NAME OF RECIPIENT YEAR
1. Mrs P Naidoo April 2008
2. Professor E J da Silva (posthumous) April 2008
3. Mr A Verster April 2009
4. Dr M Hinoul April 2009
5. Mr J N Kollapen April 2009
6. Mr N Soobben April 2010
7. Dr I I Sooliman September 2010
8. Mr I G Murray April 2011
9. Mr B S Biko (posthumous) April 2011
10. Mr M L Sultan (posthumous) April 2011
11. Mr R H L Strachan April 2011
12. Professor L Nkosi (posthumous) April 2012
13. Ms W Y N Luhabe April 2012
14. Vice-Admiral J R Mudimu April 2012
15. Professor N S Ndebele April 2012
16. Mr S Nxasana September 2012
17. Ms E Gandhi September 2012
18. Mr S G Pretorius April 2013
19. Mr J Naidoo September 2013
20. Mrs L G Ngcobo April 2014
21. Mr S E P Peek April 2014
22. Mr S G Govender April 2014
23. Mr A H Singh September 2014
24. Mr D D B Mkhwanazi September 2014
25. Mr Joseph Shabalala April 2015
26. Mr Richard Maponya April 2015
27. Mr Desmond D’Sa September 2015
28. Mr Ahmed Kathrada April 2016
29. Mrs G T Serobe September 2016
30. Mr Kumi Naidoo September 2017
31. Judge Navanethem Pillay September 2017
32. Dr A M Mlangeni April 2018
33. Ms E N Mahlangu September 2018
34. Mr J Clegg September 2018
35. Mr S Mchunu September 2018
36. Mr W Nzimande September 2018
37. Mr B P Vundla September 2019
38. Professor Z K G Mda  June 2021
39. Ms Thembi Mtshali-Jones  July 2022
40. Professor Salim Abdool Karim May 2023