Local toastmasters rake in the awards in Mozambique
MBOMBELA - Crocodile Toastmasters, the local public speaking club, crossed the Mozambican border on Saturday to broaden its speaking horizons and win several awards in a public speaking contest.
The area contest members participated in was hosted by the Kula Toastmasters and consisted of the international speech, evaluation and table topics contests. Besides Crocodile Toastmasters, eMalahleni and both Kula and Maputo Toastmasters from Mozambique competed.
Zani Barrish who joined Crocodile last year after being a member of President Toastmasters in Pretoria for 11 years, walked away as the winner in the evaluation contest.
The Crocodile club president, Jan-Frans van Aardt, took third place in the international contest.
Barrish will now move on to the next round and will compete in the division one contest on April 6 at Impala Platinum, Springs.
eMalahleni Toastmasters also performed well with Andy Kendall winning the table topics contest and Pinkie Dhlamini placing second in the international speech contest.
Area A1 director, Domingos Novela, who organised the event, was delighted by the turnout with more than 60 toastmasters and guests in attendance.
He also expressed his gratitude towards the Mbabane Toastmasters in Swaziland who served as judges and other role players at the contest.
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Crocodile Toastmasters was officially chartered in 2017 and has 23 members. The club meets every second and fourth Monday at 18:00 at the Lutheran Church in Percy Fitzpatrick Drive.
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The club president invites anyone interested in developing their public speaking or leadership skills to attend.
