Johannesburg

Address PO Box 4468 Dainfern 2055
Contact Person Chairperson – Dr Rohan Quince
Email rquince@global.co.za
 

SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUE COMPETITION 
and
NATIONAL CHILDRENS THEATRE
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

15-18 MAY 2023

At the OUTDOOR IMAGINATION THEATRE AT NATIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATRE:
3 JUNCTION ROAD, PARKTOWN

Individuals are invited to present monologues.  Pairs are invited to present duologues.  Groups are invited to present scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. Sonnets, adaptations and/or musical renditions are also welcome. Groups may opt to enter the scene competition or to present scenes just for fun.

Individuals and pairs are allowed 5 minutes.  Group scenes should be no longer than 10 minutes.

There will be three sections: Junior (up to Grade 7), Senior (Grade 8-12) and Adult.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUE COMPETITION OR THE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, PLEASE CONTACT DR ROHAN QUINCE AT rquince@global.co.za 

For information of the Shakespeares Monologue, please click here.


SACEE – Johannesburg branch, is pleased to announce the 2022 Creative Writing Competition for secondary schools is now finalised. We would like to thank all schools who participated in the competition. One of SACEE’s main aims is to develop the good use of English in both spoken and written forms.  

Congratulations to the following 2022 award winners:

SACEE CREATIVE WRITING 2022 – AWARDS
Platinum Award – First Prize
Gold Award – Second Prize
Silver Award – Third Prize
Bronze Award – Highly commended, listed in alphabetical order of school
Award Learner Grade School
JUNIOR POETRY
Platinum Hailey Thema 7 Summerhill Preparatory School
Gold Ariella Hirsch 9 King David Linksfield
Bronze Ciara Mannion 8 Cornwall Hill School
Bronze Nhyira Amankwah 9 Christchurch Prep and College
Bronze Tehilla Notelovitz 9 Hirsch Lyons Girls School
Bronze Atara Haberfeld 8 King David Victory Park
Bronze Jordana Sundelson 9 King David Victory Park
Bronze Tanith Tiltman 10 Maris Stella School
Bronze Mohammad Rahiman 9 Parktown Boys High School
Bronze Tibusiso Hlatywayo 7 St David’s Marist School
Bronze Lucy Angel Sibanda 9 St Mary’s School
Bronze Mukundi Mabhunu 8 St Teresa’s School
Bronze Morgan Jones 8 Seren House Cottage School
Bronze Nyeleti Baloyi 12 Tyger Valley College
Bronze Irie-Mae Bailey 7 The Wykeham Collegiate
JUNIOR SHORT STORY
Platinum Chiara Szabo 8 Assumption Convent School
Gold Kira Katz 9 King David Victory Park
Silver Sienna Hartdegen Class 8 Michael Mount Waldorf School
Bronze Mahlatse Rankwe 7 Pepps School, Polokwane
Bronze Fezi Tlhaka 7 Pepps School, Polokwane
Bronze Jessica van Zyl 8 Radford House School
Bronze Angelo Camalando 8 Rand College & Prep
Bronze Cleopatra Kibasemba 7 Rand College & Prep
Bronze Kate Banwell 8 Richards Bay Christian School
Bronze Milan Williams 8 Somerset College
Bronze Ntsako Baloyi 8 Tygervalley College
Bronze Mixo Chauke 8 Waterstone College
Bronze Ella Hoepfl 9  The Wykeham Collegiate
JUNIOR SPEECH 
Platinum  Joshua Galgut 9 King David Linksfield
(Only one prize awarded in this category – all other entries were essays)
SENIOR POETRY
Platinum Frances Allan 12 Roedean School
Gold Jem-Dara Glogauer 11 Knysna Montessori
Silver Shannon Forrester 12 Cornwall Hill School
Bronze Nompumelelo Kumalo 11 Brescia House
Bronze Emma Theron 12 Cornwall Hill School
Bronze Bangiwe Kawadza 11 Curro Academy, Mahikeng
Bronze Nomangwane Hlongwane 10 Felixton College
Bronze Milambu Chloé Olenga 10 Greenside High School
Bronze Mutsawashe Nzenza 10 Holy Rosary School
Bronze Noa Nerwich 10 King David Linksfield
Bronze Donna Levin 11 King David Victory Park
Bronze Yocheved Saksenberg 11 King David Victory Park
Bronze Isabel Lor 11 Knysna Montessori
Bronze Ululo Melapi 11 Rand Park High School
Bronze Jessica Stutchbury 11 Redhill School
Bronze Nathan Wilson 10 Richards Bay Christian School
Bronze Veronica Thongoane 12 St Mary’s School
Bronze Oluchi Ogoke 10 Steyn City School
Bronze Nyeleti Baloyi 12 Tygervalley College
SENIOR SHORT STORY
Platinum Anonymous    
Gold Mila Keet 10 Cornwall Hill School
Silver Leah Falcon 11 Kingsmead School
Bronze Renée Tsatsi 10 Ashton International College
Bronze Marguerite Prinsloo 11 Brainline Cloud School
Bronze Alex de Wet 12 Cornwall Hill School
Bronze Sam Bonner 10 King David Victory Park
Bronze Mufaro Munowenyu 11 King’s College & Prep
Bronze Louis Kruger 11 Learn to Link
Bronze Tanith Tiltman 10 Maris Stella School
Bronze Nyashsa Mazarura 12 St Mary’s School
SENIOR SPEECH
Platinum award  Micheal Udenyi 11 Rand Park High School
Gold award –  Meah Radford 10 King David Victory Park
Silver award –  Savannah Niemand 12 St Teresa’s School
No bronze awards.
Special Adjudicator’s awards:
SCHOOL – PEPPS POLOKWANE.  This school sent in 15 entries, all of which showed such enthusiasm for turning their own personal experiences into stories. Refreshing and heartening to read.
STUDENT – Taryn Lindsay-Brown, Grade 12, Kingswood School, for overall high standard in both poetry and prose – a confident and mature voice.

The 2022 Creative Writing Competition was again well organised by Elizabeth Leaver and Renos Spanoudes of King David Victory Park. Entries where all online and sent directly to Jane Fox, the Adjudicator. Certificates were sent directly to the schools of the prize winners, including: Ashton International College, Auckland Park Primary, Benoni High, Cornwall Hill, Deutsche Internationale, King David Linksfield, King David Victory Park, The King’s School, Kingsmead, Maris Stella, Merrifield, Michael Mount Waldorf School, Rand Preparatory and College, Reodean, St Cyprian’s, St Davud’s Marist Inanda, St Dominic’s, St Peter’s, St Stithians Boys, St Teresa’s, Summerhill, Treverton, Woodhill, and Yeshiva College.

 

The winner of the Junior Poetry Competition was Maya Young, Grade 9, from St Cyprian’s High School, for a poem entitled “Whispers in the Walls”.

WHISPERS IN THE WALLS

Whispers in the walls
Voices belong to places I have never seen
My breath is the only sound around me
Writing in the dark
Beautiful poetic thoughts
Hide from the cold night
Thousands of hands tapping against my window
Below thick duvet sheets I write
Cocooned in an orange world
Paintings of today hang in my mind
Voices, movement leave trails behind
Blushed cheeks
Staccato guitar lesson
My fingers unable to stay with the music
Inches from touching it
But I still feel magic
The resonance of the strings
It draws stars
Floods pages
Sleep is an unwanted friend tonight
He refuses to walk away
Only pulls down my eyelids further
I want to see colours
The world
Looks different tonight
I search for new places in my bedroom walls
Sleep holds me

The winner of the Senior Poetry Competition was Ariel Oudmayer, Grade 11, King David High School, Linksfield, for a poem entitled “Dylan”.

DYLAN

Beloved Dylan
Happy birthday.

It’s nearly been a year since I
saw you.
I’ve brought candles, there’s cake and
flowers.
As beautiful as the Sunday when

I listened to our song today but the words have
different meanings
now.

It’s nearly been a year since I
whispered
in your ear
sleeping so
softly in your cocoon

And I can still hear the incessant, tenebrous buzz of the
machine
rhythmic and
fragile like
you.

Regrettably, I am unable to attend so tell me, Butterfly:
Do they have birthday parties up there?

For results of the 2020 Creative Writing Competition click here.

 The 2021 SACEE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION MANAGEMENT TEAM

 

 DEBATING

The SACEE Debating League continues to be the biggest and strongest league in Gauteng.

Gauteng Debating is run on three levels:

  1. SACEE Regional rounds: divided into, North, West, East and Central regions.
  2. SACEE Championships: centralised, with invites based on regional rounds.
  3. Gauteng Provincial Championships: invites based on SACEE Championships, to be held in September.

For more information about the SACEE/Gauteng Schools debating please click here.

For the School’s entry form to participtate kindly click here.

The 2020 results and report can be viewed here.