Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2017 Awards to learners
Learners will receive awards for excellence in subject performance, excellence despite barriers to learning, special ministerial awards and for the top 50 positions in the province.
All learners will receive a monetary award and a certificate.
Category: Learner Subject Awards
In this category, one award is handed to the candidate with the highest mark in the designated subjects. Each learner will receive R 6 000 and a certificate.
| Subject Description | Name | Centre Name | Final Mark |
| Accounting | Kiran Rashid Abbas | Herschel Girls School | 300 |
| Accounting | Rita Elise Van Der Walt | Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof | 300 |
| Accounting | Philip Visage | Hugenote Hoërskool | 300 |
| Afrikaans Home Language | Anri Matthee | Hoërskool Overberg | 297.8 |
| Computer Applications Technology | Christelle Herbst | York High School | 293.9 |
| English Home Language | Christopher Aubin | Bishops Diocesan College | 291.8 |
| Engineering Graphics and Design | Erin Michael Solomon | Rondebosch Boys' High School | 298.9 |
| Information Technology | Nathan Matthew Wylie | Wynberg Boys' High School | 298.5 |
| Mathematics | Erin Michael Solomon | Rondebosch Boys' High School | 299.7 |
| Physical Sciences | Tererai Muchabaiwa | Malibu High School | 300 |
| Physical Sciences | Erin Michael Solomon | Rondebosch Boys' High School | 300 |
| Physical Sciences | Matthys Louis Carstens | Hoërskool Durbanville | 300 |
| Isixhosa Home Language | Likhona Nosiphe Qazisa | Centre of Science & Technology | 269.6 |
Category: Excellence Despite Barriers to Learning
In this category, learners will receive R10 000 and a certificate.
This is awarded to a maximum of two candidates with special education needs who obtained the highest marks in their best six subjects that fulfil the requirements for the award of a national senior certificate. (excluding life orientation).
| Centre Name | Names |
| Hoërskool Swartland | Pieter Jans Durr |
| Jan Krielskool | Angelique Lettitia O'Connell |
Category: Special Ministerial Award
This Special Ministerial Award goes to two candidates. They will both receive R10 000, a certificate and an electronic tablet.
| Centre Name | Names |
| Scottsdene High School | Benedict Mafooa Khobotle |
| Westerford High School | Genevieve Lee Heathcote Marks |
Category : Excellence In Academic Achievement
In this category, all Learners Will Receive R10 000 And A Certificate.
This is awarded to the top 50 candidates according to the marks obtained in their best six subjects that fulfil the requirements for the award of a national senior certificate (two languages, mathematics and three other subjects excluding life orientation). Candidates are also drawn from schools within the context of study.
The names are combined and presented according to surnames, except for the top 3 candidates.
| Top three candidates | ||
| Centre Name | Names | |
| 1. | Hoërskool Bellville | Janke van Dyk |
| 2. | Hoërskool Durbanville | Matthys Louis Carstens |
| 3. | Rondebosch Boys' High School | Erin Michael Solomon |
| Centre Name | Names | |
| Herschel Girls' School | Kiran Rashid Abbas | |
| South Peninsula High School | Huda Adams | |
| Rylands High School | Shazia Amoo | |
| Bishops Diocesan College | Christopher Aubin | |
| Hoërskool Swartland | Done Botha | |
| Drostdy Technical High School | Astrid Adihl Bothman | |
| Bishops Diocesan College | Felix Thomas Alexander Burt | |
| Westerford High School | Leila Chin | |
| Gansbaai Academia | Llewellyn Peter Davids | |
| Hoërskool Gimnasium (Paarl) | Chrizelle Marinda du Plessis | |
| Manzomthombo Secondary School | Kamva Aron Dubula | |
| Fish Hoek High School | Angela Frances Euston-Brown | |
| Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary | Candice Kim Ewing | |
| Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary | Elizabeth Pamela Fairall | |
| Hoërskool Bellville | Eugene Egbert Fouche | |
| Livingstone High School | Meeka-El Hendricks | |
| Fairbairn College | Joshua Heyns | |
| Rondebosch Boys' High School | Matthew Horrigan | |
| Claremont High School | Ameera Karriem | |
| Bishops Diocesan College | Kwangbem Ko | |
| Claremont High School | Sagel Julia Kundieko | |
| Sinethemba Secondary School | Bongela Manzi | |
| Hoërskool Langenhoven | Lize Mari Marais | |
| Spine Road High School | Laeeqa Martin | |
| South Peninsula High School | Luqmaan Mathee | |
| Hoërskool Overberg | Anri Matthee | |
| Rylands High School | Zainab Mayet | |
| Vuyiseka Secondary School | Siyole Mayongo | |
| Phandulwazi High School | Nkosazana Mcaciso | |
| Herschel Girls' School | Anna Illing Midgley | |
| Hoërskool Outeniqua | Emma Alida Nel | |
| Claremont High School | Zakiyyah Petersen | |
| Belgravia High School | Thaakirah Phillips | |
| Parel Vallei High School | Chanel Roos | |
| Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof | Gabby Smuts | |
| Parel Vallei High School | Juan Hermanus Swanepoel | |
| Hoërskool Outeniqua | Tiaan Swart | |
| Mondale High School | Yazeed Tyman | |
| Cape Academy for Mathematics, Science and Technology | Azraa Vally | |
| Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof | Rita Elise van der Walt | |
| Hoërskool Stellenberg | Jacques Ernst van Schalkwyk | |
| Westerford High School | Joshua Ze Ev von Zeil Singer | |
| Paul Roos Gimnasium | Wolfgang Sebastian Wild | |
| Belgravia High School | YuomnaWilliams | |
| Westerford High School | Lucy May Wills | |
| Wynberg Boys' High School | Nathan Matthew Wylie | |
| Vuyiseka Secondary School | Mpumelelo Yeko |