2022 Newsletter
The 2022 newsletter gives details of the 2022 Programming Olympiad. It lists the 2021 results of the Finals as well…
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2021 Newsletter
The 2021 newsletter gives details of the 2021 Programming Olympiad. It lists the 2020 results of the Finals as well as…
2020 Newsletter
The 2020 newsletter gives details of the 2020 Programming Olympiad. It lists the 2019 results of the Finals as well…
Learners from three provinces win top places
Three provinces win the top places in the SA Programming Olympiad in the 16th year of Standard Bank’s sponsorship of…
Coding “Grand Prix” in Baku
Teen programmers from 86 countries compete for top honours at an international coding contest. Each country sends four high school…
Typhoon and Earthquakes Rock SA Team
As if 20 hours in an aeroplane was not enough, the South African team at the International Olympiad in Informatics…
Second Coding Gold for Cape Town learner
Only three learners in 34 years of the annual SA Programming Olympiad have earned the gold medal twice. At the…
Mastermind Wins Gold
Taariq Mowzer, in grade 10 at Fairbairn College in Cape Town, won the gold medal in the 34th South African…
Three medals for SA team in Iran contest
South Africa was the top programming team in Africa, finishing ahead of Morocco, Nigeria, and Tunisia in a computer programming…
2017 Newsletter
The 2017 newsletter gives details of the 2017 Talent Search and the dates for the other Olympiads: Applications and Programming.
2016 Programming Olympiad Finals Results
The venue for the 2016 programming Olympiad Finals had to be changed at the last minute.
IITPSA BURSARY
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Last Task Decides Olympiad Winner
Right until the very last question on the last day of the Programming Olympiad the two top participants matched each…
Entire SA Team wins medals
All four members of the South African Team that took part in the 27th International Olymiad in Informatics in Kazakhstan…
Maths Stars Shine In Programming
Without exception the medal winners at the 2014 South African Programming Olympiad are also regular participants and winners of other…
South Africa Wins Bronze
A grade 11 learner from Gauteng returned home from the International Olymiad in Informatics in Taiwan, proudly bearing a bronze…
Grade Nine Excels at Programming
Yaseen Mowzer, a grade nine learner at Fairbairn College, Goodwood, Cape Town succeeded in beating all but one of the…
SA Wins Bronze at International Programming Olympiad
Four South African learners competed against the top young programmers from eighty other countries at the International Olympiad in Informatics…
Inspirational Video
This video that was released by Code.org highlights the importance of teaching all learners computer science. It shares the message…
2012 Olympiad Finalists are Multilingual
Most of the Finalists in the 2012 of the Standard Bank/Computer Society of South Africa Programming Olympiad used Python –…
Maths Stars shine in IT
Learners who do well in Maths took most of the medals at the Computer Programming Olympiad Finals last week.
SA Scores Bronze at IOI 2011
Two South African learners won medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Thailand.
Four Medals for South Africa in 2010
At the 2010 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Canada a team of four South African learners managed to win…
Olympiad Tie for 2009
In 2009, for the first time in the 26 year history of the South African Computer Olympiad, two participants tied…
2009 Computer Olympiad Finalists
The Top 60 schools and students who participated in the Second Round of the 2009 Standard Bank/Computer Society of South…
SA Team wins Bronze in 2009 IT Olympiad
South African Maths and IT whiz kid, Francois Conradie, impressed the judges at the 2009 International Olympiad in Informatics with…
Computer Whizzes go to Bulgaria
A South African Team to take part in the 2009 International Olympiad in Informatics in Bulgaria has been announced.
Computer Olympiad warns of Skills Shortage
When announcing the Standard Bank/CSSA Computer Olympiad results for 2008 in Cape Town this week, Peter Waker, a Director of…
Another Medal for SA in 2008
With South Africa suffering from a medal drought in 2008, the good news is that a South African did land…
2008 Computer Olympiad Finalists
The Top 50 schools and students who participated in the Second Round of the 2008 Standard Bank/Computer Society of South…
Young Whizzes go to Egypt
A South African Team to take part in the 2008 International Olympiad in Informatics in Egypt has been announced.
Exceptional Computer Olympiad Results in 2007
When announcing the Computer Olympiad results for 2007 in Cape Town this week, Peter Waker, CSSA Vice President for Education…
Two SA Students win Medals at 2007 International Olympiad
Two South African students won medals at the 2007 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) held in Zagreb, Croatia.