Honorary Doctorate — University of South Africa (UNISA)

Honorary Doctorate — University of South Africa (UNISA), 2024

In 2024, Dr Esther Mahlangu was conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of South Africa (UNISA) — her fourth honorary doctorate, completing a quartet that includes the University of Johannesburg (2018), Durban University of Technology (2018), and Tshwane University of Technology (2022).

That same year she received the South African Creative Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, capping a career recognised with numerous lifetime achievement honours from national arts and culture bodies.