In July 2014, I led a team that designed and built a battery-powered electric vehicle, finishing 2nd for our school at the EV Challenge — an endurance race for schools held at Mbombela Stadium.
In July 2014, I led a team at my school to design and build a battery-powered electric vehicle for the EV Challenge, an outreach project that invites schools across South Africa to build a car to set specifications and race it around a short track for an hour, judged on laps completed. Our round was hosted with the Rotary Club of Nelspruit at Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga.
Leading a team on something mechanical and electrical, under a hard deadline, was a different kind of problem-solving to maths competitions — more about coordinating people and testing under pressure than working something out on paper. We finished 2nd for our school.
It's the same instinct I lean on now building software: get a working version in front of people, test it, and fix what breaks before the deadline.
In February 2016, I was recognised as the top learner in mathematics in the public schools category at the Mbombela Excellence Awards, held at the civic centre alongside Deputy Minister of Basic Education Reginah Mhaule.
In July 2015, I won the Mintek provincial maths and science competition at Cyril Clarke Secondary, and went on to become a finalist at Mintek's headquarters in Johannesburg.
Early in 2015, during my matric year, I was named top learner in Mathematics and awarded by Hoërskool Nelspruit, a top private school that supported us.
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