Public Speaking

Public speaking gives learners the platform to speak with confidence, a skill that will put them at the forefront of their field in the future. Participants must prepare their own speeches and may not quote published articles verbatim. From the theme, a topic must be formulated that contains a point of view and the point of view must be argued on the basis of arguments and sources. It is therefore a reasoned speech and not a oral.

Firstly, there is an internal public speaking competition which is distinguished between prepared and unprepared, junior and senior as well as home language and first additional language. The learners who go through from the internal public speaking competition takes part in the ATKV Public Speaking Competition's first round from where they then advance to the second and third rounds.

Our speakers are talkative and achieve excellent results during this competition. We have already had a number of learners who even participated in the ATKV's national competition final and achieved exceptional results.

Achievements:

2005:	Thelma Skosana was announced as the best second language speaker at the ATKV Public Speaking Final
2011:	Ruan Breed, Thuli Msiza and Busisiwe Msiza advanced to the finals of the ATKV national competition. Thuli emerged victorious in South Africa with Afrikaans second language
2015:	Elmé Oosthuizen was announced as the third best in South Africa for prepared speech during the ATKV final
2017:	Kaylyn Kotze and Jessica Mtsweni advanced to the finals of the ATKV National Competition
2018:	Phumi Mphahlele advanced to the final of the ATKV National Competition
2019:	Finished first overall at the interhigh Junior and Senior best first language speaker are Ben Viljoeners. Two of our learners end up in the Top 10 of the first additional language speakers at the ATKV final
2021:	During the provincial round of the ATKV, Anro Kotze (Gr 10-12 Home Language) received a second place and Palesa Sedibane (Gr 10-12 First Additional Language) a third place
2022:	Chanelle Smith & Jo-Mari Janse van Rensburg made it to the final of the ATKV National Competition. During the Interhigh, Chanelle Smith received a gold medal as senior speaker while Nomthandazo Mabuza recieved a silver medal as English speaker. The seniors achieved a third place while the juniors achieved a first place. Chanelle Smith ended among Top 10 speakers during the ATKV Final
2023:	Overall third place during Bosveld Interhigh. Nomthandazo Mabuza and Sinitha Vanmali won their respective divisions, Sinitha was also named speaker of the day. Lynnelle Gouws took part in ATKV Public Speaking final
2024:	Anika Pruis advanced to the ATKV Public Speaking Final in the Grade 8 & 9 Afrikaans Home Language section with her unprepared speech.  Overall third place during the Bosveld Interhigh Public Speaking Competition. In the Afrikaans Home Language section, Marice de Jager achieved third place in the senior prepared speech section, while Anika Pruis won the unprepared speeches in the junior section. In the Afrikaans First Additional Language section, Tebogo Mathunyane achieved first place in the junior section, while Vanessa da Silva claimed second place in the senior section.
2025:	Tebogo Mathunyane advanced to the ATKV Public Speaking Final in the Grade 8 & 9 Afrikaans Additional Language prepared division, while Nomthandazo Mabuza advanced to the Gr 10-12 Afrikaans Additional Language unprepared division. Nomthandazo achieved a national ninth place.