2018 Annual Magazine

2018 annual magazine

2018 annual magazine

IN CHALLENGING TIMES HOPE IS HARD TO FIND. WE ARE NOT DETERRED. WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES. WE ARE SOWERS OF HOPE, SEEKERS OF TRUTH, BUILDERS OF THE COMMON GOOD. WE ARE DOMINICAN.

THANK YOU catholic institute of education dame hilary cropper foundation deloitte deutsche bank dominican sisters of king william’s town epoch optima hannover re mike leeming ann lynch mahogany capital mary oppenheimer and daughters charitable foundation Your support empowers young people to reach their full potential through 21st-century education.

CONTENTS

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Letters from Leaders

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Faith

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Critical Thinking

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Creative Expression

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Family

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Awards and Prizes

93 Groups

103 Portraits

OUR LEARNERS ARE MORE THAN PERCENTAGES ON A MARK PAGE ….

THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT — EACH AN INDIVIDUAL DEMANDING AND DESERVING OF A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AS FUTURE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

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S author Richelle E Goodrich makes a profound statement when she says “I am not what you see. I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.”

Our theme at Dominican Convent School for 2018 is a “Vision of More” and I believe that this statement by Goodrich is particularly insightful as we delve more deeply into the children we teach each and every day.

As teachers, it is essential to try and understand context and reality if ever we hope to fully understand the children in our classrooms. Our children are far more than the physical manifestation that we see in front of us every day and we need to look beyond this if we are to have meaningful interactions and relationships.

Our children present with myriad complexities and a superficial knowledge of who they are limits and hinders our ability to educate. True education is about character formation which can only be stimulated in an environment or culture that is conducive to such growth. The effective teacher values the relational aspect of the profession, someone who understands that respect for the child is the foundation stone on which the child’s development and progress rests.

By seeking “more” we can identify that which lies behind the outward appearance and by so doing we become alive to the “real” child. It is only at this point that our influence gains purchase because the relationship is based on mutual respect.

to interact with learners in a more meaningful way present themselves. This I refer to as the “Power of the Moment” to which we have to be alert, a moment in time when what we say and how we act can have far reaching implications for the relationship.

As highlighted by Mr Leluma Posholi in his excellent 2018 Lenten Booklet, this kind of vision is not easy. It necessitates a person to possess certain gifts and values such as discernment, trust, empathy and understanding.

It also demands that one has proactive vision in which we not only see our children’s potential but we guide them to realise and develop this potential.

A “Vision of More” will help entrench a culture of inclusion, of acceptance and of care which remain the hallmark of a Dominican education. By so doing we are walking a path towards personal truth which pays respect to the Dominican charism and mission.

Our learners are more than percentages on a mark page or a name on a team sheet. They are human beings in their own right, each an individual demanding and deserving of a deep commitment to their personal growth as future citizens of this country.

graham howarth Executive Headmaster

In tandem with this vision is the teacher’s ability to search for those moments in the day when opportunity

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WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE WE GREW UP IN AND WERE EDUCATED IN. THE WORLD TODAY IS CHANGING AT SUCH AN ACCELERATED RATE AND WE AS EDUCATORS NEED TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

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ominican Convent School is one of the leading and most sought after schools in Catholic Education, imparting quality education at an affordable cost. Our vision to develop our children holistically has been tested over the past 110 years and has proved to be effective and successful time and again, accepted and appreciated by the community.

them grow and develop into sensitive and responsible citizens of the future. To ensure that we are offering quality education, we embarked on the Independent Quality Assurace Agency (IQAA) process as a school. In its report, IQAA described Dominican as a place where the children are happy and are taught in a “secure environment by competent and committed educators”.

We live in a world that is so different from the one we grew up in and were educated in. The world today is changing at such an accelerated rate and we as educators need to pause and reflect on the entire system of education. Dominican Convent is well equipped to prepare our children to face the challenges that the future holds. With this in mind, we work at implementing a well-balanced curriculum to ensure that children who walk into our school will not just love their school years but truly be prepared to face life’s challenges. It was Margaret Mead who said, “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

We fortunately have a committed and supportive management team, dedicated teachers, caring and cooperative parents who blend harmoniously to create a child-centric school. We also endeavour to instil a sense of pride in our learners and are constantly looking for ways to remind learners of their heritage. Our Senior Primary Phase concert was a celebration of the uniqueness and diversity of every learner at Dominican.

It is natural to find in this ambience the intensive use of a variety of thinking activities, strategies and group dynamics, so that the classrooms become alive.

Aristotle once said,“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Even as we impart education to match the advancement in technology and globalisation, we march our children ahead with Dominican’s ethos of moral values and principles. We endeavour constantly to instil these qualities in our children. We pride ourselves to help

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dalene rostovsky Head, Primary School

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here is no other school I would have spent a 13-year journey with than DCS. As I look back, I have appreciated the process more than the destination.

As a leader of the school I learnt regardless of the pressures that we faced, to always be there for someone, whether they’re in grade 8 or Matric. The spirit of togetherness, respect and dignity that I was taught at this school is something that I’m grateful and appreciative of. My advice to all the learners is to be grateful for the teachers that DCS has been blessed with, to take advantage of the opportunities presented and to be the best person that you can be. zizo chuma Head Girl

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our relationship with God is the only relationship that has a guarantee of lasting a lifetime and so I urge you to make time for God and to make prayer and faith a lifestyle.

Make no room for regrets. Most importantly, dare to dream.

Be love. Spread love. Live a life of love and you will receive love. I was not close with every single learner or teacher or Dominican family member, but you all showed me love in one way or another. Give the world the best versions of yourselves and don’t be apologetic about it. masego thlabanyane Deputy Head Girl

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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP LEFT TO RIGHT

SABELWE MABUYA DEPUTY HEAD BOY MASEGO THLABANYANE DEPUTY HEAD GIRL TSHEPISO MOTLOUNG HEAD GIRL (BOARDING) ENOCK SOKO HEAD BOY HEAD BOY (BOARDING) ZIZO CHUMA HEAD GIRL

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would like to thank the Davies Foundation for believing in me and supporting me financially. I would also like to thank the school for giving me the platform to showcase my abilities. To my loving and supportive family, I don’t know where I would be without you. May God bless you and protect you. Throughout my high school career I have learnt many values but what stands out for me the most is to be true to oneself. This is the value upon which our school is built.

You will be successful in life if you can trust yourself when everyone doubts you and still makes an allowance for their doubting. Don’t live your life based on other people’s points of view. You need to have your own moral ground as a person.

In this world, people will tell you what they want you to hear but those people will not help you to be better than the person you were yesterday. enock soko Head Boy

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were told that high school is meant to give one a secondary education and help one grow into being a young adult. What we weren’t told is that high school would teach us about friendship and relationships. As the Matric group of 2018, we have learnt that; we won’t always get what you want. We’ve learnt that you’re going to hear more “nos” from people rather than “yesses”. You’re going to face challenges in life and those challenges are going to make you a better you tomorrow than you are today. One of the most important things we as the Matric class of 2018 have learnt from Mr Howarth’s speeches is that, our best is enough and that is all that matters. Though we may not all “click” or have the same interests, as matriculants, we stand together through the challenges we face. sabelwe mabuya Deputy Head Boy

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The Dominican Order

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re parents, teachers and learners attracted to something special about Dominican education that is not to be found in any other school?

From my own experience, I as a pupil felt at home in my Dominican school. There was an atmosphere of belonging and deep joy that I felt with the sisters and I like to think they felt for me. I believed in them, as did my parents, and I loved them. There were those who were much more difficult to love and when I grew older I learnt to see them from a different point of view. I now know that we are all hurt in some way and the result is sometimes behaviour that others find very difficult to tolerate.

What do I mean when I say at home in a school? There was warmth, perhaps not literally in the harsh winters, but warmth in the atmosphere. The sisters gave unstintingly of their abilities to help us to grow in our learning and I was enthralled by the knowledge I was assimilating. More enthralling yet was the example of my teachers. We were very aware of their personalities and behaviour and we feared a few but we were inspired by most.

The Dominican sisters I knew had a tough life. I didn’t know that initially, but I gradually became aware of it.

When I entered the Dominicans, I was attracted once again by their deep and simple joy. I also loved the music I heard from singing, the pianos and the church liturgies.

There was something sacred about that. I didn’t like times of silence. Now I long for it!

Another thing that attracted me was how interesting even an acorn off the big oak tree in the garden became when I was taught about it in Botany. I was never bored. I remember the idea of “eternity” being raised in a cathechism lesson. That’s what we called religious education in those days. I was appalled by the idea of forever and ever. Whether I went to hell or heaven, the worst thing about eternity was that it would never stop and change gear. I imagined it as so boring even if we were enjoying whatever heaven meant. As for burning in hell for ever and ever, I still believe that often

it is boredom that makes children turn a deaf ear to our efforts. And really there is nothing to be bored about.

We studied and learnt. I remember learning my Latin vocabulary while riding to school on my bicycle, one hand holding my little vocabulary book. So much for modern texting and driving!

MAY OUR DOMINICAN SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OUR LEARNERS BY BEING EXAMPLES OF PLACES WHERE THEY LEARN THAT THERE IS MORE THAN STRIVING FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. I prayed with my parents, family and teachers. It was part of my life and I didn’t think it strange. I was in community with my family and fellow learners and the sisters and the congregation at church. The Dominican values were all around me and I loved them and imbibed them.

May our Dominican schools continue to inspire our learners by being examples of places where they learn that there is more than striving for academic excellence. We strive for truth, we want to be persons of justice, we value compassion and the integrity of creation, which includes everything that God has put on this earth and in the universe. We need to be aware that life is certainly not boring and that being alive is something to be celebrated.

May the joy of St Dominic be always with us in everything we are and do!

SR MARGARET SCHÄFFLER, OP

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Lenten Journey

WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT FEELS LIKE IT IS HAVING A RESURRECTION MOMENT. THERE ARE GLIMMERS OF JUSTICE AND A SINCERE DESIRE TO EMPOWER THOSE WHO ARE STILL VICTIMS OF INJUSTICE.

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e can become so used to hearing a story, reciting a prayer, or singing a song, that it becomes onedimensional. This Holy Week, as we end our Lenten Journey of More and reflect on the last events of Jesus’ life on earth it is easy to be focused only on the Resurrection. We lose sight of Jesus’ humanity and the historical parallels to the world he lived in and the world we inhabit today.

Jesus challenged these norms and openly questioned what society valued. How many of us have had the courage to speak out against injustice? How many of us would have passed up the temptation to be a leader in society and be sentenced to death instead? How many of us would have remained silent while accused?

Today we live in a society that feels like it is having a Resurrection moment. There are glimmers of justice and a sincere desire to empower those who are still victims of injustice.

As we journey with Christ through his death and Resurrection this weekend, let us consider how

we can find the courage to move from being a bystander shouting “crucify him”, to having the courage to do our bit of good in the world: through outreach, by not turning a blind eye to corruption, by not perpetuating stereotypes that denigrate others, and by not spending so much time chasing things to burnish our image but rather spending time seeing and being with others.

One of our learners reflected: “My hope for Easter is to get the opportunity to redefine and to reflect the true meaning of Easter and the events that happen around this time. The aim of the Resurrection is to remember God’s motive of liberation and unending love.

“By the reason of this period of Easter, the ramification of renewal is spread throughout my life and, therefore, adjusts my focus for the rest of the year.”

—ZIZO CHUMA,

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Faith Journey

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Eleven learners walked in the shoes of Jesus and asked for Baptism. This year’s celebration was special in many ways. The catalyst was our first meeting with parents where Father Letsie reminded them about their role and transcendent duty to raise their children under the banner of God. Parents appreciated the counsel and formation they received from Fr Letsie and the teachers.

Speaking after Baptism, one of the baptised said, she felt accepted as one of God’s children. This is the essence of Baptism; an indelible mark and reminder of our filial relationship with God.

CONFIRMATION IS A PIVOTAL SACRAMENT IN A PERSON’S LIFE. PERSONALLY IT HAS BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY. I NOT ONLY FEEL SPIRITUALLY LIBERATED BUT I AM UPLIFTED ON AN EVEN GREATER LEVEL. BERNICE NDEBELE, GRADE 11

Confirmation 27 JUL

Seven Dominican learners made the courageous choice to become adult members of the Catholic Church when they received the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Archbishop Buti Thlagale, the presider, noted in his homily that the learners would face challenges at home to love, to create justice, and to be faithful in the years ahead and encouraged learners to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Each year, the First Holy Communion Mass brings something special to the community; the offertory gifts, the joy and family reunion.

This year’s celebration was no different. The weather was ironically damp and miserable but spirit was joyous and blessed.

The highlight for many people was the liturgical dancing during the Psalm. All eyes were peeled as 24 of our learners danced and sang the Psalm. The dance deepened the meaning of the words of the Psalm which were a prayer for wisdom.

AT FIRST HOLY COMMUNION I FELT ANXIOUS BUT I WAS ALSO EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS PROUD WHEN I WENT BEFORE THE ALTAR TO SING AND DANCE. FAITH LUCAS, GRADE 3

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Faith Community Each week at Mass we gather as a whole school to share our joys and sorrows, to ask for forgiveness, and pledge our lives in service.

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Special Masses 18 OCT

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PREFECT INDUCTION

GRADE 12 VALEDICTORY MASS

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Walking in the Footsteps of Christ

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Dominican joined many Catholic Schools across the nation in the 2018 Leave Your Footprint campaign.

Learners in the Primary School were encouraged to come to school with different footwear. Some learners came to school with no shoes at all. Why would we want to do this? Is it just a gimmick as so many of these campaigns can be or is there something deeper going on here?

There is a saying that goes “If only you could stand in my place, you would then know what my situation is really like”. That is what we are being asked

to do today to stand, in the place of so many people in our country, who are less fortunate than we are. Perhaps not wearing shoes today will enable learners to feel the earth between their toes and on the soles of their feet; in this way, we can truly try to understand how difficult it must be for some children in under-resourced schools. We need to remember on a day-to-day basis that our feet are protected. What if we had to go to school every day without shoes?

—CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Lenten Journey

A Vision of More US author Richelle E Goodrich makes a profound point when she says “I am not what you see. I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.”

Our theme at Dominican in 2018 was “A Vision of More” and our Lenten Journey asked learners and staff to consider how they could grow closer to God. This included spiritual retreats, reflecting on the weekly readings leading up to Easter and in taking part in a Penitential Service where learners and staff symbolically burned the habits they wished to leave behind in their efforts to act justly, walk

humbly, and love tenderly. Through it all, the spiritual self was unveiled for many learners and they discovered new depths to their understanding of faith and action in a morally complex world.

Catholic Schools’ Week

Living Heritage

In May, Dominican celebrated Catholic Schools’ Week and remembered the value of Catholic school education. Our school – Dominican Convent School – is one of the schools in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.

The importance of Catholic education is that children are groomed in the Catholic faith. The Catholic ethos has many valuable teachings and guidelines. These are all part of the witness that is passed

on to learners each and every day, and is constantly changing lives.

What basically makes Catholic education of value? In a Catholic school you are not only taught general education, you are taught it’s a holistic education that balances education with deep spiritual immersion.

“Being in a Catholic school has nourished my spiritual life, I’m able to see the ‘footprints’ of God in my daily life.”

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Spiritual Heart Beats Again On 16 January the dreams of many members of our community were fulfilled when our chapel was restored and blessed by Archbishop Buti Thlagale. The chapel space (actually the third in the history of the school) was originally consecrated in 1936, and served as a place of prayer for the Dominican sisters who lived in the building that is now the school’s administration block. Over time, the sisters gave more of their living space to the school, and the chapel, like many other spaces, adapted to the needs

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of the school — radically changing to become a computer centre in the 1980s. With painstaking labour from Mr Dayle Whitaker and his team, and support from the Dominican sisters, the Chapel of the Sacred Heart is now restored as the spiritual heartbeat of the school. In the words of Sr Evelyn Jung, “The newly painted walls too, ooze the intentions of love to make this a special place for all. May this newly established chapel be a grace-filled place where we receive God’s gifts of love, joy, and fullness of life.”

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Thinking School

The Search for Self

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t's mind boggling to think that in our industry, teachers are training learners for jobs that don't yet exist.

From social media managers to app developers, jobs that were not in existence in 2006, one can only imagine how the world will have changed in the next 10 years. It often makes me wonder if I, as an educator, am equipping learners sufficiently for the “real” world.

Many educators will tell you that though our learners have access to so much information, they, in actual fact, know very little and so it falls on us to teach and prepare them for the unknown. That is our intension as a Thinking School and for the Critical Thinking Day. As a Thinking School, for just one day in a term, teachers and learners of Dominican Convent School set aside academic obligations to ponder, in different ways, many relevant worldly issues.

From the water crisis Johannesburg experienced a few years ago to the question of sexuality, we have tried to cover as many relevant topics to us as a society in the hopes

of getting our minds equipped to handle social issues that the learners face. All of these topics are chosen by the learners themselves through a survey they fill in at the end of each Critical Thinking Day. Our vision as a Thinking School is to help learners see and question more about the world around them and the role they ought to play in that world. It is to encourage them to challenge themselves to be more active citizens of the world, to actively engage with what they see and hear around them.

This year, the learners chose to be more introspective than before. Our children are hungry to know themselves better and to experience authentic relationships with those they engage with.

Finding your authentic self We live in a virtual society that is ever changing and is full of many different pressures. Many people are depressed because of the need to impress people they have never met and also to experience happiness they see other people portraying every day in the virtual world. In their desire to be accepted, they ironically end up isolating themselves as the world continuously emits mixed

messages of what we should be.

Although this topic was done early on in the year, it proved relevant in light of the sudden death of HHP not too long ago. Knowing that someone as friendly and fun-loving as this well-known rapper in actual fact struggled with depression for a long time was uncovered on this particular Critical Thinking Day.

easily connected but more disconnected than ever as a result of the virtual world.

Education As a Thinking School, we expect our learners to take ownership of their own learning and it was quite fitting that the learners chose to interrogate South Africa’s Education system in order to understand its inner

AS A YOUNG ADULT GOING OUT INTO THIS VERY SCARY WORLD, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TAKE ON THIS JOURNEY OF MINE IS KNOWLEDGE OF SELF THROUGH METACOGNITION. THINKING DAY HAS TAUGHT ME TO LOOK AT THINGS BEYOND THE SURFACE AND ASK "WHY?".

MASEGO TLHABANYANE, GRADE 12

Authentic relationships The topic that the learners chose next kept in the vein of authenticity, but this time the search went towards those we are in relationships with.

Technology has distorted what relationships should be like.

While we have easy access to people all over the world, we are struggling more than before to communicate in a real way. Face-to-face time has become more difficult and uncomfortable. It has become increasingly difficult to be present in “real time”. We are

workings, compare it to other countries and to investigate ways that our system can be changed or improved. It was also important for learners to contemplate whether a schooling system is best for the 21st-century child.

The learners have become increasingly engaged with each Thinking Day this year and we look forward to a new year of more of this kind of work.

NOLOYISO LANGE

CRITICAL THINKING COORDINATOR HIGH SCHOOL

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THE LEARNERS’ WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE AND EXPLORE DIFFICULT TOPICS MAKES THE DAY EVEN MORE WORTHWHILE. THE LEARNERS ENGAGE IN THE TOPICS IN A WAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. JACQUI SPELLAS, EDUCATOR

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The first thinking day of 2018 was a success.

We learnt the importance of communication. This was shown in the sources provided in the three tasks given to each group. The overall theme was how cellphones can have a negative effect on our relationships.

How does language shape our thinking,

our values, and our understanding of the world?

What happens when languages and cultures collide? Who is

LEARNERS WERE COMPLETELY ABSORBED IN APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND WERE FULLY CRITICAL OF THEIR ASSUMPTIONS AND STATEMENTS.

Our first task was to discover who we are through the insight of videos and sources. The second task was that each group had to create a monster in which we had seen that the things we dislike about ourselves are actually the things VILOSHINI NAIDOO, EDUCATOR that make us beautiful. For our final task we created a video in “in” and what is left “out” and which we showed the dangers how can that lead to alienation, of how social media and our dissociation and depression? cellphones can destroy our relationships.

These questions formed the core of the Term 2 Thinking The day helped us move closer Day which took place at to discovering the people we are Dominican Convent High and the impact we have in other School on Tuesday, 15 May. people’s lives.

Learners explored how different —SAVANNAH CAMPBELL, languages expressed the idea SAMANTHA CHIRUME AND CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI, of sadness and depression in GRADE 12

fundamentally different ways.

A Grade 12 learner remarked in group discussion that the indigenous African words to describe depression were related more to a physical, short-term sickness that was easier to

overcome than when saying you were depressed in English— with its clinical, long-term implications.

Learners also played a card game, Barnga, where teams who had learned the game with different rules played against each other, but could not speak to communicate their feelings.

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the educators facilitating the game which is used to simulate the challenges that occur when cultures collide and language is not easily available for communication.

Ultimately, these activities were all brought together to get the learners to reflect on how they can alienate others and how being left out can lead to depression.

“I experienced a lot of challenges when it came to patience with self-understanding about depression. It is what you feel inside and with words you can never explain how you feel.”

What is the purpose of school? Does our current curriculum

prepare young people with the skills and values to navigate the post-school world?

How do other nations around the world educate their children? What should a 21stcentury school classroom look like?

High school learners examined these questions at the Term 3 Thinking Day on Education. Many learners were surprised by the poor throughput of South African education (38% graduation rate nationally) and imagined what could be

improved in schools where resource levels vary so widely.

“The topic helped us explore education in ways we never considered before. Once again we worked well together and came up with interesting opinions on how education in South Africa can be improved which I really enjoyed.”

—JONAH GASURA, GRADE 11

—FULUFHELO SINGO, GRADE 12

BE YOURSELF AND NOT WHAT PEOPLE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT WILL TURN YOU INTO A LIAR AND NOT YOUR TRUE SELF. I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, BUT I REALISED THE DEEPER IMPACT OF IT DURING THINKING DAY. —LWANDILE MAVI, GRADE 9

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STEM Education

A Love of Maths and Science

FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE Dominican Convent School hosted our fourth Grade 4 to 7 Festival of Science on 12 May 2018. It was a fascinating day filled with mind-blowing experiments and interaction with other schools. Even though we woke up at six in the morning on a Saturday, it was all worth it. We learnt about submission, non-Newtonian fluids and more. All schools performed exceptional experiments.

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The day was filled with excitement, explosions and experiments. It was fun learning that you can use cleaning materials from home to do experiments. The most important priority was being safe from all dangerous experiments. I enjoyed the Oobleck experiment the most because it’s easy to do. The only ingredients you need are cornstarch and water. I really learnt a lot from this festival.

—NOMPUMELELO DLADLA, GRADE 7

MATHS CHALLENGE

event. We learnt many things about coding. One of those things are binary Dominican Convent School codes. When coding you hosted its fifth Mathematics can be creative by designing Challenge on 15 September an app that you can control 2018. Seven schools personally. There were group participated. The first round rounds where we could was the schools challenge express our knowledge of where the learners worked in Maths. The other participants groups to solve 45 problems were competitive and in an hour. The second round challenging, as it is called a was a coding presentation Maths Challenge after round where learners all. The day ended one a demonstrated their skills in high note as DCS won the using apps to design games.

Maths Challenge!

The Maths Challenge was an SIKELELA MONAKALI AND NTANDO MAZIBUKO, exciting and mind puzzling GRADE 7

CREATIVE EXPRESSION

High School Choir

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n order to join the choir, you don’t necessarily have to be the best singer out there. For me, it was a process of learning and growing as I started out in choir not being able to harmonise or even catch a note. The best thing about being in the choir is watching the audience go wild and pleading to hear more songs from us, but better yet, seeing how we make people so happy

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just by singing a few songs.

However, choir isn’t just fun and games. It requires one to make sacrifices, especially regarding performances that are late in the evening or performances that are abroad, like the 2015 UK choir tour. Choir is at its best when everyone puts in the effort and especially when everyone is enjoying the moment.

RUMBIDZAI CHIRUME, GRADE 12

THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING IN THE CHOIR IS WATCHING THE AUDIENCE GO WILD AND PLEADING TO HEAR MORE SONGS FROM US. RUMBIDZAI CHIRUME, GRADE 12

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On Stage

Our Time

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE VALUE AND TREASURE OUR ROOTS AS THEY’RE A PART OF OUR IDENTITY. WAXOLA HUGHES, GRADE 6

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On 27 September 2018, the Primary School held the culturally diverse production Our Time, which took us through a journey of South Africa’s tumultuous history.

It also drew on the cultural and linguistic background of our school community, celebrating the diversity of our learners’ heritage. The rigorous rehearsals that learners showed passionate commitment to paid

off generously, as the production was a success. Parents marvelled at the spectacles showcased that evening. There was a lot of preproduction hype in addition to the many learners gushing to parents about the upcoming performance, which sparked genuine curiosity and interest.

The youth of our country hasn’t paid much attention to our historic and ancestral roots as explicitly displayed within

the play. It is imperative that we value and treasure our roots as they’re a part of our identity, especially in today’s world where many people lose themselves to hypocrisy instead of trying to stay sincere.

WOXOLA HUGHES, GRADE 6

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On Stage

Keys to My Heart

I KNEW MY CHARACTER HAD COME ALIVE WHEN EVEN OFF-STAGE MY FELLOW LEARNERS WOULD COME GIVE “MKHULU” A HUG. KERATILE RAMMUKI, GRADE 12 34

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On 24 May 2018, Keys to My Heart played to a large audience, including learners, parents and staff. Keys to My Heart was a beautiful love story that was scripted by Mrs V Naidoo, Buqaqawuli Nobakada, Corlender Munyawiri, Atlehang Jorha and Mahlatsi Mabitsela. It tells a story of a

downtrodden young man from Soweto, Philemon Tshabalala, who meets Pertunia Zulu, a wealthy girl from the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. It was love at first sight. Despite the protests from Pertunia’s father, the young couple marry.

The play took us on a journey of their lives intertwined

with beautiful music and dance. It was a beautiful and touching story of love, happiness and pain!

VILOSHINI NAIDOO, DIRECTOR

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Marimba and Drumming

Mmino ke Tholwana ya Bophelo The most valuable lesson that music has taught me is patience.

Music embraces any person who wishes to explore its depths, which explains why it has been my refuge my whole high school career. Being a part of one of the best marimba bands has taught me a lot about love and teamwork. It showed me the importance of respecting the ideas of others and mixing them with your own to create magic. I will always remember the jam sessions where my marimba band and I would play random notes and end up with a song. These are the songs we played at the National Eisteddfod Academy (NEA) Finals which was one of our greatest achievements as a marimba band. Bokgosi was our name, which

is a perfect fit as it reflects on how we finished our race – like queens. I would like to thank Mr Ratlhagane and my fellow band members for being patient in our wait for success and equally putting in the hard work. Being able to express yourself without using words is something that not many can do – this is where artists flourish. To be an artist is to be free and I pray that we will all find our freedom one day as I have found mine through music.

MASEGO THLABANYANE GRADE 12

Being a self-taught guitarist is extremely challenging when it comes to consistent growth and learning.

Working in collaboration with the

DCS marimba bands since 2016 has truly helped develop my talent.

Having no knowledge of theory it was quite hard harmonising with the marimbas. On my first try with the senior band of 2016, I particularly learnt to rely on my ear to find the right note to produce the best sound.

Being in my last year, the performance at the International Marimba and Steel-pan Festival with the band was really a test of my growth and development and we really put it all out there for the judges. The collaboration with the marimba band has truly benefited me more than I could have imagined and I am truly grateful that I got the opportunity.

KERATILE RAMMUKI, GRADE 12

WITH ALL THE GROWTH WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST YEARS WITH OUR ARTS ACTIVITIES WE SHOULD PAUSE AND RECOGNISE HOW HAPPY OUR LEARNERS ARE BECAUSE OF AFRICAN MUSIC — MARIMBAS, DRUMMING AND DANCE. NTLHANE RATLHAGANE, EDUCATOR AND INSTRUCTOR

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CREATING RHYTHMS WHICH GIVE MY SOUL PEACE AND EXPOSE MY VIBRANT SIDE HAS BEEN THE BEST EXPERIENCE. WHEN YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING YOU’RE TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT YOU NEVER FIND A REASON TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. BONGIWE NKUTHA, GRADE 11

THE ENSEMBLE HAS IMPROVED DRASTICALLY IN THEIR PLAYING, ESPECIALLY WITH CONTROLLING TEMPO, RHYTHM LENGTH AND VARIATIONS OF TONE AND SOUND. THEY WERE VERY GOOD, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR NEA AUDITIONS. THUTO KOENANE, GRADE 11

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Dance

DOMINICAN GAVE ME A PLATFORM TO EXPRESS HOW I FELT THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF MY BODY. RAMODISE MODISE, GRADE 12

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This was a year of transformation and growth in dance. A lot of creativity was introduced to the different forms of dance and this was seen in the beauty of our new costumes, our mixture of old and new dance styles as well as the coordination and skill in each piece we performed. I started dancing in Grade 7 and Dominican Convent has been a great platform to continue growing as a dancer while learning from the people I interact with in this art form. Dance has become

more than just a set of movements put together to create or follow a certain rhythm but for the dancers of DCS, it has become a form of language and culture that we communicate to our audience.

We take pride in our artistry and always strive to leave a mark on everyone that we perform for. Each dance routine marks a new relationship between each dancer and the next and a relationship between the dancers and the stories we tell with the help of the music. I felt honoured when

I witnessed our group take part in the National Eisteddfod Academy competition.

Each piece demonstrated amazing talent together with dramatic creativity and the results we came back with was a true reflection of our hard work and perseverance in all that we do and this will forever remain our purpose and truth.

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Solo Instrument Performance

Making Music

The music department once again had a good complement of learners learning guitar, drums, piano, violin and recorder. Some learners have now consistently attended music lessons for many years and are reaping the rewards of their hard work. We are very proud of Garon Beukes (Grade 8) who passed his ABRSM Grade 2 violin exam, and Nandi Mkhatshwa (Grade 10) who passed her ABRSM Grade 4 violin exam.

At the Foundation Phase Concert the learners wowed the audience with some very enthusiastic playing.

Especially on piano and drums, we were treated to some innovative and creative tunes and rhythms.

The Foundation Phase learners also had the marvellous opportunity of playing for their Carol service under the stars, accompanied by Keneyon Loock’s funky piano playing.

UTE SMYTHE, VIOLIN INSTRUCTOR

We also had some wonderful performances from new beginners at the Senior Concert, as well as more accomplished renditions of classical songs and pieces from longer-term learners.

SOME LEARNERS HAVE NOW CONSISTENTLY ATTENDED MUSIC LESSONS FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE REAPING THE REWARDS OF THEIR HARD WORK. UTE SMYTHE, VIOLIN INSTRUCTOR

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Ballet

Perfect Pirouettes

The learners from Cathi Baskerville Ballet Station dance school enjoyed participating in our annual high tea and Eisteddfod and regular classes in RAD training, offered at Dominican Concent School.

We offer ballet classes from Grade R to Grade 12. The school has a fully equipped ballet studio on the premises.

Learners from Grade R to Grade 12 attend ballet classes.

Ballet requires great concentration as it entails muscle strength and coordination, musicality, choreography and discipline.

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High School Arts and Culture

House Plays

The build-up to the house plays was a very stressful one. I was in a group with members who weren’t very dedicated to the play. But eventually we pulled it together and started to work.

We were practicing every second break. This was a big challenge because members in our group had other things that they had to attend but somehow it worked.

The day of the plays, there was a great sense of excitement in the air. Everyone was looking forward to performing, despite of the

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nerves. I am in the Green House, we had very talented actors and this showed on stage. Performing in front of the whole school was a experience that I will never forget.

My group really showed up to the party . We ended up winning and this was something we greatly deserved. I can’t wait to do it again next year, but for now I have the awesome memories of this years house plays to keep me smiling.

DANIEL GITAU, GRADE 11

Identity

Bongiwe Buthelezi, Grade 9

Emma du Toit, Grade 9

Siphokazi Khala, Grade 9

Hlengiwe Plaatjies, Grade 9

Branford Derbyshire, Grade 9

Jennifer Lioul, Grade 9

Tshiamo Mokobo, Grade 9

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Umhlaba wemvelo

Selma Odhiambo, Grade 000

Karolo Mokoena, Grade 00 Maria Manyuchi, Grade 000

Delphine Mbale, Grade 00

Lorton Matthews, Grade 000

Akwande Mqadi, Grade 00

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Senzosakwantu Ntshingila, Grade 4

Tshimollo Ndzekeli, Grade 4

Yolula Tobo, Grade 4

Faith Lucas, Grade 3

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Jude Dady, Grade 1

Tanaka Jemwa, Grade R

Rutendo Manyuchi, Grade R

Tanaka Jemwa, Grade R

Teano Davis, Grade R

Letlotlo Mokgethi, Grade 1

Thapelo Moeti, Grade R

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Tshimollo Ndzekeli, Grade 4

Anne Marie Makonga, Grade 5

Boitumelo Mpalane, Grade 6

Asnath Lusunu, Grade 4

Temoho Monanyane, Grade 4

Enzi Khambule, Grade 4

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Lerato Matlaopane, Grade 4

Ethan Benjamin, Grade 4

Benita Nkaya-Mbuyi, Grade 5

Lungile Bala, Grade 4

Senzosakwantu Ntshingila, Grade 4

Atlegang Oliphant, Grade 4

Rebekar Admmaisu, Grade 4

Neo Mabe, Grade 4

This is Me

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Laika Muanza, Grade 6

Warona Mogoshi, Grade 6

Omphile Baholo, Grade 6

Arabile Maphiri, Grade 6

Phutholoho Mathoka, Grade 6

Ana Dos Santos Pinto, Grade 6

Me, Myself and I

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Powerful Words

Ashley Ngwenya, Grade 9

Omolemo Mogase, Grade 9

Relebogile Hlatshwayo, Grade 9

Kudzai Coutries, Grade 9

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Rebekar Admmaisu, Grade 4

Lungile Bala, Grade 4

Lerato Matlaopane, Grade 4

Ntokozo Malebo, Grade 4

Anele Ndawo, Grade 4

Ntando Kumalo, Grade 4

Ho tshwara ditoro Loza Somna, Grade 4

Mmasego Moseki, Grade 4

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Self and Society

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Marie Mutabazi, Grade 10

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Kgolane Maditsi, Grade 10

Moradi Keraetswe, Grade 12

Matshidiso Mohulo ,Grade 10

Luthando Jikajika, Grade 9

Jemima Ruben, Grade 9

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Human Fragments

Jabez Mukandila, Grade 11

Aurea Nogueira, Grade 11

Bongiwe Nkutha, Grade 11 Kgolane Maditsi, Grade 10

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Boitumelo Khoanyane, Grade 11

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Dolophina Vilankulu, Grade 12

Buqaqawuli Nobakada, Grade 12

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Buqaqawuli Nobakada, Grade 12

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Disfigured

Nina Zwane, Grade 12

Clinton Khumalo, Grade 12

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Nombuso Dowelani, Grade 12

Lungelo Ndawo, Grade 12

Nkosazana Dlamini, Grade 12

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Withered Smiles

Those With Withering Smiles—Buqaqawuli Nobakada, Grade 12

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The Evolution Of Head Wraps—Siphosethu Malindzisa, Grade 12

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Dysmorphia

Too Much Juice Isn’t Bad—Zizo Chuma, Grade 12

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Savage Wilted Love

Moradi Keraetswe, Grade 12

Affection Destruction—Cindy Dzobo, Grade 12

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Wandile Maphosa, Grade R

Camilla Nkomo, Grade R

Akani Mabasa, Grade R

Obakeng Mdluli, Grade R

Caretina Eshete, Grade R

Khethelo Mkhize, Grade R

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SPORT

High School Basketball

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he Dominican Junior and Senior Girls Basketball teams are the 2018 Johannesburg Champions after defeating their archrivals Norkem Park High School in hard-fought matches. Led by the dynamic duo of Ulemu Padzuwa and Boitumelo Selwadi, who recently brought gold back to South Africa

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from Italy, the girls triumphed in a year where injury and other obstacles threatened the girls’ success.

I reflected later that our goal was to be the best and we knew that being the best is going to require us to work harder. Going into the season, we were ready for our rivals. We faced a tough competition which was made

more difficult with the injuries to key members of our teams. The character of the girls really showed when we encountered our rivals on the court at the end of the year.

SUZAN MALEHO, COACH

ITALIAN ADVENTURE Thousands of young athletes gathered in the name of sport at Germiston stadium on 28 and 29 October 2018 to play against each other and trial for the final squad. Players from Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Tshwane and Sedibeng came with one goal and that was to play to the best of their ability.

Ulemu Padzuwa and I were selected from these many players to represent South Africa in the Tri-colore Games in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Life in Italy was different, yet we just had to adapt. I made a lot of memories with my fellow teammates and made sure we had fun but most of all played to the best of our ability and brought home the Gold medal, as promised. We went to Italy as the unknowns, but left there unforgettable.

BOITUMELO SELWADI, GRADE 11

KEEP WORKING HARD AND DOING YOUR BEST BECAUSE, TRUST ME, YOU’RE NOT DONE WINNING. BOITUMELO SELWADI, GRADE 11

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High School Basketball

Driving to Victory

OPEN BOYS FIGHT AT ST JOHN’S COLLEGE TOURNAMENT

The DCS Open Boys basketball team headed to Wembley Stadium as one of 32 teams from sub-Saharan Africa that compete in the St John’s Basketball Tournament. Dominican faced strong opposition in its pool, winning four games and losing three. Struggle has only made the boys hungrier to win, and they are determined to improve in the second half of the season.

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WITHOUT CONCENTRATION AND HARD WORK THERE’S NO ROOM FOR SUCCESS. THESE ARE THE THINGS BASKETBALL HAS TAUGHT ME THIS YEAR AND I AM TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL. MELCHI NGOYI, GRADE 12

HOME COURT CHAMPIONS

The second annual Dominican Convent U14 Basketball Tournament tipped off on Saturday, 22 September. This was a highly thrilling tournament with many great moments from the future stars of basketball in the country. The occasion was on course to be a great one as Dominican beat their neighbours and rivals, Jeppe Boys, in a heated semi-final. Our boys were then destined for greatness as they put on a solid performance to see them crowned champions, beating Bishop Bavin in the final. The team, led by Coach Suzan, also had a standout player, MVP Oratile Mosinki, ensuring the cup stayed at home.

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Boys Football

Siyeza!

OUR PASSION AND LOVE FOR THIS SPORT BROUGHT US CLOSER NOT ONLY AS A FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT AS A FAMILY. JONAH GASURA, GRADE 11

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The Open team experienced a very emotional year. We were a team that showed a lot of promise and potential and this was evident in a lot of our results. We made it to the InterCatholic final as well as the Summerhill Tournament final, however, the odds were against us and we lost both.

The highlight of our year was undoubtedly the St Peter’s tournament.

We went into it as underdogs, but we made it to the Plate final which nobody expected. Unfortunately, we lost in this final, however, regardless of this, our team grew this year in all aspects.

Our passion and love for this sport brought us closer not only as a football team, but as a family.

JONAH GASURA, GRADE 11

The Dominican Convent U16 football team had a year to remember! Tough competition throughout the whole year became our weekly bread in terms of preparing for the tough league competition, as well as the numerous tournaments. We had maintained a certain standard and set out goals that would challenge the entire team to achieve greatness. This shone throughout the year as we only felt defeat on one occasion during the league semi-finals. Our approach was to groom athletes with a culture of winning and through the year we realised that this is only the first step towards building a culture of winning in the football department. With a team of naturally talented individuals as well as timeous preparation with the challenges faced, this had become a dream outcome.

Looking onward to 2019, we will maintain the winning spirit, and with this group of players the future for South African football looks really bright. To the parents: your sons have the potential to do great things for the school and they need your support in getting there. The more they receive it the more they become confident in their game. Club participation will be of utmost importance in the development of the game. I look forward to working with these athletes in years to come.

SABELO THUSI, U16 COACH

Football isn’t as simple as 22 men chasing around a ball for 90 minutes. Football is a sport which its players are passionate about, and this passion was evident this season in the U16s performance results.

Our team performed exceptionally well

in the Independent School Soccer League and was the only team in the school to reach the semi-final stage of the league where we, unfortunately, lost in a very competitive game. This loss motivated us to do better next time and when we were given another opportunity to show that we are the best at the Summerhill College Tournament, we did exactly that. We came out on top in this tournament and were very happy about this because we realised then that, whoever said winning isn’t everything, had never won anything.

LUTHANDO JIKAJIKA, GRADE 9

Primary School Football

Fun and Teamwork Football season was one of the biggest highlights of the year.

We had wins and losses in which we enjoyed throughly. We played in the Discovery tournament but we didn’t make it, despite the fact that we lost we held our heads high and focused on getting better. We improved our skills during practice. I have learnt that life is like football, I cannot make it without goals. On behalf of the U13 football team, I’d like to thank Mr Posholi, Ms Retief, and the drivers for their efforts during football season. They are appreciated.

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High School Netball

National Stage

ALL MY HARD WORK SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD ON THE NETBALL COURTS HAS COME TO FRUITION. THIS WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I’VE INVESTED MY WHOLE HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS. KAMOGELO MOLOELANG, GRADE 12

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his year the U16 netball girls came second in the league.

We achieved this through hard work during practices and by listening to each other. At the beginning of the season, we had our ups and downs, but as we played more matches, we grew stronger and united. On behalf of the U16 netball team, I would like to thank Ms Lange for being our coach and for pushing us extra hard during practices. She taught us discipline and saw a huge amount of potential in us. Without her pushing us, we wouldn’t have been able to realise that we need to leave our differences outside of the court if we wanted to play as a team and improve our skills. Your effort was much appreciated.

REFILOE NTSHABELE, GRADE 10

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Primary School Netball

On the Courts

Being then netball captain of the U13 netball team has been a phenomenal experience because we had received support from out peers, educators, and our coach, Ms Florence. Our educators constantly told us to enjoy our games. Netball practice was never easy; most of the practices resulted in pain but it was all worth it in the end. My teammates showcased their talent and performed exceptionally.

On behalf of my team, I’d like to thank Ms Chendip and Ms Florence for their efforts.

NTANDO MAZIBUKO, GRADE 7

On 28 June 2018 Kamogelo Moloelang (Grade 11G) was selected to the South African U19 National Netball team after completing the U19 Intra-National Netball Games at Afies School in Pretoria. Kamogelo represented Gauteng in 12 matches, including the final which Gauteng won. She was voted the Best Shooter of the tournament and will go on to play for South Africa in England in October this year.

“When my name was called second to last, I had shivers down my spine. All my hard work since I was six years old on the netball courts has come to fruition. This was possible because I’ve invested my whole heart and soul into this. Because I’ve qualified as the youngest player in the national squad, I know I have more courts to run and more goals to achieve.”

—KAMO MOLOELANG, GRADE 11

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Primary School Basketball

Growing Up

WINNING WAS NOT OUR ONLY GOAL. WE ENJOYED MAKING NEW FRIENDS.

Eleven schools took to the Dominican courts in the Catholic Schools Sports Council U13 Basketball Festival on Saturday. Schools of all Christian denominations were invited and included St Benedict’s College, St Stithians College, St John’s College, Saheti School, Bishop Bavin School, Maryvale College, Holy Family College, Marist Brothers Linmeyer School, Sacred Heart College, St Peter’s College and Dominican Convent School’s A and B teams.The games made us feel exhilarated and we showed off our talent and skills.

ALWANDE MDLETSHE, GRADE 6

WARONA MALAMBE, GRADE

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High School Girls Football

Undeterred FOOTBALL IS A SIMPLE GAME. 22 PLAYERS CHASE A BALL FOR 90 MINUTES. AT THE END, DOMINICAN WINS. NALEDI RAKGOLELA, GRADE 9

This past football season began and we got right to it. We picked each other up on the field. We pushed one another to run faster and reach greater distances when we didn’t think we would possibly be able to by ourselves.

Some days were harder than others but we got through them together, as a team. We started off on a good note, we won the Inter-Catholic Tournament and throughout the entire season, we only had two losses. As a team, we never gave up on one another, through all the tears and happy moments, we managed to make it to the end.

NALEDI RAKGOLELA, GRADE 9

Chess

Masterminds Alexander the Great, Napoleon, even Batman. All great military strategists in their time and, even though the stakes were never quite that high, with the only bruises incurred being those to our egos, many a battle was fought on the chess board by my team and I this year.

Like most things in life, we had our highs and our lows but with a committed team behind me, even what would have been crushing defeats were merely learning experiences and a chance for the team to

spend time doing what they love. Our best, but also our most crushing, experience was probably the Inter-Catholic Chess tournament. We were almost tied for second place with the two teams above us but only managed a fifth and sixth place achievement out of 18 teams. All in all, it’s been a heuristic experience and hopefully we will come out on top next year.

SIVE MDLALOSE, GRADE 11

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Chapel 15 Dedication JAN

Our Family

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Parent Information Morning and Braai

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Grade 12 Career Show

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Orlando Children’s Home Outreach

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I LIKE ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO READ 17 First Week of School AND WE DO FUN THINGS. JAN

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Matric Dance

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Pre-Primary Grandparents’ Tea

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Heritage Day

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Maths Challenge

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High Tea

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group of term boarders and Ms Mbatha set out for Orlando Children’s Home to deepen our outreach efforts there. We were quite nervous at first because this time we were going to be allocated groups that we would have to lead in the activities that we did. The first activity we had was a dance competition, where the winning team won extra Easter eggs. The other activities we had involved a lot of running around and excitement that caused the children to not listen to all the rules of the game and end up playing it wrong.

When the time to say goodbye came, we were very sad but we are definitely going back soon.

Boarding

THANDLWETHU THWALA, GRADE 12

At Home EVERY MOMENT I SPENT IN THE BOARDING HOUSE REMINDED ME OF HOW BLESSED I AM— BLESSED TO BE WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO MY LIFE AND LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A HUGE FAMILY THAT SOME MAY NOT EVEN HAVE. THE BOARDING HOUSE WILL FOREVER BE MY HOME. TSHEPISO MOTOLOUNG, GRADE 12

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he constant sounds of voices from the other side of the wall, the strategic shower plans, the designated time for meals – all of this has taught me discipline and to to care for others – that everyone is equally valued. Coming to the Boarding House for the first time and being in Matric has open my eyes to realise that the path I walk will surely collide with other’s path, and that in its own time a new path begins. It showed me that someone just down the corridor can relate to you in ways unimaginable.

Through this journey, I enjoyed the stay. It wasn’t a Boarding House, it was a Boarding Home.

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On Saturday, 17 February, the Active in the Word team visited Orlando Children’s Home in Soweto. The team donated non-perishable items and old clothes.

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have learned to becomee responsible and independent, as well as to socialise with my peers. It has showed me that there are people who genuinely care for you. Being a term boarder has been amazing. Memories are created and shared during the outings. These are memories that are going to stay with me forever and I will cherish the love and care I have received from my peers. I appreciate the effort they put in to keep us entertained during weekends, the comfort we receive from the dorm parents, as well as the encouragement to study harder.

REATLEGILE MPYE, GRADE 8

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eing a boarder for the first time in my life, I came to DCS with a lot of fears. I soon found out that my fears were unnecessary as I have learnt so many lessons from my dorm parents and my fellow boarders whom I now consider my sisters. I have learnt to be patient, consider others and reflect on the consequences of my actions. I was a boarder for two years and I can easily say that they were definitely not in vain. I have built relationships that I will cherish forever, and have gained life lessons that I will remember always, I am entirely grateful.

JESSICA JOHNSON, GRADE 10

THE BOARDING HOUSE HAS SHOWN ME THE IMPORTANCE OF SISTERHOOD AND UNITY. I CAN TRULY SAY THAT CHOOSING THE BOARDING HOUSE WAS A DECISION I WILL NEVER REGRET. NANDI MKHATSHWA, GRADE 9

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Matric Farewell

Dancing under African Skies

11 MAY

Most matriculants will agree that their Matric Dance is indeed a night to remember. Seeing how we all transformed from students into young adults and expressed our different personalities was the peak of the night. A feeling of pure bliss was present as we danced the night away together. It is said that the power of unity is so great that it illuminates the world. We were truly united for the first time and that is a blessing from God that we will eternally be grateful for. A big vote of thanks to Dr Lima and the Matric Dance Committee for a spectacular evening. ď‚Ą MASEGO TLHABANYANE, GRADE 12 84

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AWARDS AND PRIZES

ACADEMIC AWARDS GRADE 11 (2017)

GRADE 8 (2017) FIRST IN SUBJECT

afrikaans accounting business studies dramatic arts english geography history isizulu life science mathematics physical science sesotho visual art

FIRST IN SUBJECT

TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI MERON GETAHUNE NAOMI KAZEMBE TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI MERON GETAHUNE SIMNIKIWE DHLAMINI TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI SIPHOKAZI KHALA NAOMI KAZEMBE

OVERALL AVERAGE

first TSHEGOFATSO DLAMINI second MERON GETAHUNE third TSHIAMO MOKOBO GRADE 9 (2017) FIRST IN SUBJECT

afrikaans accounting business studies dramatic arts english french geography history isizulu life orientation life science mathematics physical science sesotho visual art

afrikaans accounting ap english ap mathematics business studies dramatic arts english geography history isizulu it life orientation mathematics maths literacy portuguese physical science sesotho visual art

BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA CHRISTIANA FITA BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA BUKIWE MASILELA MASEGO TLHABANYANE SAMUKELE NGEMA MASEGO TLHABANYANE ATLEGANG JORHA MASEGO TLHABANYANE MASEGO TLHABANYANE KHWEZI MASUKU BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA GIFT NYAMA ATLEGANG JORHA ELIZANDRA MOTA TANAKA SEMEON TSHEPISO MOTLOUNG BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA

OVERALL AVERAGE

KERAIYA NAIDOO KERAIYA NAIDOO KERAIYA NAIDOO KERAIYA NAIDOO KERAIYA NAIDOO NANDI MKHATSHWA MARIE MUTABAZI KERAIYA NAIDOO THANDIWE PADZUWA KERAIYA NAIDOO KERAIYA NAIDOO KERAIYA NAIDOO KATLEHO KOENANE KUTLWANO SHAI KEOREPETSE LEBELE

first MASEGO TLHABANYANE second CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI third BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA

OVERALL AVERAGE

first KERAIYA NAIDOO second KEOREPETSE LEBELE third KAMOHELO MASHILOANE GRADE 10 (2017) FIRST IN SUBJECT

accounting ap maths afrikaans dramatic arts english geography history it isizulu life orientation life science mathematics portuguese physical science sesotho visual arts

SIVE MDLALOSE SIVE MDLALOSE CANDICE MEEK BOITUMELO SELWADI SIVE MDLALOSE TADIWA MAVEDZENGE MARCIA WILLIAMS JONAH GASURA NHLANHLA SIBIYA REAOBOKA RAMAKOALIBANE JONAH GASURA SIVE MDLALOSE AUREA NOGUEIRA SIVE MDLALOSE BOITUMELO SELWADI AUREA NOGUEIRA

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORT AND CULTURE AWARDS BASKETBALL

CHOIR best junior chorister best senior chorister

TOP POINT SCORER

junior boys junior girls senior girls

THATO SEREPO THANDIWE PADZUWA BOITUMELO SELWADI

MOST IMPROVED

junior boys junior girls senior boys senior girls

KAMOGELO MOLOELANG

CONTEMPORARY DANCE most improved dancer best dance

NJONGONKULU NTSHEBE MORENA MATSOSO

GARON BEUKES DIVINE MWENDA MBUYI LINAMANDLA SOMHLAHLO-MSUMZA

DRUMMING most improved best junior best senior

ULEMU PADZUWA

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

junior boys junior girls senior girls senior boys

RIHANDZU RIVOMBO

ORATILE MOSINKI THANDIWE PADZUWA NTOYAMI BOPELA

CHESS

THUTO KOENANE

MARIMBA most improved junior best senior

CHRISTIANA FITA

SIYABONGA DUBE

RIHANDZU RIVOMBO KAMOHELO MASHILOANE

PERFORMING ARTS

MOST IMPROVED

senior

IFAENYICHUKU NWOSU

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

junior senior

best supporting actress best supporting actor best actor best actress

SAMUKELE NGEMA KERATILE RAMMUKI THATO MOOROSI CHARITY NGWENYA

TSHIAMO MOKOBO SIVE MDLALOSE

NETBALL MOST IMPROVED

senior

TSHEGOFATSO MALAPANE

TOP GOAL SCORER

senior

KAMOGELO MOLOELANG

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

senior

KAMOGELO MOLOELANG

FOOTBALL MOST IMPROVED

senior girls

MADIGWE KGAPHOLA

GOLDEN BOOT AWARD

senior girls junior boys senior boys

MANDISA NGUBANE THATO SEREPO DAVIS MASSALA

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

senior girls junior boys senior boys

NEO DINKU KGOTSO QWAKA BOITUMELO KHOANYANE

THANDIWE PADZUWA

JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

BOITUMELO SELWADI

SENIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

NJABULO SHABANGU

SENIOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

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SPECIAL AWARDS MASEGO TLHABANYANE

2018 LEADERSHIP AWARD

Awarded to a Grade 12 learner who has shown outstanding, consistent and exemplary leadership in all spheres of school life.

MASEGO TLHABANYANE DUX SCHOLAR For the highest combined marks in all Grade 12 subjects.

MASEGO TLHABANYANE

2018 SERVICE AWARD

Awarded to a Grade 12 learner who has shown outstanding, consistent and exemplary service to the school in all spheres of school life, and who embodies the ethos of Dominican Convent School.

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GRADE 12 AWARDS ENGLISH

TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ENGLISH

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MASEGO TLHABANYANE BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA GIFT NYAMA

KHWEZI MASUKU BONGISIWE SIBANDA SIBUSISO SIMAMANE

VALUES

MATHEMATICS

LIFE ORIENTATION

MATHEMATICS

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BUKIWE MASILELA MASEGO TLHABANYANE

ATLEGANG JORHA

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MASEGO TLHABANYANE

CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI MORGLIN OLIVIER

OVERALL

2ND LANGUAGE AFRIKAANS

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SIBUSISO SIMAMANE

TANAKA SEMEON

MATHEMATICAL LITERACY

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CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI GIFT NYAMA

GIFT NYAMA BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI

PORTUGUESE

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ELIZANDRA MOTA

SESOTHO

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TSHEPISO MOTLOUNG NATASHA KGAPHOLA OFENTSE SEKGOBOLA

ISIZULU

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SAMUKELE NGEMA AND CHARITY NGWENYA THANDLWETHU THWALA MASEGO TLHABANYANE

COMMERCE

Awarded to Grade 12 learners in recognition of their dedication and ability in sport and culture for five consecutive years. culture

BUSINESS STUDIES

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PRO MERITO AWARDS

RUMBIDZAI CHIRUME

SAVANNAH CAMPBELL RUMBIDZAI CHIRUME SEBENELE DLAMINI

MASEGO TLHABANYANE

CINDY DZOBO

SAMUKELE NGEMA

LONDIWE KUNENE SABELWE MABUYA

THE ARTS

LUYANDA MADIDA

DRAMATIC ARTS

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SIPHESIHLE MAZIBUKO

SAMUKELE NGEMA

BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA

CHARITY NGWENYA

DUDUZILE SHABALALA

BONTLE MALEBO

MASEGO TLHABANYANE

VISUAL ARTS

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BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA SIPHOSETHU MALINDZISA CINDY DZOBO

sport

NTOYAMI BOPELA NEO DINKU CHRISTIANA FITA SARAH KAZEMBE

SCIENCES

PHELADI KEKANE

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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TANAKA SEMEON CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA

DAVIS MASSALA RETSHEPILE MATSOSE THATO MNIKATI LERATO MOLOI

GEOGRAPHY

ATLEGANG JORHA

THATO MOOROSI SAMUKELE NGEMA

HISTORY

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BONTLE MALEBO

SIPHESIHLE MAZIBUKO

SOCIAL SCIENCE first

MORWAKOMA MADITSI

MASEGO TLHABANYANE SAKHILE HURLEY CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI

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HALF-COLOURS

HONOURS COLOURS

summa cum laude

honours

KEOREPETSE LEBELE

full colours

half colours

academic

KERAIYA NAIDOO THUTO KOENANE REAOBOKA RAMAKOALIBANE BUKIWE MASILELA CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA THANDLWETHU THWALA

football

SEBENELE DLAMINI NOKUKHANYA BUTHELEZI

SIVE MDLALOSE

dance

academic

CORLENDER MUNYAWIRI BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA GIFT NYAMA RENDANI RATSHIBAYA MASEGO TLHABANYANE

basketball

CHRISTIANA FITA

netball

ZIZO CHUMA MAHLATSE MABITSELA

football

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SAVANNAH CAMPBELL

SAMUKELE NGEMA

RUMBIDZAI CHIRUME

MANDISA NGUBANE

SEBENELE DLAMINI

NEO DINKU

LONDIWE KUNENE

HAFNIO DUARTE

SABELWE MABUYA

PHELADI KEKANE

NQOBILE MASHAU

LONGIN KEKERA

SIPHESIHLE MAZIBUKO

MORWAKOMA MADITSI

DUDUZILE SHABALALA

MPHO MANALO

MADIGWE KGAOPHOLA

DAVIS MASSALA

SAVANNAH CAMPBELL

RETSHEPILE MATSOSE

RUMBIDZAI CHIRUME

LERATO MOLOI

CINDY DZOBO

SAMUKELE NGEMA

BUQAQAWULI NOBAKADA

MANDISA NGUBANE

BONGISIWE SIBANDA

LINDOKUHLE THUSI

MASEGO TLHABANYANE

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GROUPS

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U11 BASKETBALL

U13 GIRLS BASKETBALL

FRONT S Thusi (Coach), A Magoshi, K Sebeelo, B Makarati, A Dube, E Khambule,

FRONT T Motsoatsi, K Mahoro , L Thela, B Malapane, K Sehlapelo, R Chendip (Head of Sport)

R Ntshona, I Leketlane, R Chendip (Head of Sport)

ROW 2 S Thusi (Coach), B Nkaye, U Mbadzo, N Mazibuko, N Mthembu

ROW 2 T Seakatsie, S Ncube, S Monakali, S Moloelang, S Mdletshe, B Massamba

ROW 3 Z Zuze, P Kazembe, M Monokali, H Motsoatsi

ROW 3 N Malebo, S Ntshingila, N Zuze, A Kambale ROW 4 A Mbale, B Mokhethi, K Motapane, N Mabunda

U13 BOYS BASKETBALL

U14 BOYS BASKETBALL

FRONT M Watkins, A Sebuse, K Mosoatsi, J Wonyama, A Mamphiri, R Chendip (Head of Sport)

FRONT N Mthembu, G Beukes, B Benissan, T Serepo, T Mashiane, O Mosinki, A Majola

ROW 2 S Thusi (Coach), E Mwembo, K Motapane, W Magoshi, K Mthembu, G Matseba

ROW 2 K Okpara, N Khumalo, B Mkhanto, P Barack, S Maleho (Coach)

ROW 3 A Mdletshe, W Malambe (Captain), R Mxakato, K Tabane, J De Carvalho ROW 4 K Naidoo, M Mashego, M Jabetla

U15 GIRLS BASKETBALL

U19 BOYS BASKETBALL

FRONT J Spellas, D Mwenda, T Dlamini, L Ratshibaya, T Tshili, T Padzuwa (Captain),

FRONT B Benissan, K Okpara, R Beukes, M Dos Santos, K Mosinki, N Shabangu,

S Maleho (Facilitator)

N Thondhlana (Facilitator)

ROW 2 M Ntsoane, G Kongola, W Gurure, N Kazembe, E du Toit, S Mkhwanazi, P Ndou

ROW 2 K Ntinugwa, J Mukandila, I Mafuta, B Khoanyane, M Ngoyi, K Mosinki

ROW 3 E Mokonnen, S Konate, T Tshabalala, B Mhlayivana, E Ayinto

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U19 BASKETBALL

DISTRICT NETBALL SELECTION

FRONT J Spellas (Facilitator), M Modise, S Whiteman, T Dlamini, T Padzuwa, L Ratshiabaya,

FRONT R Chendip (Head of Sport), N Nazibuko, N Sithole (Coach)

T Tshili, D Mwenda, S Maleho (Coach)

BACK F Masuku (Coach)

BACK L Sebgilwe, L Ratshilengo, S Kenate, B Selwadi (Captain), N Ntsibi, U Padzuwa

HIGH SCHOOL CHESS FRONT J Chimwanda (Facilitator), Sive Mdlalose, Paballo Kekana, Mpho Mogalobe, Tshiamo Mokobo, Luthando Jikajika, M Gora (Facilitator) ROW 2 E Ayinto, M Kamanga, V Moyo, M Thebe, E Ntuli, A Ntull, M Chanetsa ROW 3 G Kongolo, M Ntsoane, T Mokgatle, S Mdlalose, N Ndlovu, K Naidoo, K Koenane ROW 4 O Matlala, T Magwegwe, D Pinto, E Mnyakeni, T Chebukhulu, N Dube, M Mebratu, H Itefela, I Chuku ROW 5 O Molokwana, T Mokoena

U9 NETBALL

U10 NETBALL

FRONT L Qwaka, B Aphane, R Ndlovu, K Mashadza, J Apples (Coach)

FRONT N Sithole (Coach), N Daba, A Lusunu, L Matlaoplane, Chendip (Head of Sports)

ROW 2 C Manyuchi, F Muofhe, R Mdleasenye, M Ncube

ROW 2 O Seohatse, L Nhlapho, A Ndawo

ABSENT M Mukeba, L Mzangwe, Z Xulu, O Kobeli, P Ntshingila

ROW 3 B Mbuyi, M Joao

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U11 NETBALL

U12 NETBALL

FRONT R Chendip (Head of Sport), N Mabe, O Tshikane, R Mathosa, N Sithole (Coach)

FRONT R Chendip (Head of Sports), K Sehlapelo, P Mathoka, A Khumalo, F Masuku (Facilitator)

ROW 2 S Cele, U Mbadzo

ROW 2 K Mpele, Z Zuze, B Mokoena, T Malope

ROW 3 M Khumalo, K Seabi

U13 NETBALL

U14 NETBALL

FRONT R Chendip (Head of Sport), R Dube, N Mazibuko, T Nethononda, F Masuku (Coach)

FRONT K Sepodi, N, Khalipha, Z Nkutha, T Mabaso, S Ndawo

ROW 2 P Kazembe, S Monakali, M van Ross, N Dladla

ROW 2 M Moyo, B Mchunu, M Thebe, B Mkhangwana, F Masuku (Coach) ROW 3 G Molayetsi, T van Wyk, D Digoro

U15 NETBALL

U16 NETBALL

FRONT H Plaatjies, S Woldesemayat, N Dube, X Matthews

FRONT T Padzuwa, A Ngwenya, L Magagula, T Matabane, C Mbuya

ROW2 N Lange (Coach), L Khumalo, B Moyo, N Ndlovu

MIDDLE M Manoog, I Ngubane, K Maphiri BACK T Malapane, T Mathobela, R Ntshabele

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1ST TEAM NETBALL

PROTEA U19 NETBALL

FRONT Z Geluk, R Ramakoalibane, B Rankapole, U Padzuwa

FRONT M Roy (Head of Sport), K Moloelang, N van Rooyen (Coach)

ROW 2 B Selwadi, K Monageng ROW 3 K Moloelang, N van Rooyen, N Ntsooa

U12 FOOTBALL

U13 FOOTBALL

FRONT O Sibeko, A Dube, T Seakatsie, K Sebeelo, B Mukarati, A Mogoshi, M Vuvu,

FRONT R Chendip (HOD – Primary Sport), B Moroe, S Ngobese, G Beukes, J Retief (Coach)

A Dube, E Khambule

ROW 2 R Chendip (Head of Sports), S Monakali, S Moloelang, S Ntshingila,

R Ntshona, I Lekitlane, J Retief (Coach)

ROW 3 A Mbale, N Malebo, B Mokhethi, K Motapane, N Mabunda

ROW 2 S Ngwenya, A Majola, K Qwaka, K Mohale ROW 3 S Dlamini, O Masilo, T Serepo, (Captain), H Natverlal, O Mosinki, JP Carvalho ROW 4 T Magwegwe, M Mashigo, J Lebewane, U Tshuma, T Muanza, N Shabalala

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U14 FOOTBALL

U16 FOOTBALL

FRONT C Luzolo, A Majola, G Cardoso, T Mashiane, S Ngwenya, K Qwaka

FRONT S Thusi (Coach), A Ngwenya, O Mavuka, T Mokobo (Captain), L Jikajika (Vice Captain), S Ngulube

ROW 2 L Malinga, S Mkhize, A Mudzanani, K Motlaletsa, T Serepo (Captain) ROW 3 I Nkoy, K Nyathaba, T Konfina, H Natverlal, S Ngcobo, S Guliwe ROW 4 U Tshuma, T Muanza, A Mutigwa (Coach), T Magwegwe

ROW 3 R Hlatshwayo, N Khumalo, B Mkhonto, K Okpara

U19 FOOTBALL

GIRLS FOOTBALL

FRONT O Matlala, R Machepha, M Phiri, J Gasura, E House, E Mota, S Moore (Coach)

FRONT N Khalipha, J Swartz, N Rakgolela, T Hlongwane, M Kgaphola, S Dlamini,

ROW 2 T Mncube, W Tshivase, N Mthembu, A Dube, B Khoanyane, K Okpara ROW 3 S Zwane, K Chepape, S Buthelezi, N Shabangu

T Thwala, N Dinku, G Thabethe (Facilitator)

ROW 2 P Kekane, K Nyandeni, B Joseph, Z Nkosi, R Nzali, S Hlongwane, T Gule,

S Ngema, B Rankapole

INTERACT CLUB

PUBLIC SPEAKING

FRONT T Koenane, E Onssamo, T Motau, O Malatse, D Gitau

FRONT B Mahlayivana, L Janse van Resburg (Facilitator), B Ndebele, C Rogers

ROW 2 O Matlala, P Lufele (Head), A Mhlongo, T Chanetsa (Facilitator), C Okechukwu ROW 3 S Ndaba, L Sepuru, B Ndlovu, E Mabunda ROW 4 K Manamela, T Mokgatle

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(Facilitator), C Okechukwu, K Monageng, M Getahune

ROW 2 T Dlamini, N Malindzisa, W Gurure, N Chauraya, B Sebola, D Gitau, T Tabane, B Moyo ROW 3 J Lioul, E Onssamo, N Ndlovu, S Konate, L Sepuru, E Mabunda, M Makgalemele

PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR FRONT Z Msimango, L Mpholo, O Mncube, B Jabetla, M Mokopane,A Ndawo, M Joao, A Mabe, L Maxhanti, A Tshabalala, S Cele, A Khumalo ROW 2 L Gcaleka, M Khumalo, A Tobo, P Mathoka, A Ndawo, N Khumalo, T Monanyane, T Malope, N Daba, R Mathosa, L Nhlapho, N Mazibuko ROW 3 Ms F Masuku (Choirmistress), S Monakali, L Massamba, K Seabi, U Mbadzo, M Moseki, O Saohatse, T Mashele, K Sehlaphelo, T Nethononda, T Nissel, K Mahoro, R Dube ROW 4 M Van Ross, P Kazembe, M Kassa, C Gwanyanya, T Makuwerere, Z Zuze, B Madubanya, N Dladla, B Thomas, P Selibe, K Mpele

HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FRONT B Ndaba, S Khala, T Malapane, T Mashiane, Z Geluk, K Moloelang, B Selwadi, N Moyo, L Ratshibaya, K Mashiloane, K Tshukudu, L Mapfumo, P Ndou, R Ramakoalibane, M Moyo ROW 2 T Moyo, V Moyo, Z Nkutha, U Padzuwa, M Ntsoane, T Padzuwa, K Ntoi, A Ngwenya, B Dlamini, L Malinga, T Diraditsile, N Zigana, T Kgosiemang, P Lufele, N Msibi ROW 3 A Majola, S Mkhwanazi, S Mdlulwa, N Kazembe, L Magagula, K Ntholi, B Buthelezi, B Mcunu, D Digoro, L Mashile, G Molatsi, M Mohulo, R Rivombo, M Thebe, O Lekata ROW 4 R Machepha, T Magwegwe, S Mkhize, K Motlaletsa, T Tshabalala, N Mthembu, N Dube, E du Toit, H Natverlal, R Hlatshwayo, A Ngwenya, I Kapisa ROW 5 S Zwane, T Koenane, H Plaatjies, R Ntuli, T Williams, T Cebekhulu

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AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE GROUP FRONT S Dhlamini, K Lebele, M Tele, B Sebola, T Thili, K Ntoi, N Ratlhagane (Facilitator) ROW 2 M Shimati, S Khala, T Tlaka, T Matabane, L Diphoko, K Maebela ROW 3 T Lekalakala, A Nthuli, S Mdlulwa, N Malindzisa, M Matsoso ROW 4 S Zwane, A Majola, K Motlaletsa, W Mncube, N Ntshebe ABSENT N Mazibuko

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PRIMARY SCHOOL DRUMMING ENSEMBLE

HIGH SCHOOL DRUMMING ENSEMBLE

FRONT B Mpalane, Z Msimango, N Mamphoto, P Ratlhagane, J Wanyana

FRONT S Dhlamini, I Ngubane, M Manoog, T Koenane, T Tshili, M Tele, Mr Ratlhagane (Facilitator)

ROW 2 K Sehlapelo, P Mathoka, T Malope, B Mokoena

ROW 2 B Rankapole, B Derbyshire, T Mathobela, L Khumalo, T Matabane, L Diphoko.

ROW 3 Z Zuze, B Mbatha (Facilitator), P Kazembe, M van Ross

ROW 3 N Ntsooa, R Ntshabele, I Homoyi, W Mncube, D Molobela.

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JUNIOR MARIMBA BAND 

SENIOR MARIMBA BAND 

FRONT ROW S Dhlamini, T Dlamini, S Mkhwanazi, P Ndou, Z Nkutha, M Moyo, M Thebe

FRONT ROW M Mohulo, N Mkhatshwa, K Mashiloane, K Tshukudu, R Ramakoalibane,

ROW 2 J Ruben, N Chauraya, B Buthelezi, R Rivombo, O Lekata, L Mapfumo ROW 3 B Mhlayivana, T Malapane, S Mdlulwa, S Khala, T Lekalakala, J Lioul

Mr Ratlhagane (Facilitator)

ROW 2 C Mbuyu, M Modise, I Homoyi, M Mutabazi, T Matabane, L Diphoko.

ROW 3 K Ntholi, L Khumalo, X Matthews, W Mncube ROW4 S Zwane, T Koenane.

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CULTURE COMMITTEE 2018–2019

FIRST AID COMMITTEE 2018

FRONT R Machepha, T Koenane, K Lebele, M Moyo

FRONT K Naidoo, M Mogalobe, T Tabane (Head)

BACK M Roy (Facilitator), M Williams, B Nkutha, B Ndebele

BACK K Koenane, T Khumalo (Facilitator), M Chanetsa, K Tshukudu

MATRIC DANCE COMMITTEE 2018

LITURGY COMMITTEE 2018 FRONT D Gitau, S Ndaba, T Kgosiemang, T Motau, T Tabane, M Makgalemele MIDDLE B Ndebele, A Mhlongo, Z Geluk, U Padzuwa, V Masikane, N Msibi

FRONT P Lufele (Head), R Ramakoalibane, D Malobela, I Singh, O Malatse, A Lima (Facilitator) BACK S Zwane, W Tshivase, B Baitsi, K Ntinugwa

BACK K Monageng, L Sepuru, N Ntsooa (Head), B Ndlovu, T Mncube, T Mokgatle

PREFECTS 2018–2019

SPORTS COMMITTEE 2018–2019

FRONT N Selibe (Facilitator), B Selwadi, J Gasura, T Tabane, B Rankapole, I Singh

FRONT M Roy (Facilitator), J Swartz, B Selwadi, J Gasura, B Rankapole

MIDDLE R Ramakoalibane, U Padzuwa, K Monageng, B Baitsi, B Ndebele, D Gitau

BACK S, Mdlalose, B Khoanyane, N Shabangu, K Moloelang (Head)

BACK T Koenane, S Mdlalose, K Moloelang, N Shabangu, J Mukandila, M Ngoyi, K Manamela

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Rorisang Ayivor

Bethel Chimwanda

Malakai Horn

Azael Jateno

Tsotang Leuta

Mia Mackenzie

Ivana Makanda

Maria Manyuchi

Lorton Matthews

Kopano Bosoga

Mary DivayikaMvioki

Daniel Egwuchukwu-Edoka

Thandolwethu Manyoni

Karolo Mokoena

Alvaro Mouton

Akwande Mqadi

Tendai Mugadza

Nalane Ngake

Adaeze Ezeife

Okuhle Khumalo

Kuhle Magubane

Sibahle Makhathini

Oratile Matabese

Ofentse Mothopeng

Orediretse Motshwanedi

Unathi Ngidi

Aluwelwa Nongogo

Priya Nthonya

Teano Davis

Caretina Eshete

Nonjabulo_ Motloung

Minenhle Mpofu

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Clifford Odhiambo

Selma Odhiambo

Kutlwano Thomas

Bencao Vuvu

Miracle Maseresha

Asimwe Matlaopane

Delphine Mbale

Gomolemo Mmusi

Tsebo Mohlakoana

NOT PICTURED Atlehang Motloung

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Meso Thapedi

Oratile Tshishonga

Lethokuhle Masango

Atlehang Matambuye

Lesedi Matsemela

Usenathi Mhlongo

Thapelo Moeti

Naledi Moropa

NOT PICTURED Duma Duma

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Chipo Nyamunetsa

Kewaone Orapeleng

Letlotlo Sebeelo

Oratilwe Sibeko

Mutshidzi Tshivhilinge

Mace Van Wyk

Tanaka Jemwa

Akani Mabasa

Rutendo Manyuchi

Wandile Maphosa

Obakeng Mdluli

Khethelo Mkhize

Sebopeng Moeng

Kabelo Motapane

NOT PICTURED Leano Mokgothu Nqobile Nethononda

Zamantshali Mtshali

Tiisetso Nissel

Camilla Nkomo

Faith Nyathi

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Thokozani Sibiya

Lindokuhle Simelane

Nontsikelelo Vukeya

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Mbalenhle Mhlongo

Jade Dady

Otsile Daku

Maupye Lefowa

Lehlohonolo Litabe

Njabulo Lukhele

Nhlanhlenhle Makhathini

Tshimollo Matjie

Matthews Tonica

Nhlakanipho Mazibuko

Nonceba Mhlongo

Letlotlo Mokhethi

Itumeleng Mophosho

Freddy Musada

Okuhle Ndebele

Delphin Ngwenya

Mary Raseruthe

Shannen Tshuma

Lulama Wood

Emmanuel Ddumba

Sphumelele Fawehinmi

Aseza Gule

Melokuhle Khumalo

Ashley Magodiela

Kusasaelihle Magongoa

LindokuhleMaleka

Imange Ndabeni

Mangaliso Ngubeni

Deborah Ngwenya

Nthabiseng Posholi

Radebe Ofentse

Katlego Sekwele

Matome Selowa

Thato Buthelezi

Lukhanyo Cekete

Cheryl Chimwanda

Mary-Anne Churu

Jack Dakile

Abenezer Jateno

Elijah Lusunu

Omphile Mmethi

Boneelo Motla

Mihle Nongogo

Onaolamipo Odeyemi

Koketso Sehume

Tumisho Serepo

Bonolo Seroke

Teddy Chipapami

Fredrick Ezeife

Joshua Francis

Joelson Joao

Lonwabo Makabanyane

Nontsikelelo Maphosa

Olerato Masilo

Keamogetswe Mkhize

NOT PICTURED Noxolo Maduna

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Thando Zuze

Kutlwano Manyape

Omphile Matlhako

Lwandile Mkize

NOT PICTURED Evelyn Mokoalase Nhlanhla Mokonyama

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Keagan Thomas

Refilwe Mankge

Nokukhanya Maseko

Vincent Mashaba

NOT PICTURED Zethuna Magadlela Lethabo Mphelane

2M

Refilwe Mpyatona Sicelo Tshabalala

Angelo Vuvu

Hayden Watkins

Kearabetswe Zulu

Pondi Kambale

Tokollo Lechela

Dineo Lekitlane

Tyler Lotkin

Thandolwethu Maebela

Thandolwethu Majola

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Omphile Mogase

Thabiso Monageng

Clara Mukodzeri

Lwazi Ndlovu

Ronewa Nemakhavhani

Khathutshelo Ramanugu

Boikgantsho Rapodile

Arodi Ruben

Boniswa Buthelezi

Lerato Buthelezi

Sibongiseni Dladla

Masedi Khoanyane

Gabriella Makanda

Senzelwe Makhubo

Bokang Maloka

Omphile Masilo

Minienhle Mazibuko

Kemoratile Metsileng

Usange Mhlongo

Keratilwe Moloi

Lebohang Mthethwa

Nelisiwe Mtshali

Calvin Mugutso

Gopolang Ndzekeli

Bontle Nkomo

Olwethu Nkosi

Lebogang Plaatjies

Lungelo Radebe

Chioma Ajuobi

Rorisang Aphane

Natasha Basikolo

Yanga Ddumba

Lonwabo Fihla

Tokollo Marubule

Kgakollo Masege

Matadi Maseko

Khanya Mmusi

Itumeleng Moroe

3A

Lihle Sibiya

Taye Watkins

Puseletso Zulu

Washe Gurure

Lwandle Makhanya

Refentse Maleasenya

Jada Mapfumo

Mangaliso Maphalala

3F

Rodney Mugadza

Funani Muofhe

Michelle Ncube

Rae-Dene Ndlovu

Keamogetswe Ramathlafi

Tlhalefo Rapuleng

Boikanyo Ratlhagane

Matteo Van Der Westhuizen

Raphael Chanetsa

Eleazar Chindomu

Siboniso Dlamini

Sonwabile Fihla

Josam Kutlwano

Fwamba Kanambuj

Omphile Kobeli

Faith Lucas

Karabo Magodiela

Reanetse Makhanya

Kamogelo Mashadzha

Frederick Mfene

Mphahlele Lekgeme

Sihle Mthembu

Rutendo Musada

Chioma Nebo

Thato Ningiza

Tlhonolofatso Nkosi

Paidaishe Ntshingila

Neo Rantao

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Zola Ruben

Mikayla Thoane

Olwethu Mhlongo

Thulanda Mkize

Ontiretse Moeti

Ookeditse Mofokeng

Boipelo Aphane

Luthando Cekete

Tshepang Dladla

Tylor-Reece Jackson

Lulama Lukhele

Chipo Manyuchi

Lindokuhle Moloi

Manelisi Mpofu

Ntumba Mukeba

Henry Mukonoweshuro

Lulama Mzangwe

Reoratile Ntaje

Oboitshepo Daku

Amulike Dube

NOT PICTURED Kiesha Matovu Ntokozo Sibeko

4M

Luvuyo Nyovane

Tswaledi Phashe

Lethabo Qwaka

Khothatso Sebake

Lesedi Seleti

Zanele Xulu

Akhumuzi Duma

Ntando Kumalo

Nana Langa

Itumeleng Lekitlane

Riboningo Mabasa

Ntokozo Malebo

Benedito Massamba

Esihle Mkize

Ayanda Mogoshi

Mmasego Moseki

Lehakwe Mpholo

Nompumelelo Mthembu

Batsirayi Mukarati

Tshimollo Ndzekeli

Rorisang Ntshona

Lesego Nxumalo

Thoriso Pooe

Opelong Rapodile

Tshepiso Seakatsie

Ofentse Sibeko

Rebekar Admmaisu

Lungile Bala

Ethan Benjamin

Jean-Pierre Blignaut

Busisiwe Jabetla

NOT PICTURED Lerato Bokopane

4S

Loza Somna

Anathi Tobo

Keren Wanyama

Maria Joao

Keith Kgajane

Ofunwa Likhaba

Asnath Lusunu

Neo Mabe

Lerato Matlaopane

Katlego Mlambo

Siyabonga Moloelang

Temoho Monanyane

Nonhlanhla Mpofu

Anele Ndawo

Lindokuhle Nhlapho

Andile Nkwenkwana

Senzosakwantu Ntshingila

Atlegang Oliphant

Onthatile Saohatse

Tshiamo Selwadi

Nomthandazo Sithole

Lethabo Thekwane

Mpova Vuvu

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Enzi Khambule

Reshoketswe Mathosa

Lindokuhle Maxhanti

Agrippa Mbale

Sbahle Cele

Lehlohonolo Gcaleka

Victoria Hughes

Asanda Khumalo

Botsie Lefowa

Anne Marie Makonga

Banyana Masimbane

David Mhlongo

Bokang Mokhethi

Sindisa Monakali

Kamohelo Motapane

Sibusiso Ncube

Benita Nkaya Mbuyi

Matlhogonolo Nyerende

Njabulo Daba

Runda Kambale

Nathan Kassa

Mandisa Khumalo

Noah Mabunda

Amahle Ndawo

Grace Ngwenya

Khabane Nkuebe

Keamogetswe Seabi

Kago Sebeelo

Elinam Bagah-Attipoe

Omphile Baholo

Zamakhathide Kubheka

Tshegofatso Malope

Boitumelo Mpalane

Keabetsoe Mpele

Nhlamulo Mthembu

Laika Muanza

Jonathan Ergete

Woxola Hughes

Mbulaheni Mbali

Waratwa Mlonyeni

5P

Botshelo Thomas

Ayanda Tshabalala

Alyssa Tyler

Zuriel Matthews

Unathi Mbadzo

Sihle Mdletshe

Olorato Mncube

Palesa Molamu

6J

Tshegofatso Sengfeng

Nkosinathi Tshabalala

Oratilwe Tshikane

Nkosinathi Zuze

Ndivhuwo Mamphoto

Moises Massamba

Kelebogile Matseoane

Alwande Mdletshe

Bokamoso Mokoena

Thoriso Mosoatsi

NOT PICTURED Ana Dos Santo Pinto

6W

Angela Mwangi

Phemelo Ratlhagane

Kutloano Sehlapelo

Junia Wanyama

Michyle Watkins

Zinhle Zuze

Amahle Kemp

Khanya Kobeli

Keabetswe Mahoro

Elias Manthata

Arabile Maphiri

Njabulo Maseko

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Thamsanqa Mashele

Phutholoho Mathoka

NOT PICTURED Mmanokeng Mamabolo

7B

Lungile Mofokeng

Lungile Mogoshi

Hlompho Mosoatsi

Kutloano Mosoatsi

Ayanda Sebuse

Loyiso Thela

Chris Itefela

Mthandazo Jabetla

Marone Kassa

Pascalinah Kazembe

Kgamolemo Mashigo

Landu Massamba

Gomolemo Matseba

Ntando Mazibuko

Nompumelelo Dladla

Luyanda Gasa

Keletso Mohale

Rapelang Molubi

7R

Sikelela Monakali

Bonolo Moroe

Kutlwano Mthembu

Keyan Naidoo

Poelano Phororo

Nyeleti Sithole

Katlego Tabane

Malebo Van Ross

Kgalalelo Bambo

Tavonga Chawoneka

Tinashe Chitaka

Joao De Carvalho

Unathi Dubazana

Ropafadzo Dube

Naledi Gumede

Banthatile Madubanya

Wandile Majola

Tenderoyashe Makuwerere

NOT PICTURED Cynthia Tshiamo

8B

Warona Malambe

Zwelihle Msimango

Emmanuel Mwembo

Relebogile Mxakato

Tanya Nethononda

Palesa Selibe

Neo Thoane

Ofentse Tshishonga

Chideraa Gibson

Tambue Kamanya

Tanaka Magwegwe

Londani Malinga

Boitumelo Mcunu

Efrata Mekonnen

Reatlegile Mpye

Ampfarisaho Mudzanani

Zamangwane Nkosi

Ikima Nkoy

Latifah Aziz

Gift Cardoso

Phophi Ndou

Siphesihle Ngcobo

8D

Khothatso Nyandeni

Rirhandzu Rivombo

Thato Serepo

Aleila Tsikwa

Weldehana Weldekidan

Tsholofelo Diraditsile

Senzelwe Guliwe

Lindokuhle Khumalo

Onthatile Lekata

Asandiswa Majola

Lerato Mapfumo

Kgotso Matlaletsa

Ruvarashe Mukumba Chaparadza

Himal Natverlal

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Shaun Ngwenya

Thato Rakale

Gomolemo Sephodi

Dintle Sono

Tanzey Konfina

Elizabeth Mabunda

Lerato Mashile

Siyanda Mkhize

Naledi Mokonyane

Helen Ayinto

Dimpho Digoro

Nontando Khalipha

Eskedar Ayinto

Garon Beukes

Bongi Dlamini

Tyra Esiri

Oratile Mosinki

Mbali Moyo

Wandile Nyembe

Elsa Onssamo

Tania Van Wyk

Caleb Luzolo

Tinyiko Mabaso

Tshwanelo Mashiane

Oratilwe Masilo

Buhle Mkhangwana

NOT PICTURED Mmabatho Thebe Unathi Tshuma

8T

9B

Simthandile Mkhwanazi

Gundo Molaetsi

Tumelo Muanza

Sibongakonke Ndawo

Zuziwe Nkutha

Khethelo Nyathaba

Kgotso Qwaka

Parfait Barack Mbuyi

Byron Benissan

Tshegofatso Dlamini

Namatai Dumisani

Wakanaka Gurure

Siphokazi Khala

Ntsikelelo Khumalo

Tsakane Banda

Tshiamo Lekalakala

Sonwabise Mdlulwa

Linda Ndelani

9K

Diphoko Ndzekeli

Rebecca Nzali

Lehlogonolo Radebe

Naledi Rakgolela

Thandoluhle Sibiya

Thato Tlaka

Tshepiso Tshabalala

Tapiwa Chinyani

Nokuthula Dube

Tshepang Gule

Relebogile Hlatshwayo

Sinqobile Hlongwane

Luthando Jikajika

Ibu Kapisa

Nyasha Chauraya

Jennifer Lioul

Lesedi Majola

Tshegofatso Malapane

9L

Lwandile Mavi

Boniswa Mhlayivana

Buntu Mkhonto

Omolemo Mogase

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Nokuthula Nkohla

Chinecherem Okechukwu

Kelechukwu Okpara

Xiluva Valoyi

Bongiwe Buthelezi

Kudzai Coutries

Sildene De Carvalho

Lwandile Dlanjwa

Ayanda Dlulane

Fallou Fall

Meron Getahune

Tshegofatso Hlongwane

Soumiya Konate

Kgotso Leshaba

NOT PICTURED Ntando Zigana

9M

Basetsana Moropa

Ndzalama Mthembu

Nokukhanya Ndlovu

Nkeoma Okechukwu

Hlengiwe Plaatjies

Jemima Ruben

Llywellin Selogilwe

Shanna Whiteman

Celma Ahmedou

Argentario Caliano

Aida Curimba

Branford Derbyshire

Simnikiwe Dhlamini

Karabo Dimapo

Emma Du Toit

Wandile Dube

Bonnietah Joseph

Naomi Kazembe

NOT PICTURED Xolani Maqungo

Jacline -Manuel

Tshiamo Mokobo

Daniel Moses

Stanford Ngulube

Ashley Ngwenya

Mbali Ngwenya

Liria Ribeiro

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Wesley Mncube

Ryley Buikes

Michael Chanetsa

Katleho Chepape

Helen Getahune

Leanne Khumalo

Ngendji Mafuta

Masego Manoog

Morena Matsoso

Matthews Xenlyn

Beverly Moyo

Marie Mutabazi

Keraiya Naidoo

Ashlen Ngwenya

Refiloe Ntshabele

Njongonkulu Ntshebe

Bridget Sebola

Judith Swartz

Adam Van Zyl

Amarildo Alves

Andile Dube

Jessica Johnson

Matthews Kamanga

Kgotso Mabuya

Lethabo Madikiza

Kgolane Maditsi

Nozipho Malindzisa

Kgosietsile Mosinki

Nompumelelo Motsepe

Itumeleng Ngubane

Khahliso Ntoi

Anesu Ntuli

Livhuwani Ratshibaya

Kgomotso Tshukudu

Shekina Woldesemayat

Lesego Diphoko

Siyabonga Dube

Ithuteng Homoyi

Katleho Koenane

Landile Magagula

Thobekile Mathobela

Celestine Mbuyu

Simele Mdlalose

Thabang Mokoena

Kgosiemang Mosinki

Idayi Moyo

Divine Mwenda Mbuyi

Katleho Ntholi

Thandiwe Padzuwa

Kutlwano Shai

Malaika Shimati

Thubelihle Cebekhulu

Shakeera De Matos-Leao

Hans Itefela

Keorapetse Lebele

Khanyisa Maebela

Mohau Makhabane

Kutloano Maphiri

Owethu Mavuka

Ntando Mazibuko

Matshidiso Mohulo

Thembelihle Moyo

Bhambatha Ndaba

Monthati Ntsoane

Ifaenyichuku Nwosu

NOT PICTURED Glodie Kongolo

10M

Nandi Mkhatshwa

Mpho Mogalobe

10R

Etam Mnyakeni

Marang Modise

10T

Tamia Tshili

Kamohelo Mashiloane

Bulelwa Matabane

Karabo Mathebula

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NOT PICTURED Blessing Manthata Mahalet Mebratu

11G

Masego Tele

Sive Mdlalose

Kabelo Molamu

Kamogelo Moloelang

Diogo Dos Santos Pinto

Jonah Gasura

Paballo Kekana

Tshegofatso Kgosiemang

Boitumelo Khoanyane

Kgositsile Manamela

Olebogwe Matlala

Tshiamo Motau

Nkosazana Msibi

Bhekuzulu Ndlovu

Tadiwanashe Ntuli

Reaoboka Ramakoalibane

Lesego Sepuru

Njabulo Shabangu

Thuto Koenane

Phila Lufele

Reabetsoe Machepha

Valencia Masikane

Ayanda Mhlongo

Thato Mokgatle

11L

Daluxolo Sithebe

Tshiamo Tabane

NOT PICTURED Maravilha Afonso Daniel Gitau

11M

Thandeka Mosia Jabez Mukandila

Naledi Ntsooa

Malwande Phiri

Boitumelo Selwadi

Natasha Tapfumaneyi

Marcia Williams

Sipho-Esihle Zwane

Boipelo Baitsi

Jaidi Beukes

Abubacar Djawandou

Manuel Dos Santos

Zinthle Geluk

Emmanuel House

Mamello Makgalemele

Ashley Mhaka

Keletso Monageng

Edmilson Mota

Nwabisa Moyo

Sifiso Buthelezi

Nontsikilelo Davies

Tshepo Huma

Siphesehle Kunene

Mondli Moyo

Bernice Ndebele

Melchi Ngoyi

Aurea Nogueira

Ntoyami Bopela

Neo Dinku

Noxolo Dlamini

NOT PICTURED Michael Chitepo Siphesihle Kunene Lerato Ratshilengo

11W

Tshepo Williams Sandile Ndaba

Bongiwe Nkutha

Kelechi Ntinugwa

Ishiqa Singh

Siphesihle Magubane

Omphile Malatse

Tadiwa Mavedzenge

Thabiso Mncube

Dimpho Molobela

Onalenna Molokwane

12B

Ulemu Padzuwa

Thato Rammutla

Boikanyo Rankapole

Wanga Tshivhase

Zolile Tshuma

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Thato Gwinya

Pheladi Kekane

Lebohang Khumalo

Londiwe Kunene

Luyanda Madida

Morwakoma Maditsi

Siphosethu Malindzisa

Mpho Manalo

Thato Manyathela

Mnguni Tshepiso

Elizandra Mota

Kgomotso Mpele

Lungelo Ndawo

Ndumezulu Ngwenya

Duduzile Shabalala

Sibusiso Simamane

Nomfundo Sive

Linamandla SomhlahloMsumza

Boikarabelo Tladi

Dolophina Vilankulu

Nokukhanya Buthelezi

Kabelo Damari

Nkosazana Dlamini

Nombuso Dowelani

Emmanuel Getahune

Atlehang Jorha

Longin Kakera

Madigwe Kgaphola

Nqobile Mashau

Khwezi Masuku

Retshepile Matsose

Modise Ramodise

Thato Moorosi

Simphiwe Ngcobo

Akani Novela

Dibatlo Rankoe

NOT PICTURED Keoagile Moledi

12M

Rejoy Khumalo

Titelo Lepule

12N

Siyabonga Sechabe

Ofentse Sekgobela

Reabetsoe Selelo

Fulufhelo Singo

Funda Sithole

Lindokuhle Thusi

Sandile Tilibe

Sindiswa Bokopane

Rumbidzai Chirume

Zizo Chuma

Cristiana Fita

Sarah Kazembe

Mahlatse Mabitsela

Sabelwe Mabuya

Beatrice Beaver

Bukiwe Masilela

Thato Mnikati

Tshepiso Motloung

12S

Corlender Munyawiri

Samukele Ngema

Buqaqawuli Nobakada

Gift Nyama

Tanaka Semeon

Enock Soko

Thandolwethu Thwala

Masego Tlhabanyane

Christelle Badibanga

Mbulelo Bongobi

Savannah Campbell

Sebenele Dlamini

Hafnio Duarte

Cindy Dzobo

Phumeza Hlongwane

Sakhile Hurley

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Dioscor Irahari

Moradi Keraetswe

Clinton Khumalo

Refilwe Lekwape

Tsheko Magubane

Bontle Malebo

Tamiqua Martin

Davis Massala

Lerato Moloi

Thato Mosea

Mandisa Ngubane

Charity Ngwenya

Jo-Anne Appels

Amanda Beukes

Darryl Bimray

STAFF

Morglin Olivier

Keratile Rammuki

Rendani Ratshibaya

Bongisiwe Sibanda

Nina Zwane

Malcolm Bowie

Sonto Buthelezi

Fernanda Caetano

Denise Carolino

Tarisai Chanetsa

Tangu Changa

Rita Chendip

Jeffrey Chimwanda

Gabby De Quintal

Tanya Dewar

Barry Donga

Petrus Du Toit

Jeanine Ferreira

Jessica Gomes

Celia Griggs

Paul Horn

Graham Howarth

Robin Howell

Lorinda Janse Van Rensburg

Deidre Jones

Evelyn Jung

Thandazile Khumalo

Noloyiso Lange

Sandisiwe Leuta

Amelia Lima

Rauiri Maarman

Joyce Machogo

Thabo Mahlatse

Suzan Maleho

Lydia Mangaliso

Amanda Maree

Helen Marx

Florence Masuku

Tapiwa Mavedzenge

Colleen Mazibuko

Bongumusa Mbatha

Aygul Mehmedova

Gugu Mhlongo

Goodman Mkhahlela

Kgothatso Modupe

Paulas Modupe

Aerial Mokoena

Lisa Mokoena

Sabrina Moore

Sidrick Moore

Rosalia Motha

Cynthia Mtshali

Theresa Mutamba

Freddy Musada

Busisiwe Mwelase

Viloshini Naidoo

Selby Ncanana

Connie Ndhlovu

Juankina Ndlovu

Helen Ngubeni

Sithembile Ngubeni

Brighton Nkomo

Tserai Ntuli

Anne Pirie

Leluma Posholi

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Andrew Radebe

Mooiman Radebe

Ntlhane Ratlhagane

Margaret Redman

Janis Retief

Charlotte Rogers

Dalene Rostovsky

Michelle Roy

Evelyn Sehlapelo

Nthabiseng Selibe

Francis Shabalala

Takalani Siala

Cynthia Sibiya

Hiloshini Singh

Ntsoaki Sithole

Joyce Sokhela

Jacqui Spellas

Susan Steyn

Neighbour Thondhlana

Sabelo Thusi

Lara Van Der Westhuizen

Natania Van Rooyen

Dayle Whitaker

Kathleen Whitaker

Julia Wright

Sipho Zulu

Khumo Baitsile

Olwethu Khumalo

Flora Konfina

Thoriso Leuta

Quinton Sibiya

Isla Mackenzie

Anna Manyuchi

Modile Moeng

Marko Mphaphuli

Lerato Posholi

Khanya Ratlhagane

Nhlakanipho Shamase

Lwando Sivetshe

Renda Tshivhilinge

BABY CLASS

Siyanda Mthembu

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2018 magazine DESIGN

Paul Horn

EDITORS

Gabby De Quintal Edwina van der Burg*

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PRODUCTION

ASSISTANTS

Paul Horn Gabby De Quintal Tshepiso Motloung Khwezi Masuku Sibusiso Simamane Gail Cameron* Ros Caboz* Boipelo Baitsi Khwezi Masuku Tshepiso Motloung Sibusiso Simamane Deeno Thring

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