{"id":84159,"date":"2015-03-22T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/84159\/hoerskool-elsburg-pupils-speak-their-minds\/"},"modified":"2015-03-20T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:12:22","slug":"hoerskool-elsburg-pupils-speak-their-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/22\/hoerskool-elsburg-pupils-speak-their-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho\u00ebrskool Elsburg pupils speak their minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: San-Mari Erasmus<\/p>\n<p>Five pupils from Ho\u00ebrskool Elsburg took part in the annual Con Spirito Arts Festival Public Speaking Competition, on March 14.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Byron Mabukwe (Grade 11) and Gugu Mdiniso (Grade 12) both achieved 86 per cent for their speeches.<\/p>\n<p>Byron spoke about why social grants must be given to teenage mothers and Gugu had to stand up for the legalisation of abortion.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Nokwanda Zandi (Grade 12) talked about her views on body art, while Nomfundu Beje (Grade Nine) explained why mathematics literacy must be banned from schools.<\/p>\n<p>Nokwanda got 85 per cent for her speech and Nomfundu received 82 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Ho\u00ebrskool Elsburg\u2019s headgirl, Kelly Minnie (Grade 12), received a staggering 90 per cent for both her Afrikaans and English speeches.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and Nomfundu received the awards for the best senior and junior public speakers from the school.<\/p>\n<p>The pupils will take part in the Germiston Eisteddfod later this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_84160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84160\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSSPEAMH_590983711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-84160\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSSPEAMH_590983711-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Nomfundu Beje, a Grade Nine pupil at Ho\u00ebrskool Elsburg, achieved 82 per cent for her speech at the Con Spirito Arts Festival Public Speaking Competition, on March 14. Photo by: Lizelle Doble\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSSPEAMH_590983711-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSSPEAMH_590983711-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSSPEAMH_590983711.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nomfundu Beje, a Grade Nine pupil at Ho\u00ebrskool Elsburg, achieved 82 per cent for her speech at the Con Spirito Arts Festival Public Speaking Competition, on March 14. Photo by: Lizelle Doble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d01f29ca3fcc719895b68e2e55b161ed'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young public speakers talk the talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":84161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8516],"tags":[1318,979,969,6003,2734,3767,1074],"class_list":["post-84159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines","category-local-school-news","tag-elsburg","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-hoerskool-elsburg","tag-melissa-hart","tag-public-speaking","tag-schools"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Schools"},"tag_labels":["elsburg","germiston","germiston city news","Ho\u00ebrskool Elsburg","melissa hart","public speaking","schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}