Last week we heard news about OK Aidan Hawkesworth from Zambia, who matriculated from Kingswood in 2017. Aidan enrolled with the British Army 2020 and while it’s still early on in his career, his aspirations of getting to Sandhurt are looking promising.
Mark Charlton (OK 1999) has recently been appointed as Head Coach for the Northern Cape cricket team that will be based in Kimberly for the 2021 -2022 season.
Many generations of the Davies and Hall families gathered at the Kingswood Chapel on 18 April to celebrate the baptism of Liam Hall, son of Megan (nee Davies OK 2001) and Richard Hall.
In March this year Old Kingswoodian Rob Skelton from the Class of 2003 who is a Research Fellow at the South African Environmental Observation Network’s Fynbos Node was awarded a P-rating by the National Research Foundation.
Today, Wednesday, 12 May we celebrate International Nurses Day for 2021. Sr Junkin and Sr Nieman, we pay tribute to you and all you do for the Kingswood family.
The Summer Term of 2021 is over and while Covid remains, it was heart-warming to see school-life increasingly return to normal as the term went on. For the Kingswood Foundation, big projects on the horizon covered in this newsletter include the urgent renewal of the astroturf, advertising opportunities around City Lords and the astro, the Exemplar Wall and the ‘stronger together’ campaign for the Legends Fund to name a few. Click here to read more.
The new president of the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa, Dr Bayanda Mbambisa received the presidential chain from immediate past president Dr Linda Visser recently. This is what Bayanda had to say after accepting this honour.
On Monday, 29 March 2021, Kingswood College hosted the inaugural Uyinene Mrwetyana Commemorative Lecture in partnership with the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation.
The vision for this annual event was that it should seek to remember and celebrate the life of Uyinene around the time of her birthday each year. A day to stop, pause and reflect on who Uyinene was and the legacy that she has left behind.
Steve Gardner retired from the Kingswood staff at the end of 2020 having served as Business Manager at Kingswood for 15 years from January 2006 till December 2020. His contribution to the school was immense and under his astute guidance many changes and new buildings popped up on the Kingswood campus. However, Steve’s passion for Kingswood was shared with his passion for golf, especially at his home club, The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club.
The recipient of this year’s Neil Aggett Award is a young woman of great character, who has played many leadership roles in the College, and impressed all those who come into contact with her. Kingswood’s 2021 Head Girl: Wanda Lwazi Madasa. Below is her citation which was read out at the annual lecture.
Scholarship applications for Grade 8 and Grade 10 in 2028 are open. Click here to learn more, or for application details. Applications close on Friday, 22 January 2027.
