ERMELO – GS College held its 2022 intercollege debate competition at its Ermelo campus on June 3.
Six GS College campuses took part in the competition: Standerton, Ermelo, Evander, Balfour, Sibanesetfu and Perdekop.

“Government is wasting money on child support grants, which promotes unplanned and unwanted pregnancies” was the topic debated.

Each campus was represented by three speakers.

Standerton Campus won the competition with a total of 620 points, followed by Ermelo with 610 and Evander with 605.

According to GS College’s spokesman, Mr Oscar Kubeka, three individuals from the winning campuses will represent Mpumalanga at the provincial debate level.

“These are Ms Buhle Masango of Evandor Campus, who was the best speaker with an average of 1 070 points, Ms Nombuleko Skosana of Standerton Campus and Ms Innocent Mathebula of Ermelo campus,” Mr Kubeka said.