KwaZulu-Natal Grade 12s win big at Mintek
PRAEGVILLE – Mintek hosts it's annual Minquiz.
Following a countrywide search for the brightest young minds in the land, a group of KwaZulu-Natal Grade 12s scooped this year’s coveted Minquiz, National Science Competition championship held at Mintek, in Randburg recently.
Competing in the top five finalists were Western Cape, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Free State, the winning team excelled with 110 points in the oral stage of the competition while Limpopo and Eastern Cape provinces took second and third place with 105 and 95 points respectively.
KwaZulu-Natal was represented by Yanga Jafta from Wiggens Secondary, Sbusiso Zitha from Siyamukela High, Hendrik le Roux from Maritzburg College and Rorke Lilford from Westville Boys High School.
As they received their award on stage, Zitha shed tears of joy. He said, “It’s overwhelming to win this prestigious award, our hard work and dedication has made us proud.”
In the individual written test category, Jack Kobeli from Teto High School, Free State province; and Joshua Puterill of Somerset College, Western Cape, won the Top Learner Gold and Platinum category awards respectively.
Johanna Feris from Saul Damon High School, Northern Cape and Rorisang Phasha of Uplands College, Mpumalanga, received awards in the Top Girl Learner Platinum and Gold Platinum categories.
Mmboneni Muofhe, deputy general Technology Innovation at the Department of Science and Technology, delivered a keynote speech where he said that Minquiz is a competition that schoolchildren pursue to acquire more knowledge. “Learners must seek and acquire knowledge and create more knowledge necessary to take South Africa forward.”
Muofhe concluded that this competition is a foundation that grooms youngsters to be the future leaders of the country.
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