Civic honours are awarded for a community work as well as bringing distinction to the city and not activities carried out during the course of a person’s normal duties for which he/she is paid and due recognition given in terms of that person’s contract. Such activities should be over and above one’s work.
The Civic Honours Book, which was made locally, is bound in blue leather with the City’s Coat of Arms embossed in gold on the cover. The frontispiece of the book shows the City’ Coat of Arms in heraldic colours and scribed thereon is the resolution of the council passed on 3rd July 1963.
Each page contains a citation referring to the person honoured, which is also signed by the recipient, to whom a copy of the citation is presented.
| Name | Date Enrolled | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mrs. Blanche Gordon, O.B.E. | 12 August 1964 |
| 2. | Mr. Dugald Niven, Esq. C.B.E. | 12 August 1964 |
| 3. | Mrs. Phyllis Kabot, M.B.E. | 11 August 1965 |
| 4. | The Hon. Julian MacDonald Greenfield C.M.G.Q.C | 11 August 1965 |
| 5. | Mrs. Vivienne Elsie Hope Whales, M.B.E | 10 August 1966 |
| 6. | Mr. Percy Neville Franck Mansell, M.B.E. | 10 August 1996 |
| 7. | Mrs. Zoë Sophie Shearer, O.B.E | 09 August 1967 |
| 8. | Mr. Sydney Hayden Veats, C.B.E. | 09 August 1967 |
| 9. | Mr. Cecil Edward Mark Moore, M.B.E. | 14 August 1968 |
| 10. | Mrs. Nora Price, M.B.E. | 14 August 1968 |
| 11. | Mr. John Maxwell Lineham Love | 04 November 1968 |
| 12. | Mrs. Julia Lillah Wigley, M.B.E. | 13 August 1969 |
| 13. | Mt. Thomas Herbert Cooke, M.B.E. | 13 August 1969 |
| 14. | Mrs. Beryl Mavis Castle Ward | 12 August 1970 |
| 15. | Mr. John Frederick Barham, O.B.E. | 12 August 1970 |
| 16. | Mr. Arthur Robert Sibson | 09 August 1972 |
| 17. | Mr. Cyril Charles Wigg | 09 August 1972 |
| 18. | Marie Isobel White | 09 February 1973 |
| 19. | Mrs. Edna Caddick | 14 August 1974 |
| 20. | Mrs. Doreen Dold | 13 August 1975 |
| 21. | Colonel John de Lisle Thompson, O.B.E., E.D. | 10 August 1977 |
| 22. | Mr. Jairos Jiri, M.B.E. | 10 August 1977 |
| 23. | Mrs. Eve Fellowes | 09 August 1978 |
| 24. | Dr. Edmund Hugh Ashton | 08 August 1979 |
| 25. | Fr. Odilo Weeger, C.M.M. | 24 April 1981 |
| 26. | Mrs. Agnes Grace June Lawson | 03 August 1983 |
| 27. | Mrs. Selina Mabel Lesabe, M.B.E. | 03 August 1983 |
| 28. | Mr. Dick Albert Masunda, M.B.E. | 03 August 1983 |
| 29. | Mr. William Potshi Sivako | 21 August 1985 |
| 30. | Mr. John Francis Chalmers Pack, O.B.E. | 21 August 1985 |
| 31. | Mr. Zachaira Tongai Chigumira | 26 August 1987 |
| 32. | Mr. Tati Zibuya Moyo | 26 August 1987 |
| 33. | The Rev. Enoch Miziyabo Musa | 26 August 1987 |
| 34. | Mr. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge | 26 August 1987 |
| 35. | Mr. Grey Mabalane Bango | 17 August 1988 |
| 36. | Mr. William Tonye Ngwenya | 17 August 1988 |
| 37. | Mr. Peter Vicent Rollason | 17 August 1988 |
| 38. | Mrs. Polyanna Mahlangu | 04 September 1991 |
| 39. | Mr. Titus Kamano Mutiba | 04 September 1991 |
| 40. | Mr. Vivian John Wilson | 04 September 1991 |
| 41. | The Rev. Stephen Knox Manguni | 19 August 1992 |
| 42. | Mr. John Alexander Stirling | 19 August 1992 |
| 43. | Alderman Eugene Darryl Gordon | 20 August 1993 |
| 44. | Mr. Mayibuye Benjamin Mtshayisa | 20 August 1993 |
| 45. | Rev. David Ndoda | 20 August 1993 |
| 46. | Sister Ignatius Julie | 02 September 1994 |
| 47. | Reverend Charles Buyisiwe Manyaba | 02 September 1994 |
| 48. | Mr. Derek Colbourne Hudson | 02 February 1996 |
| 49. | Mrs. Emma Ntiku Mlotshwa (nee Matshazi) | 02 February 1996 |
| 50. | Mr. Taught Hlabe Ben Khumalo | 02 February 1996 |
| 51. | Mrs. Johanna Nkomo | 02 October 1997 |
| 52. | Mr. Peter Sivalo Mahlangu | 02 October 1997 |
| 53. | Mrs. Inez Calderwood | 02 October 1997 |
| 54. | Mrs. Milika Lindiwe Funi Mazabane | 02 October 1997 |
| 55. | Rev. Solomon Magaya Dakamela | 02 October 1997 |
| 56. | Mr. Masotsha Mike Hove, M.B.E. | 04 September 1998 |
| 57. | Mrs. Winnifred Mnyanda (Njombolwana) | 04 September 1998 |
| 58. | Mr. Milton Milfred Gwebu | 04 September 1998 |
| 59. | Dr. Dereck Colin Peter Armstrong | 01 October 1999 |
| 60. | Alderman Nicholas Joel Mabodoko | 01 October 1999 |
| 61. | Mrs. Ruth Mukoteli | 07 December 2000 |
| 62. | Pastor Donkey Augustine Manyathela | 07 December 2000 |
| 63. | Miss Samukeliso Moyo | 07 December 2000 |
| 64. | Mr. Peter Ndlovu | 07 December 2000 |
| 65. | Mr. Robin William Doust | 05 October 2001 |
| 66. | Mr. Misheck Ndlovu | 05 October 2001 |
| 67. | Mr. Cont Mhlanga | 18 October 2002 |
| 68. | Mr. Benjamin David Victor Strydom | 13 October 2002 |
