South African Schools' Debating Board

The South African Schools Debating Board (SASDB) is the official governing body of high school debating in South Africa. It is a registered non-profit organisation (registration: 026-935-NPO) which oversees debating in the provinces and sets policy at a national level. Constitutionally, the primary objects of the SASDB are: (a) coordinating schools debating in South Africa (b) developing schools debating in South Africa (c) furthering schools debating in South Africa (d) affirming the ownership of the intellectual property of the Board To this end, the SASDB focuses on the following projects each year: (a) the National Schools Debating Championships: held in December of every year, attended by the Provincial teams of each delegation (b) selection and training of the National South African Schools Debating Team: which takes part in the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) and various international tournaments (c) organising debate tournaments throughout the year: with the aim of increasing accessibility to debating (d) the Social Justice Writing competition: a yearly publication composed of essays and poems written by high-school learners, in collaboration with the Center for Sexuality, Aids and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria (e) the development of debating in schools and provinces where it does not exist or is not affiliated with the SASDB (f) provision of resources, training materials and workshops: with the aim of improving the quality of debating in the Nation