Making DUT proud with her writing skill is Masters Degree in Management Sciences (HR) student, Patience Mutsvairigwa, who has scooped third place in the SABS Essay Competition 2016 that was organised by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS).

This annual competition is staged as part of an effort to encourage tertiary students’ interest in standardisation early in their student life and careers, and give them a creative theme through which they can learn about standardisation.

This is with a view to getting them to participate fully in standardisation throughout their careers.

The theme for this year was “Standards enable an inclusive economy”.

Mutsvairigwa is excited about her achievement and very grateful for the prize award of R2 500.

“I thank God Almighty for allowing me this opportunity of being part of the top three winners of this year’s competition and winning such an accolade,” she said.

She is no stranger to winning competitions. She was the recipient of the DUT Sharon Wilson Award for the Top Annual English and Communication Student in 2012.

She said the piece she submitted for the SABS competition had been inspired by the 2013 horse meat ordeal which left a lot of South Africans questioning whether they had consumed such meat without knowing about it.

“The year 2013 will forever remain embedded in the my mind because it changed my love for meat. This was the year that the prospect of me having eaten the once-unpalatable horse meat became real. I wondered what other meats I may have consumed unwittingly,” she explained.

She advised students to grab every opportunity available to them and always do their best in any activity.

-Siphephelo Sibiya

Pictured : Patience Mutsvairigwa, third place winner in the SABS Essay Competition.