The First Year Academic Award was presented to Siphokazi Hlela, of Allan Gray House, for achieving 79.40%. This award is presented to the first year student with the best overall academic performance from the mid-year examinations.

The Second Year Academic Award was presented to Zintle Kave, of Allan Gray House, for achieving 78.10%. This award is presented to the second year student with the best overall academic performance from the previous November examinations and from the mid-year examinations.

Sbahle Gamede, of Allan Gray House, was awarded the Third Year Academic Award, for achieving 80.60%.  This award is presented to the third year student with the best overall academic performance from the previous November examinations and from the mid-year examinations.

The Sportsperson of the Year Award was presented to Prudence Siyoyo, of Prince Alfred House.  This award is presented to the best overall sportsperson of the Hall who has shown commitment, dedication & excellence in Rhodes sports in various sporting domains.

Prudence plays for the Eastern Cape Windbreakers Women’s Provincial basketball team and for the Rhodes Titans basketball first team, and she is the Vice-Chairperson of the RU basketball club and holds the position of treasurer.

She played in the June 3 x 3 USSA basketball tournament held at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Pretoria, and played in the RU120 Sports Festival.  She has been helping with the table official and umpiring for friendly games and other formal games such as USSA leagues and inter-varsity tournaments.

The Hall Cultural Award was presented to Oyama Mzayidume, of Prince Alfred House, for her outstanding achievements as a Mootist.

On Wednesday, 27 March, Oyama participated in the Rhodes Law Faculty Final Year LLB Moot. This was based on her being one of four students who obtained the highest marks in the preliminary rounds of the Moot competition. In the Final, Oyama appeared before a sitting 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of the Eastern Cape High Court and two practicing attorneys from Makhanda. She won the Moot and was awarded the Best Speaker prize.

Oyama participated in the 33^rd Christof Heyns Moot held in Kigali, Rwanda, between 21-28 July. The Moot topic was on international human rights law, and students from various countries across Africa took part in the competition. Oyama and her co-counsel were in the Top 15 teams at the Moot, ranking 13^th out of 51 teams. Oyama was individually ranked the 17^th best speaker out of 102 participants, making the Top 20 speakers list. Additionally, Oyama and her co-counsel received a distinction aggregate of 76% for both their oral and written submissions.

Oyama participated in the Kate O’Regan Moot hosted by the Centre for Law and Society at UCT on Saturday, 24 August. The O’Regan Moot is one of the most prestigious university moot competitions in South Africa. The Moot topic was on electoral law. Oyama and her co-counsel presented oral submissions in the final round before a Bench consisting of a retired Constitutional Court Justice, a sitting 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of the SCA and three judges of the Western Cape High Court against a team from Wits. Oyama and her co-counsel won the Moot, and she was awarded the Best Speaker prize.

From the above, Oyama has an exceptional track record as a Mootist at different levels: internally, nationally and internationally. This is an achievement that few law students at Rhodes can boast about and demonstrates her commitment to mooting.

The Hall Leadership Award was presented to Christabel Makuba, of Prince Alfred House, for excellence in leadership.

Christabel has been an absolutely phenomenal academic rep and head mentor.

She has been very organised, professional and efficient, and very good at planning and executing tasks. She diligently allocated all mentees to mentors and has quietly and meticulously been following up and supporting both mentors and mentees.  If you give Cristabel a task you can be sure it will be done to the expected standard without any need for follow-up. She manages to balance her work and personal life incredibly well, still maintaining excellent academic results. Her time management skills are par excellence. She is a role model and leader worth emulating. Well done Christabel.