Masego Mafata was placed first after she obtained 93 percent. Cassidy Wood was also a top achiever. She obtained 70 percent.
Ms Zodwa Mentoor, the administrator of the Olympiad, said the isiZulu Olympiad was launched this year to motivate pupils to challenge themselves. “This year 407 grade 9 and 10 pupils wrote the Olympiad. We had a tie for first position in Grade 9 and 10. Masego and Nombulelo Mkhize, from St Anne’s in Pietermaritzburg, achieved 93 percent. The level of the competition was appropriate to each grade and the questions were ranked according to difficulty. Overall, I was impressed with the result,” said Ms Mentoor.
Mr Colin Northmore, the head of Sacred Heart College said, “To be successful in a country like South Africa, one must be multi-lingual. It is not just about learning a language, but through learning another’s language one learns more about another’s culture.”
Afrikaans and isiZulu are compulsory subjects from Grade 1 to 9 at Sacred Heart College.
