South African College High School

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<p>The <strong><a title=\"South African College\" href=\"/wiki/South_African_College\">South African College</a></strong> was started in 1791, when the <a title=\"Netherlands\" href=\"/wiki/Netherlands\">Dutch</a> Commissioner-General, <a title=\"Jacob Abraham de Mist\" href=\"/wiki/Jacob_Abraham_de_Mist\">Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist</a>, asked for money to be set aside to improve the schools in the Cape. In 1814 when the British took over control of the <a title=\"Cape Colony\" href=\"/wiki/Cape_Colony\">Cape Colony</a>, permission was given for the money set aside by de Mist to be used to establish the South African College, under the first governor of the Cape, <a title=\"Lord Charles Somerset\" href=\"/wiki/Lord_Charles_Somerset\">Lord Charles Henry Somerset</a>.</p>
<p>The founding committee met in the <a title=\"Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk\" href=\"/wiki/Nederduits_Gereformeerde_Kerk\">Groote Kerk</a> to discuss funding and accommodation for the school and on October 1, 1829, the inauguration of the South African College was held and classes began. The original location of the school was in the <em>Weeshuis</em> on Long Street and moved to what is now known as the <em>Egyptian Building</em> in the Gardens district of Cape Town in 1841.</p>
<p>It was decided in 1874 that the younger students should be separated from their older counterparts. The South African College was separated into the <em>College</em> which became the <a title=\"University of Cape Town\" href=\"/wiki/University_of_Cape_Town\">University of Cape Town</a> and the <em>College School</em>.</p>
<p>The College School moved to its own building on Orange Street, separate from the College, in 1896. For the next few decades, the school grew and the building became too small for the number of students attending.</p>
<p>In 1956 the school moved to its current home in the Montebello Estate in Newlands, former home of the mining magnate <a title=\"Max Michaelis\" href=\"/wiki/Max_Michaelis\">Sir Max Michaelis</a>, after a decade-long negotiation with the Cape Administration.</p>
<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span id=\"coordinates\"><a title=\"Geographic coordinate system\" href=\"/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system\">Coordinates</a>: <span><img style=\"padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer;\" title=\"show location on an interactive map\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png\" alt=\"\" /><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=South_African_College_Schools&params=33_58_13.45_S_18_27_36.38_E_\"><span><span title=\"Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location\"><span>33°58′13.45″S</span> <span>18°27′36.38″E</span></span></span><span>ï»¿ / ï»¿</span><span><span title=\"Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location\">33.9704028°S 18.4601056°E</span><span style=\"display: none;\">ï»¿ / <span>-33.9704028; 18.4601056</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p>
<h2><span id=\"School_buildings\">School buildings</span></h2>
<p>The current school buildings are situated along Dean Street and Newlands Avenue in Cape Town.</p>
<p>The Junior School is located along Dean Street and is equipped with numerous fields for sporting activities, of which some are shared with the High School. The Junior School has a full length <a title=\"Swimming pool\" href=\"/wiki/Swimming_pool\">swimming pool</a> with a smaller children\'s pool for the younger students. A number of <a title=\"Tennis\" href=\"/wiki/Tennis\">tennis</a> courts are also available to the students. The Junior School has a new Media Center which hosts <a title=\"Computer\" href=\"/wiki/Computer\">computer</a> facilities, a new <a title=\"Library\" href=\"/wiki/Library\">library</a> and classrooms. The music department also has its own <a title=\"Auditorium\" href=\"/wiki/Auditorium\">auditorium</a> for cultural events and is also used for events with smaller audiences. The Junior School\'s <a title=\"Boarding house\" href=\"/wiki/Boarding_house\">boarding house</a> is named after <em>J E De Villiers</em>.</p>
<p>The High School is closest to Newlands Avenue which also hosts a number of sport fields for the various sports which the school offers throughout the year. The swimming pool is mainly used for <a title=\"Water Polo\" href=\"/wiki/Water_Polo\">Water Polo</a> and is also heated to facilitate training and usage in winter. The High School also recently had a new Media Center constructed with air-conditioned computer labs and library. The school hall is named after one of its most famous students, <a title=\"Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894-1948)\" href=\"/wiki/Jan_Hendrik_Hofmeyr_%281894-1948%29\">J H Hofmeyr</a>. The boarding houses for the High School are the <em>Michaelis House</em> (for the junior students) and <em>Rosedale House</em> (for the senior students).</p>
<h2><span id=\"Sporting_activities\">Sporting activities</span></h2>
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<p>The students in both Junior and High Schools are divided into four <em>houses</em>, different in both divisions of the school. In both instances there are annual inter-house sporting events, as well as cultural activities. The events range from cross country and lacrosse to cricket and rugby.</p>
<p>The students take part in sporting competitions with schools from the area, <a title=\"Western Cape\" href=\"/wiki/Western_Cape\">Western Cape</a> and sometimes from other parts of South Africa, as well as occasional competitions with visiting teams from other countries.</p>
<p>A prestigious annual competition for both the High School and the Junior School, named the Triangular, is a chance for the students of three prominent schools in the province to compete against each other on the track and field. The other two schools are <a title=\"Diocesan College\" href=\"/wiki/Diocesan_College\">Bishops</a> and <a title=\"Rondebosch Boys\' School\" href=\"/wiki/Rondebosch_Boys%27_School\">Rondebosch Boys\' High School</a>. The first meeting took place in 1935 and it has rotated between the three schools every year since.</p>
<p>The High School also plays host to various schools around the country in an annual <a title=\"Water polo\" href=\"/wiki/Water_polo\">water polo</a> tournament during the September holidays. The visiting schools range from the traditional rivals from the area such as Rondebosch Boys\' High School and Bishops, to other institutions such as <a title=\"Durban High School\" href=\"/wiki/Durban_High_School\">Durban High School</a> and <a title=\"Kearsney College\" href=\"/wiki/Kearsney_College\">Kearsney College</a>.</p>
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<p>The following is a partial list of sporting activities offered at both Junior and High Schools:</p>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Cricket\" href=\"/wiki/Cricket\">Cricket</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Cricket_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cricket_pictogram.svg/21px-Cricket_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Cricket pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Rugby football\" href=\"/wiki/Rugby_football\">Rugby</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Rugby_union_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rugby_union_pictogram.svg/21px-Rugby_union_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Rugby union pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Athletics (track and field)\" href=\"/wiki/Athletics_%28track_and_field%29\">Athletics</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Athletics_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/21px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Athletics pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Cross-country running\" href=\"/wiki/Cross-country_running\">Cross-country</a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Field hockey\" href=\"/wiki/Field_hockey\">Hockey (field)</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Field_hockey_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Field_hockey_pictogram.svg/21px-Field_hockey_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Field hockey pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Squash (sport)\" href=\"/wiki/Squash_%28sport%29\">Squash</a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Tennis\" href=\"/wiki/Tennis\">Tennis</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Tennis_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tennis_pictogram.svg/21px-Tennis_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Tennis pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Water polo\" href=\"/wiki/Water_polo\">Water polo</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Water_polo_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Water_polo_pictogram.svg/21px-Water_polo_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Water polo pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Fencing\" href=\"/wiki/Fencing\">Fencing</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Fencing_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fencing_pictogram.svg/21px-Fencing_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Fencing pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Basketball\" href=\"/wiki/Basketball\">Basketball</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Basketball_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/21px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Basketball pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Judo\" href=\"/wiki/Judo\">Judo</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Judo_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Judo_pictogram.svg/21px-Judo_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Judo pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Rowing (sport)\" href=\"/wiki/Rowing_%28sport%29\">Rowing</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Rowing_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rowing_pictogram.svg/21px-Rowing_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Rowing pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Rock climbing\" href=\"/wiki/Rock_climbing\">Rock climbing</a></td>
<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Shooting sports\" href=\"/wiki/Shooting_sports\">Shooting</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Shooting_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Shooting_pictogram.svg/21px-Shooting_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Shooting pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<td align=\"middle\"><a title=\"Table Tennis\" href=\"/wiki/Table_Tennis\">Table Tennis</a> <a href=\"/wiki/File:Table_tennis_pictogram.svg\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Table_tennis_pictogram.svg/21px-Table_tennis_pictogram.svg.png\" alt=\"Table tennis pictogram.svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" /></a></td>
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<h2><span></span><span id=\"Cultural_activities\">Cultural activities</span></h2>
<p>Both the Junior and High Schools have active Music Departments. The High School <a title=\"Choir\" href=\"/wiki/Choir\">choir</a> often performs in the Cape Town City Hall with other schools such as <a title=\"Rondebosch Boys\' High School\" href=\"/wiki/Rondebosch_Boys%27_High_School\">Rondebosch Boys\' High School</a> and <a title=\"Rustenburg Girls\' High School\" href=\"/wiki/Rustenburg_Girls%27_High_School\">Rustenburg Girls\' High School</a> in collaborations of such works as <a title=\"Carl Orff\" href=\"/wiki/Carl_Orff\">Carl Orff</a>\'s <em><a title=\"Carmina Burana (Orff)\" href=\"/wiki/Carmina_Burana_%28Orff%29\">Carmina Burana</a></em> in 2001 (conducted by <a title=\"Barry Smith (organist)\" href=\"/wiki/Barry_Smith_%28organist%29\">Dr. Barry Smith</a>). The choirs and bands of both divisions of the school competes in the <a title=\"Cape Town Eisteddfod (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Cape_Town_Eisteddfod&action=edit&redlink=1\">Cape Town Eisteddfod</a> every year at both group and individual events. The High School has two annual bursary competitions, the <em>Christopher Brown</em> and the <em>Walter Swanson Competitions</em>. These are designed to both give an evening of music from the highest standards as well as to encourage the music students to excel in whichever disciplines they take part.</p>
<p>The High School drama department stages annual dramatic productions as well as annual inter-house play competitions. Some recent notable performances are <a title=\"Guys and Dolls\" href=\"/wiki/Guys_and_Dolls\">Guys and Dolls</a> in 2000, <a title=\"Fame (musical)\" href=\"/wiki/Fame_%28musical%29\">Fame - The Musical</a> in 2003 and <a title=\"Little Shop of Horrors (musical play)\" href=\"/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_%28musical_play%29\">Little Shop of Horrors</a> in 2005.</p>
<p>Every year the school celebrates the founding of the school on Commemoration Day around September 20 (depending on which day it is every year). The High School trains a select group of volunteer students for the parade as well as a handful of centuries for the ceremony. The majority of the group take part as cadets for the parade and march from the Memorial Fields to the Major Quadrangle. The music department trains its students for the marching band. The Head Boy and a notable Old Boy of the school would then lay laurel wreaths at the plaques which commemorate those Old Boys who died fighting in World War I, World War II and the <a title=\"Korean War\" href=\"/wiki/Korean_War\">Korean</a> and <a title=\"South African Border War\" href=\"/wiki/South_African_Border_War\">Border</a> conflicts.</p>
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<p>Clubs and Societies in the High School include (<em>partial listing</em>):</p>
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<li>Choir (Junior and Senior Choir, and Madrigal Ensemble) </li>
<li>Band (Jazz and Concert) </li>
<li><a title=\"Drama\" href=\"/wiki/Drama\">Drama</a> </li>
<li><a title=\"Computer\" href=\"/wiki/Computer\">Computer</a> </li>
<li><a title=\"Photography\" href=\"/wiki/Photography\">Photography</a> </li>
<li><a title=\"First Aid\" href=\"/wiki/First_Aid\">First Aid</a> </li>
<li>Social Committee </li>
<li>History Society Committee </li>
<li>Music Society Committee </li>
<li>School <a title=\"Magazine\" href=\"/wiki/Magazine\">Magazine</a> </li>
<li>SACSnews (school newspaper) </li>
<li>Multimedia Society </li>
<li><a title=\"Interact\" href=\"/wiki/Interact\">Interact</a> </li>
<li><a title=\"Debate\" href=\"/wiki/Debate\">Debate</a> </li>
<li><a title=\"Christian Union (students)\" href=\"/wiki/Christian_Union_%28students%29\">Christian Union</a> </li>
<li><a title=\"Muslim\" href=\"/wiki/Muslim\">Muslim</a> Students Association </li>
<li><a title=\"Wine\" href=\"/wiki/Wine\">Wine</a> Club </li>
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<h2><span id=\"Uniform\">Uniform</span></h2>
<p>The traditional school colour of navy blue was determined in the 1880s when SACS pupils purchased the only pattern available of alternating white, light- and dark-blue horizontal stripes from <em>Porter Hodgson\'s Outfitters</em> in Cape Town. Prior to this, the pupils wore what they could afford while still being presentable <sup id=\"cite_ref-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-0\"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>.</p>
<h3><span id=\"High_School\">High School</span></h3>
<p>The current uniform of the High School has been in place since the 1930s. Pupils from Grades 10 - 12 who excel is Academics, Cultural Acitivites or Sports may be awarded School Colours.</p>
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<td><strong><a title=\"Boater\" href=\"/wiki/Boater\">Boater</a></strong></td>
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<td><strong><a title=\"Blazer\" href=\"/wiki/Blazer\">Blazer</a></strong></td>
<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\">Navy blue/Light blue (colours awards)</td>
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<td><strong>Tie</strong></td>
<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\"><em><a href=\"#Tie_Patterns\">See below</a></em></td>
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<td>White short sleeve</td>
<td>White long sleeve</td>
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<td><a title=\"Khaki\" href=\"/wiki/Khaki\">Khaki</a> shorts</td>
<td><a title=\"Charcoal (color)\" href=\"/wiki/Charcoal_%28color%29\">Charcoal</a> long</td>
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<td>Brown knee high</td>
<td>Black standard</td>
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<td>Light brown</td>
<td>Black</td>
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<h4><span id=\"School_Colours_Awards\">School Colours Awards</span></h4>
<p>The awards are conferred upon pupils by the Headmaster at the end of every school term at the end-of-term assembly (depending on award type).</p>
<p>The Cultural Awards Committee, consisting of senior staff members (typically Heads of Departments) and two Grade 12 students, meet before the end of every term to nominate and vote for potential award candidates. Student representatives are nominated and selected by the senior staff members on the committee, and serve for one year.</p>
<p>The selection process for Academic and Sporting awards vary slightly to the process of Cultural Awards.</p>
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<p>Standard High School</p>
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<p>Matric/Grade 12<sup>&Dagger;</sup></p>
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<p><sup>&Dagger;</sup><small>Non-repeating pattern</small><span id=\"The_S.A.C.\">The S.A.C.</span></p>
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<p>The school song was written by Rev. Dr. F. C. Kolbe with music composed by Sir Meiring Beck and first publicly performed in December 1887. The original school song had three sections but only the first section is currently used. <em>The S.A.C.</em> is well-known to all Old Boys as well as those students who attend the University of Cape Town since they share this as their school song. In the High School, The S.A.C. is sung at the first and last assemblies of the school term as well as other special occasions such as <em>Valedictory Service</em> and the annual <em>Academic Prize Giving</em> events.</p>
<dl><dd><em>The S.A.C.</em> </dd><dd><em>Is the College for me,</em> </dd><dd><em>The best in the country round;</em> </dd><dd><em>Wherever you go</em> </dd><dd><em>The records will show,</em> </dd><dd><em>Our equal has never been found!</em> </dd><dd><em>For study or play, it is always the same</em> </dd><dd><em>Wherever we be,</em> </dd><dd><em>We spread the name, and we swell the fame</em> </dd><dd><em>Of the S.A.C.</em> </dd></dl>
<h2><span id=\"Rhodes_Scholarship\">Rhodes Scholarship</span></h2>
<p>When <a title=\"Cecil John Rhodes\" href=\"/wiki/Cecil_John_Rhodes\">Cecil John Rhodes</a> died in 1902, he specifically named the South African College in his will as one of three schools in the <a title=\"Cape Colony\" href=\"/wiki/Cape_Colony\">Cape Colony</a> where the <a title=\"Rhodes Scholarship\" href=\"/wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship\">Rhodes Scholarship</a> would be awarded on an annual basis for a former student to study at the <a title=\"University of Oxford\" href=\"/wiki/University_of_Oxford\">University of Oxford</a> <sup id=\"cite_ref-1\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup>.</p>
<h2><span id=\"Old_Boys_Union\">Old Boys Union</span></h2>
<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.sacsobu.org/\">SACS Old Boys Union</a> (OBU) is the oldest <em>Old Boy</em> (Alumni) group in the country. It is currently chaired by John Ince, notable Old Boy who was previously the Headmaster at <a title=\"Camps Bay High School (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Camps_Bay_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1\">Camps Bay High School</a>, teacher at the High School, and Guidance Counsellor at the Junior School.</p>
<h3><span id=\"Notable_Old_Boys\">Notable Old Boys</span></h3>
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<li><a title=\"Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann\" href=\"/wiki/Leonard_Hoffmann,_Baron_Hoffmann\">Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann</a> (South African-born British Judge) </li>
<li><a title=\"Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894-1948)\" href=\"/wiki/Jan_Hendrik_Hofmeyr_%281894-1948%29\">Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr</a> (<a title=\"Rhodes Scholar\" href=\"/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar\">Rhodes Scholar</a> and prominent politician) </li>
<li>Justice <a title=\"Albie Sachs\" href=\"/wiki/Albie_Sachs\">Albie Sachs</a> (current <a title=\"Justice\" href=\"/wiki/Justice\">Justice</a> of the <a title=\"Constitutional Court of South Africa\" href=\"/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_South_Africa\">Constitutional Court of South Africa</a>) </li>
<li><a title=\"Harry Schwarz\" href=\"/wiki/Harry_Schwarz\">Harry Schwarz</a> (anti-apartheid politician, lawyer & ambassador to <a title=\"United States of America\" href=\"/wiki/United_States_of_America\">United States of America</a>) </li>
<li>Martin Singer </li>
<li><a title=\"N. P. van Wyk Louw\" href=\"/wiki/N._P._van_Wyk_Louw\">N. P. van Wyk Louw</a> (Afrikaans-language poet, playwright, and scholar) </li>
<li><a title=\"W.E.G. Louw\" href=\"/wiki/W.E.G._Louw\">W.E.G. Louw</a> (Afrikaans-language poet) </li>
<li><a title=\"Percy Montgomery\" href=\"/wiki/Percy_Montgomery\">Percy Montgomery</a> (former <a title=\"Springboks\" href=\"/wiki/Springboks\">Springboks</a> <a title=\"Rugby football\" href=\"/wiki/Rugby_football\">rugby</a> fullback and <a title=\"2007 Rugby World Cup\" href=\"/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup\">World Cup</a> winner) </li>
<li><a title=\"Peter Kirsten\" href=\"/wiki/Peter_Kirsten\">Peter Kirsten</a> (former <a title=\"South African cricket team\" href=\"/wiki/South_African_cricket_team\">South African Cricket</a> player) </li>
<li>Ronald Singer (archeologist) </li>
<li>Johan Herwig Lamoral </li>
<li><a title=\"Stephen Simpson\" href=\"/wiki/Stephen_Simpson\">Stephen Simpson</a> (racing driver - former driver <a title=\"A1 Team South Africa\" href=\"/wiki/A1_Team_South_Africa\">A1 Grand Prix Team South Africa</a>) </li>
<li><a title=\"Ross Skeate\" href=\"/wiki/Ross_Skeate\">Ross Skeate</a> (current <a title=\"RC Toulonnais\" href=\"/wiki/RC_Toulonnais\">RC Toulon</a> and former <a title=\"Stormers\" href=\"/wiki/Stormers\">Stormers</a> and <a title=\"Western Province (rugby team)\" href=\"/wiki/Western_Province_%28rugby_team%29\">Western Province</a> rugby player) </li>
<li>Professor <a title=\"Colin Firer (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Colin_Firer&action=edit&redlink=1\">Colin Firer</a> (professor of the Graduate School of Business at the <a title=\"University of Cape Town\" href=\"/wiki/University_of_Cape_Town\">University of Cape Town</a>) </li>
<li><a title=\"Eric Lloyd Williams\" href=\"/wiki/Eric_Lloyd_Williams\">Eric Lloyd Williams</a> (Second World War correspondent) </li>
<li><a title=\"Peter Jander (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Peter_Jander&action=edit&redlink=1\">Peter Jander</a> (artist) </li>
<li><a title=\"Tim Lewis\" href=\"/wiki/Tim_Lewis\">Tim Lewis</a> (sculptor) </li>
<li><a title=\"Guy Abercrombie Elliott (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Guy_Abercrombie_Elliott&action=edit&redlink=1\">Guy Abercrombie Elliott</a> <a title=\"OBE\" href=\"/wiki/OBE\">OBE</a> (professor of Medicine at <a title=\"Witwatersrand University\" href=\"/wiki/Witwatersrand_University\">Witwatersrand University</a>) </li>
<li><a title=\"Gerry Brand (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Brand&action=edit&redlink=1\">Gerry Brand</a> (former <a title=\"Springboks\" href=\"/wiki/Springboks\">Springboks</a> <a title=\"Rugby football\" href=\"/wiki/Rugby_football\">rugby</a> fullback) </li>
<li><a title=\"Solly Kessler (page does not exist)\" href=\"/w/index.php?title=Solly_Kessler&action=edit&redlink=1\">Solly Kessler</a> </li>
</ul>
<h2><span id=\"References\">References</span></h2>
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<li id=\"cite_note-0\"><strong><a href=\"#cite_ref-0\">^</a></strong> <span>van der Fort, Fouzia (11 May 2005). \"<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=342&fArticleId=2516444\">School uniforms - what purpose do they serve?</a>\"<span>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=342&fArticleId=2516444\">http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=342&fArticleId=2516444</a></span>.</span><span title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=School+uniforms+-+what+purpose+do+they+serve%3F&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=van+der+Fort&rft.aufirst=Fouzia&rft.au=van+der+Fort%2C%26%2332%3BFouzia&rft.date=11+May+2005&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capeargus.co.za%2Findex.php%3FfSectionId%3D342%26fArticleId%3D2516444&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:South_African_College_Schools\"><span style=\"display: none;\"> </span></span> </li>
<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><strong><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">^</a></strong> <span>Nuttall, Tim (03 January 2009). \"<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.rhodestrust.org.za/about.html\">Rhodes Scholarships in Southern Africa</a>\"<span>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.rhodestrust.org.za/about.html\">http://www.rhodestrust.org.za/about.html</a></span>.</span><span title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Rhodes+Scholarships+in+Southern+Africa&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Nuttall&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft.au=Nuttall%2C%26%2332%3BTim&rft.date=03+January+2009&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rhodestrust.org.za%2Fabout.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:South_African_College_Schools\"><span style=\"display: none;\"> </span></span> </li>
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