Member
* Lucas Janse van Rensburg – Member
* Michael Shand – Member
* Jarl Are Hovstad – Member
* David Walter Patrick – Member, Posthumous
* Sheik Abdul Hamid Gabier – Member

### 2006

* Molefi Nathanael Oliphant – Officer
* Dr Irvin Khoza – Officer
* Daniel (Danny) Alexander Jordaan – Officer

### 2005

* Nelson Mandela – Commander
* Archbishop Desmond Tutu – Commander
* Dr. Abdullah Abdulrahman (posthumous) – Officer
* Dr. Neville Alexander – Officer
* Ray Alexander Simons – Officer
* Dr. Allan Boesak – Officer
* Brian Bunting – Officer
* Dr. Danie Craven (posthumous) – Officer
* Richard Dudley – Officer
* Colin Eglin – Officer
* Prof. George Ellis – Officer
* Imam Abdullah Haron (posthumous) – Officer
* Hassan Howa – Officer
* Prof. Willie Jonker – Officer
* Philip Kgosana – Officer
* Adv. Bennie Kies (professor) – Officer
* Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea – Officer
* Zora Mehlomakulu – Officer
* Sheikh Nazeem Mohamed – Officer
* Judge Essa Moosa – Officer
* Oscar Mpetha – Officer
* Solwandle Ngudle (posthumous) – Officer
* Jan Rabie (posthumous) – Officer
* Dr. David Rabkin – Officer
* Dr. Richard Rive – Officer
* Rabbi Dr. David Sherman – Officer
* Mark Shuttleworth – Officer
* Annie Silinga – Officer
* Prof. Adam Small – Officer
* Christmas Tinto – Officer
* Basil Coetzee (posthumous) – Officer
* Archbishop Emeritus Joost de Blank – Officer
* Robbie Jansen – Officer
* Zollie Malindi – Officer
* Winston Mankunku Ngozi – Officer
* Reverend Sikolakhe Marawu – Officer
* Dr. Anton Rupert – Officer
* Zackie Achmat – Member
* Imam Manie Bassier – Member
* Mary Burton – Member
* Cissie Gool – Member
* Archbishop Lawrence Henry – Member
* David Kramer – Member
* Dr. Kwesi Madikiza – Member
* Dorothy Mfaco – Member
* Maxwell Moss – Member
* Margaret Nash (posthumous) – Member
* Madoda Ntilashe (posthumous) – Member
* Reggie Olifant (posthumous) – Member
* Taliep Petersen – Member
* Vincent Qunta (posthumous) – Member
* Dr. Hannah-Reeve Sanders – Member
* Victor Ritchie – Member
* Amy Thornton – Member
* Ernst van Dyk – Member
* Father Basil van Rensburg – Member

### 2004

* Archbishop Desmond Tutu – Commander
* Dr Abdullah Ibrahim – Officer
* Antjie Krog – Officer
* Mark Shuttleworth – Officer
* Dr Franklin Sonn – Officer
* Abdulah Mohamed Omar – Officer
* Adam Small – Officer
* Dr Mamphela Ramphele – Officer
* Prof. Njabulo Ndebele – Officer
* Helen Lieberman – Member
* Pieter-Dirk Uys – Member
* Chester Williams – Member
* Willie Bester – Member
* Prof. Lynette Denny – Member
* Ian Douglas – Member
* Dawn Hare – Member
* Rashid Lombard – Member
* Prof. Nomvula Mtetwa – Member
* Ernst van Dyk – Member
* David Samaai – Member
* Millin Smith Petersen (posthumous) – Member
* Dr Frank James Lloyd Quint (posthumous) – Member
* Christiaan Jacobus Du Toit – (?)

### 2003

* Archbishop Desmond Tutu – Commander
* Raymond Ackerman – Officer
* J. M. Coetzee – Officer
* DP de Villiers (posthumous) – Officer
* Jakes Gerwel – Officer
* Adam Small – Officer
* Frank Bradlow (posthumous) – Member
* David Jack – Member
* Helen Lieberman – Member
* Mavis Nduzulwana – Member
* Adele Seale – Member
* Mark Shuttleworth – Member
* Phyllis Spira – Member
* Pieter-Dirk Uys – Member
* Willem van Schalkwyk (posthumous) – Member
* Chester Williams – Member