Category: Patrons

Mongane Wally Serote – South African poet and novelist
Mongane Wally Serote is a poet and novelist. He was inaugurated as the South African National Poet Laureate in 2018 ...

Marah Louw – South African singer and actor
Marah Louw is a celebrated South African singer and actor. Marah was born in Soweto and started singing at the ...

Jeremiah “Kingsley” Nyamane Mamabolo – South African High Commissioner
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2022. Joint Special Representative of the Secretary General ...

Jacqueline McLaren – Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow
Councillor Jacqueline McLaren was elected as Lord Provost of Glasgow City Council in May 2022. Lord Provost McLaren (57), who ...

Nomatemba Tambo – South African High Commissioner
Nomatemba Tambo is the former High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland. During her period of office in the UK ...

Sir Billy Connolly – Freeman of the City of Glasgow
Sir Billy Connolly was made a freeman of Glasgow in 2010. He was described at the time by Lord Provost ...

Sir Alex Ferguson – Freeman of the City of Glasgow
Sir Alex Ferguson CBE was given the Freedom of the City of Glasgow in 1999. The Govan born footballer famously ...

Sir Kenny Dalglish – Freeman of the City of Glasgow
Sir Kenny Dalglish MBE was given the Freedom of the City of Glasgow in 1986. He was born in Glasgow ...