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Last weekend, Kingswood celebrated the Class of 1963’s 60th reunion. The weekend included several highlights including a braai, a trip to Commem as well as a delicious dinner. It was a weekend to remember!
Last weekend, Kingswood welcomed the class of 1983 back on campus to enjoy in a weekend of festivities.
At the Old Kingswoodian Club AGM held on the 11th March, an Honorary Old Kingswoodian award was made to a much loved Kingswoodian; Mrs Shirley Fletcher.
Last week on Friday the Kingswood Livestock Fund was re-launch at an event at The Wyvern. Despite very inclement weather, the support was incredible, with over 70 people attending the evening.
The Kingswoodian Club got together in Phakalane last weekend for fantastic get together!
James Brodie (OK 1986) and son, Jonty (OK 2019) are leading from the front with their water harvesting methods.
To end off a successful trip to The Southern Cape, the Kingswoodian Club met in Plettenberg Bay for a cocktail function.
In support of the Knysna Chukka Festival, Kingswoodians got together at the Knysna Yacht Club for dinner.
This past weekend saw 23 OKs gather in George for a memorable evening.
David Viviers (OK 2010), an award winning South African actor, is now a published author. Earlier this week he spoke to News24 about his writing.
The Collett, Goss and Botha families filled the cricket field on the 14th of January.
With two days of non-stop cricket and the opportunity to meet, train and learn from some of the best, the second annual Kingswood College Cricket Clinic, which took place from 13 – 14 January was the perfect start to the cricketing season.
On the 29th of December, the annual Kingswood Golf Day took place at The Royal Port Golf Course.
The Lebone Centre is a NGO based in Makhanda, which serves marginalised communities through innovative programmes. For years, The OK Club has provided a donation, which goes towards two bursaries as well as covering running costs.
On Thursday, 24th of November, the Old Kingswoodian Club hosted its annual seniors luncheon at The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club.
On Sunday, 13th of November, the Remembrance Day Parade took place at the Makhanda Church Square. Here, Kingswoodians and members of the wider Makhanda Community gathered to pay their respects.
On Monday the 21st of November Kingswood held its Sports Awards Assembly for the Third Term and there a number of sports awards across sporting disciplines made. Notable among these, was the awarding of the Peter Slatem Trophy a newly The Peter Slatem Trophy is an endowed prize, awarded annually for personal endeavour and achievement.
For his long and distinguished career in veterinary science, Henk Bertschinger (OK 1959) has been awarded a Gold Medal by the South African Veterinary Association (SAVA).
On the 11th of November, the Karoo OK Club Branch gathered for a cocktail function at the Graaff Reinet Club and Coldstream Restaurant.
The Annual Gauteng Branch Cricket/Family Day took place on the 6th of November. Kingswoodians gathered to enjoy a beautiful day at the Johannesburg Country Club. The Kingswood spirit was palpable, as the Wood/Chubb House team clinched the game.
Last week at a GBS dinner, outgoing managing director Anton Vorster (OK 1977) handed over to newly appointed managing director, Jonty Fincham (OK 1990).
Dr Barbara Matthews, the 2018 recipient of the Muirhead Founders Friend Award, helps us understand more about Palliative Care in honour of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day.
Radio legend and Old Kingswoodian, Jeremy Mansfield (OK 1981) has died after battling stage 4 liver cancer
Dr Trevor Davies (OK 1982) and Dr Jingjong Chung launch Foundation in honour of Former Business partner, Eiohn Hayes (Grocott’s Mail)
Quinlan Caiger (OK 2019) recently won a community engagement award for establishing Men Mentoring Young Men (Small Projects Foundation LinkedIn)
David Mason (OK 2001) spoke to The Herald this week about Rebus, a business he started in PE/Gqeberha in 2016 (HeraldLIVE)
Last weekend Wood House celebrated the centenary of the naming of their house with a tour of the house, a dinner at The Wyvern and even a game of alley cricket!
Congratulations Matt Maree on winning the RCL Foods Young Chef and first-ever Young Baker competition.
Johnny Goldberg (OK 1980), on winning Business Leader of The Year at the Institution of People Management (IPM) Excellence Awards.
The Old Kingswoodian Club welcomed the Class of 2022 as new members by presenting them with their OK ties and certificates. Guest speaker, Bekithemba Ngulube delivered the address, highlighting the importance of being an Old Kingswoodian.
The PE/Gqeberha OK Club Branch has been busy over the last few weeks, having organised both a family day as well as a golf day.
The Old Kingswoodian Club hosted their annual Matric and BY luncheon on the 22nd of September. Guest speaker, Amy Webster (OK 2008) was invited as the guest speaker. This is an opportunity for the Matrics and BYs to be introduced to the OK Club and Foundation Office.
Kingswood’s golden thread is one that weaves its way through the hearts of successive generations at Kingswood. No where else is this more apparent than at an event like Grandparents Day.
Last weekend, OKs, parents, pupils, staff and friends got together for a few days of fishing. Despite the tough conditions, the weekend was a great success.
Did you hear about The World Games that took place in Birmingham, USA in July? Well neither had we until we were told that Natalie Sterk (nee Ross) OK 2008, represented Team SA in the duathlon event!
As part of the reunion celebrations for the OKs attending their collective 50th and 60th reunions, we arranged for a “walk down memory lane” in Commem.
Congratulations to Michael Wilmot (OK 1980) for being awarded the Pam Golding Properties (PGP) National Franchisee of the year award at the National Conference held in Cappadocia, Turkey!
Thank you to Mark Taylor (OK 2005), Andrew Thompson (OK 1982), Arthur Collett (OK 1982), and Justin van Niekerk (OK 2005) for representing KC at the s Lionel Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament this past weekend.
On the 16th July, 2022, over 80 Old Kingswoodians from the Western Cape Branch, along with friends and families gathered to watch the Springboks take on Wales in Cape Town.
We congratulate Mr James Winstanley on his appointment as Assistant Coach to the SA Schools Rugby Team.
We welcomed back a wonderful group of OKs, celebrating their combined 50- and 60-year reunions. The classes of 1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1971 and 1972 arrived back on campus on the 8th of July.
The Kingswood Memorial Chapel was opened in 1962 with over 2,000 people present. On Sunday we celebrated this milestone with a special service in the Chapel. There were also a number of reunion groups in attendance – 1960-62 and 1970-72.
Today, Kingswood mourns the loss of and celebrates the life of Mr Steve Gardner (OK 1976), who died peacefully this weekend with his family by his side.
On Thursday, 16 June 2022 the annual Legends Day Golf Day was held at The Belmont Golf Club, in Grahamstown. The glorious day produced perfect golfing conditions.
On the 16th June 2022, we hosted a whopping nine reunions, in an effort to make up for time lost to the Covid-19 Pandemic. As a result, this was the largest reunion of Kingswoodians outside the Centenary and 125 Jubilee Celebrations!
Our very own Mr Kingswood, Buster Brotherton, reached an amazing milestone today – his 90th birthday. Buster needs no introduction to the Kingswood family having devoted a lifetime of loyal service to Kingswood.
Kingswood legends and brothers, Derrick (OK 1943) and Maurice (OK 1946) Bradfield met in Port Elizabeth recently to celebrate Derrick’s 97th birthday – what an amazing milestone and he must be one of our oldest Old Kingswoodians around.
From Oxford to Amazon, and all during Covid – we recently caught up with Diana Schwedhelm (OK 2009) who just attended her graduation ceremony at the University of Oxford. Turns out, Diana completed her MBA (with Distinction we might add) from Oxford University at the end of 2020 and due to Covid restrictions, they delayed the graduation ceremony until this year.
Earlier this week we published a post about Old Kingswoodian Duncan Krige’s (2019) participation in this prestigious event as a team member of the defending champions, Lindenwood University. Well little did we know that another two OKs would also participate with great success in this tournament.
The Midlands Branch of the OK Club organized a family day at the picturesque Mill Cricket Club last Sunday 15 May 2022. This beautiful venue is on Spring Grove, the farm of Hugh Ansley.
Congratulations to Nick Marffy (OK 2014) ‘passed out’ as a Royal Marine Commando in UK in February 2022, earning his Green Beret and becoming part of the world’s most elite amphibious force.
Stellenbosch University honours top actuarial sciences student, Bradley Moorcroft (OK 2016) who has been awarded the Chancellor’s Medal for 2021.
After an absence of two years due to covid College Head Leon Grové and Carey Hobson travelled north on 30 March 2022 to renew our bond with the Kingswood family in Lusaka. A KIngswoodian Club function was held at the Brewery on the Ciêla Resort and Spa and what a lovely occasion this was. About 50 Kingswoodians attended and the excitement of being united as Kingswoodians was palpable.
This morning our annual Uyinene Mrwetyana Commemorative Lecture, in partnership with Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation-UMF took place in our Memorial Chapel.
A happy group of OKs converged on Makhanda on 17 March to spend 4 days together having fun and reminiscing about the good and carefree days of life at Kingswood in 1982.
Hosted by the Western Province Cricket Club last weekend (25th-27th March 2022), Cape Town Sixes is one of the most exciting amateur sporting and lifestyle festivals in Africa, and Old Kingswoodian’s got front row seats.
On Tuesday afternoon, 15 March 2022, the annual Neil Aggett Memorial Lecture was delivered at Kingswood College. The lecture takes place each year to celebrate the life of Dr Neil Aggett and is held to honour his legacy. This year we are lucky enough to have our speaker join us at Kingswood College again to deliver their speech in person. Our speaker for 2022 was Zapiro, well-know political satirist.
Kayleigh Smith is being awarded this honour of the Neil Aggett award in recognition of her dedication to serving those around her, especially those who are less
Athi Galada (OK 2018) has recently been selected to represent the South Africa U23 Sevens rugby squad in a series against Zimbabwe!
The annual Kingswood Golf Day in Johannesburg was back with a bang on Friday last week after skipping a year or two due to the pandemic. The beautiful Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club hosted about 50 enthusiastic golfers who were rearing to go in near perfect conditions for golf.
On Tuesday, 22 March a meeting was held in Cape Town with a small group of Old Kingswoodians, all representing cross-sections of the Club in the region in terms of demographics, to discuss the future of one of our biggest OK Club Branches: The Western Cape Branch.
The 2022 Senior Championship Gala saw some remarkable performances. Click here to see the record list and photos.
In a move designed to bring the sport of cricket to as many young learners as possible, an exciting initiative was launched at Kingswood College on Wednesday afternoon. e to many talented young people, especially in the sports arena, but very often this talent cannot be identified, nurtured or taken further, due to a lack of infrastructure and facilities. The Young Warriors Cricket Development Programme is a pilot project and takes the form of a partnership between three local primary schools (George Dickerson, St Mary’s and Grahamstown Primary), Kingswood College, the Rhodes University HKE (Human Kinetics & Ergonomics) Department and the Rhodes Community Engagement Office (RUCE), as well as the Gary Kirsten Foundation.
College Head Leon Grové, Senior Head Mrs Tracy van Molendoff, Marketing Manager Danel Pruissen and Carey Hobson attended two successful school expos and also hosted a combined OK/Parent function at Falcon Crest Suites. This was well attended and it was so nice to see parents, past and present, mingling with OKs during the course of the evening.
Kingswood is celebrating! Jacques house is turning 140 years old. If the fine stone walls that make up our majestic girls boarding house, Jacques House could talk: What would they say? What stories would they tell?
With the welcome rains and our return to the College campus, we look forward to an exciting and busy first term. It is such a great honour for me to head up such an important and historical institution and I would like to thank all our Kingswoodian families that have been so welcoming over the past few weeks. Makhanda is already beginning to feel like home. I look forward to the year and am cognizant of the challenges that I may face, however I look forward to serving the Kingswood community for many years to come.
With the welcome rains and our return to the College campus, we look forward to an exciting and busy first term. It is such a great honour for me to head up such an important and historical institution and I would like to thank all our Kingswoodian families that have been so welcoming over the past few weeks. Makhanda is already beginning to feel like home. I look forward to the year and am cognizant of the challenges that I may face, however I look forward to serving the Kingswood community for many years to come.
Kingswood College is humbled and proud to announce the launch of our very first Legacy Scholarship, The Trevor Stewart Scholarship, for 2023. A fully funded scholarship for a child or grandchild of an Old Kingswoodian. This scholarship is named after its benefactor, Mr Trevor Stewart (OK 1963 Chubb).
With three days of non-stop cricket and the opportunity to meet, train and learn from some of the best, the Kingswood College Cricket Clinic, which kicked off yesterday, is the perfect start to the upcoming cricket season.
On the 28th of December 2021, the annual Kingswood Golf Day took place at The Royal Port Alfred Golf Course.
The Neil & Faith Collett Cup was awarded at the Gr 7 leavers’ dinner held at the Wyvern Club last week. This trophy was donated by the late Neil (OK 1970) and Faith Collett
What better way to end the 2021 year, than by joining us for the 22nd annual Kingswood Golf Day in Port Alfred on the 28th of December.
Thank you to the Hartzenberg family for presenting Kingswood with the Hartzenberg Inter House Cricket Trophy which will be presented to the winners of the interhouse cricket competition each year. The first winners of the trophy – Gane House!
Allan Keartland (OK 1950) visited Kingswood during the recently held parents’ week. Melanie (OK 1982), his daughter, brought him down from Johannesburg to not only visit his Alma Mater but to visit his granddaughter Panama who is currently enrolled at Kingswood – yes three generations.
Born in Zimbabwe, raised in Jagger House at Kingswood, @Jack Denton (OK 2013) has just made it onto the South African news and social media feeds and we can’t resist a share – “Kolisi signs gleeful Bok fan’s SA flag underwear” (SA Rugby Mag)!
Sunday, 14 November 2021 was the annual district Remembrance Day Parade. Representatives from Kingswood College (Senior and Junior School) as well as the Old Kingswoodian Club laid wreaths in remembrance during the parade. Remembrance Day serves to commemorate all those who have died in conflict in the service of freedom.
On Friday Brian Stocks (OK 1965) presented a Centenary 1st XV rugby jersey to the school on behalf of his son Wayne (OK 1994) who represented the KC 1st XV in Kingswood’s centenary year, 1994.
At the Senior School Prizegiving for 2021, the prestigious Muirhead Founders Friend Award was bestowed on an incredibly deserving individual – Mrs Jonathan Goldberg. Mr. Warrick Strachan proudly presented the award…
Our Matric class of 2021 were given their Old Kingswoodian Ties and welcomed into the Old Kingswoodian family at our annual OK Club Tie Presentation Ceremony yesterday evening.
Congratulations to Thembi Mangwana (OK ’17) who has been selected to play for Tel Aviv Heat, Israel’s First Professional Rugby team. This year the Tel Aviv Heat will take part in the inaugural season of Rugby Europe Super Cup.
One person who is almost synonymous with The Wyvern itself, is Ms Cornelia Sandi. 35 years ago, in 1986, Ms Sandi began her Kingswood journey when she was hired by Mr and Mrs Tommy and Kay Hartzenberg, who, at the time were the managers of The Wyvern. From the very beginning, Ms Sandi began to weave herself into the lives and fabric of the Kingswood family.
At Kingswood, we are so fortunate to be supported by a talented and highly-qualified community and this week, we were reminded of that.
Lindi Lombard, and award-winning local artist who matriculated in 2007 gifted Kingswood one of the paintings…
Most people don’t know, but to retain its integrity, a hockey asto needs to be resurfaced every 10 – 12 years. The City Lords Astroturf (officially opened in 2007) was already due, but Covid meant some delays to the process.
Congratulations to Lilitha Mahlati (OK 2005) who has made the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans #MG200Young list for 2021!
A proud moment for Rosco Speckman (OK 2008)! Rosco (1st left in middle row) will make his Springbok debut against Georgia tomorrow, the 2nd of July 2021.
Notice of the annual general meeting of the Old Kingswoodian Club to be held in the Wyvern Club on Saturday 24 July 2021 commencing at 09h00
The OK Club was donated timeshare at Umhlanga Cabanas and we’re offering it to you at cost price! Time to escape the city and wake up to the sight of the Indian ocean… Dates: Friday 13 – Friday 20 August 2021
The annual Legends Fund Golf Day took place at the picturesque Belmont Golf Club on Friday 11 June 2021. The clear skies and warm winter sunshine set the scene for a great day of golf that was enjoyed by about 80 golfers.
On a quiet winter’s night and in the darkness, a lone bell rang out. Getting louder and louder with each ring, the bell signalled that all was not well. The first subtle smell of smoke became stronger and more powerful with each whiff, as it drifted off across the valley and over our town. The flames, once small and simmering, become more angry with each passing minute. School House was, burning. On the 25th anniversary of the fire, we remember this night.
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.
On Thursday morning, 18 March 2021, the annual Neil Aggett Memorial Lecture was delivered at Kingswood College. The lecture takes place each year to celebrate the life of Dr Neil Aggett and is held to honour his legacy. This year we held a hybrid Neil Aggett Memorial Lecture with Dr Zweli Mkhize as this year’s speaker.
Kingswoodians from the Midlands region headed to the Mill Cricket Ground on the farm Spring Grove near Bedford on Sunday 07 March to watch a cricket match and to simply enjoy each other’s company. Due to covid protocols the annual Bedford Dinner could not take place so branch Chairman Chris Hobson decided that an outdoor gathering would be just the right recipe and so it was…
David (OK 2008) and Shelley (nee Kent OK 2008) visited Kingswood this morning with their young son Logan in tow. David enjoyed sharing his Kingswood memories and international experiences with Kingswood’s Director of Rugby and 1st XV Head Coach Jonny Mallett and fellow 1st XV Coach Murray Ranger. A highlight for the family was to see David’s Scottish rugby jersey mounted and framed in the High-Performance Centre.
When looking for a good meal in Cape Town you need look no further than Steensberg’s Bistro 1862 or Tryn. Here you will be treated to a sumptuous meal prepared by Executive Chef Kerry Kiplin (nee Warren OK 2000)
The annual Kingswood Golf Day got off to a rather nervous start following the President’s announcement the night before…
BKB, that has a wide and deep-rooted footprint across South Africa’s agricultural landscape, recently elected Geoff Kingwill (OK 1979) as Chairman of its Board.
Today is a bittersweet moment for us at Kingswood College as we bid farewell to Mrs Jill Long (the Grade R teacher) at the Grade R Graduation Ceremony this morning.
Sunday November 15 was the perfect day for the OKs of Gauteng to meet up at Country Club Johannesburg for a nostalgic game of inter-house cricket – the weather and atmosphere was unmatched.
Donald Schoeman (OK 1974), who has travelled to Grahamstown from Somerset West on his Harley, arranged an impromptu lunch at the Wyvern…
40 years ago on Sports Day, Justin (OK 1980) and Michael Wilmot (OK 1983) were awarded 12 trophies between them, with their mother handing out the trophies on the day. Fast forward to this past weekend…
Recently The Sports Editor had a telephonic interview with Old Kingswoodian, Mr Meyrick Pringle (OK 1984).
JH Cricket recently announced the signing of South African Neil ‘Bucko’ Hornbuckle. Neil is an explosive top-order batsman and off-spin bowler who had a very successful year for the Kingswood 1st X1 in 2010.
Gordon Stewart Todd was Headmaster at Kingswood from 1980 – August 1986. In the words of Rev. Kirkby, “The academic and cultural side of Kingswood was dearly flourishing under Gordon Todd’s hand”.
Kingswood College is thrilled to announce its partnership with CoachEd Cricket. Kingswood is currently one of just four education partners of the platform (the only school), which is powered by Gary Kirsten.
This is always a special and significant occasion for our Matrics and perhaps even more so this year, as they stop, pause and reflect on not only their Matric year, but also their years at Kingswood College.
At the Senior School Prizegiving for 2020, the prestigious Muirhead Founders Friend Award was once again bestowed on an incredibly special individual – Mrs Diana Hornby. Chairman of the Kingswood Council, Mr. Warrick Strachan proudly presented the award…
Last night our Grade 12s gathered in the High Performance Centre for their Leavers Dinner. One of the special moments of this celebration is that those who have decided to join the OK Club as Life Members were all wearing their Old Kingswoodian ties.
At the annual OK Tie Ceremony Held yesterday, Dr Fred Oosthuizen was awarded an Honorary Life Vice-Presidency of the OK Club. Since Kingswood’s founding in 1894, only 33 recipients have been given this award and in this particular case, the decision was a unanimous one…
Brian Searle-Tripp (OK 1957), one of the local advertising industry’s creative greats, passed away in Cape Town at the age of 80 on 05 October 2020. Kingswood was always dear to Brian and in fact, he married his lovely wife Marina in the Kingswood Chapel.
World Record for Andrea Vagg (nee van Niekerk) OK 2002, Stud Manager at Dell Dorpers & Dumisa & African White Dorpers and one of the top Dorper breeders in Australia.
Cricketers at Kingswood are in for an exciting start to the season as we welcome new coach, Mr Andrew Birch (ex Warriors cricketer) to the Kingswood family.
Congratulations to former Headmaster, John Gardener, on celebrating his 90th birthday on 28 August 2020.
KC Women’s Month Series #10: As we end the series, we have the privilege of ending our series by profiling Ms Lerato Mbombiya (née Motale) who attended Kingswood College from 1991 to 1999.
Dr Lizle Oosthuizen is a doctor in reproductive medicine. After obtaining certificates in abdominal and gynaecological ultrasound, she returned to complete her specialist degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cape Town in 2015. Her interest in Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology culminated in a Master’s degree focusing on the effects of lifestyle factors on male fertility, which won the prize for the best gynaecological research project in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
KC Women’s Month Series #10: e interviewed Dr Lizle Oosthuizen for our penultimate KC Women’s Month Series this morning.
Dr Lizle Oosthuizen is a doctor in reproductive medicine. After obtaining certificates in abdominal and gynaecological ultrasound, she returned to complete her specialist degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cape Town in 2015. Her interest in Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology culminated in a Master’s degree focusing on the effects of lifestyle factors on male fertility, which won the prize for the best gynaecological research project in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
KC Women’s Month Series #9: Ms Fundiswa Zote is a formidable businesswoman who has worked in the Tourism and Travel industry as well as the Marketing space running her own consultancy business along with her late twin sister specialising in Event Management and Hospitality, Live Production, Public Relations and Corporate Social Investment Services. More recently she has taken over the 40-year old family-run business which operates in the Funeral and Financial services sphere. She serves as board member on a number of businesses and is currently a board member of NAFUICO (National Funeral Undertakers Investment Company) and she is also a current Kingswood College Council Member.
KC Women’s Month Series #7: Dr Alet van der Westhuysen is currently undertaking post-doctoral research at Emory University in the United States where her main research focus is the development of novel nucleoside-based therapeutics for COVID-19. Considering the tremendous impact that this pandemic is having on a global scale, she is hopeful that she will be able to contribute to meaningful and potentially ground-breaking science.
KC Women’s Month Series #6 Ms Luntu Ntloko (OK 1993). Luntu is a Sports Marketing Specialist with over 10 years of experience and an accomplished sportswoman.
She represented South Africa in Hockey at the highest level during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, becoming the first black woman to play field hockey at this level for South Africa.
KC Women’s Month Series: “…as much as you can plan your life and have various checkpoints and tick boxes, life will inevitably take twists and turns that throw you off this path. So long as you keep the vision in sight, you can still always achieve those milestones but the journey may well be very different. You also find out a lot about who you are and who “your people” are during the toughest of these climbs.” – Ms Ashley Wood (OK 2002)
Our KC Women’s Month Series continues this week and we have the privilege today of profiling Ms Mphokolo Makara who matriculated from Kingswood College in 1999.
“…I am grateful that I come from a family of love that always supports even my wildest dreams, knowing that no matter what happens, there is someone out there who cares and will be there, should I stumble…” – Mphokolo Makara
Women’s Month Series: “…The bigger your successes, the more likely you are to have big failures. Don’t be afraid of them, they’re important. You will probably learn more from your failures than your successes and they might actually enable you to become successful in a way you did not anticipate…” – Sarah Kraus ‘1999
August is Women’s Month and what better way to truly celebrate it than by touching base with a few notable women in our very own Kingswood family. Today is Mrs Yolisa Kosa, OK ’94.
August is Women’s Month and what better way to truly celebrate it than by touching base with a few notable women in our very own Kingswood family. This is the first profile in our KC Women’s Month Series: Ms Anita Patrickson (OK 1999)
August is Women’s Month and what better way to truly celebrate it than by touching base with a few notable women in our very own Kingswood family. This is the first profile in our KC Women’s Month Series: Dr Bayanda Mbambisa (OK 1992)
For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday we go back 26 years to our centenary year celebration in 1994 when an artistic impression of our school campus was done to commemorate that year.
[VIDEO] For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday we look back the laying of the founding stone of our Kingswood College Chapel. This weekend would have been our Chapel Anniversary Service and we thought it would be fitting to look back at this historical moment in our Kingswood history.
Old Kingswoodian, Stuart Donnachie (’97) wrote to us about a painting he had commissioned for his mom, Sr Val Donnachie (Bursey) of the Sanatorium at Kingswood College recently – read about it here!
Streets filled with people. Music filling the Vienna air. The atmosphere electric and palpable. Travel back with us as we mark the 21st anniversary of the ‘Viva Vienna Music Tour’ for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.
For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday we look back at some of images that have defined technological advancement at Kingswood College and we fast forward and share some images of our pupils who are utilizing technology during this time.
For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday we look back at some of images that have defined technological advancement at Kingswood College and we fast forward and share some images of our pupils who are utilizing technology during this time.
Today a memorial service for Mr Stephen Holder, former Director of Music will take place. Former pupils, Eugenie Brand and Emily Fryer put together this accompanying video clip to honour their teacher. The music played in the montage is a performance by Mr Stephen Holder and Ruru Makoni, who is also an Old Kingswoodian.
Now, more than ever, we realise that online teaching can never fully replace face-to-face interactions and that classrooms, although the way they operate may change in the future, can never be replaced by full-time online teaching.
Before this weekend, we wouldn’t have thought ‘virtual’ reunions were even possible – but our classes of 1990, 2000 and 2010 showed us just how wrong we were!
Striving towards a common goal of trying to see how far in the world we could get by logging km’s for running, cycling or walking, our four schools managed a total of 8300km with over 800 submissions by members from the four schools.
K-DAY 2020 Is here! And here are some messages from the Kingswood community as we all, wherever we are in the world, celebrate the day and what it means to us.
The year in which the world stood still, driven apart by the covid-19 pandemic. The year in which the world started to realise what really matters. The year that saw our fours schools join together as one. And above all, the year that saw us working together towards a common goal.
Family ties and close connections run deep at Kingswood. The history between our past and our present is interwoven, and all add to the rich fabric that makes up our Kingswood family.
A very different term to what we have ever encountered before, but the possibilities and excitement of what lies ahead in terms of the digital learning sphere is running over.
Today we celebrate the life of Uyinene Mrwetyana who would have celebrated her 20th birthday today.
The 2008 KC 1st XV had a great season losing only two matches. It is amazing that 4 members this team, Grant Hattingh, David Denton, Rosco Specman and Charlie Purdon would make a living out of rugby – a great Kingswood story.
As we entered the start of the national lockdown a few weeks ago we knew that as a community we would need to be able to, albeit not physically, connect with each other and to the heart of our school, which has always been the Chapel.
Dr Colleen Vassiliou and Carey Hobson visited Gaborone, Botswana during the second weekend in February to attend two school expos as well as to host a Kingswood get-together in the city.
News and photos from the first OK Club branch get-togethers for 2020 that took place on 31 Jan – 02 February in the Western Cape.
Thursday 21 November, 18h30 for 19h00, The Old Townhouse, Market Street (off York Street), George
To our pupils, to our parents, to our community. Allegations have been made, voices have been heard. The school has been facilitating talks with all pupils, staff, concerned parents, and have worked tirelessly the past few days to ensure that we do this right. Not for Kingswood, but for our pupils. In the last few…
It is with deep sadness that we have had confirmation from Ms. Noma Mrwetyana, that our dearest Nene (OK 2018) has passed away
Deanne Bouwer (nee Behm) did a sterling job getting her class together for their 30th reunion. A great time was had by this happy band of “1989 ers”. They did there level best to keep up with the pace set by the youngsters from the 1999 and 2009 groups and certainly coped admirably. Much has…
A memorable 20th reunion of the Class of 1999 took place on K-Day Weekend. This is an amazing group of OKs who simply carried on where they had left off in 1999. Boarding house tales were re-lived, sports results were debated and many a story was told late into the night – a bit embellished…
Head Prefects Gill and Brandon Handley did an amazing job “rallying the troops” for this really special 10-year reunion that took place on K-Day weekend. The support was really good – in fact one of the better turnouts that we have had for a 10-year reunion. Those attending really enjoyed the Jubilee celebrations and apart…
The annual Port Elizabeth Golf day will take place on Friday 15 February 2019. OKs, parents and past parents are all invited to enter and please bring your golfing friends along. If you are not a golfer you are encouraged to join us for a few refreshments after the golf.
We had the privilege of having Dr Geoffrey de Jager as our second speaker for our “KC Talks” series this morning. Dr de Jager is retired investment banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Born in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, Dr Geoffrey de Jager arrived at Kingswood in 1963 and matriculated in 1968. As both Drum Major…
HEAR IT. SEE IT. LIVE IT… Last night our High Performance Centre was once again transformed, this time, into a first-class music venue for our Jubilee Music Concert. The theme of the night was music through the ages and our Concert Band accompanied by the Junior School Choir took the audience on a musical journey…
Did you know that before Kingswood moved to its current site on Burton Street in 1896, the School was founded in what was known as the “Tin University” (behind what is now Winchester House, on Rhodes University campus). As part of celebrations, member of our staff, pupils and OKs walked from the original site back…
Over the years, hundreds of Kingswoodians have come together each year on 14 March to celebrate the founding of our school. On this day, 125 years ago, Kingswood College was founded and today we congregated in our Memorial Chapel to mark this auspicious occasion. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KINGSWOOD COLLEGE!
Our High Performance Centre was transformed into something out of this world last night for the Senior School Foundation Day dinner. The pupils and staff were in awe as they stepped into the HPC for an evening put together specially for them to celebrate the momentous milestone that is our 125th Jubilee year. While we…
Laughter and shrieks of excitement rang out across City Lords yesterday afternoon as our Junior School hosted their Foundation Day celebration onCity Lords. Various fun stations were set up around the field and the pupilswere encouraged to make their way from one station to the next. A delightful scene unfolded as various junior grades mingled…
“…Family gathers here…” On Tuesday evening, Kingswood College reached another milestone in its history. We celebrated the official opening of Hobson House and paid tribute to the Hobson family whose history is so intrinsically linked with that of the history of our school. We were privileged to share the opening, not only with our junior…
We are very sad to announce the passing of Chuma Mbambisa (’97) There is no question he was incredibly loved and considered a Kingswood legend by all his peers. Please find below a wonderful tribute by his close friend and OK Stuart Donnachie.
Sadly, Kingswood College wishes to announce the passing of teaching legend, Mr Tommy Hartzenberg who spent his entire working career of 40 years at the College. Tommy, well known as the beloved ‘Mr. Chips’ of Kingswood leaves his wife Kay, four children (Lynette, Judy, Neil, and Puffer), 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
