For the fifth year in a row, LWS celebrated the World Rhino Day with the unique style. On the 24th September we hosted the public speaking competition, We followed the Covid-19 protocols and only invited few schools. The six schools(Grade 10 learners, 2 from each school) that participated was Sekoba High(Mapela Village), George Langa High(Marulaneng Village), Nkgoru High (Nkgoru Village), Lemetja High(Dipere Village), Moepel High(Thekwane Village) and Leseding High(Vaalwater). The learners gave our judges Mrs Jessica Babich, Mrs Leticia Motshegoa(Waterberg Biosphere) and Mr Mashudu Makhokha(LWS) a tough one as all of them were very good with their speeches. The topic for this year was "What are the social, political and economic impacts of rhino poaching in South Africa. The future conservation champions then developed an argument and presented possible solutions to the impacts and challenges. And the winners were as follows:
1st prize-Brand new HP laptop- John Tawanda Chauke from Leseding High School(Vaalwater).
2nd prize- School uniform Voucher worth R3000-Machuene Sikalo from Lemetja(Dipere village).
3rd prize-Van Schaik Stationery voucher worth R2000-Ephraim Ramashita from Nkgoru High(Nkgoru village).
4rth prize- Van Schaik Stationery voucher worth R1500-Maphuti Malope from George Langa(Marulaneng village).
We congratulate all the schools that participated and prepared their learners so well and all learners did extremely well.
Special thanks to My School-My Village-My Planet, Endangered Wildlife Trust, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve,Ford Foundation, Tintswalo at Lapalala, Waterberg Rhino UK for the donation in kind to make this event a big success.