Tuks’ crowns first public speaking champion

Mothusi Mokalane and Tumelo Lesufi

On 22 October, AE du Toit Auditorium was the venue for students to see UP’s first public speaking championship go down. Seven finalists battled it out for the best speaker of the maiden championship where nursing student, Onyinyechukwu Maryjane Igbojinna, was crowned the winner.

Igbojinna’s topic was on content creation as being a solution to unemployment eradication, and she indicated that she chose this topic because “[she] was watching a few videos on social media and thought content creating, let me speak about that”.

Igbojinna indicated that she advices more students to take part in public speaking – “public speaking is such a vital skill that we all need to have because when we grow up one day, whether we are healthcare workers or whether we are in the corporate world, you need to learn how to speak to people.

Elma Akob, the founder, and CEO of Elevate Africa partnered with the championship was the programme director for the day. “With this maiden tournament done, it can be seen as our flagship tournament for more to come” said Akob. Akob added that “UP is the first of many more to come, we intend to introduce this throughout South African universities moving forward. We want to have more tournaments, regional and national championship in due course”.

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