Ventersburg Camp: Day 3

Photo: Caryn Petersen

Congratulations to our Debating Team!

This is the HTS Debating team with Shaun Mmutsi as the coach and Caryn Petersen as the coordinator, at their end term tournament. They won 2 of the 3 debates and Nhlanhla Radebe was the team's best speaker ... From the back (left): Bulelani Radebe, Shaun as the coach, Caryn as the coordinator and Lesedi Motsoane. From the left front: Juhan Van Heerden, and Nhlanhla Radebe. The tournament was held on the 21st May 2022 at Henties Cilliers High School in Virginia. 

Well done to our debating team who have worked so hard to prepare for many debates. We are proud of you!

Clash of the debaters (COTD) junior tournament

Clash of the debaters (COTD) junior tournament was established on the 24th of September 2019. Its mandate is to serve and develop speakers at grassroots level (hence it is called a junior tournament). 

The COTD Board consists of 3 people. Alex Manise (Chaiperson), Caryn Petersen (Deputy) both are from Welkom Free State and Elethu Della ( National coordinator) from Queenstown Eastern Cape province. 

As a board we decided to host COTD 2020 online due to the pandemic that occurred. Tournament started today and will end on Monday(finals). More than 24 teams have been registered. With more than 22 international speakers! Lastly, we have three of SA Coaches taking part as (Chief adjudicator, deputy chief adjudicator and Co- chief adjudicator) in our tournament. 

In conclusion more than 120 people are partaking in the tournament.

#COTDO(online)

#Let Us Clash

Click HERE for more information.

Baie dankie, mnr. Crauwcamp!

Daar is altyd iemand in die lewe wat 'n mens se pad kruis en jou lewe verryk, omdat hy dieper kyk, mense verstaan en altyd 'n helpende hand uitreik.

Francios het hierdie eksamen die pad met die graad 11's gestap. En saam met hom was die graad 11-registeronderwysers aan sy sy.

Om vir die lang ure wat hulle elke dag moes toesig hou, het hy vir hulle 'n in-die-tuin-ontbyt gereël - net om dankie te sê! En terwyl dit heerlik gereën het, het hulle sommer so stoeplangs geëet en gekuier.

Die staatmakers is Erick Litjamela, Holang Mohau, Vusi Manqana, Aletta Makgitla, Sheree Gray, Bianca Kruger en Caryn Petersen.

SA debating team

The SA debating team are invited to the Heart Of Europe Debating Championships which will be held at the Czech republic. There are 17 in the South African team.  They are departing on the 10th of July and will be back on the 17th July 2019. Good luck to Alex Manise who is part of this very elite team. We are very proud of you!