Regional honours for NMMU student's thesis
By TMG Editor - 18 February 2014
A THESIS based on a goal to help a group of indigenous Namibians has earned a Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) postgraduate student the regional Architectural Student of the Year award.
Mientjie van Niekerk, who won R8000, will also represent the university at the national awards later this year. Her thesis, A Platform for Trade and Interaction, comprises an essential oil distillation plant, an informal market and a cattle trading area for the indigenous Ovahimba people of Opuwa in north-western Namibia.
The 26-year-old, who grew up in Namibia, said: "I was ecstatic when I heard I had won both the best use of clay masonry and the student of the year awards. All the glory [must go] to God."
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