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Jozi Rumble 2025
2025-04-18 · South Africa, In person · BP
Motions from this series
Jozi Rumble 2025 (2025)13 motions
- Round 1THBT the Academy Awards should make movies that use AI technology ineligible for awards in categories where the movies used AI technology.
- Round 2THBT South Africa should implement the Right to Request Remote Work
- Round 3TH prefers a world in which we choose when we die.
- Round 4THBT schools should aggressively combat manosphere ideology.
- Round 5THBT broadcasters should not allow political pundits to speak on issues related to the pundit's source of funding.
- Round 6THBT South Africa should ban its companies from operating in African countries with human rights violations.
- Round 7THR, the politicisation of the fees must fall movement.
- QuarterfinalsThis House, as a young person in Africa, would be an African Metamodernist
- SemifinalsTHBT universities in the Global South should exclusively teach heterodox economics.
- Grand FinalTHS the pursuit of anti ageing technology.
- Partial Semi'sThis House, as a young person in Africa, would be an African Metamodernist
- Novice Semi FinalsTHBT Universities in the Global South should exclusively teach heterodox economics.
- Novice FinalsTHW become the prophet of Rakhat.
Jozi Rumble 2024 (2024)12 motions
- Round 1THBT Alfred Nobel's legacy should emphasize his role as the merchant of death.
- Round 2For financial crimes, THW not punish individuals who are significantly impoverished.
- Round 3THS the degrowth movement.
- Round 4In her next memoir, TH, as Professor Alex, would opt for the explanation that 'God did it' rather than the explanation that 'there was nothing God could have done about it'.
- Round 5TH opposes the notion that one should live in the moment.
- Round 6TH opposes compartmentalisation
- Round 7THW convert the largest fully private South African telecommunications providers (i.e. MTN, Vodacom and Cell C) into state-majority-owned companies.
- Novice Semi FinalTHS a social norm where one derive meaning from platonic relationships over romantic relationships
- Novice FinalTHW choose to be born in Veridonia over Lumina
- QuarterfinalsTH, as the Global South, regrets BRICS expansionism
- SemifinalsTH agrees with Popper
- Grand FinalTHW be a Cypherist
Jozi Rumble 2023 (2023)12 motions
- Round 1TH, As Prince Harry, Regrets Publishing Spare
- Round 2THW abolish the common farming exception.
- Round 3THW allow the use of evidence obtained illegally in court only in instances of Organized Crime and Terrorism.
- Round 4TH, as a modern democracy, Would utilise the Sibyll System.
- Round 5THBT Feminist Movements In Developing Nations Should Deprioritize The Strategy Of Advocating For Carceral Feminism
- Round 6THS Kanye West's use of the Confederate Flag
- Round 7THS the continued circulation i.e buying and selling of academic work and intellectual property of academics who have been accused of human rights violations and/or abuse.
- QuarterfinalsTHW Accept The Offer
- Partial SemiTHW Accept The Offer
- SemifinalsTHBT it is permissible to withhold all diplomatic travel privileges from people who come from countries that have passed laws that are considered human right violations.
- Novice FinalsTHBT it is permissible to withhold all diplomatic travel privileges from people who come from countries that have passed laws that are considered human right violations.
- Grand FinalTHP a world where the Norse gods' belief system is more valued than the Abrahamic god belief system.
Jozi Rumble 2022 (2022)10 motions
- Round 1In a world where meta-humans exist, THW impose "Act X" on all meta-humans
- Round 2THS state-led culling for population control of wild animals that pose a threat to livestock and agriculture.
- Round 3THS the use of "baby bonds" as a form of reparations for marginalized groups
- Round 4THBT regional organizations such (AU, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EU, etc) should refuse to accept peacekeepers from nations where the military exerts a significant amount of control over the civilian government.
- Round 5THBT progressive individuals should have a zero-tolerance policy for people with regressive values in their social circle
- QuarterfinalsTHR the rise of citizen journalism.
- SemifinalsTHBT "white collar crimes" should always be punishable by direct imprisonment.
- Grand FinalTHBT comedians should have a social responsibility for their choice of material.
- Novice SemifinalsTHBT feminists should not use rhetoric about women being more empathetic or more caring than men as part of their advocacy
- Novice FinalsTH, as an up-incoming artist, would choose to join an artist-run record label (For example; Dreamville, RocNation etc.)
What gets set here
Social & Identity19%
Economics15%
International Relations11%
Abstract11%
Media9%
Education9%
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20% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 77.6.
Last edition: 16 of 88 teams broke.
- 202210 pts · 78.2 speaks16/75
- 202312 pts · 76.7 speaks17/98
- 202413 pts · 76.6 speaks17/80
- 202514 pts · 79.1 speaks16/88
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break12 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon W. | PM | THBT the Academy Awards should make movies that use AI technology ineligible for awards in categories where the movies used AI technology. | 87 |
| Webster M. | OW | THBT broadcasters should not allow political pundits to speak on issues related to the pundit's source of funding. | 86 |
| Noluthando H. | LO | THBT the Academy Awards should make movies that use AI technology ineligible for awards in categories where the movies used AI technology. | 86 |
| Noluthando H. | MO | THBT broadcasters should not allow political pundits to speak on issues related to the pundit's source of funding. | 86 |
| Rea M. | PM | THBT the Academy Awards should make movies that use AI technology ineligible for awards in categories where the movies used AI technology. | 85 |
| Mpho M. | GW | THBT South Africa should implement the Right to Request Remote Work | 85 |
| Noluthando H. | PM | TH prefers a world in which we choose when we die. | 85 |
| Webster M. | OW | THR, the politicisation of the fees must fall movement. | 85 |
| Paula-Jean P. | MG | THBT South Africa should implement the Right to Request Remote Work | 85 |
| Nakita S. | OW | THR, the politicisation of the fees must fall movement. | 85 |
| Webster M. | DPM | TH prefers a world in which we choose when we die. | 85 |
| Njuguna M. | DPM | THBT the Academy Awards should make movies that use AI technology ineligible for awards in categories where the movies used AI technology. | 85 |
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