{"id":43610,"date":"2025-03-05T19:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/talking-their-way-to-top-spot-on-podium-20250304\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:00:45","slug":"talking-their-way-to-top-spot-on-podium-20250304","status":"publish","type":"school_article","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/school\/talking-their-way-to-top-spot-on-podium-20250304\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking their way to top spot on podium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"917\" data-attachment-id=\"43612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/school\/talking-their-way-to-top-spot-on-podium-20250304\/985c540bbe844176b12506bb276c3513\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/985c540bbe844176b12506bb276c3513.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1206,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spekaing-competition-THS-Kimberley-2025-schools\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;At the end of February, two teams of the Technical High School (THS) Kimberley competed in the annual speaking competition of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). In this competition, 15 teams and 45 learners of the Northern Cape competed. One of the teams came in at first place and will represent the province at the national competition in September. Here, they stand the chance of receiving bursaries and other exciting prizes. With Micheal Ludick (headmaster) are from the left Tamika Meyers (Gr. 10), Mathapelo Louw (Gr. 11) and Ntshepeng Goeieman (Gr. 10). 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