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“Die leerders het hul take met groot vaardigheid aangepak en met goed gestruktureerde, deeglik voorbereide argumente en kragtige teen- argumente be\u00efndruk,” s\u00ea Nicolene M\u00fcller, AfriForum se ko\u00f6rdineerder vir onderwys in die suidstreek.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hulle het selfvertroue deur oortuigende lyftaal, duidelike stemgebruik en ‘n opregte entoesiasme vir hul standpunte uitgestraal. Hierdie optrede het hul vermo\u00eb om krities te dink en doeltreffend debat te voer, duidelik na vore gebring.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die junior afdeling vir gr.\u20098- en gr.\u20099-leerders het Paul Roos Gimnasium se Retief Ferreira, Lian Winckler en Paul du Plessis koning gekraai terwyl die Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool Paarl se Emma Kriek, Margelie Hansen en Kara Wentzel as die naaswenners aangewys is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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