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Celebrating the country’s brilliant young minds

October 17, 2005

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Harmony, proud sponsor of the South African Mathematics Olympiad, hosted some of our country’s top academic performers at the annual Mathematics Olympiad Ceremony in Durban, Saturday 15 October 2005.

The ceremony, a highlight in the school calendar, recognised extraordinary achievement in mathematical proficiency and skills of Grade 8 to 12 students by awarding the top student’s in each category with honorary gold medals.

Two students from Pretoria were selected as the overall winners. Dirk Oosthuizen, a grade 12 student from Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, was the overall winner of the senior division, with Henry Thackeray , grade 8 student from St Alban’s College , receiving top honours in the junior division.

For almost four decades, the South African Mathematics Olympiad has aimed to promote mathematics and associated skills by exposing students and teachers to creative problem solving strategies and techniques. The Olympiad, consisting of a senior division (grade 10 to 12) and junior division (grade 8, 9), is held annually and attracted a record entry of almost 35 000 students from 798 schools throughout the country in 2005.

‘We are proud to be part of one of the country’s established initiatives to empower our youth by promoting mathematics through practical applications and problem solving,’ commented Ferdi Dippenaar, Harmony’s Director of Corporate Affairs. He added that ‘corporate institutions should take more responsibility in securing and supporting these type of initiatives in order to sustain educational programmes amongst our youth’.

The Olympiad is organised by the South African Mathematics Foundation in cooperation with the Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa, the South African Mathematical Society and the ‘SuidAfrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns’ and is sponsored by Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.

South African mathematics Olympiad winners 2005

Junior division (grades 8 and 9)

Alex Backwell	grade 9	St Stithians Boys’ College
David Beeton	grade 9	St Stithians Boys’ College
Henri Boshoff	grade 9	Hoërskool Louis Trichardt
Francois Conradie	grade 8	Hoërskool de Kuilen
Koeun Lee	grade 8	Westerford High School
Tomoya Ogino	grade 8	St. Henry’s Marist Brothers College
Morné Stander	grade 9	Hoërskool Brackenfell
Henry Thackeray	grade 8	St Alban’s College
Leon van Wyk	grade 9	Hoërsool Parel Vallei
Anton Vlasov	grade 8	Benoni Christian School

Senior division (grades 10 to 12)

Charles Bradshaw	grade 11	Rondebosch Boys’ High School
Dirk-B Coetzee	grade 11	Hoërskool Stellenbosch
Simey de Klerk	grade 12	Hoërskool Vredendal
Lafras Eksteen	grade 12	Hoërskool Waterkloof
Eben Maré	grade 12	Cornwall Hill College
Yumna Moosa	grade 12	Diocesan College
Dirk Oosthuizen	grade 12	Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
Gayle Sher	grade 12	Reddam House College
Carl Veller	grade 11	St John’s College
Patricia Wang	grade 11	St Mary’s DSG (Pretoria)

For more details contact:

Ellie Olivier
South African Mathematics Foundation
Office: +27 12 392 9323
ellie@samf.ac.za

Vusi Magadana
Harmony – Investor Relations Officer
Office: +27 11 684 0149
Mobile: +27(0)72 157 5986
vusi.magadana@harmony.co.za