In acknowledgement and honour of the best academic performing staff and students, the Department of Hospitality Management in the Faculty of Management Sciences held its annual prestige awards on 25 May 2017.  

The event is not only focused on rewarding top academic performers, but it is also intended to strengthen partnerships with stakeholders, attract high-quality students and ultimately expose them potential employers and sponsors for financial support towards their studies. Among these sponsors were Luxury Hotels which contributed R142, 098 worth of bursaries, Tsogo Sun R 92 000, Saxon Hotel Villas & Spa contributed R50, 000, KAKGO Events 228 000, while Shoprite group contributed R 200 000 worth of bursaries. The top academic performers for 2016 went to: 

Best 1st-year students: Willa Greyling, Jamanca Vorster and Johan Minnaar

Best 2nd-year students: Angela Mabaso, Denise Ackerman, Juanita Kriel and Bianca Viljoen

Best 3rd years: Adrielle Rehder, Zante Smith and KD Gaohose 

Best BTech students: Chloe de Villiers, Jadine Potgieter and Palesa Mosakitsana 

Most Professional student: Angela Mabaso (3^rd year) 

Student ambassador: Thato Lehasa (3^rd year) 

Service Excellent (staff): Gerrit Zulch (Vin Do) 

Cum Laude National Diploma: Adrielle Rehder, Zante Smith and KD Gaohose 

Cum Laude BTech: Chloe de Villiers and Jadine Potgieter

Images 

1: With Ms Dalene Crowther, Head of the Department of Hospitality Management (middle) are best second-year students, from left: Bianca Viljoen, Juanita Kriel, Denise Ackerman and Angela Mabaso 

2: The hotel school also took the opportunity to award High Schools for the poster competition where they designed visual posters of what hospitality means to them and Fichardtpark High School took the prize and earned themselves R 10 000 for designing the best poster. From left to right: Ms Elouise Janssonius, BTech Student:  Hospitality Management, Mr Abrie Myburgh, Acting Principle of Winning School:  Fichardtpark High School and Ms Dalene Crowther.