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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

SURNAME:                            Thorne

FIRST NAME:                        Angelique

DATE OF BIRTH:                  1989-01-18

GENDER:                               Female

NATIONALITY:                       South African

RACE:                                     White

LANGUAGE:                          English, Afrikaans (read, speak, write)

E-MAIL:                                   angiethorne18@gmail.com

PORTFOLIO BLOG:              angelique-professional@blogspot.com

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

·        IEB Matriculation – 2007

·        Grade 8 Trinity College of London certificate obtained in Effective Communication with distinction

·        Rhodes University – Third Year Journalism and Media Studies and Industrial and 

     Economic Sociology Student (Student number: g08T1027)

·        Current Mentor – Editor of the South African Press Association (SAPA)

                                   Mark van der Velden

      Contact details:    mark@sapa.org.za or 083 230 0181

 ACHIEVEMENTS

·        Honours Award – School’s highest accolade (2007)

·        Merit Award – School’s second highest accolade (2007)

·        Head Prefect ( Head Girl 2007)

·        Academic, Lifeskills and Cultural Full Colours – Grade 11 (2006)

·        Johannesburg Junior City Councilor (Grade 11)– Chairlady of Contact Committee (elected to Board of Management)

·        Rotary Interact Board of Management – Grade 10; 11; 12 (re-awarded)

·        Member of Matric Dance Committee – Grade 11

·        Head of Catering Committee – (re-awarded – Grade 10 and 11)

·        Top 5 Academics – Grade 8 – 12

·        Scrolls received for :

-         Rhetoric (Public Speaking)

-         Catering Head

-         Drama (Director for House Plays)

-         Service (40 hours of Community Service)

-         Life Skills (First Aid level 3)

-         Exceptional (Trinity College of London Grade 8 – with distinction)

-         Academic

-         Merit

-         Honours

WORK EXPERIENCE/HISTORY

·        Internship at The Citizen Newspaper

Job description: interviewing, reporting, writing and publishing

Refer to Citizen Archives 24/03/08 – 28/03/08 for reference of published articles.

Reference: Nico Fouche

                  News Editor

                  076 145 5065/011 248 6525

                  news@citizen.co.za

·        Part-time Job - Pizza and Burger Perfect

Job description: sales assistant (managed front-line tills)

Reference: George

                  (011) 902 7436

                  (011) 902 5828

                  Mark

                  (011) 902 5996

·        Internship at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) - Radio News Division, SAFM and 5fm newsroom

Job description: co-producing and compiling Current Affairs midday-shows for SAFM, producing news bulletins for 5fm, complied, cut and edited news packages.

Reference: Vanessa Banton

                  072 890 1877

                  bantonv@sabc.co.za

·        Café Blanca (Grahamstown)

Job description: Waitress

Reference: Andrew Maxwell

                  072 718 9726

·        Rev’s Diner (Grahamstown)

Job description: Waitress

Reference: Wendy Maxwell

                   082 440 6049

OTHER ACTIVITIES/COMMUNITY SERVICE

·        AMCARE – division of Alberton Methodist Church

·        Active Congregational Member of St Paul’s Presbyterian Church

·        House Committee Member – Beit House, Rhodes University 2010

CHARACTER REFERENCES

School Principal:                                   Mr. N. Workman

                (011) 616 5053

Speech and Drama Teacher:              Mr. A. Brown

                                                                082 426 8955

Beit House House Warden:                 Engela Tyson   

                                                                082 820 5590