The Namibian High School Debating team was sponsored by Kalahari Holdings to attend the Inaugural Pan-African Schools’ Debating Championships 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The tournament took place from 27 June to 6 July and the Namibian delegation resided at the National School of Arts in Braamfontein. This was done under the tutelage of head coaches Clinton Muinjo and Ivan Limbo. The team completed the following: The Namibian A and B teams qualified to the quarter-finals and Namibia A made it all the way to the final where they lost against Sacred Heart College, a high school from Johannesburg, obtaining a silver medal.
Abraham Angula was best novice speaker and was the eighth best overall speaker at the tournament. Christiaan Prinsloo was best Namibian speaker and ranked fourth best overall speaker at the tournament. Twapewa-Ashihe Mungoba was the fifth best overall speaker while Ernst Calietz and Mercy Fabianus tied in ninth as the best overall speakers.
“We had five Namibians who made the overall top 10 speaking categories,” coach Muinjo said.
There were close to 100 participating teams all over the world including the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Tanzania, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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