Essay Competition 2022
On this page you will find the winners in the three categories of the 2022 RSSAf Essay Competition.
2022 International Year of Glass. What impact do you think glass has had on the world we live in today?
Winner:
Trenowyn Giles
Grade 12, Bishops Diocesan College, Cape Town
2nd Prize:
Ilan Ben-Attar, Grade 11
St Alban’s College, Pretoria
3rd Prize:
Faten Saud
Grade 12, Rhenish Girls’ High School, Stellenbosch
Merit Award:
Lubna Peeroo
Grade 11, Reddam House, Umhlanga
Dane Green, Grade 11, St Mary’s DSG, Kloof
Tesla is building a humanoid robot (“Optimus”). Would this be of benefit to humankind, or could it be an existential threat?
Winner:
Shakila Africa
Grade 12, Wynberg Girls High School, Cape Town
2nd Prize:
Laura Helling
Grade 9, Parktown High School for Girls, Johannesburg
3rd Prize:
Angenitha Roos
Grade 11, Rhenish Girls’ High School, Stellenbosch
Merit Award:
Clifton C Smith
Grade 8, Grantleigh College, Kwanbonambi
Paul Hofmeyr, Grade 11, Grantleigh College, Kwanbonambi
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which should be achieved by 2030. Pick any two or three of these goals and describe what effect you think climate change will have on South Africa’s progress towards that aim.
Winner:
Lilitha Ontjies
Grade 12, Wynberg Girls High School, Cape Town
2nd Prize:
Matheo Maitin
Grade 12, Beaulieu College, Johannesburg
3rd Prize:
Courtney Raeburn
Grade 11, Epworth High School, Pietermaritzburg
Merit Awards:
Ziya Paruk
Grade 11, Parktown High School for Girls, Johannesburg
Taika Harilal
Grade 11, Danville Park Girls High School, Durban
Royal Society of South Africa Avid Educators: Teacher Awards
Peter Bodenstein
of Wynberg Girls’ High School, Cape Town
Lauren Schreuder
of Rhenish Girls’ High School, Stellenbosch