
13 January 2022
2022 Newsletter
The 2022 newsletter gives details of the 2022 Programming Olympiad. It lists the 2021 results of the Finals as well…
11 November 2020
2021 Newsletter
The 2021 newsletter gives details of the 2021 Programming Olympiad. It lists the 2020 results of the Finals as well as…
22 January 2020
2020 Newsletter
The 2020 newsletter gives details of the 2020 Programming Olympiad. It lists the 2019 results of the Finals as well…
05 December 2019
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…
05 December 2019
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…
27 February 2019
02 November 2018
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…
29 October 2018
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…
02 February 2018
13 October 2017
Mastermind Wins Gold
Taariq Mowzer, in grade 10 at Fairbairn College in Cape Town, won the gold medal in the 34th South African…
18 August 2017
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…
04 January 2017
2017 Newsletter
The 2017 newsletter gives details of the 2017 Talent Search and the dates for the other Olympiads: Applications and Programming.
18 October 2016
2016 Programming Olympiad Finals Results
The venue for the 2016 programming Olympiad Finals had to be changed at the last minute.
18 October 2016
IITPSA BURSARY
The bursary includes the following: Full tuition fees, registration fees and exam fees,University administered accommodation and Textbooks
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
South Africa Wins Bronze
A grade 11 learner from Gauteng returned home from the International Olymiad in Informatics in Taiwan, proudly bearing a bronze…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
Inspirational Video
This video that was released by Code.org highlights the importance of teaching all learners computer science. It shares the message…
18 October 2016
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 –…
18 October 2016
Maths Stars shine in IT
Learners who do well in Maths took most of the medals at the Computer Programming Olympiad Finals last week.
18 October 2016
SA Scores Bronze at IOI 2011
Two South African learners won medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Thailand.
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
Olympiad Tie for 2009
In 2009, for the first time in the 26 year history of the South African Computer Olympiad, two participants tied…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
Computer Whizzes go to Bulgaria
A South African Team to take part in the 2009 International Olympiad in Informatics in Bulgaria has been announced.
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
Young Whizzes go to Egypt
A South African Team to take part in the 2008 International Olympiad in Informatics in Egypt has been announced.
18 October 2016
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…
18 October 2016
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.