College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2020 56 sTudenT awards • Accountancy@UJ student Bonginkosi Kalipa’s farming project clinches top spot at 2019 SAICA Student Leadership Summit. • Claire Harcourt-Cooke announced as the winner of the UJ Visualise Your Thesis (VYT 2020) competition. • EY chose the top 5 YTPY (Young Tax Professional of the Year) finalists for the local competition. The following Accountancy@UJ students secured their spots in the top 5: Rodney Benganga and Thabo Sithole, with Rodney Banganga, announced as the ultimate winner. The Top 3 students per Faculty was announced at a UJenius Club 2020 Welcome Event. The Top 3 students for 2019 in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) are all Accountancy@ UJ students: Inge Marx (BAcc), Sumayya Patel (BCom Acc) and Chevonne Maré (BAcc). • Thabo Masuku was announced as one of the 10 of The Finest at the GradStarSA Awards 2020. • UJAccountancy student Siphamandla Lifa Dlamini published and released his first book called Fill Up Your Calabash. • Gift Somakwabe was announced as Top 10 finalist for Miss Career Africa. • The Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences (CTA) 4IR Project saw the CTA students addressing the role of artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain technology in the accounting profession. Particularly, the opportunities and threats of these on both the profession and the accountant, in preparing future accountants to be beneficiaries of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). • The annual Department of Commercial Accounting Student Merit Awards, supported by various industry partners and stakeholders, recognises excellent student performance. The sponsors included professional body ACCA, our book publishers and other industry partners. Bonginkosi Kalipa Rodney Banganga Siphamandla Lifa Dlamini Thabo Masuku Department of Commercial Accounting Student Merit Awards Claire Harcourt-Cooke
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