General Rules

• The 2010 Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition closing date is Wednesday, 30 June 2010 for online entries and Friday, 21 May 2010 for entries submitted to the University Convenor.  
• Online entrants must register on the website by Friday, 21 May 2010.
• The Adjudicators' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Once submitted, copyright in the essays will vest with the sponsors.
• The winners will be announced at the Budget Speech Banquet in 2011.

Who May Enter?

 The following students are eligible to enter:

• Full-time or part-time students.
• Postgraduate or undergraduate students.
• Students registered for an economics course at any recognised South African institution for higher learning (including the Military Academy).
• Nedbank and Old Mutual staff, their agents and families are not eligible to enter.
• Entrants may enter each respective category more than once during their university careers.
• In the postgraduate category only Honours or first-time Master's students may enter.
• Entrants must be South African citizens or be a citizen of any of the SADC countries (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe) or hold permanent resident status in South Africa.