MELIORES
SACRED HEART COLLEGE MARIST OBS EDUCATION WITH HEART THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS
JUNE EDITION 2014
Family Spirit | A Passion for Work | Simplicity | Presence | In the Way of Mary
The Meliores, and our Alumni, now have their own logo! The logo has been designed by Kgomotso Meliores, which has more than one meaning than simply the word ‘better’. It can mean ‘more
welcome. Kgomotso and his team at Green Robot Design (greenrobot.co.za) created a truly timeless icon, one that shows true insight.
Who's Who
ALUMNI COMMUNICATIONS Ellen Howell
LAYOUT Naomi Meyer
THANKS TO
MELIORES
Family Spirit | A Passion for Work | Simplicity | Presence | In the Way of Mary | F
Contents 01 | A note from the Head of College 01 | A note from the Alumni Manager
02 | Bright Young Minds | 02 | 03 Well Done! | 04
06 | Connecting with Alumni | 07 | 08 | 09 | 11
13 | Celebrating our Alumni | 12 | 13
17 | Reunions | 17 Save the Date! | 18
y | Family Spirit | A Passion for Work | Simplicity | Presence | In the Way of Mary
Messages from our Team
A Note from the Head of College
A Note from the Alumni Manager
introduction to this magazine, I have been
College, the amazing thing is that he/she is not always doing what one would consider
beings. done by past students. In these pages you school with and scratch your head and say “I never realised that that shy person at the share in celebrating these achievements with us and encourage you to send us your story and share your successes and achievements
and people who have become active citizens in our community. Sacred Heart College celebrates 90 years
school, all the traditions and milestones that the school has achieved over the years. When I started at Sacred Heart College in 2010, the College was celebrating Scared Heart Day, a tradition that has been with the school a long time and - I am sure - brings
everybody gets.
that my greatest achievement is that I have all boys to a co-educational school, to the to me as this magazine has evolved that we
were privileged enough to be students here. For 125 years, we have touched lives so
Media Centre, and simple improvements to the College, and are changes that you, our
day, we shall come together as a community
our heritage with us.
celebrate our heritage with us. It is going to be the most amazing party.
in touch: ellenh@sacredheart.co.za.
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SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FESTIVAL
D.A.R.E (Drug Assessment Rehabilitation and Education) covered the detection and addiction
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acred Heart College Junior High School held its third Mathematics and Science Festival on Monday 14
celebrated
alumni,
opened
the
Festival.
such calibre at our Festival,” says Doctor Danelle Badenhorst, the High School laboratory technician. “The Festival was
opportunity to build their own telescopes with Technology Advancement (SAASTA). SAASTA
and lessons, such as model building with
“The Mathematics and Science Festival Lamorna Cantin, High School Science
provided by experts. The topics presented are
interest in the Sciences.”
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A FUN AND INSPIRATIONAL FIRST TERM House Plays Judge Sachs Inspires
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in February, as LLC students announced
was a time when learners did not have the Now it’s something they are really good at.”
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College to the 10th Annual Bishop
Seven Grade 11 learners attended a lecture by Judge Albie Sachs at Constitution Hill,
by, Sacred Heart College is bursting at the written, and directed, by Matric drama
on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th February.
Court decision (The Christian Education
Judge Sachs inspired the Sacred Heart College learners in the way he communicated in an uncomplicated way. He shared his
students, Dheshanth Govender and Keith
mood that is sombre, contemplative and expressed with a characteristic Sacred Heart
young directors brought to the stage a medley teenagers, criminals, a gambler with Tourettes -Tamara Schulz , High School Drama Teacher
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movement in the 1950’s, Judge Sachs explained to the Sacred Heart College learners the history
teachers who attended the lecture with them.
WELL DONE! Primary School Central , level 1, 2
and Unathi Thusini.
Saturday 5th April. She participated in the classes, she had exceptionally high scores
has won the U9-10
captained by Kayle, were victorious in the FS
Gauteng won the tournament and Kayle was placed 2nd among the individual players.
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WELL DONE! High School
Earlier on in the season, the
Sacred Heart College launched South
The
in 2013. The scholarship
team
team was so strong
team in the Boys competition was introduced. The girls, led strongly by Mrs Masondo,
was written on 15 March 2014. We had some
An education at Sacred Heart College does not begin and end with strong academics, but also involves a serious commitment to society. Tournament where the boys made it to the
Sacred Heart College hosted three consecutive Inter-Catholic and
The High School
team was
soccer teams, 18 Netball teams and over 800 learners in total participated. The tournaments were a huge success.
Catholic Gala, Inter-High Gala as well as a
Sacred Heart College came 6th and 7th in the under 15 Netball Tournament. The U/15 boys
High Gala. The team was placed 1st and 2nd in the League Galas. The Midmar trip was a big success with all 27 swimmers completing
in the Soccer Tournament.
High School Sports Coach. Congratulations
High Gala. Congratulations to Trent Correa
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the U/13 Inter-Catholic Soccer and Netball Tournament.
CONNECTING WITH ALUMNI
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acred Heart College's alumni are diverse, driven, fascinating, fun, and never afraid to be different. We have interviewed some of our past students from all walks of life. Here are their stories.
4 Generations of Letebeles'
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with the Sacred Heart College since 1934. Ephraim Letebele was employed in the year 1934 when the school was still when the school was still an all-boys boarding school. Ephraim is remembered as a humble
pursue my passion, to become a carpenter.” Joseph Letebele’s daughters matriculated at Sacred Heart College, Margarete in 1989, and Elizabeth in 1993.
Marist Brothers. the school and seeing all the changes.” She Ephraim retired in 1974, and was succeeded named Gertie Sacred Heart College in a permanent capacity in 1961. Joseph has seen many generations “From the High School days not much has witnessed the changes in our country and in our school. Joseph has had a hand in building that our group wanted to change the summer to grey trousers, but we were not allowed to”. the girls wearing grey trousers, and thought
Today, Joseph applies his mind and expertise
Both Margarete and Elizabeth’s daughters’, Grade 11 at Sacred Heart College. Their nephew Khumo and Margarate’s son Tebogo also attended Sacred Heart College. Tebogo matriculated in 2012.
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Class of 1965 Musician
Ken Haycock by none other than Suzie Evans - and guest
artist
Dave
Mills,
who
was
also very popular at the time with his number one hit Love is A Beautiful Song, plus we had a celebrity
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talented musicians who started a band called The Tidal Wave whilst at Marist
group.
was the vocalist and played the lead guitar. with Dave Mills singing the Tom Jones hit that Spider Spider o Delilah. Suzie had choreographed a very Brother Rudolph, the stern German Brother
to Dave’s delight I’m sure. I suddenly spotted Fritz, also a Sacred Heart College alumnus, in
by the boys, wrote on my last school report, approached me, nodding his head and smiling Happily, I did pass my matric and several years Goodness me, recognition at last!
The Tidal Wave, had a number 1 with the song Spider Spider. You
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Class of 1963 Entertainment Industry
Howard Thomas Toppolino, a Messerschmitt or a Goggomobil. sip tea and eat scones with a ritualistic gentility. in the Sixties, so we would go home to string beans, shell peas, and strain the mielie rice.
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The Sixties were a rebellion against the
By the Seventies, I was a stage manager, through so many pasts that by now I should be the most travelled person in the world. had said to me, “Thomas, you’ll do well. But you’re going to have to do it on your own.” turbulent six years, in which nearly 20 000 South
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How could one remember the regimented discipline when I was turning the world upside down totally subsumed in the glories
considered
selling
advertising
on
them.
on movies that were so bad, that they made
adult. I started gathering together the paper
Then came television and I was a producer at the newspaper, a music appreciation society, and than those made today, but were showered with awards because there was only one channel, There were girls wearing my blazer, some new hand. I must admit, that as danced the night away to the disco beat wearing bell bottoms, and embroidered shirts, driving in Triumph
Now I live in a new world. It’s called the present. I have the Internet, and social media. I do rural
education, as both were polar opposites. The Eighties must have been the same as the
business in something that digital technology newspapers, museums, advertising and design,
culture seems to go through as it hears the bells Apple (depending on which side you are on). in unpolluted air, and with people unpolluted by having lived through the GÜtterdämmerung now so varied, that 12 years spent in the hands used to send out so many CVs, that I seriously
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Class of 2011 Medical Student at Wits University
Nicole Glover WHAT YOU DON'T running around and playing we learnt to be LEARN AT VARSITY don’t need to be embarrassed to show who we really are and accept that everyone else is doing the same. This results in people who genuinely respect themselves and respect race, or how you met. The next step was in by ourselves and in groups. We were taught to strengths and use them to our advantage to learn in school, and to learn about each other.
I
mind-set that I would meet people in my class, meet other students around the campus,
drive in what they want to do and gives them want to encourage others to do the same step was High School, where we became the
same time, discover my own ideas and opinions.
learnt to treat everyone with courtesy, to greet a smile and warmth and occasional hug. We
are not very common around campus and
race, ethnicity and culture, but to embrace it. We learnt to laugh with one another, and not at each other.
home. Studying was done independently person was better than another and most Sacred Heart College I learnt to treat people
challenge, and second year did not change much.
opinions about what I have learnt. Sacred Heart College will always be my home
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ALUMNI AT OUR SCHOOL
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acred Heart College Junior High learners
Doctor Ridwan Mia addressed them on issues regarding education in South
the answers included painting, dancing, and Doctor Ridwan Mia about his old school.
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addressed the High School learners during an assembly on 21 May. He taught the
ur Grade 9 learners raised awareness around cancer and challenged the High School to have their hair sprayed to at the Sacred Heart High School Sports
encouragement to Sacred Heart College learners!
hair sprayed and assisting with hair spraying.
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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS Class of 1948
so he decided to concentrate on directing. In 1955, a producer, Eddie invited him to write
Edward Joffe highest mountain. Unable to come to terms with the ugliness
services but, despite a personal introduction
Robert Stigwood. Undaunted, he enrolled
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which is certainly worth reading. The
“rainbow nation”. Before Mandela’s Rainbow is
commercial channel. His eclectic international award winning career encompassed nigh on genre.
Edward’s Marist connection began at Koch
comedian’s tragic death in Eddie’s Sydney home with truly idiosyncratic characters. During his
thwarted by his inability to remember his lines,
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Class of 1991
Elinor Baiocchi
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lenore Baiocchi's mission
Marathon 21 in order to raise
Class of 1991
Thoko Modisakeng
E
llen Howell received
heart because this is what Sacred Heart College is all
Class of 2002
Didi Ogude
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he St.Gallen Symposium, “The
throughout her school years
2014 in Switzerland. Didi 200 Outstanding Leaders of Tomorrow to attend. This annual Symposium is the world’s premier opportunity
that Sacred Heart College
students. Each year, more
Fund, which helps people who
an electric wheelchair that can to R20 000, depending on
politics, science and society
challenges she had growing come to the school to donate the clothing.
world’s most talented young personalities to engage in an
our time.
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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS Class of 1990
Maria Phalime Doctor Turned Award-Winning Author An insert from her new book: Postmortem, the Doctor who walked away (A True Story) (insert from the Star Newspaper)
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Flats had a phenomenal reputation as
months on the wards, I moved to the casualty each other.
Monday morning, there were so many patients who had been seen and who hadn’t. When
as reluctant to accept them. Every day, we engaged in endless haggling with medics, surgeons, gynaes, psychiatrists and, in these patients. No one wanted the additional
round she must have seen the strange way we were behaving. We had long since passed exhaustion and had arrived at that giddy state medicine specialist who probably hadn’t seen surgical and trauma patients in years but, that morning, she graciously helped us to assess all chaos. It was telling that I sometimes volunteered to go to the Thuthuzela Care Centre based at GF Jooste to access rape survivors brought there by the police. This particular Thuthuzela Care Centre has been in operation since 2000 and
Stabbings, gunshot wounds, car accidents,
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tragic but at least the environment at the centre draw attention to the conditions under which a proper history and truly connect with the patients.
doctors across the country so that we no I never did get caught. Though I didn’t become
attempt to wash them. When I arrived home
than not. But the endless tussle with the angle
where they would stay until they were needed again. I planned to burn them ceremonially at
and short with patients. Their neediness got
The onslaught at Jooste was not without its down and the overwhelming exposure to
If this insert intrigued you, you can purchase the Doctor turner Award-Winning Author’s alarming, true story in stores and online: Postmortem, the Doctor who walked away.
community and the weapons we sometimes hurled at us were reminders that the aggression gates could so easily be brought inside.
,I would deliberately exceed the speed limit home to the southern suburbs. I would press 1,3 litre engine. When I reached the highway, I reached the speed cameras to catch me, and I constructed an elaborate plan in my mind about how it
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2014 REUNIONS SACRED HEART COLLEGE IS HOSTING FOUR REUNIONS THIS YEAR:
Howell at ellenh@sacredheart.co,za.
you are interested in attending, contact Ellen Howell at ellenh@sacredheart.co,za.
INVITATION TO THE ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY FIVE REUNION
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SAVE THE DATE!
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