Rhodes-Investec Honour 100 Student Leaders 2024
Rhodes-Investec honour 100 student leaders
The Top 100 Rhodes University students were honoured at the annual Rhodes-Investec Top 100 awards ceremony last night in recognition and endorsement of their achievements across a range of categories.
These students are front-runners in areas such as student leadership, general excellence, arts and culture, media and society, sports, community engagement, academic excellence, commerce and finance.
Dr Chrissy Boughey, Rhodes Deputy Vice-Chancellor congratulated the students for being the epitome of excellence that the university seeks to achieve and instil in their students. “Years spent at university are not just about attending lectures and submitting assignments, that’s too simplistic. It is about becoming a different person, who knows more, a person who looks at the world with different eyes.”
She added that, “The experience is much wider and there are opportunities to learn how to be professional, culturally diverse and be a leader in teams. The students being awarded tonight are young people that have grasped all the opportunities available at this university, thus being the best”.
The keynote speaker for the night, Setlogane Manchidi, Head of Corporate Social Investment for Investec, said: “These are leadership awards, and how appropriate is it that we are handing them out at Rhodes University, where leaders learn. This partnership is based on the notion that the grass is never greener on the other side; it is rather greener where you water it. Students and academics that understand that will inevitably shape a brighter future for this country, that is why we believe in them and support them.”
The Top 100 awards emanate from nominations from students and university staff. They are judged qualitatively based on a solid academic record, and students must be on track to complete their degree in the standard time, with no DP refusals.
The panel of judges includes thirteen Rhodes University staff members; Professor Owen Skae, Benita Bobo, Professor Gary Gordon, Sarah Green, Veronica Israel, Lynette Louw, Nomangwane Mrwetyana, Peta Myers, Siya Ngopeni, Eric Ofei, Rat Western, Gillian Rennie and Andrew Tlou, Social Investment consultant for Investec.
Editor of the media partner, Oppidan Press, Ashleigh Dean, hosted the gala evening.
The Winners are:
Arts, Culture, Media and Society
- Mike da Silva
- Ashleigh Dean
- Thembela Madliki
- Kimara Singh
Community Engagement
- Nokwanda Cele
- Lethabo Ditshego
- Zuko Ntlakaza
- Sesonasipho Yedwa
Commerce and Finance
- Dale Hewitt
- Christopher Kale
- Mpiliseng Sebata
Sports
- Candice Rafael
General Excellence
- Jonathan Braans
- Tyran Brown
- Rutendo Chirindo
- Heather Dixon
- Thokozani Dladla
- Chido Gezimati
- Sean Herd-Hoare
- Odifentse Lehasa
- Mpho Mafa
- Thato Marope
- Zinhle Mavuso
- Zola Mbatha
- Kayla McEwan
- Javan Mnjama
- Namhla Mthalane
- Francis Nuwagaba
- Kimberly Nyajeka
- Mpiliseng Sebata
- Anelisiwe Tsotsi
- Lindiwe Tsope
- Samkelo Mngadi
- Lemogang Modisakeng
- Nombulelo Myeni
- Nobuhle Ndebele
- Zilindile Ngcongo
Student Leadership
- Shannon Arnold
- Dingaan Booi
- Abigail Butcher
- Lucky Dlamini
- Stephen Dorbor Jr
- Christopher Kale
- Rolihlahla Mabaso
- Vanessa Macholowe
- Samkelo Malgas
- Candice Rafael
- Khethobole Sekgota
- Sheena Talma
- Callie Thomson
- Kudzanai Tsvetu
Academic Excellence
Commerce
- Sheldon Bruin
- Hannah Maclean
- Pule Mokwena
- Siphiwokuhle Mthoni
Humanities
- Adam Butler
- Cayleigh Channon
- Kyra-Aynsli Davies
- Ivy Kinyanjui
- Claire Mccann
Pharmacy
- Lili Flax
- Khatija Gani
- Vivian Naidoo
- Gabriella Schnabel
Science
- Elisa Kirgin
- Lorraine Matandirotya
- Ndhuvazi Mkansi
- Andrew Nel
- Nangue Tasse
Law
- Robert Harris
- Ibrahim Patel
- Leo Vaccaro
- Aiden Whitaker