EIGHT AWARDS AT LOERIES 2017
Students from Vega, took home eight The two project submissions from Vega that won Gold at
Loeries at the 39th Annual Loerie Awards the Loeries were Snatched! by students Andre de Jager,
which took place on 19 August 2017 at Ayesha Kaprey and Lusanda Buthelezi for The Red Cross,
the Durban ICC. Both Gold Awards for which tackles the very real issue of human trafficking in
integrated campaign work (which is the South Africa. The Dumbest Project by Jason Walden &
school’s strategic focus) were awarded Maliya Muhande for Pearson, looked at the 15% pay gap
to Vega students. Vega started out with a substantial 15
experienced by teachers in America.
finalists, with eight of these finalists announced as Loeries
winners on the night – two Gold, two Silver and four Other awards included Silver for an Energade Lite
Bronze birds. campaign entitled ‘Go Again’ by students Gareth Fourie,
Skye Davis and Divya Naidu, and an all-night print shop
The Loeries is the biggest gathering of creative heavy- concept by student - Michaela McHugh for ‘Fool’. For a
hitters in Africa and the Middle East, bringing a variety of full list of winning Vega projects.
industries together to compete for the highest accolade,
recognising creativity and innovation across Vega ranked number one in the Loeries seventh
these regions. annual official rankings http://www.bizcommunity.com/
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