Playing with language, humour, personal experiences and a strong relation to Namibia characterised this year´s DHPS Speech Competition of grades 9 and 11 on 14 April 2022.

For the judges - Peter Deselaers (DW Deutsche Welle, Helga Falk (DHPS) und Naita Hishoono (Namibia Institute for Democracy) - it was a tough decision:

Congratulations to the winning speakers Gabriella Ritzdorf (Gr.9, Topic: "Trophy hunting") and Maike Metzger (Gr.11, "Happiness, the aim in life").

Grade 9 :
1. Place: Gabriela Ritzdorf
2. Place: Hanna Carstens
3. Place: Gia Sickel

Grade 11:
1. Place: Maike Metzger,
2. Place: Daniel Koch
3. Place: Iris Fischer