Winners of the awards and their parents and/or partners attended the cocktail function. Other guests included lecturers and staff from the Department of Accounting, as well as representatives from institutions that sponsored the prizes.

Prof Elmar Venter of the Department of Taxation was the master of ceremonies at the event. After welcoming the guests he introduced the guest speaker, Mr Marius Schoeman, Chief Operating Officer (International Operations) of Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd. Mr Schoeman delivered an inspiring address – “Life is about choices” – and provided the attendees with food for thought in the future.

The following prizes were awarded to the top students for achievements in the various subjects during 2011:

AWARD

SPONSOR

FOR

WINNER

ACCA Prize

ACCA

Best achievement in Financial Accounting 111 (FRK 111)

Selwyn Gardiner

Nedbank Prize

NEDBANK

Best achievement in FRK 121

Wilson Baloyi

LexisNexis Prize

LEXISNEXIS

Best achievement in FRK 122

Jacques Brosens

BDO Prize

BDO

Best 1^st -year Thuthuka student

Kearabilwe Ngobeni

Deloitte Merit Prize

DELOITTE

Best achievement in FRK 101

Khodani Ramuada

PWC Merit Prize

PWC

Best achievement in FRK 100 (shared)

Estian Koch
Katrin Erb
Byron Forsberg

Auditor-General Prize

AUDITOR-GENERAL

Best 2^nd-year Thuthuka student

Winniefred Thandiwe Nkonki

Momentum Prize

MOMENTUM

Best achievement in FRK 211 & 221

Alicia Pieterse

PWC Prize

PWC

Best achievement in Financial Accounting 201

SJ van Rooyen

SAB Prize

SA BREWERIES

Best 3^rd-year Thuthuka student

Joyce M Lubuma

KPMG Prize

KPMG

Best achievement in FRK 311 & 321

Danielle Aston

KPMG Prize

KPMG

Best achievement in FRK 300

Chrysanthe K Georgiou

Leask & Partners Prize

LEASK & PARTNERS

Best overall performance in the subject FRK (100, 201 & 300) for the degree BCom Accounting Sciences (undergraduate) (shared)

Martie Eloise Dippenaar &
Aneesa R Carrim

BDO Prize

BDO

Best Thuthuka student for the BCom(Hons) Accounting Sciences degree

Karabo Neluheni

Deloitte Prize

DELOITTE

Best improvement in FRK 700

Altes van Zyl

Ernst & Young Prize

ERNST & YOUNG

Best achievement in FRK 700

Jennifer Hill

LexisNexis Book Prize

LEXISNEXIS

BDO Prize

BDO

Best achievement in RMP 700 (shared)

Jennifer Hill & Stephanus Naude

Mervitz & Malan Prize

MERVITZ & MALAN

Best achievement for the subject Financial Accounting for both degrees BCom Accounting Sciences & BCom (Hons) Accounting Sciences

Laura Thomas

Deloitte Prize

DELOITTE

Best achievement in the course work for the degree MPhil Accounting Option: Fraud Risk Management

Catherine Cullen

Mr Greg du Plessis from Deloitte, sponsor of the function, congratulated all the recipients on their sterling performance, on behalf of the sponsors. Photos of the evening and CDs given to winners was sponsored by BDO. Miss Karabo Neluheni thanked the sponsors on behalf of the recipients. Compliments on the quality of the function were received from several sources and the function was deemed to be highly successful.
 

Johan Botha from LexisNexis handed awards to top students


Altes van Zyl (Prize winner)and Mr Greg du Plessis, Deloitte