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olleen Vassiliou

assiliou is currently the Acting Director or Student Affairs. Shepleted a Bachelor o Arts degree in Psychology and Mathemat-

nd an Honours degree in Psychology at the University o the

State. She also holds a Masters degree in Counselling Psychol-and developed the VASSI Mathematical Proficiency est orDoctoral Research. Vassiliou is a Counselling Psychologist andjoined the Rhodes staff in 2009 as Head o the Counsellingre and in 2011 she was appointed Manager o Student Well- In this capacity she oversaw the running o the Counselling,th Care, Careers and HIV divisions.

Ofei

ng his years at Rhodes, Oei has been active in communitygement and participated in student governance, having SRC President and currently serving as the SRC Studenton Officer.

h Green

reen currently works as a Psychologist in the Rhodes Univer-Career Centre. She has previously worked as a Social Worker

e King Williams own Childrens Home and holds a Master oal Sciences degree in Counselling Psychology. Green has beenlved with the Career Centre or some time as both a Counsel-Psychologist and as the Manager o the Career Centre.

ta Bobo

obo currently works as an intern in the Student Affairs Officethe Career Centre. She graduated rom Rhodes University in with a Bachelor o S ocial Sciences degree in Psychology andish Language and Linguistics. Bobo then went on to com-

e her Honours degree in Psychology in 2013. She is currentlyying part-time and is a first-year Masters o Social Sciencesent. Bobo has also assisted in coordinating the Masibambanemunity engagement initiative which is aimed at children withbilities in disadvantaged communities. She has also worked asntern or the National Research Foundation.

ma Mrwetyanarwetyana is currently the Acting Manager o Student Well-at the Rhodes University Counselling Centre. She previously

ked as a teacher beore pursuing a career in Psychology, andtered as a Counselling Psychologist in 2007. She holds severalifications, including an Advanced Certificate in Labour Law

m Unisa, an Honours in Social Sciences rom Rhodes Univer-and a Masters in Psychology rom the University o Fort Hare.

wetyana set up her own private practice beore being appointedStudent Counsellor at Walter Sisulu University. She joined thedes Counselling Centre in 2012.

onica Moodley

oodley is currently the Courtenay-Latimer Hall Warden andse Warden o Oriel House and Oriel Annexe. She is currentlypleting her Honours in Sociology Development Studies, whichn investigation into the perceptions o the community mem-

o Hooggenoeg in relation to service delivery. In 2010 she waso the finalists or the Grahamstown Citizen o the Year award.

Prof Laurence Juma

Juma is currently working as a lecturer in Rhodes UniversitysFaculty o Law. His lecture areas include property law, customarylaw and public international law. He graduated rom the University

o Nairobi with a Bachelor o Law degree and went on to obtain aMasters o Law rom the University o Pennsylvania. He completedhis Doctor o Laws degree rom the University o Fort Hare andalso holds a Masters o Arts degree in Peace Studies rom the Uni-versity o Notre Dame. Juma was appointed Hall Warden or JanSmuts Hall at the beginning o this year. He also currently serves onthe Editorial Board o Arican Yearbook o International Humani-tarian Law.

Dr Lee Watkins

Watkins is the Head o Music and Musicology at Rhodes Univer-sity as well as a senior lecturer in Ethnomusicology. He graduatedcum laudein both his Bachelor o Arts (Honours) and Master oArts degrees rom the University o Kwa-Zulu Natal. He also holdsa doctorate rom the University o Hong-Kong. Watkins headsup a project that deals with the heritage o Ntaba kaNdoda in theAmatole Mountains and is an assessor or the American Council

o Learned Societiess (ACLS) Arican Humanities Program. Hewas also recently invited to be the Area Editor or Arica or theLanguage Arts and Linguistics (Hong Kong) journal.

Rat Western

Currently a lecturer o Digital Arts in the Rhodes Departmento Fine Art, Western has a Bachelor o Fine Arts in painting anda Masters in Interactive Media rom the University o the Witwa-tersrand. She has previously worked as a reelance web and printmedia specialist and lectured Digital Arts at the Wits School o Artbeore moving to Rhodes. She is the International and News EditororArtTrob, an online publication. Western has exhibited interna-tionally in places such as Florence, Dublin and Rotterdam and hasreceived a number o awards including Te Martienssen Prize in2002 and the HP Invision Digital Photographic Award in 2003.

Peta Myers

Myers completed her BCom degree through Unisa, afer whichshe ran a bookkeeping and personal consultancy business. She hasbeen a lecturer in the Accounting Department at Rhodes since2007 and has since completed her Honours in Financial Account-ing through Unisa, a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Educationand her Masters in Education with a ocus on student learning inAccounting 1 through Rhodes. She is currently studying towardsher PhD which concentrates on the enabling and constraining ac-tors aced by Accounting students during their degree. She is alsothe House Warden o John Kotze Residence and the Hall Warden oSt Mary Hall.

Mandla Gagayi

Currently the Head o Sport at Rhodes University, Gagayi lastyear represented the South Arican delegation as the Deputy Chede Mission o the University Sports South Arica at the WorldStudent Games held in Russia. He also attended a previous World

Student Games in Bangkok as the Logistics Manager and wasinvolved in the 2010 World Cup as a team liaison or the Englandnational team. Gagayi is a Hall ellow or Lilian Ngoyi Hall.

Susan Smailes

Smailes has been the current Director o Special Projects in theVice Chancellors Office since 2010. She has previously held thepositions o Head o the Office o University Industrial Rela-

tions Advisor and Director o Industrial Relations at Wits. Aferreceiving her LLB at Rhodes in 1995, she went on to complete anLLM through Wits in 2000. Smailes has been a guest lecturer orthe Rhodes Law Faculty and has been part o the Rhodes Masters

Rowing Crew since last year. Additionally, she is a registered socialworker and was a member o the Grahamstown Child WelareBoard in 2012 and 2013.

Vuyani Zondani

Currently the Community Partner and Student OrganisationCoordinator or Rhodes University Community Engagement,Zondani obtained his Honours in Development Studies rom theUniversity o the Western Cape in 1993. In addition to this, hehas completed courses in Project Management and Environmen-tal Education rom Rhodes and a Horticulture and Landscapingcourse rom the Durban University o echnology. He first came toRhodes as a Junior Researcher or the Institute o Social and Eco-

nomic Research (ISER), but has also acted as Programme Manageror Hope Arica in Cape own and managed the Greening othe Nation Programme under the South Arican National Biodiver-sity Institute.

Setlogane Manchidi

Manchidi is the Head o Investec CSI in South Arica. He com-

pleted his Honours in Social Policy and Management with distinc-tion rom the University o Cape own and is currently working onhis Masters in Commerce rom the University o Johannesburg. Hehas previously worked or Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)and in 2005 was added as an Archbishop Desmond utu ellow.Under his leadership, Investec CSI has been awarded the 2009 Sun-day imes op 100 CSI Leadership Award. Manchidi also sits onthe Study rust board o trustees and has chaired the KutlwanongMaths, Science and echnology Centres Board as well as the ABILDevelopment rust.

Thandi Mzizi

Mzizi is the current Advocacy Officer o HIV/Aids or staff andstudents at Rhodes. He has previously been the Director o TandisResearch, raining and Development CC and an Assistant Directoror HIV/Aids at the Department o Economic Development andourism or the Western Cape Provincial Administration. Mzizicompleted his Bachelor o Social Science in Industrial Psychol-ogy and Industrial Sociology in 1999 and received his Masters oPhilosophy in HIV/Aids and the world o work rom StellenboschUniversity in 2006.

Janine Harris

Harris is currently working as both Rhodes Universitys Manageror Housekeeping Services and the Oppidan Hall Warden.

Christine Lewis

Lewis is currently part o the Rhodes Career Centre as theGraduate Recruitment Programme contact person.

Te Oppidan Press 8 October 2014

vestec Rhodes Top 100 2014

Meet the Top 100 judges for 2014

A message from InvestecMessage from the ActingDirector of Student Affairsven R. Covey once said, Being effective in todays world is no longer an

ion, its the price of entry into the playing field.

As the Acting Director o Student Affairs (DSA) I would like to congratulateh o the op 100 winners or achieving excellence in their respective catego-. Rhodes University is proud to celebrate students who emulate values o com-ment, dedication, leadership and excellence. Te Division o Student Affairs

hes to celebrate this outstanding achievement recognising that no achieve-nt occurs without hours o hard work.

Richard St. John once said, Nothing comes easy, and behind every success arers o plain hard work. Sounds intimidating, but a simple shif in attitude can

n mediocre into incredible.We trust that other students will be inspired when they see the achievement o

r ellow peers, and will also strive to optimise their potential.Te DSA would like to thank Investec or a partnership that is o great benefit,

only to our students but to Rhodes University. Te DSA would also like tonowledge the Career Centre staff or their willingness to acilitate the op 100cess this year.

Dr Colleen Vassiliou

Acting Director of Student Affairs

Yet another cohort of young achievers is recognised and celebrated through the Investec Rhodes op 100. As al-

ways, this an exciting time not only for Te Oppidan Press, Rhodes and Investec as partners but also for the deserv-

ing award recipients. It is exciting as it is an ack nowledgement and celebration of individuals.

We celebrate those or whom good was never enough, as they strived or excellence. We celebrate those who un-derstand that success is no destination but needs to be constantly pursued as we never really arrive. Its a celebrationo those who have long accepted that being ordinary robs them o the opportunity to be out o the ordinary. Simplyput, Te Investec Rhodes op 100 is a celebration o choice, passion, hard work, perseverance and positive actions. On

behal o Investec, I wish to congratulate all those listed this year well done to all o you! You deserve all the applause,recognition and moment o ame, enjoy the time and experience. Being listed here is recognition o your amazingpotential and talents what is important though, is or you to continue to work to your potential and associated talents,making meaningul contributions aimed at the betterment o your lie, country and indeed the world.

May you be an inspiration to many. Continue to be role models to others where your achievements will be confirma-tion o countless possibilities around us reminding all o us that where there is a will there is a way. Going orward,the world has high expectations o you and I have no doubt you will achieve and exceed some o these expectations good luck! o Te Oppidan Pressand Rhodes, thanks or partnering with us in the creation o such a wonderulplatorm that not only recognises perormance but actually celebrates people and their achievements.

Best wishes,Setlogane Manchidi

Head, Investec Corporate Social Investments


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This category

is aimed at

those students

involved in the

cultural world,

from performing

arts to visual arts

and journalism.

We aim to

award those

who display

excellence, talent

and leadership in

their field.

Arts,Culutre

,MediaandSociety

Binwe Adebayo

Currently completing the final year oher Bachelor o Journalism, Adebayo isthe longest standing editorial membero Te Oppidan Press. Since she joined

as Photo Editor in 2011, she has mademany contributions to the student pa-per, including securing the first studentmedia accreditation or major SouthArican concerts and music estivalsor Te Oppidan Pressin 2012. Shealso served as the newspapers Editorin Chie in 2013. Adebayo currentlywrites or City Press, ToughtLeader,Te Con MagandArchetype OnlineMagazine. She will be pursuing theposition o Arts and Liestyle Journal-ist at City Pressnext year.

Dave Mann

Mann is in the final year o his Bache-lor o Arts. Current Music and CultureEditor orArchetypeOnline Magazine- a magazine which he coounded

towards the end o last year and orwhich he has gained internationalattention and exposure. Mann has alsoworked as Arts and EntertainmentEditor and Online Editor atActivate,Rhodes Music Radiomusic reviewer,a writer or Cueand reelance Artsjournalist or Grocotts Mail.Troughthese publications he has documentedaspects o the Grahamstown arts andculture scene, including local bands,local schools arts and numerous as-pects o the National Arts Festival.

David Glover

Currently in the third year o his Bach-elor o Fine Arts, Glover has taken partin two recent art competitions: win-ning the Rhodes Fine Art Department

Holiday Exhibition and becoming afinalist in the Sasol New Signaturesnational art competition. Tis yearGlover joined five other per ormersand researchers rom the Rhodes FineArt department with the intention oproducing a newspaper investigatingthe Inecting Te City perormancesin Cape own in early 2015. Glover isa current member o the Useless ArtsCollective as well as the band Shackles& Bones, which was signed by SilverCup Records earlier this year.

Joshua Oates

Oates is currently in the final yearo a Bachelor o Journalism degree,specialising in photography. Havingbeen a writer or Grocotts Mailsince

his first year in 2011, Oates has alsohad his photographs published inCue, Te Heraldand on theAlgoa FM

website. Oates was elected Chie PhotoEditor at Te Oppidan Pressin 2013and contributed to the latest edition oRhodos. In 2012 he became a membero the Golden Key International Hon-our Society or his academic achieve-ments and he received an award orBest echnician in his 2nd year radiobroadcast course.

This award is

given to thosestudents who

go above and

beyond their

academic

duties in order

to improve the

lives of those

around them.

These students

are actively

involved in the

upliftment ofthe community

and are leaders

in active

involvement and

positive change.CommunityEngagement

Andile Hlanti

Currently completing the third yearo his Bachelor o Commerce degree,Hlanti has been involved in a varietyo student community engagementprojects, mostly through his residence,Guy Butler House. He was nominated

as the Houses Community Engage-ment Representative in 2013 and wasawarded the Nelson Mandela Hallaward or Outstanding Commitment

to Community Engagement and GoldAward or Excellence in CommunityEngagement rom Rhodes in the sameyear. In conjunction with his workon campus, Hlanti is a student leaderor volunteers at Nompumelelo Pre-School and a volunteer at Jabez AidsHealth Centre.

Ayanda Mbonani

Mbonani has always been interestedin community engagement initiatives.Since her involvement in the establish-ment o a youth initiative in Grade 11called ClayPot-Youth Against SocialInjustice, she has taken on community

engagement projects with a passion.Although only in her second year oa Bachelor o Science degree, she hasbeen involved in a variety o projectsincluding Legal Activism, Inkwenkwe-zi Society, Te Oppidan Press, GenderAction Project and Pan Arican YouthDialogue. Trough the PancakePeople start-up project, a start-upproject which provided help or first-years participating in Grahamstowns

nightlie.

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Luke Cadden

Studying towards his Honours in Psy-chology, Cadden is also a Graduate As-sistant in the Psychology departmentas well as a tutor or Organisational

Psychology 2. In his first year, Cad-den was part o the Rhodes DebatingSociety and the winning team whichwon the Eastern Cape Junior league

and went on to represent Rhodes at theNationals in Pretoria. He has also beena member o the Naturally Caffein-ated Improvised Comedy group since2012. He has recently been selected asa principal candidate or the FulbrightProgram in the USA or 2015.

Siphesihle Nxele

As part o her Masters in Chemistry,Nxele spent two months in JapansUniversity o ohoku, Sendai-shi andwas also able to attend this years Na-

noArica, an international conerenceocused on nanotechnology work. Fortwo years, she has been a Rhodes 2ndteam hockey player and she was a 2013Sub-Warden or Ruth First House aswell as a Lillian Ngoyi Hall committeemember. Currently the Chairpersonor the Chemistry Society, Nxele hasalso been a tutor and demonstrator orChemistry 1 and Chemistry 3.

Caroline Thomson

Currently studying towards herMasters in Inormation Systems(IS), Tomson was the 2012 MiriamMakeba Hall Head student, the 2013

and 2014 Educational echnologyGraduate Assistant or the EconomicsDepartment and a Sub-Warden orTomas Pringle House since last year.She has also been a Wellness Leader

and is the current Senior PostgraduateRepresentative and Graduate Assistantor IS. Academically, Tomson was theProject Manager or both the winningInormation Systems 3 DevelopmentProject and the IS Honours Develop-ment Project.

The General

Excellence Award

is presented to

candidates who

have excelled

in a number of

avenues available

to a Rhodes

University student.

Specifically for

those students

who have not one

but many talents,

this award goes

to students who

manage to juggle

several aspects

of student life,

excelling in each.

GeneralExcelle

nce Phillip Garayi

Garayi graduated with a distinc-tion in Bachelor o Commerce andis currently completing his Honoursin Inormation Systems. He has helda number o leadership positions,including reasurer and Chairpersono the Chi-Alpha Society, and FacultyRepresentative or the CommerceFaculty. He is currently a Sub-Wardenor De Beers House and is part o theKimberley Hall Committee. Garayi isinvolved in community engagementprojects acilitated by his church, resi-dence and the Chi-Alpha Society.

Nhlanhla Mabena

Currently a final year LLB student,Mabena has also played or the 1stSoccer eam and served on the SoccerCommittee as the Activism and rans-ormation Officer in 2011. She was stu-dent volunteer in Rhodes CommunityEngagement Programme. Mabena is adriver or the Get Home Sae initiativeand she is also an Oppidan Sub-War-den and Wellness Leader, and mentorsfirst years. Mabena coaches netball asa Student Assistant at Kingswood Col-lege and has obtained Level 1 UmpireAccreditation in netball.

Raymond Ndlovu

Ndlovu is studying a Bachelor o Artsdegree in Economics and Instru-mental Music Studies. He won thenovice category o the 2013 Mu-tual & Federal Boatrace and has alsorepresented Rhodes in dancing at theSouth Arican National Dance Compe-tition. Ndlovu has perormed withthe Eastern Cape Opera Companyand currently serves on the MiriamMakeba Hall Committee and is alsoa Sub-Warden and Wellness Leaderor Piet Retie House. He was also thePresident o the oastmasters society.

Sonal Patel

Patel is currently studying a PhDin Pharmacy Practice. She has beenplaced on the Deans List and is alsoa member o the Golden Key Inter-national Honour Society. She haspublished two papers and presented atsix pharmacy conerences. Patel has re-ceived several scholarships, includingthe Henderson Postgraduate Scholar-ship Award and a Rhodes PrestigiousScholarship. She has ser ved as thePharmacy Postgraduate Faculty Repre-

sentative and as the Chairperson o thePostgraduate Liaison Sub-Committee.

wa Purazi

azi is in his final year o a Bachelorharmacy Honours degree. Heeatly involved with the Rhodesth Care Centre where he is a

Warden as well as providing crisisagement and first aid services. Hee Prayer and Intercession Leaderhe Student Christian Organisa-As a member o the Golden Keyours Society, Purazi has served as

organisations Vice President. Lasthe mentored first year pharmacyents as part o the rojan Aca-ic Initiative. He has been awardeddemic Hal Colours and has madeDeans List twice.

Fredy Mashate

A third-year LLB student, Mashateserved as acting team manager or theRhodes Volleyball team in 2012 andserved as the Site Launch Manager or

Galela Amanzi. He has also volun-teered as an English tutor at GoodShepherd Primary School. Mash-ate works at the Rhodes University

Law Clinic where he mentors ourthyear law students. He is currently aSub-Warden or Adamson House andpreviously served on the House Com-mittee as the Food Representative.Mashate is also a co-ounder and cur-rent Chairperson o DYN, a Christiansociety at Rhodes University.

This award is a

special award

sponsored

by Investec

to recognise

students who

have excelled

in the Rhodes

University

Commerce

Faculty.

CommerceandFin

ance

Megan de Jager

De Jager is in her second year o study-ing towards a Bachelor o Commercedegree at Rhodes and is the currentsecretary o the Commerce StudentsCouncil. She is the reasurer o theHellenic Student Association (HSA)and has been elected as Presidento the society or 2015. Megan wasacknowledged as the top academicachiever in Hilltop 3 this year. She isan Economics 2 class representative,and was placed on the Deans List in2013, receiving her Academic HalColours that same year.

Jessica Burger

Burger is currently completing herBachelor o Business Science degreeand is a student representative on theCommerce Faculty Board. She tutorsfirst-year Statistics and was namedas the top perorming student in theEconomics 2 class or the first semestero 2014. Burgers commitment to heracademics is evident in her placementon the Deans List and enrolment asa member o the Golden Key Inter-national Honour Society. She alsotutors both junior and high schoolMathematics and is in the process o

establishing her own business.

Robyn Philander

Currently studying towards becominga Chartered Accountant, Robyn hasreceived her Academic Hal Coloursand is on the Deans List. In 2013,Robyn came in the top ten perormingstudents or her year in the CommerceFaculty. Outside o her academic

commitments, Robyn is an Ncedanamentor in the Commerce Faculty andwas on the Ruth First House Commit-tee in 2013. Afer attaining her degree,Robyn plans on completing a three-year training programme that she wasaccepted or at Deloitte.

Sally Grinham

Grinham was the recipient o the op100 Commerce and Finance prize in2013 and is currently completely herAccounting Honours afer receivingthe ax 1 prize in her third year. Sheis actively involved in the CommerceFaculty: not only is she the 2014 Post-graduate Accounting Class Represent-ative, but she also tutors Accounting 3and provides additional ADP sessionsor Accounting 2 students. She actedas reasurer or the Galela Amanzi

society in 2013 and currently holds theposition o Project Manager or the

society.


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StudentLeadership

This award

recognises

leadership

potential as well

as extraordinary

extramural

contributions or

achievements

by students.

Receiving thisaward is a

special honour.

A maximum of

25 candidates

are selected to

be recipients of

the award each

year.

ha Nathoo

rently in the final year o her LLB,hoo has been part o the Hinduents Society and has been a sub-mittee member, Projects ManagerAdvisory Committee membere 2010. She has also been heavilylved in activism as a member ol Activism as well as a volunteer at

RU Legal Aid Clinic. Additionally,was the Projects and Activism ask

m leader or RU Green in 2013 andw the environmental chair o the

ety. She currently tutors English,ory, Mathematics and Geography

ades 1 to 8 at EduCentre.

This category

aims to award

those students

who not only

excel physically

on the Rhodes

sports fields

but also show

leadership

qualities in their

chosen sport,

or in the sports

community as a

whole.

Sports

Nomsa Chemuru

Chemuru is currently a MastersPharmacy student and member o thevolleyball club. She has representedthe Eastern Cape by being a part othe volleyball provincial team andis the current Vice Chairperson othe volleyball club. In addition tothis, Chemuru held positions such asChairperson, Secretary, CommunityEngagement Officer and Develop-ment Officer or the volleyball club inprevious years. Chemuru is a certi-fied provincial reeree and volleyballsconvener representative or the EasternCape University Sport South Arica.

Cody van Wyk

Eighteen-year-old van Wyk has been

involved in hockey or twelve years.His achievements include being se-lected to captain the Eastern Provincesunder-18 hockey team and receivingan award or being the most valuablemidfielder at the under-18 provincialhockey tournament. In addition tothis, van Wyk is part o South Aricasunder eighteen A-team and has rep-resented South Arica in the Hockey5s tournament in the second SummerYouth Olympic games held in Nanjing,China this August. He is one o onlyfive first years to be part o the Rhodes

First eam hockey.

Charles ODonoghue

ODonoghue is doing his BSc Honoursin Chemistry and has been involved inleadership positions at an academic,sporting and university society level.He is the 2014 Chairperson o theStudent Sports Council and has been amens tennis captain, Vice-Chairpersono the Rowing Club and a Class Rep-resentative or Chemistry in 2012 and2014. He has also won the Adminis-tration Award or contributing to theconsistent operation o the RowingClub or several years. He was the 2012group leader o his 2nd year ChemistryGroup Project which went on to win

best group in that year.

Tinashe Jani

Currently studying towards his BComin Inormation Systems and Man-agement, Jani has been the head oevents or the Z imbabwean Society, anadvertising manager or Te OppidanPressand the head o events or theGolden Key International HonourSociety. Academically, he has attainedAcademic Hal-Colours, Golden Keystatus and a place on the Deans List.On completing his degree Jani hopesto be part o an organisation whichwill utilise technical skills to providehigh levels o customer service.

Grace Moyo

Moyo is in the penultimate year o herLLB degree and her active approach toher academics has given her many op-portunities including travelling to NewYork in 2013 and 2014 to take part inthe National Model United Nationsconerence. Her leadership positionsinclude being a Sub-Warden or Vic-toria Mxenge House in 2013 and SRCSecretary General in 2014. Moyo is the2015 SRC Vice-President or 2015 andin 2013 was awarded a op 100 awardor General Excellence.

Katharine Holmes

Holmes obtained her Bachelor o Artsdegree in Journalism with a distinc-tion and is currently studying towardsa Post-Graduate Diploma in MediaManagement. A volunteer or theInkwenkwezi Society rom 2011 to2014, she has been awarded with acommunity engagement award since2011 or her service to the society. Sheis currently the Media Liaison or theInkwenkwezi Society as well as a mem-ber o Oppi V. She has served on theEllen Kuzwayo House Committee orthe last two years, and has also held aSub-Wardening position.

Farisai Chiwanza

Currently studying towards her Bach-elor o Pharmacy, Chiwanza has helda number o student leadership posi-

tions. In her residence, New House,she has served as an academic repre-sentative in 2013 and as a Sub-Wardenin 2014. In 2012 she was appointed asthe Secretary o the Chi-Alpha Society.She has been a Pharmacy mentorand has tutored a number o subjectsincluding Statistics, Biochemistry,Anatomy, and Physiology. She wasawarded Academic Hal-Colours in

2012 and 2013 and has regularly beingon the Deans List.

or Mafuku

ently studying towards his Mas-degree in Political and Interna-al Studies, Mauku has served onRC as both the 2013 Academic

ncillor, a 2013 Executive Member,the 2014 Vice-President in 2014.

lso served as the Chair o theent Forum. He served as the Vice-ident o the Rhodes Universitytmasters Club in 2011 and was the

Founder and Vice-President o theunlimited student society in 2011.year he has also served as a vol-ry Legal Assistant or NEHAWU

kers representatives.

Audrey Zvinavashe

Zvinavashe is currently in her finalyear o studying towards an LLBdegree. She served as a Sub-Wardenin Amina Cachalia House in 2012 and

2013, and is a 2014 Sub-Warden inCeleste House. She has served on thecommittees o Golden Key Interna-tional Honour Society and AIESEC,

as well as working as a tutor in theLaw aculty and a student mentor orAmina Cachalia House and AdinkraChild Mentorship Programme. Inaddition to this she has been awardedcertificates or her service to GoldenKey, Desmond utu Hall and RhodesUniversity Community Engagement.

Thabo Seshoka

Seshoka is currently studying towardsan Honours in Anthropology. Heserved as the SRC Community En-gagement Councillor or two years.

He has also served as the Chairpersono the Give5 organising committee.He is currently a mentor or first yearOppidan students as well as a tutor andResearch Assistant in the Anthropolo-gy Department. Seshoka has been parto the University Senate, the Institu-tional Forum and the Student ServiceCommittee. He has also served as theDeputy Chairperson or the Coner-ence on Leadership in Arica.

Kyla Hazell

Hazell completed a triple major withdistinctions in all subjects and is cur-rently completing a joint Honours inLaw and Politics, six months o which

will have been on exchange in theNetherlands. She has worked or TeOppidan Pressor the past our yearsand her positions included DeputyEditor, Editor and Executive Consult-ant. She has volunteered at the LegalResources Clinic and as a reelancewriter or Rhodos. Hazell is an AllanGray Orbis Foundation Fellow andhas been involved with the Allan GrayCentre or Leadership Ethics Existen-tial Conversations initiative

Kyle Lloyd

Currently studying towards a BScHonours degree, Lloyd has servedas both the Secretary and Chairmano the Student Christian Fellow-

ship (SCF). In collaboration withthe Grahamstown Baptist Churchand community engagement repre-

sentatives, he was involved in the SCFsimplementation o tutoring and youthministry programmes at the BowkerStreet Baptist Church. He has regularlybeen placed on the Deans List orAcademic Merit and has also served asthe Vice-Chairman and Secretary othe Zoological Society.


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Bense

e has served on the SRC since, holding various leadershiptions rom Media Councillor and

President to his current position14 SRC President. He is currentlypleting his MA in Journalism and

inues to juggle leadership respon-ties. Bense used his SRC positionbrand many o the SRCs events,paigns and involvement withtudent body including Purplesdays, O-Week and Intervarsity soimprove them each year. Bense isonate about student governance

represents students at all levels oversity orums.

Shingirai Katsinde

Katsinde is currently studying towardsa Masters in Pharmacy with herresearch ocusing on child health and

development. Katsinde has partici-pated in the Environmental HealthPromotion by mentoring under-

graduate Pharmacy students as well asheld the position o RUPSA-Upstartmentor and supervisor whereby shehas collaborated with the community-based programme to promote healthawareness. Tis year she volunteeredor Phelophepa health-train which is acountry wide mobile healthcare servicedelivery project.

Sonal Patel Caroline Thomson

Patel is currently studying a PhDin Pharmacy Practice. She has beenplaced on the Deans List and is also

a member o the Golden Key Inter-national Honour Society. She haspublished two papers and presented atsix pharmacy conerences. Patel has re-ceived several scholarships, includingthe Henderson Postgraduate Scholar-ship Award and a Rhodes PrestigiousScholarship. She has served as thePharmacy Postgraduate Faculty Repre-sentative and as the Chairperson o the

Postgraduate Liaison Sub-Committee.

Currently studying towards herMasters in Inormation Systems(IS), Tomson was the 2012 Miriam

Makeba Hall Head student, the 2013and 2014 Educational echnologyGraduate Assistant or the EconomicsDepartment and a Sub-Warden orTomas Pringle House since last year.She has also been a Wellness Leaderand is the current Senior PostgraduateRepresentative and Graduate Assistantor IS. Academically, Tomson was theProject Manager or both the winningInormation Systems 3 DevelopmentProject and the IS Honours Develop-ment Project.

thieu Maralack

thieu first began his university ca-in 2010 and has since appeared inat number o leadership positions.s currently studying towards hisours in Music and Musicology and

used this experience to allow 10hs in Grahamstown an insight into

music industry. Tis project wased by the National Arts Festivalcentred around the technologicalct o the field. In 2012, Matthieued as SRC President and acted assurer or the Christians @ Rhodes

O. He has also served as Head

ent in his residence and has been aWarden there or two years.

Darren Anderson

Darren is currently in his fifh andfinal year, working towards his LLBdegree. During his studies at theUniversity, he has served in manyleadership positions and received asignificant number o awards or hisacademic efforts. Darren was ap-pointed Oppidan Sub-Warden thisyear and, in 2012, acted as a studentassistant at Kingswood Junior. In 2012,Darren was appointed Chairperson othe SRC Student Disciplinary Board.He has also used his legal expertise inhis position as a Legal Teory 1 tutor

and to assist ellow students, memberso the community and staff members.

Kudzayi Zvidzayi

Kudzayi is currently in his final year oa Bachelor o Pharmacy. He has since

been involved as a representative othe Christians @ Rhodes society andprayer leader. He also representedChi-Alpha Society in the Christians @Rhodes steering committee rom 2011to 2013. He is currently serving as awellness leader in his hall and actedas Sub-Warden or the National ArtsFestival and School Festival in 2013.Kudzayi was a tutor or statistics in2012 and served as practical demon-strator or anatomy, physiology, and

Pharmacy Biochemistry and Chemis-try in 2013.

Nadia Froneman

Froneman is currently studying or herLLB and is in her fifh year at RhodesUniversity. She has an array o leader-ship positions under her belt, andcurrently works as a Student DeenseCounsellor or the SRC and legalSub-Warden or the Oppidan Hall,where she deals with legal matters orstudents living off campus. Previously,

she has been reasurer and Fundrais-ing Representative or the OppidanCommittee, who she worked with ortwo years, and a mentor or first-yearOppidan students.

Nyasha Simbi

Simbi is registered or a BSS inOrganisational Psychology and is cur-rently studying towards an Honoursdegree. She has been a Sub-Wardenin Atherstone House in the Jan Smutsdining hall since 2013 and has also

been on the Jan Smuts Hall committeeduring that time. She has worked as aPeer Educator (2013-2014) and as theStudent Peer Education committee'sPublic Relations Representative (2014),as well as the Rhodes Staff and StudentPeer Education Assistant Secretary in2014. She also held the role o a Well-

ness Leader last year.

wa Purazi Neo Monyeki

Monyeki is currently studying towardsa Postgraduate Diploma in Account-ancy (DipAcc) and is in her fifh yearat Rhodes University. She has workedin numerous roles within her residenceand dining hall, including Commu-nity Engagement and Resnet Repre-sentative (2011), Sub-Warden or OrielHouse (2012 and 2013) and Hall Sen-ior Student or Courtney-Latimer Hall(2014). She has also been a Teory oFinance and Statistics 1D tutor (2011)and an Auditing 1 tutor (2014), aswell as ransport Representative andreasurer or the Rhodes UniversityVolleyball Committee (2014).

Lloyd Etherington

Etherington is currently studyingtowards a Bachelor o Business S cienceHonours in Mathematical Statisticsand Economics. He has been SportsRepresentative and Sub-Warden orCalata House. He has also been anactive member o the Rhodes MensHockey team, being a 1st eam playerand committee member. Etheringtonhas maintained a strong academicrecord which has afforded him theopportunity to represent the EasternCape in the Emerging Views Coner-ence held at NMMU in September. Heis also an Allan Gray Orbis FoundationScholarship Holder.

Linda Mkwanazi

Mkwanazi is currently studyingtowards a Bachelor o Commercein Management and InormationSystems. She has served as a Jame-son House Committee member andSub-Warden, and currently serves onthe Board o Residences. Mkwanaziis currently the chairperson o HisPeople Society. She is a mentor orpupils at the Gadra Matric school andhas taken an active role in the radingLive or Mandela Campaign. As part othe Golden Key International HonourSociety, she represented South Aricaat the Global Envision Forum in theUnited States this year.

Catherine Bower

Bower is studying towards an Honoursdegree in History. She has held leader-ship positions in both the AminaCachalia House and the Desmondutu Hall Committees. As a membero the Inkwekwezi Society, she hashelped tutor grade 2 and 3 pupils romboth St Mary and Samuel Ntsiko Pri-mary School. Bower is also a membero the Golden Key International Hon-our Society and was on the Deans Listor 2013. She also received Academic

Hal-Colours in the same year. Shereceived the Milner Memorial Prizeor Academic Achievement in Historyin 2013.

zi is in his final year o a Bachelorharmacy Honours degree. Heeatly involved with the Rhodesth Care Centre where he was aWarden as well as providing crisisagement and first aid services. Hee Prayer and Intercession Leaderhe Student Christian Organisa-As a member o the Golden Keyours Society, Purazi has served as

organisations Vice President. Lasthe mentored first year pharmacyents as part o the rojan Aca-ic Initiative. He has been awarded

demic Hal Colours and has madeDeans List twice.


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cademic Excellence

w

e following studentsve been recognised byRosaan Krger, Dean of

e Rhodes Law Faculty,their outstanding

rformance in theirdies this year.

The Academic Excellence Award is awarded to candidates who are top academic achievers. Deans of

each faculty presented the four candidates who received the highest marks across their disciplines.

mmerce

ese candidates wereosen for their academicrformance throughout

e year. Dean of Com-rce Professor David

wry chose them for theircellent results in theirpective departments.

manities

ofessor Tom Martin,an of the Humanitiesculty, has selectedese candidates as thep achievers in the Juneaminations. They haveen recognised for theirtstanding promise.

ence

tgoing Dean of the Sci-ce Faculty Professor Ricrnard selected theowing candidates. Eachs chosen for their out-nding performance this

ar in their respectivepartments.

armacy

e Rhodes Universityarmacy Faculty hasognised the following

ndidates for theirademic achievements thisar. They were selected bye faculty Dean, Professord Walker.

A note from The Oppidan Pressto say well done and thank youThe Oppidan Presswould like to congratulate all the winners of the Investec Rhodes Top 100 awards.

These awards are a testament to the dedication, drive and positive possibility of the future of our generation.

However, something as big as this does not happen overnight. We would like to recognise and thank those people who have worked to put together this years Investec Rhodes Top 100.

Again our gratitude is extended to Investec for their ongoing support and sponsorship, in particular to Carol Dlamini, Noluthando Thembela and Setlogane Manchidi for their assistance

and direction. Our thanks also go to the Division of Student Affairs O ffice and Dr Colleen Vassiliou for their continued support for this project. We would also like to express our appreciation

to the esteemed judges who gave of their time to assist in the judging process.

Finally, to The Oppidan Pressteam who worked hard to bring this years project to fruition. We would like to thank Editor Amanda Xulu, Deputy Editor Stuart Lewis, Online Editor Chelsea

Haith, Community Engagement Officer Abigail Butcher and Managing Editor Sindisa Mfenqe for orchestrating the project.

Thanks are also extended to Chief Photo Editor Kellan Botha and Assistant Photo Editor Bronwyn Pretorius for their photography of this years candidates; outgoing Chief Designer Madien

van der Merwe, incoming Chief Designer Hannah McDonald, Assistant Chief Designer Amy-Jane Harkess and Senior Designer Amy Ebdon for the design of the edition, as well as outgoing

Chief Sub-Editor Kaitlin Cunningham and incoming Chief Sub-Editor Kate Jennings for compiling the winners biographies.

Farkhanda Quddusi Francesca Broughton Manil Solanky Sean Bierman

Abigail Branford Helen Lenahan Kaitlin Cunningham Hayden Searle

Tanyaradzwa Musakana Naseema Shaik Janeeta Ranchhod Farisai Chiwanza

Armand Swart Shivani Moodley Chloe Hoffman Ngonidzashe Mugandiwa

Jonathan Kenyon Tomas Knoetze Nolene Dixon Aidan Schulze


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