Royal Society of South Africa

ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA : SCHOOL SCIENCE ESSAY COMPETITION

Congratulations, St Stithians did remarkably well in our essay competition winning four prizes this year.   It seems the school must have some pretty good teachers!

The Winners of the prizes sponsored by the Claude Leon Foundation, are :

Andiswa Ngwenya

Alexandra Keogh

Gabriella Fedetto

Grace Zhao

Andiswa Ngwenya, Grade 11

whose essay in the category “Discuss how indigenous knowledge in South Africa has led to the development of valuable new products and services used internationally’ won the first prize of R2 000. 

Alexandra Keogh, Grade 11

won second prize of R1 250 for her essay in the category ‘‘How can South Africa address the challenges of water conservation?”

Gabriella Fedetto, Grade 11,

won a third prize of R750.00 her essay in the category ‘Given the recent palaeontological discoveries in South Africa, why is it important for us to study and understand human origins?’ 

Grace Zhao, Grade 12,

won a merit prize of R250 in the category ‘What advances in robotics and artificial intelligence could impact on youth employment in South Africa?’