Professional CategoryFirst Prize – Vijay ShahSecond Prize – Vernon WhiteThird Prize – Pritesh Soni

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Student CategoryFirst Prize – Absalom KhumaloSecond Prize – Anneke PienaarThird Prize – Jackie Hahn

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Professional Designer: Vernon White Students: Tracey-Leigh Bertinotti, Daniela Farinha-Ferreira,Mluleki Mchunu, Lungelo Myeza and Dianne Turner.

Student Collection Category

First Prize – Durban University of Technology

Vernon White

Mluleki Mchunu

Daniela Farinha-Ferreira

Tracey-Leigh Bertinotti

Dianne Turner

Lungelo Myeza

Professional Designers: Magda Nieman and Colleen Schmulow Students: Absalom Khumalo and Joseph Makhafola

Student Collection Category

Second Prize – Magda Nieman Jewellers

Magda Nieman and Colleen Schmulow

Joseph Makhafola

Absalom Khumalo

IN THE PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY…

First place professionalVijay Shah – Vijay Shah Jewellers – 031 564 2948Visual reference number: P13

Second place professionalVernon White – Vernon White Jewellers – 082 659 1505Visual reference number: P4

Third place professionalSoni Pritesh – Kirti Jewellers – 012 374 0873Visual reference number: P7

Best ramp pieceKirtikumar Devjee – Kirti Jewellers – 012 374 0873Visual reference number: P10

Honourable mentionRaoul van Tonder – Blue White Manufacturing Jewellers – 084 671 4673Visual reference number: P2

Honourable mentionAninka Harms – Aninka Harms – 082 691 5587Visual reference number: P1

Best newcomer to PlatinumSafia Salaam – Ruth Prowse School of Art – 082 538 8816Visual reference number: P15

Best traditional pieceMagda Nieman and Colleen SchmulowMagda Nieman Jewellers – 012 335 6475Visual reference number: P8

Innovative interpretation of the themeTrevor Lewis – Sid Forman Jewellers – 084 757 9023Visual reference number: P12

Universal appealCharmaine Naude – Charmain N Jewellers – 082 342 5269Visual reference number: P17

IN THE STUDENT CATEGORY…

First place – student categoryAbsalom Khumalo – Magda Nieman Jewellers – 012 335 6475Visual reference number: S2

Second place – students categoryAnneke Pienaar – Tshwane University of Technology – 012 318 6006Visual reference number: S103

Third place – student categoryJackie Hahn – University of Stellenbosch – 021 808 2885Visual reference number: S60

BEST STUDENT COLLECTION – first placeDurban University of Technology – 031 373 6673

Professional designer:Vernon White – Vernon White Jewellers – 082 659 1505Visual reference number: P4

Student designers:Tracey-Leigh Bertinotti – Visual reference number: S41Daniela Farinha-Ferreira – Visual reference number: S43Mluleki Mchunu – Visual reference number: S39Lungelo Myeza – Visual reference number: S42Dianne Turner – Visual reference number: S40

BEST STUDENT COLLECTION – second placeMagda Nieman Jewellers – 012 335 6475

Professional designers:Magda Nieman and Colleen SchmulowVisual reference number: P8

Apprentice designers:Absalom Khumalo – Visual reference number: S2Joseph Makhafola – Visual reference number: S1

Most humorous use of PlatinumBharti Nandhumar – Woosh Design – 011 318 1340Visual reference number: S19

Best interpretation of the themeMaryke van der Spuy – University of StellenboschVisual reference number: S68

Best literal interpretationErika Voigt – University of StellenboschVisual reference number: S69

Best contemporary pieceLisha Deysel – Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyVisual reference number: S73

Most spectacular ringOriona Doseco – Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyVisual reference number: S77

Most evocativeMetaxia Sterianos – Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyVisual reference number: S79

With meritStudents from College of Cape Town – 021 464 3869Zolisa Femele – Visual reference number: S91Lindsey Herne – Visual reference number: S89Jing Jing Li – Visual reference number: S83

Students from Tshwane University of Technology – 012 318 6006Hailey Bruno – Visual reference number: S22Desmond Mapedi – Visual reference number: S101Cherise Schwartz – Visual reference number: S99

Students from University of Johannesburg – 011 559 2911Caitlin Harper – Visual reference number: S50Thato Radebe – Visual reference number: S49Erika Wessels – Visual reference number: S4

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