POLOKWANE – In all, 10 schools within the Capricorn district took part in the competition which was aimed at involving schools and learners to be ambassadors of road safety and help government and the Department of Transport in particular to reduce road accidents and deaths.
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The five motions were ‘South Africa is ready for the safe systems approach to road safety’, ‘Investment in road safety infrastructure will reduce road crashes’, ‘Being affiliated to the United Nation Road Safety collaboration has benefitted road safety in South Africa’, ‘Traffic law enforcement in South Africa is adequate to ensure adherence to the rules of the road’ and ‘The national road safety strategy is the solution to South Africa’s road safety problems’.
When all was said and done, Ramabulane Madzanga and Alicia Mmethie from PEPPS College and Eagle’s Nest Christian School respectively shared the first position. Because of the joint first, second place was not allocated.
Hlaka Poroma from Taxila Secondary School and Munaka Munyai from PEPPS College were jointly awarded third place. Because of the joint third position, position four was not allocated. Fifth position was awarded to Tsebo Sekole from Capricorn High School.
The top five debaters will represent the Capricorn district at the provincial debating competition in August.
