Last night we had the privilege of hosting our ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก for our Grade 10 to 12 learners – and what an inspiring evening it was!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น, with each participant speaking confidently and with conviction. In fact, the judges took a full half hour to deliberate – a true testament to the quality and depth of the 16 entries received this year, more than ever before.

Congratulations to our top three speakers: Jasmine Abercrombie (1st), Konke Gawula (2nd) and Jemae-Mari Davids (3rd).
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ – Mrs Tess Neill, Miss Sasha Bosch and Mrs Kelly Westraad – for their time and careful consideration. Mrs Westraad remarked on the learnersโ confidence, their excellent preparation and how powerfully they spoke with passion about matters they truly believe in.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ!
