South African Schools' Debating Board

This year’s Womxn’s Month Derby was held from the 21st to the 22nd of August on Discord, and what an event it was!

Congratulations to all the speakers and teams, and we hope to see you at our next tournament!

After a memorable, exciting submission and editing process, we are proud to announce that in collaboration with the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender, the second edition of Social Justice Stories is now out!

You can access the book at https://issuu.com/csagup/docs/social_justice_stories_no_longer_silent_on_gbv_ebo

A huge congratulations to all our writers, their support systems and editors!

After a 4-3 split, Team SA Junior won the Vocalize UAE Schools’ Debating Championship tournament! To top it all off, the team dominated the Top 10 speaker tab with Khumo Kumalo being ranked the best speaker at the tournament!

Watch the team’s interview here: https://fb.watch/7DtrYHWNQE/

The Weekend Academy was a World Schools’ Debating Board, South African Schools’ Debating Board and African Schools’ Debating Council initiative aimed at providing practice for, primarily, Macau Online WSDC 2021 teams, and secondly, development teams, that facilitates access to robust, useful feedback and adjudication. This ran from the 3-4 July 2021.

In addition, The Weekend Academy hosted a Coaches Q&A Workshop on the 26th of June 2021 aimed at providing coaches with an opportunity to share knowledge and address issues in the coaching space.

The SA WSDC Team 2021 took part in the Singapore Pre-Worlds Debating Championships which was the official Pre-WSDC tournament organized by the Macau WSDC Convener and CAP members.

After 8 rounds, the team had 6/8 wins & 17 ballots which meant that they ranked 5th and missed the break to semis by 1 ballot and 1 speaker point.

Speaker Achievements

Joseph ranked 9th
Joshua ranked 14th
Eugene ranked 18th

We are extremely proud of your achievements!