Every year, NMMU recognises alumni who have gone the distance and beyond in their specialist fields, benefitting society at local, provincial, national or international levels. This year is no different. A number of outstanding nominations were received by the Alumni Awards Committee, and the seven worthy candidates and one special award winner was selected by the Alumni Association Executive Committee.
The following recipients were recognized at this year’s event:
- Former CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers and BCom (Hons) graduate, Colin Beggs,
- Chartered Accountant and Chief Financial Officer of South African investment holding group Remgro Ltd Leon Crouse,
- Chairman of Murray and Roberts’ Construction and founder member of the South African Business Council in Dubai Nigel Harvey,
- Extraordinary legal mind and President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer Kemp J Kemp,
- BCom (Hons) graduate and renowned business transformer and former chairman of South Africa’s largest citrus exporter John Lynch,
- Award winning Afrikaans novelist and master’s graduate Eben Venter and
- Multi-award winning cyber security expert and research professor in the Academy for Computer Science and Software at the University of Johannesburg Prof Basie von Solms.
- An Alumni Association Special Award was awarded to retired social work lecturer and PhD graduate Dr Erra Cilliers.
NMMU Alumni Achievers: Back Left to Right: Kemp J Kemp, Leon Crouse, Prof von Solms- front Dr Erra Cilliers and Colin Beggs. Absent were Nigel Harvey, Eben Venter and John Lynch.
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