Delft debating team rise to the challenge in journey to national championships

CURRO Delft’s debating team is making waves in the arena and have proudly earned the badge of achieving first place at the Western Cape Interschool Debate and qualified to compete in the High School National Debating Championship held in Durban.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

Marlee Faro, Project Manager, Public Relations for Curro Delft said the learners had begun their debating as an after school gathering session which grew into a passion.

“There is something profoundly moving about watching young people discover they have something worth saying, and realising they have every right to say it with confidence, she said.

“What began as a modest after-school gathering has grown into something remarkable. Curro Delft’s debating society had no external mentors, no formal training programmes, and limited resources yet teachers and learners learned as they went, building something from nothing

“Today, those same learners stand on national stages, their voices ringing with authority and conviction.”