Johannesburg
| Address | PO Box 4468 Dainfern 2055 |
| Contact Person | Chairperson – Dr Rohan Quince |
| 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.
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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 |
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 It’s nearly been a year since I I listened to our song today but the words have It’s nearly been a year since I And I can still hear the incessant, tenebrous buzz of the Regrettably, I am unable to attend so tell me, Butterfly: |
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:
- SACEE Regional rounds: divided into, North, West, East and Central regions.
- SACEE Championships: centralised, with invites based on regional rounds.
- 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.