Where did it all start?

It all started at Overs on one ordinary Thursday evening. Debate auditions were held  in order to find the 4th member of delegation. Mark John Burke decided to launch this idea, because of a request he recieved from Tebogo Mogorosi. Tebogo contacted Mark, because he wanted the PUK to get involed in British Parliamentary Debating.  They roped in Marius Viktor and discovered Michelle Groenewald at the auditions and so the PUK Debate Society was born.

Vision

To be a home for students of the North West University where critical thinking and open discourse are actively engaged in. A place where people of every race and religion, every creed and colour, inclusive of all political beliefs and sexual orientations-are truly welcomed. We envision the society to be the inspiration for authentic student leadership with an absolute refusal to consent through silence.

Mission

To allow students of this society to become active global citizens, thinking wider than the four corners of Potchefstroom. To equip members with the skills necessary to be impassioned contributors of a diverse South Africa. To ensure through the Art of Persuasion, that mediocrity is never accepted and that apathy is never approved.

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Address

Office G52, Building F20 Potchefstroom Campus 
North West University
11 Hoffman street, 2531 Potchefstroom

Hours

Practice: Wednesdays 6pm-9pm
Training: Thursdays 19:15 pm-20:15
Titans talk: 6pm-7pm

Portfolios

Vice-President (Admin): Duan Craffert 
Vice-President (Training): Jean-Marc Groenewald
Executive President: Michelle Groenewald
Executive-Director (Marketing): Shaun Frazao
Executive Vise-President: Johann Coetzee
Executive Director (Chief Adjudicator): Comine Howe