News from the School of Economics

PhD student wins medal

Mr Lufeyo Banda, a PhD student in the School of Economics has won the EHD Arndt Medal at the 2007 Economic Society of South Africa conference for the best student presentation.

Four Postgraduate students in top twenty of the Budget Speech Competition

Olga Kerimova and Faheem Kajee (both Honours students in Economics) and Martin Odendaal and Peter Schwardmann (both Masters students in Economics) are in the top twenty students country wide of the Old Mutual/Nedbank Budget Speech Competition. The winner will be announced by Trevor Manuel at a gala dinner after the 2008 Budget Speech.

Andrew Hill wins Founders Medal

Andrew Hill has won the Economic Society of South Africa Founders Medal for the best short masters dissertation countrywide.