The evening of 17 April found many of our staff, students and aspiring orators in the main hall of King Edward High School. The autumn evening was crisply cool, contrasting starkly with the tense group of learners prepared to speak. First to address the audience was Ondele Ngubo, setting the standard. Thereafter, each of the young ladies who stood to speak held the crowd with their well-crafted words, each trying to outdo the other, each with their individual touch and twist – making the judges’ work that much more difficult. To quote one judge, ‘you did not tell me how good they were!’. The evening ran smoothly, with all twelve speakers being judged both on a prepared as well as an impromptu speech.

Overall, each prepared speech was well executed, but it was those who delivered excellent impromptu speeches which gave each winning speaker their well-deserved win. In the GET Phase, Qaqamba Sipamla and Aviwe Mfungula came second and first, respectively. Our FET Phase had more of a struggle, with Georgia Evangelellis and Rebecca de Burgh, both tying for second place. Lastly, Yolanda Matubatuba took first place in the FET Phase, having executed both speeches with calculated passion. A warm thank you to the English Department for their involvement in the evening’s organisation, hearty congratulations to all who took part, and sincere thanks to our wonderful judges, Hamish McLeod, Khutjo Manganyele and Yvonne Wills.

Yolanda Matubatuba 1st in FET phase

Aviwe Mfungula 1st in GET Phase

Georgia Evangelellis 2nd in FET phase

Qaqamba Sipamla 2nd in GET phase

Rebecca de Burgh 2nd in FET phase

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