There is a record somewhere held by someone set at 30 days, but this record does not involve continuous 24 hour debate. Stellenbosch's attempt therefore IS a record, and we're going to be spending the next couple of months buried in papers and signatures, trying to turn it into an official one. Hopefully we can get South African debating into the big Guinness Book. Futher details can be read here or on their website . On behalf of the National Debating Council, he is pleased to announce the appointments for the various schools debating positions that were advertised.
Responsibilities remain the same.
Futher details can be read here . This House supports privatisation. The 4 teams that made it to final were all from Rhodes, although three teams from Fort Hare competed admirably and were eliminated on the basis of speaker points. The teams in the final were Seth Cumming and James Rycroft, Carla Niermann and Kate Stegeman, Stephen Buchanan and Ivana Vasic, and Siyabulela Zono and Lonwabo Panca. The winners were James Rycroft and Seth Cumming, with the best speaker award for going to Kevin Roussel from Rhodes University.