Tshwane WUDC 2028

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The Tshwane WUDC 2026 Chief Adjudication Team is delighted to announce that applications for Deputy Chief Adjudicator (D...
15/08/2026

The Tshwane WUDC 2026 Chief Adjudication Team is delighted to announce that applications for Deputy Chief Adjudicator (DCA) are now open!

Prospective applicants are expected to:
1. Carefully read the DCA Applicant Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11My25NRg3kMkDFHKcDvF-27lMjUro3-5OA0OKxDP_PI/edit?usp=sharing
2. ⁠⁠Complete the Application Form
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J4QMgd23JdPKI-UuXNeTzTsy9B6qC1OcD0aGvTxlL9Y/edit?usp=sharing
3. Submit their application via email to [email protected] by the 15th of September 2026 11:59pm (GMT +2)

Following the submission period, a Community Feedback Period will take place from 16th-30th of September 2026. The official DCA appointments will be announced on the 31st of October.

📅 Key Dates:
Application Deadline: 15.09.2026 23:59 South Africa time
Community Feedback: 16.09.2026 - 30.09.2026
Interviews & Deliberations: 01.10.2026 - 30.10.2026
Public Announcement: 31.10.2026

If you feel there is anyone who should apply, you can nominate them here: https://forms.gle/SVn9j5ZzdnSJEs8fA

We look forward to receiving your applications and continuing to build an outstanding adjudication core for Tshwane WUDC 2028.

Klaudia, Matt and Mubarrat

The Tshwane WUDC CA’s have released the nomination form for DCA applicants.Any candidate who receives three or greater n...
07/08/2026

The Tshwane WUDC CA’s have released the nomination form for DCA applicants.

Any candidate who receives three or greater nominations will be contacted to apply. We are looking for applicants with a wide variety of skills, and are particularly interested in candidates from under represented regions.

Nominations close at 11:59PM on the 15th of August, South Africa Standard Time (GMT +2).

DCA Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/SVn9j5ZzdnSJEs8fA

We are pleased to share the Tab Application timeline for Tshwane WUDC 2028. Once we open applications, all interested pa...
30/07/2026

We are pleased to share the Tab Application timeline for Tshwane WUDC 2028. Once we open applications, all interested parties are encouraged to apply.

Timeline:
October 15: Tab Applications & Nominations open
November 15: Tab Applications close & community feedback open
November 30: Tab feedback closes
December 15: Announcement of Tab Team

See you in Tshwane.

- Mace & Simran

The Tshwane WUDC 2028 Adjudication core has released the trial DCA application. This contains substantive questions in t...
08/06/2026

The Tshwane WUDC 2028 Adjudication core has released the trial DCA application.

This contains substantive questions in the same style as the real DCA applications, and offers the chance for prospective applicants or anyone else who wishes to receive feedback on their answers to those questions.

The trial application can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1btCGPwoVBa8uUfYrpedYjrLw5YooBIjv/view?usp=sharing

The trial application can be submitted here: https://forms.gle/D46qZN7YLDWoTa4g9

The submission deadline is 11:59PM on the 10th of July 2026, GMT+2.

-Klaudia, Matt and Mubarrat

The Tshwane WUDC 2028 CAP is pleased to announce the timeline for the Deputy Chief Adjudicator application process.Timel...
14/05/2026

The Tshwane WUDC 2028 CAP is pleased to announce the timeline for the Deputy Chief Adjudicator application process.

Timeline:
August 7 - DCA Nominations open
August 15 - DCA Applications open
September 15 - DCA Applications close & community feedback open
September 30 - DCA feedback closes
October 31 - Announcement of DCAs

Prior to the release of real applications in August, we’ll be releasing a trial application in June. This will contain substantive questions in the same style as the real application, and allow potential applicants the opportunity to receive feedback on their answers from the CAs before the real application.

We recognise that completing an application in the WUDC style for the first time can put applicants at a meaningful disadvantage relative to those who have had the opportunity to go through similar processes before. We therefore wanted to give everyone who wants it an opportunity to receive feedback on their answers and get an indication of how the CAs will be evaluating applications before doing the real application. This trial application is open to anyone.

-Klaudia, Matt and Mubarrat

Around two years ago, we embarked on a journey to bring WUDC back to South Africa and, by extension, to the wider Pan-Af...
02/02/2026

Around two years ago, we embarked on a journey to bring WUDC back to South Africa and, by extension, to the wider Pan-African community. Today, we celebrate the culmination of that dream and thank the global debate community for its support. We now set our sights on 2028 and begin preparations to welcome all debaters to Tshwane (after a short rest).

We would like to acknowledge the Brazil WUDC Bid team’s monumental effort and thank them for pushing us to engage more deeply with the community's needs. We wish them the very best.

Additionally, we would like to thank the CAs of our 2027 bid, Bea B. Legaspi, Boemo Delano Phirinyane and Kat Cheng, who formed the bedrock of the bid. Even though life and career demands mean they are no longer on this journey, we could not have done this without them.

We are also grateful to our current CA and TAB team, Klaudia Maciejewska, Matthew Toomey, Mubarrat Wassey, Maison Pieterson Maphosa and Simran Makwane for their continued work to make debating excellent and accessible.

To our advisors, thank you for your tireless efforts in shaping our policies and guiding our hand. To everyone who advocated for our bid, we are eternally grateful.

To the global debate community, we know we have been reaching out a lot, and now we want to focus on listening, learning, and supporting your needs. Your voices matter, and we are committed to growing and building together.

Lastly, we commit with full hearts and absolute conviction to delivering a WUDC that is transformative, radically accessible, and unforgettable.

After the storm, the jacaranda blooms, and so too will this WUDC, as a testament to our resilience, our community, and our shared future in debating.

P.S. Matt is still sleeping, unaware of the bid result as we post this. He is going to have quite a morning.

30/01/2026

The collective voice behind this bid echoes across the globe, but its heartbeat is rooted in Africa, expressed through South Africa, and hosted in Tshwane. This is not the voice of a single institution or city. It is the voice of a continent, carried by a country and grounded in a city shaped by many cultures, languages, and histories, yet bound by a shared sense of belonging.

At its core, this bid is about community, and the African debating community is actively looking to welcome international debaters, not only to compete but to share culture, stories, food, music, and lived experiences.

So tomorrow vote for Tshwane WUDC 2028!

Featuring voices from across Africa:
South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Kenya through: Alyssia Gaitskill, Cherica Nowases, Desmond Dorvlo, Imaan Davids, Menzimuhle Ncube, Njuguna Macharia, Ogundare Taye Tobi, Pinelle Bikouta, Prosper Michael, Ross Froise, Sino Molose & Zoe Lois Poku.

We know that online statistics are often outdated or lack specific city-level context, making it hard to find reliable i...
27/01/2026

We know that online statistics are often outdated or lack specific city-level context, making it hard to find reliable information on the cost of living and what to expect in Tshwane, which is part of why it was selected for its high affordability. So we collected current prices across a few things we know matter to debaters, taking three recent prices in each category and averaging them out. Our goal is to give you the clearest, most up-to-date picture of South Africa and our host city as a world-class and affordable place to host WUDC.

Beyond this, with our planning focused on full provision of transport and meals, we can significantly reduce the unbudgeted costs on any debater, while keeping people well fed and well entertained throughout the tournament.

We unfortunately received a large number of bad-faith questions and outright falsehoods. We have done our best to engage...
26/01/2026

We unfortunately received a large number of bad-faith questions and outright falsehoods. We have done our best to engage regardless, but it was disheartening, if not surprising, to see some individuals use anonymity as a cover for vile behaviour. Libel and vitriol directed at respected members of the community is not the conduct of a decent person. Many of these questions arrived overnight, suggesting a coordinated campaign rather than a genuine attempt at engagement.

We are equally horrified by the questions directed at the Brazil bid. This kind of vitriolic behaviour has no place in our community, and we stand firmly against all forms of bias, including antisemitism, racism and discrimination, particularly when these emerge through anonymous Q&A spaces.

We have had private communications with members of the Brazil bid prior, when we each realised that both bids had received nasty questions, although we only saw the specific questions when they were released to the public. Our stance, as communicated to our Brazilian counterparts before the Q&A were posted, is that anonymous questions should not be allowed during this process, and we have offered to file this amendment together.

We have not, and would never support such questions being asked to any bid, and believe in the merits of our bid independently. And we would never even think that any members of the Brazil bid would support the hostile questions we received.

Our bid is grounded in ubuntu, “I am because we are.” Across our two bids, we have experienced what it means to be persecuted, and we take this seriously. We condemn the use of slurs and stereotypes and do not welcome anyone who seeks to weaponise communication and discourse to spread hate. We hope this is clear not only in our words, but in the work of our Organising Committee members to actively combat racism in the greater debating community.

Our response was delayed because we became aware of these comments at the same time as others, across different time zones and work schedules.

Dear global debate communityThe WUDC council facilitated Q&A answers have been released. Please find them linked below w...
26/01/2026

Dear global debate community

The WUDC council facilitated Q&A answers have been released. Please find them linked below with the link to our bid document.

We are thankful to the council executive for their efforts in running the public Q&A process and proud to maintain our commitment to transparency and accountability.

Please read through our answers and vote for Tshwane WUDC 2027 on the 31st of January!

Council Q&A: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s3kCIxf2lZWp0kN3bpkBjXlXI5cV_Iuqat9TNmWXcto/edit?usp=sharing

Bid Document: https://tinyurl.com/TW2028Bid

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