13 IKM student recognition initiative The Department of Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) celebrated the top five Information Management students in each year of study – that is, those in first-year, second-year, third-year, and Honours-level Information Management. IKM strives to celebrate academic excellence wherever possible. The department believes in acknowledging and encouraging students to continue or get on the path of excellence. The top students' names are below. First year: Mzwake Magadla; Suzanne de Koker; Khushi Ilyas; Carla Riah Way; Mohammed Yusuf Saiyad. Second year: Mphoentle Ntipe; Kashveer Sewjalal; Tanaka Ashley Kundai Mushayabasa; Nokwazi Tracy Mona; Lucas Ndaba. Third year: Miguel Roberto de Sousa, Phumlane Kenny Hlongwane; Zenzo Matiza; Bontle Morake; Bonolo Blessing Mpisekhaya. Honours: Kshani Reddy; Anirusha Ganesh; Steven Kadima; Sria Telukdarie; Owami Manganyi. Third-year Diploma Marketing students receive internships for their winning marketing plan campaign! On 21 November 2022, third-year Diploma Marketing students presented their marketing plans to the Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS) at their head offices in Pretoria. The GCIS team consisted of Kopo Ndlovu (Deputy Director: Research and Information Centre), Mashupe Mashainoke (Assistant Director: Research and Knowledge Management Centre), Bongani Tshabangu (Marketing Assistant: Marketing and Distribution), and the GCIS panel from Marketing, Research and Media Buying. The purpose of this industry project was for the students to develop creative and impactful marketing plans that could assist GCIS in creating awareness and engaging with its target audience about its services and the socio-economic opportunities provided by government. This meant that students had to select oneof the segments in the government segmentation model (i.e., rooted realists, city seekers, safely suburban, metro mobiles, and cosmopolitan capital) of GCIS, and propose a workable marketing plan to enhance public service interaction and communication. A total of five groups (consisting of six students each from the Auckland Park Bunting (APB) and Soweto campuses) were given an opportunity to pitch their marketing plans; only one group was selected as the overall winner. The winning group was from APB Campus, and consisted of Shanice Jones, Shungu Binda, Tshiamo Monyemangene, Yusuf Moosa, Gracia Muya, and Kody Pillay. The winning group was offered an internship opportunity to work with the marketing team at GCIS to implement their proposed marketing plan, starting in January 2023.
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