EASTER

RUGBY
FESTIVAL
MASIMBAMBANE
INTERN PROGRAMME
VOLUME 63
JULY 2014
THE 2013
MATRIC RESULTS
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VITA VOLUME 63 JULY 2014
In what has been
described as one of the
most vocal and visible
school activist campaigns,
St Johns College led a
#BringBackOurGirls
protest on a chilly winters
morning in May by
forming a human chain
around the perimeter of
the school.
Over 700 St Johns
College students held up
banners in silence for the
230 Nigerian school girls
who were kidnaped by the
Boko Haram.
Other schools that
participated included St
Stithians, St Andrews,
Redhill, St Teresas,
Roedean, Kingsmead, St
Davids, Parktown Boys
and St Marys.
Support from the
motorists driving past was
overwhelming with
people hooting, waving
and ashing lights in
recognition of a cause
which is very close to our
pupils hearts. St Johns
also received front page
newspaper coverage for
the campaign.
NEWS
VOLUME 63
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CONTENTS
COVER STORIES
EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL 02
MASIMBAMBANE INTERN PROGRAMME 04
2013 MATRIC RESULTS 10
STAFF NEWS
WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF 06
CONGRATULATIONS 08
GENERAL NEWS
GAME CAPTURE 12
WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE 14
MR VUYO KAHLA HONOURED 15
ACADEMIC NEWS
HISTORY TOUR 16
TOUR DE MATHS 18
ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 18
SPORT NEWS
ATHLETICS 18
BOULDERING 18
COLLEGE CRICKET 19
HOCKEY 20
BOAT NAMING CEREMONY 21
ROWING 20
JUNIOR ROWING 21
SAILING 22
SHOWJUMPING 22
SWIMMING 22
TENNIS 22
WATER POLO 22
MUSIC AND CULTURE
RENAISSANCE MEN OF THE COLLEGE 24
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM 26
ZACHARY BOWDITCH AWARDED MEDAL 26
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS 00
A CALL FOR GENEROSITY 27
PREFECTS REACH OUT 27
PREP NEWS 28
OLD JOHANNIANS 32
St John's College hosted its
nineteenth annual Easter rugby
festival .The festival was once
again sponsored by Standard
Bank and was well-supported by
the St John's Community.
The motto of providing a showcase for schoolboy rugby
certainly lived up to expectations, with twelve top rugby
schools competing against each other and showing
their talent throughout the weekend. Ten teams came
from diferent parts of South Africa, one from Australia
and another from Zimbabwe. We also had fourteen
preparatory schools participating in the festival.
The school chapel was the setting for the capping
ceremony on the Wednesday evening. Prior to all 281
boys being presented with a memorial cap in a very
moving ceremony, they were welcomed to the
school by St John's College Headmaster, Roger
Cameron, and addressed by Owen Nkumane
ex-Springbok rugby player and old boy of the school.
The excitement was evident amongst the boys and
one could feel the energy of the teams wanting to get
the show on the road. The festival was blessed with
three days of fantastic weather which made for
extremely enterprising rugby. The rugby played
throughout the weekend was highly competitive and
produced a number of memorable and hard-fought
encounters. Scott's College from Australia produced the
most enterprising rugby, and it was refreshing see to
how they were willing to throw the ball around. Paarl
Boys, Paul Roos, Nelspruit and Jeppe added huge value
to the festival with a number of powerful performances.
The hosts, St Johns, performed admirably over the
three days and managed to beat St Charles in a tough
encounter on the nal day.
In closing, the festival was a resounding success, with
St Johns and the surrounding community getting a
taste of the wonderful talent on display from around
our country. On the non-rugby-playing days, the
visiting teams took the opportunity to visit the various
sites in and around of Johannesburg. With new
memories and friends, we hope to see the boys return
in the years to come as old boys to support their
respective schools.
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COVER STORY
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2014
EASTER
RUGBY
FESTIVAL
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MASIBAMBANE
INTERN PROGRAMME
BY PATRI CK LEES
SHI NGI RAI MUDI MA WI TH A ST JOHN S PUPI L. FROM L-R: NOMTHANDAZO XULU, SI FI SO ADAMS AND FAI TH RALANE.
COVER STORY
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For the last few years, I have been racking my brain as
to how we can nd and develop teachers, not only for
St Johns but for our country as well. Then Pieter Steyn,
the Headmaster of Masibambane, and I had a
conversation and decided to undertake an exciting
project with Masibambanes rst matric class last year.
A committee was formed, and for the whole of last year,
we worked on developing and grooming possible
teaching interns. We identied thirteen potential
candidates for the programme and throughout the year,
they were exposed to numerous initiatives, including a
career day, FAMSA talks, life-goal workshops, winter
and spring schools at St Johns, class experience,
counselling, aptitude tests as well as one-on-one
mentoring. All the candidates proved to be wonderful
young men and women and it was extremely difcult
to select the four interns we have with us now.
The four students (Faith Ralane, Nomthandazo Xulu,
Siso Adams and Shingirai Mudima) live at St Johns and
experience the practical side of teaching whilst
studying for their BEd degrees through UNISA. The BEd
course is a four-year course and so, hopefully, after
four years, we will have enabled four young people to
become qualied teachers, either employed by St
Johns or teaching in their own communities ... or at
any other school, for that matter. The programme will
roll over each year and so, after four years, it is
envisaged we will have assisted in the development of
around twenty teachers in total.
Our four Masis, as they are now afectionately known,
have made a fantastic start at St Johns and it is quite
amazing to see how they have embraced every single
task and challenge. They are involved extensively in the
classroom, on the sports eld and in musical activities.
They go on grade camps, participate in staf
development, attend conferences - and the girls are
even learning to swim! They are very much part of our
team and we love having them as members of our staf.
I am certain that all four are going to make wonderful
teachers. We are all so proud of them and look forward
to four more fantastic years!
Special thanks must go to Mrs Pier Myburgh and the
wonderful committee which has worked so hard to
ensure the success of the programme they are truly
amazing! Thank you also to the generous sponsors
who have made it all possible.
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SICELO
MTSHANGASE
ZULU TEACHER AND
ASSI STANT RUNGE
HOUSEMASTER
JEREMY
NAIDOO
SCI ENCE TEACHER
KATHRYN
NOTTINGHAM
SCI ENCE TEACHER AND
RUNGE HOUSEMI STRESS
JO-ANDRI
PRETORIUS
AFRI KAANS TEACHER
The person Sicelo is
closest to is his father,
whom he regards as his
personal hero due to a
number of reasons. One
reason is that he is a man
of integrity.
Jeremy says theres no
greater reward than
when a learner who has
grappled with a difcult
concept, nally gets it.
Kathryn says shes best at
cooking or baking, but
has been known to play a
decent round of golf!
Jo-Andri chose education
because she loves
languages and children
a perfect combination.
Derik says its a huge
privilege and honour to
be working at St Johns
College.
Lens favourite quote is:
Keep walking
Andrews favourite quote
is one from Mahatma
Gandhi: Live as if you
were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to
live forever.
Nick chose education
because one should never
stop learning. Being
involved with a child's
development is a very
rewarding experience.
DERIK
BOTHA
CLAYTON HOUSEMASTER
AND AFRI KAANS TEACHER
LEN
BOTHA
BOARDI NG MANAGER
ANDREW
CALDWELL
ENGLI SH TEACHER
NICK
COOPER
HOD - PHYSI CAL
EDUCATI ON: PREP
WELCOME TO THE
ST JOHNS FAMILY
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JAMES
ROBEY
LI FE SCI ENCE TEACHER
SARAH
SHIRES
ENGLI SH TEACHER
GERMAY
VAN HEERDEN
MATHS TEACHER
CAILIN
WANDRAG
HEAD OF MARKETI NG
His favourite quote from
Zig Ziglar is, Its not where
you start its where you
nish that counts.
Frances has always
wanted to work with
young people and wanted
to be a teacher from an
early age.
Grant wants to provide a
unique environment in
which young men are
able to achieve their goals
Robyns favourite quote,
from T.S. Elliot, is: The
essential advantage for a
poet is not to have a
beautiful world with
which to deal; it is to be
able to see beneath both
beauty and ugliness; to
see the boredom, and
the horror, and the glory.
CEASAR
DUMA
SPORTS DEPARTMENT
AND HI STORY I NTERN
FRANCES
KERR-PHILLIPS
ENGLI SH TEACHER AND
LEARNI NG SUPPORT
GRANT
KRETZMANN
EMS TEACHER AND
NASH HOUSEMASTER
ROBYN
MILLIGAN
PSYCHOLOGI ST
James favourite quote is:
Fear is an illusion,
Attitude is everything.
Sarah hopes to achieve
happiness and success
teaching at St Johns as
well as settling into her
new life in the South
African context.
Germay says education
chose her, rather than the
other way around. It was
not part of her long-term
plan. She taught in a
part-time job while
completing her studies
and ended
up loving it!
Cailin started working in
school marketing 3 years
ago after 16 years in the
corporate world. She
feels privileged to be part
of education at such a
wonderful school.
We would like to welcome the wonderful
new staf who joined St Johns this year.
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STAFF NEWS
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR STAFFS
INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to Jean-Pierre Calitz, piano
teacher and accompanist, who recently
completed his doctorate in piano performance
through lUniversit de Montral. The D.MUS
curriculum requires the performance of 4 solo
piano recitals in public, a thesis on an approved
topic, 4 research seminars in various elds of
musicology and comprehensive examinations
on topics of music history and theory.
We also congratulate Ann George, Life Science
teacher, on being awarded her PHD in Science
Education. Ann graduated from Wits University
in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science (cum laude)
with majors in Physiology and Genetics. She
returned to Wits in the early 90s to do her
Honours in cytogenetics and subsequently
began teaching. In 2006, she enrolled at Wits to
begin her Masters in Science Education. The
Masters was upgraded to a PhD, culminating in
her thesis entitled Factors afecting teachers
use of computer technology for promoting
meaningful learning.
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Congratulations to St John's College Rowing
coach Rod MacDonald who has been
selected to coach the Under 23 South Africa
Team in the World Championships in Italy in
August. Wishing Rod and his team all the best.
Congratulations to Patrick Tshutshani who is
a St Johns staf member, Biokineticist and
Hockey coach. He is also the Coach of the
National U/18 Girls Hockey team who won
the African qualier to the Youth Olympics in
Zambia in March.
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COVER STORY
2013 MATRIC
RESULTS
Yet again we congratulate our Class of 2013 on an
outstanding set of results. We achieved a 100% pass
rate, with 100% University entrances at degree level.
38 pupils achieved averages of over 80%, 55 pupils
attained averages of over 75% and 66% of the year
group achieved an over 70% average. Of 124
candidates, 345 Level 7 (80% and over) were achieved.
In our endeavour for academic excellence, we are
delighted with our Matric pupils performance in critical
subjects such as Mathematics, Science and English.
108 pupils wrote Mathematics with 49 achieving
distinctions. 39 of 100 candidates achieved distinctions
in Physical Science while 29 of 124 candidates
achieved distinctions in English.
1 NISHAL DULLABH - 9 DISTINCTIONS
2 BRETT VAN STADEN - 9 DISTINCTIONS
3 BENEDICT DIDCOTT-MARR - 8 DISTINCTIONS
4 SEAN BAYLEY - 8 DISTINCTIONS
5 GIANLUCA AGOSTINETTO - 8 DISTINCTIONS
6 AKSHAY MANGA - 8 DISTINCTIONS
7 ALEX MATHEW - 8 DISTINCTIONS
8 ANGELO ESPLIN - 8 DISTINCTIONS
9 JAMES BARTON-BRIDGES - 7 DISTINCTIONS
10 JASON VERMAAK - 7 DISTINCTIONS
11 MERRICK STEVENSON - 7 DISTINCTIONS
12 NAEEM VALLEE - 7 DISTINCTIONS
13 CHRIS HUNTLEY - 7 DISTINCTIONS
1
4 5
8 9
12 13
2 3
6 7
10 11
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2013 CAMBRIDGE
A-LEVEL RESULTS
The subject pass rate of the students who wrote the 2013
A Level examinations was 98%. Overall, 73% of students
achieved A to C symbols across all subjects. 12% of our
symbols were over 90% in one or more A Level subjects.
An additional 20% were over 80% in one or more subjects.
1 AUDREY AYO 1XA*, 2XA
2 NICOLA HIESTERMANN 1XA*, 3XA, 2XB
3 CHANTAL HUDSON 1XA*, 1XA, 1XB
4 XAVIER MUHONI 1XA*, 1XA, 1XB
5 MOHAMED SACRANIE 4XA*
6 ASHLEY SEYMOUR 1XA*, 1XA, 1XB
7 CHRISTOPHER STERLEY 1XA*, 2XA
8 GABRIELLA TOLKIN-ROSEN 1XA*, 2XA
9 GABRIEL ARROYO 3XA, 3XB
10 RAAHEEL BUX 3XA
11 SARANNE HULLEY 2XA, 2XB
12 CYNTHIA MBUTHIA 4XA
13 BARAKA MINJA 5XA
14 BRANDON VAN HOUTHEN 4XA
A* REPRESENTS 90% AND OVER
1 2 9 10
3 4 11 12
5 6 13 14
7 8
A LEVELS AS LEVELS

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NEWS
EXOTIC GAME
CAPTURE
BY DI ON LI BERA
In February, 12 St John's boys had the privilege of assisting
with the relocation of a herd of 17 Golden Wildebeest/Gnus
on the van Heerdens Exotic Game Farm in the Free State.
After a very early wake-up call, the group split into two
groups, each attending the diferent locations the
capture zone and the relocation zone.
The group of boys assigned to aid the capture waited in
two bakkies at the entrance to the relatively small
fenced-in zone that held the wildebeest. They waited and
watched as the helicopter with a vet on board ew
overhead searching for the wildebeest herd. Once found,
the helicopter swooped down low until it hovered only a
few metres of the ground, creating the best angle and
height to allow the vet to dart the animals as accurately as
possible. The optimum darting area is on the hindquarters
of the beasts which the vet was able to hit with 100%
accuracy throughout the game capture.
After a few animals (typically 2 to 4) were darted and had
nally collapsed from the tranquilizer, the helicopter
hovered overhead and communicated the exact location
to the ground team. When the animals were down, it was
all teams go!
The two bakkies with farm staf and St Johns boys on the
back rattled of through the bush in search of these animals.
Once found, the teams sprinted to the sedated animals,
gripped their horns and held their heads up to reduce the
stress on the animal and open up their passageways to
minimize any harm to them.
The animal was then quickly lifted onto a tarp, at the same
time making sure that its legs were tucked comfortably
underneath it. We then lifted the incredibly heavy
wildebeest onto the bakkie and quickly moved on to the
next sedated animal. After wed placed two to three
wildebeest on the bakkie, it darted of with two boys on the
back holding the unconscious or seemingly so
wildebeests heads up.
The bakkies were quickly on the move to the relocation
zone, navigating the dirt roads with great speeds in order to
reach the zone without the wildebeest prematurely waking
up and causing itself and those around it harm.
At the relocation zone, the rest of the group stood,
anxiously waiting, ready to lift the massive beasts of the
cars and bring them to their new home. The vet then
injected the animals with a serum, which counteracted the
tranquilizer. The boys and staf watched from a fair
distance as the Golden Gnus slowly and dazedly stood up
in their new home.
This process repeated itself for quite some time: locating
the darted wildebeest, moving them to the relocation zone
and watching as they awoke once more.
One of the key experiences for me occurred while
transporting the last of the wildebeest. We were on our last
run and so, instead of having two wildebeest per car, we
had three on one and two on the other. This meant that
there were three boys and three wildebeest on one bakkie
resulting in limited space and supposedly restricted
movement.
I was one of the people on the packed bakkie, seated,
holding the animals head upright with its horns between
my legs, between the two other wildebeest. This was all
well and good and it was easy to cope with the conned
space -until my animal started to gain consciousness!
This specic wildebeest had been sedated twice because it
had failed to be completely immobilized the rst time and
now, en route to the relocation zone, the horned beast
with its head between my legs, started to wake up.
The wild drive went as follows: the animal, uneasy in its
position, started moving, started rifing around with its
incredible mass shifting back and forth, continuously trying
to get away and there I stood with a tense and worried
smile on my face, doing everything I could to muscle it
back into its seated position. The drive to the relocation
became a little stressful.
After a long, well-fought battle, we nally reached our
destination. We quickly unloaded the rowdy animals and
watched from a distance as the last golden Wildebeest
reunited with their herd on their new land.
The experience was unforgettable. Being in such close
proximity to these beautiful animals, was simply
unbelievable. I know, that if the opportunity presented itself
again, I and Im sure I can speak for the rest of the boys,
would denitely be the rst to jump at it.
The boys and I had a phenomenal experience and I would
like to thank Gemay van Heerden and her family for
afording us such a rare experience.
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L-R: RYAN MACKELL,
CALLEN HARTMEN ( OBSCURED) ,
LUC FELDNER-BUSZTI N,
ETI ENNE SMI T AND
ANGUS MACKENZI E.
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NEWS
MARETLWANE
WILDERNESS SCHOOL
BY JUSTI N BESWI CK - LOWER I V
My Maretlwane journey began somewhat
apprehensively. As I said farewell to my family after
orientation, I realised, this was it! However, I soon
learnt that we were in good hands at Maretlwane and
were about to embark on a great adventure.
The rst few days took some adjusting and there
were many safety procedures to learn, but after that,
with the guidance of the professional Maretlwane
staf, we quickly became a good team. Thanks to my
great mentor Mr Robey, I was guided and taught to
be self-sufcient. I was encouraged to take on new
challenges which I most probably would not have
experienced outside of Maretlwane.
We learnt to be self-sufcient, work as a team, cook
some great food, and wash and clean for ourselves.
We also had some challenging hikes, interesting
classes, and were taught so much about our
environment. Leisure activities and weekends were
great fun and, without giving too much away, I can
say that I left the camp feeling proud of my
achievements and new experiences, but also with
great new friendships formed.
With the exception of missing my family and
Futurelife cereal. I have learnt to appreciate so many
things in my life after Maretlwane and wish to thank
Mr Junod, Mr Campbell, Mr Robey and the full team
of staf who made my St Johns Maretlwane
experience unforgettable. Wishing great times to
those who have yet to still experience their
Maretlwane journey.
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VUYO KAHLA
HONOURED
Outgoing Chairman of Council, Mr Vuyo
Kahla, was awarded the Bishops Medal by
Bishop Steve Moreo for his service as
Chairman of St Johns College. Vuyo was
elected to Council in November 2005. He
was then elected Chairman from February
2008 to January 2014.
We would like to thank Mr Kahla for his
valuable contribution to St Johns College.
FROM L-R: BI SHOP STEVE MOREO, MR VUYO KAHLA, MR ROGER CAMERON.
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HISTORY
TOUR
BY EMI LI O ZI NI ADES - LOWER V
On 17 April, 33 boys and three teachers sat at OR
Tambo International Airport, keenly awaiting our
departure for Europe. This was the start of a two-week
History tour during which we were to visit Russia,
Germany and the Czech Republic.
As we ew into St Petersburg, it was evident that we
were in a place unlike anywhere we had been before.
The picturesque streets, strikingly bold architecture
and harsh landscapes were gripping and at times
rendered the tour group silent (which takes some
doing) in admiration. This trend continued throughout
all the cities we visited: St Petersburg, Moscow, Munich,
Prague and Berlin.
The wealth of history possessed by each city was even
more impressive. One of the highlights of the tour was
denitely standing in front of the Winter Palace in St
Petersburg, where the Bolshevik Revolution reached
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its climax in October 1917. Reading about the
storming of the Winter Palace in a textbook and
being there in person are two completely diferent
things, the latter being innitely more valuable. In a
way, this experience symbolised the ultimate aim of
the tour to bring history alive. In every city we
visited, we experienced an aspect of the history we
had learnt in class.
Another highlight was seeing Lenins embalmed body
in Moscow, on the celebration of the anniversary of
his birthday! To be within metres of the man who was
so inuential in modern history was almost eerie. It
was also interesting to see that, on this occasion, Red
Square was still lled with red Soviet Union ags; to
this day, gures such as Lenin and Stalin are still
idolised by many people in Russia.
In Germany, we visited places relevant to World War
II and the Cold War. For example we spent an
afternoon at Sachsenhausen concentration camp,
one of the many camps set up by Hitler. It is hard to
describe the atmosphere there, except to say that the
air was heavy a very solemn afair indeed.
We also visited the remains of the Berlin Wall. In some
places the actual wall still exists with the original
grafti art still there, whilst in other places a simple
row of two cobblestones indicates where the Wall
used to be. In both cases, it was terric to actually see
visible signs of the history we had spent so much time
learning about.
After our 12-day tour, we returned to Johannesburg,
our minds buzzing with both information and
exhaustion. It was truly an unforgettable experience,
which I meticulously recorded with ample pictures
I know I will look back on these in years to come with
fond memories.
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ACADEMIC SPORT
TOUR DE MATHS
Well done to Jordan Lourens and Logan Geldenhuys
(LV), who along with their St Andrews partners, attained
a third place in the Senior Tour de Maths at Kingsmead.
We also congratulate Evan Rex (LIV) and his Kingsmead
partners on their second place in the Junior Tour de Maths.
ATHLETICS
Gareth Harvett (UV) was selected to represent Gauteng Province
at the National Athletics Club Championships in Stellenbosch in
April this year. He ran in the U/19 1500m race, and nished in a
time of 4.01 min and ofcially nished in 9th place. Its fantastic
for Gareth to be competing at this level whilst still being a year
younger than his competitors.
BOULDERING
Congratulations to Matthew Robinson for his gold medal in the
National Bouldering Leagues Finals held in Durban in April.
Matthew represented Gauteng in the Youth B competition (U15).
Matthew completed his climbs within the allocated time and
qualied in rst place for the nals with a score of 41 points
against the second place qualiers 35.
In the nals, Matthew was the only nalist to ash (getting to
the top of the climb on his rst attempt) in all of the ve climbs.
Matthew was also the youngest climber in his group.
His next major competition is the qualifying tournament for the
South African team to attend the World Lead Climbing
championships in Nomuea, New Caledonia.
ENGLISH OLYMPIAD
Congratulations to Tasneem Kathrada (UVI) and
Mikhail Kolabhai (UV) who have made it to the TOP
15 of the 2014 De Beers English Olympiad.
This is an outstanding achievement considering that
8 000 candidates entered this national examination
this year. As part of their prize, Tasneem and Mikhail
were invited to attend the 2014 National Schools
Festival in Grahamstown in July.
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CRICKET
The St Johns College cricket season was a very busy and
successful one. Teams seem to be playing more and more
games in an increasingly congested season. St Johns
competed locally against the likes of King Edward, Pretoria
Boys, Afes, Grey College and St Albans from October
2013 to the beginning of March 2014. A concerted efort
was made to provide more games for the lower teams.
A total of 120 games were played across the age groups
throughout the Easter term. However, some games were
lost to rain late in the season.
The 1st xi season was relatively prosperous; the team
played 20 games in the Easter term competing against
many of the top cricketing schools around the country.
The U14A, U15A and the 1st XI attended their respective
Independent School Cricket festivals returning with very
good results. The 1st XI also managed to reach the nal
of the John Waite Knockout competition. Throughout the
season there were some very good individual and team
performances from all the age group teams. A number
of the 1st XI players produced some ne results (such as
Conor Mc Kerr; Morgan Fairbairn and Jake Alfred).
Bradley Dial represented the U19 World cup team at the
recent world cup held in the UAE. Ndumiso Mvelase and
Bradley represented Gauteng U19 in 2013, Martyn Strydom,
Liam Peters and Lorenzo Masselli represented the Gauteng
u17 team, Conor McKerr and Keegan Lumley represented
Gauteng u15b at the respective 2013 cricket weeks.
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ROWING
THE 2013/14 SEASON
A very successful rowing season was concluded at the South African School Championship
Regatta held at Roodeplaat Dam from 7 to 9 March. There was a 44% increase in the number
of entries to this regatta since 2011, making it the biggest regatta in its history.
There were some impressive results from all age groups.
The open age group (U19) achieved the following results:
Bronze in the Junior Men's U19 Pair (Daniel Carter and Nick Papas)
Silver in the Junior Men's U19 Coxed Four (James Mitchell, Joseph Savenye-Terblanche,
Nick Papas, Daniel Carter and cox Jason McNeil)
Bronze in the Junior Men's U19 Eight (Daniel Hafner, Ayrton da Silva, Graeme Betty,
Joseph Savenye-Terblanche, Nick Papas, Daniel Carter, James Mitchell,
Riaghan Davies-Webb and cox Jason McNeil)
The U16 age group won the Tom Price Shield which is the overall age group points trophy.
Notable results from this age group include:
Silver in the Junior Men's U16 Pair (Adam Wolfe and Bjorn Solot)
Silver in the Junior Men's U16 Eight (Armin Wessels, Bram Schonfeldt, Luis Murillo,
Aidan Gregory, Jonty McIvor, Tristan Klement, Adam Wolfe, Bjorn Solot and cox
Tim McPherson)
Bronze in the Junior Men's U16 coxed Quad (Saki Canca, Luis Murillo, Tristan Klement,
Armin Wessels and cox Taine Cabral)
Bronze in the Junior Men's coxed Four (Jonty McIvor, Bjorn Solot, Adam Wolfe,
Bram Schonveldt and cox Tim McPherson).
The U16 B eight came in 6th position in the A nal of the Junior Men's U16 Eight
(James Braham, Saki Canca, Katlehe Ramosedi, Brandon McKenzie, Ross le Matire,
Aidan Bellingan, Alessandro Ferro, Hugh Madeley and cox Cody Gill)
The U15 Quad of Ramon Faesen, Daniel Trengrove, Krischan Mumbi, Harry Stanley and
cox Matthew Wong achieved a bronze medal in a very exciting race with St Benedict's and
St Andrews College.
The U14 age group produced some excellent results during the championship. The following
were the most notable:
Gold in the Junior Men's U14 Octiple (Justin Vermark, Tom Huang, Cale Gregory,
Chris Williams, Jack Huang, Zak Coetzee, Matthew Betty, Matthew Chamberlin and
cox Daniel Louw)
Silver and bronze in the Junior Men's U14 A Quad
St Johns came second out of 19 boys schools in the overall points trophy.
HOCKEY
Congratulations to the
following boys who have been
selected to Provincial / National
Teams in 2014:
South Gauteng U/18 A
Playing in the SA National IPT
from 1-6 July at Maritzburg
College KZN: Nathan Elliott and
Walter Pfaf
South Gauteng U/18 B
Playing in the SA National IPT
from 1-6 July at Maritzburg
College KZN: Ndumiso Mvelase
and Alistair Fletcher
South Gauteng U/16 B
Playing in the SA National IPT from
13-16 July at Kearsney College
KZN: Gareth Fullerton and Ross
Bentley (Non-travelling reserve
Goal Keeper for U/16 section)
South Gauteng U/14A
Playing in National festival from
13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:
Sean Jacobs and Brandon
Vermeulen
South Gauteng U/14 B
Playing in National festival from
13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:
Nicholas Siedle and
Christopher Tennick
South Gauteng U/14 C
Playing in National festival from
13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:
Nicholas Ching and Luke Moore
South Gauteng U/14 D
Playing in National festival from
13 -17 July at Jeppe Boys JHB:
Benjamin Macqueen
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ROWING
3 NEW
ROWING
BOATS ARE
BLESSED
AND NAMED
On 3 March 2014 two new
rowing boats were blessed
and named. The rst was a
new pair and was named
after Vuyo Kahla the outgoing
Chairman, in recognition of
his service to the council of
St Johns. The second boat
was a single scull, and was
named after long service staf
member M Khubayi for his
long service to the school.
A third rst 8 boat was also
named at rowing camp after
Roger Barrow, the rst head
rowing coach of St Johns.
JUNIOR
ROWING
James Mitchell and Daniel
Carter, have been selected
for the SA Junior Rowing
Team, and will participate in
the Junior World
Championships in Hamburg
Germany in August. St Johns
Rowing Coach, Grant Dodds,
has been selected as their
National Head Coach.
SAILING
In May, Henry Daniels (LVI) sailed
in the J22 class World
Championship at the Vaal Dam,
and came second overall with his
crew. He became the youngest
sailor internationally to achieve a
podium nish in this J22 class
World Championship.
Henry has subsequently been
invited to represent the Royal
Cape Yacht Club in the J24
Dennis Connor Invitational
Regatta in Manhattan, New York
in August 2014.
He also won the Northern
Region Open Class Provincial
Regatta in March at the Vaal Dam
in a 29er, and was the rst youth
to cross the line, and second
overall in the Western Province
Southern Charter Grand Slam
Regatta in Hermanus in February
this year.
Henry sailing in a Vulcan at the
J22 World Championship.
OPEN
WATER
SWIMMING
Congratulations to Mitchel
Sinclair (L4), who was selected
for the Open Water National
Swimming Champs which
took place in February. Held at
Midmar Dam, Mitchel
(competing for Central
Gauteng Aquatics) swam in
the 3km event and managed
to beat a number of more
senior challengers, nishing in
a great sub 40min and took
8th place overall in the 14-15
year old category.
SHOW
JUMPING
Well done to Connor Wilson (LV)
who is currently number 1 in the
standings for schools in the "I"
category of one rider. Connor is
at Level 5 in High Schools
Eventing and Level 3 for Dressage
and Show jumping, Level 4 for
Equitation and Level 7 for
Working Hunter (in which
discipline he has the highest
number of points of anyone in
the country).
TENNIS
THE 2014
SUMMER
SEASON
The tennis boys have had a
successful season thus far.
We are pleased to welcome
Lauren Jackman who has joined
us as the new tennis coach for
the both the College and the
Prep. We are sure that this will
benet the growth of tennis at St
Johns. We hope to develop a
depth of tennis which will ensure
our future success.
The rst team tennis boys started
of the year competing in the St
Benedicts Festival. The boys
played extremely well and were
placed 5th overall. During the
summer season we had three
teams competing and they have
had some very good results. A
highlight for the season was the
1st team beating St Stithians in a
nail-biting 50-49 match.
A number of boys have also
taken part in Gauteng trials and
have done extremely well in the
ranking tournaments. Michael
Copeland also travelled to Spain
to participate in a training
programme and participated in
two Spanish tournaments. He
also played in the open section of
the Gauteng North Mini
tournament in which he was
placed second, as well as in the
ITF in Potchefstroom and the
Interprovincial U19 tournament
representing Gauteng Central.
Tennis will continue into the
Winter season for the 1st Team
and we look forward to another
successful season.
WATERPOLO
St Johns College waterpolo
continued with its consistent
performance this season,
ending with National
Tournaments held at King
Edwards (1st Team), Parktown
(Indigo U15) and Jeppe (Ken
Short U14).
The 1st Team reached the
quarter-nal of the
competition, losing to SACS
from Cape Town in a penalty
shoot-out. They nished 5th
overall and Top 4 in the
National Rankings.
Jason Chemaly and Ross
Rugheimer were selected for
the Team of the Tournament,
an unofcial South African U18
team. Both Jason and Ross
were also selected for the
Gauteng U18A team that
competed at the South African
Senior Provincial
Championships, held at Kings
Park Pool in Durban in March
this year.
Hugh Ledlie and Christopher
Strong played for the Gauteng
U18B team. Matthew Irvine
was selected for the U18B
Team, but had to withdraw
due to injury. The U14A team
nished 2nd at the Ken Short
U14 National Tournament.
Ethan Roets was selected as
the best goalkeeper of the
tournament.
We look forward to even more
impressive results next year.
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FROM LEFT TO RI GHT: R BATZOFI N, H MORGAN, N ZI LLE AND M STEWART.
CONNOR WI LSON MI TCHEL SI NCLAI R
HENRY DANI ELS
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MUSIC AND CULTURE
BY JAKE ALFRED - UPPER V
SEATED LEFT RI GHT: MI CHAEL SI EBERT ( 1ST TEAM RUGBY) , HAMI SH MOLLETT ( 1ST TEAM HOCKEY AND 1ST TEAM GOLF) , MI CHAEL DAVI ES ( 1ST TEAM
ROWI NG) , ROWAN BATZOFI N ( 1ST TEAM TENNI S) , DANI EL ARNOT ( 2ND TEAM HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL)
STANDI NG: STEPHEN MAYCOCK ( 1ST TEAM BASKETBALL) , JAKE ALFRED ( 1ST TEAM CRI CKET) , AI DAN GREGORY ( U15 A ROWI NG) , MATTHEW TAYLOR
( 2ND TEAM ROWI NG) , STEPHEN DE SOUZA ( 1ST TEAM BASKETBALL)
RENAISSANCE MEN
OF THE COLLEGE
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In many of South Africas premier boys schools, you will nd
exceptional academic results, a whole host of quality sportsmen,
and a competitive atmosphere one that you truly understand
only when you attended one of these schools.
St Johns is no diferent. We have Old Johannians
representing professional sports teams across many
disciplines: Chris Froome, Bradley Dial, Jean Symes, Dimitri
Catrakilis, Devon Conway - to name a few.
It is not just this long-standing sporting tradition that makes St
Johns College like no other school in the country. Consider
this: what do our rst rugby sides number 6, our rst hockey
teams right back, representatives from our rst tennis and
basketball teams, a member of our rowing rst eight, and our
opening batsman have in common? They are all musicians.
Nowhere else will you nd a saxophonist throwing on the
Blues jersey, or a guitarist donning the maroon baggy. We
have an unrivalled music department amongst the boys
schools of South Africa. Our choir is a hundred-strong,
and this year, we have 18 pupils writing IEB music - out of
a national total of just under two hundred. Our ensembles
play at numerous festivals in and outside the school, and
our symphony orchestra is unparalleled. These musical
endeavours would not be possible without the true
Renaissance men of the College.
A Renaissance man is an all-rounder. A Johannian who
participates - and excels - in all spheres of College
academic, sport and cultural life. These past and present
St Johns students have helped to break down stereotypes
regarding the barriers between sport and culture in the
College. These boys reect the opportunities all young
men arriving at St Johns have. The music department
welcomes all, rugby player or not!
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ZACHARY AWARDED
WITH MEDAL OF
DISTINCTION
Zachary Bowditch (LV) was recently awarded a Medal of
Distinction by Trinity College of Music, London, for
achieving the highest result for a Trinity Grade 8 practical
examination in Johannesburg last year.
Grade 8 is the highest level possible before attempting university
level diploma exams, and is two grades higher than the current
IEB syllabus requirements for matric practical music.
His achievement is all the more remarkable in that he progressed
from a Grade 4 musical standard in 2011, to a Grade 8 distinction
level in just two years. Zachary has been an active member of the
St Johns Music Department since he came to the school in
Remove, and performs in the Wind Band and Clarinet Ensemble,
as well as being a member of the College Choir and Schola
Cantorum. He is also a member of the Johannesburg Youth
Orchestra and Wind Band.
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHTS DREAM
The Drama Department have had a busy and productive
term, beginning with PHYZZ FEST, a Physical Theatre
showcase hosted by St Stithians Girls College in early
February, moving onto GROBS 2014 held just before
half-term, and culminating in the Major Production, A
Midsummer Nights Dream.
A Midsummer Nights Dream featuring boys and girls from
the College and Sixth Form, was performed across the
week of 31 March to 4 April. It was the inevitable choice for
this years major production, partly because it is a great deal
of fun, but also as a consequence of Russell Untiedts (the
director) need to accommodate large numbers of
interested boys and girls. A school production should serve
as a space for learning and growing and so the choice of
production every year is guided principally by this notion.
A shortened version of the play was used and deliberately
chosen to place a contemporary spin on this
Shakespearean classic by adding some post-modern
touches; and in doing so played around with convention
without sacricing the integrity of the original text.
The success of this production is attributable to the many people
who worked with the director to bring it to fruition. Many thanks
to the Drama Department, the staf, past pupils, parents and boys
and girls from the College and Sixth form.
Tribute needs to be paid to the talent, energy and creativity
of the wonderful cast and crew. The production was an
enormous amount of efort and the responses from our
capacity audiences each night attested to the fact that the
production was an enormous success.
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
ST JOHNS 1ST TEAM BASKETBALL
A CALL FOR GENEROSITY
BY JEAN BWASA - BASKETBALL MI C
St Johns College is an inspirational and aspirational place, grounded in the school
motto: lux, vita, caritas. [light life love]. These three words provide the
students with not just a vision encouraging them to achieve good academic results,
but also an awareness of the real, challenging world that surrounds us.
For this reason, in February, the 1st basketball team brought a smile to the faces of
the children and their mothers in the paediatric ward at the Charlotte Maxeke
General Hospital.
As a teacher, I seized the opportunity to help the boys follow their Christian values,
the cornerstones of our shared existence. When I observe the modern, lavish
society in which we live, I wonder if our morning devotions hold any meaning. It
was therefore rewarding when members of the basketball team decided to
perform acts of charity prior to their tournament.
This symbolic gesture denes the ideal of Ubuntu. Ubuntu encompasses caring,
love, sharing, and sacrice which we tend to forget in our daily lives. One
question should always challenge us as living Christians: what have we done for
our brothers?
In between their school chores and busy lives, the basketball team visited the
childrens ward at the General Hospital with some goodies. The toys brought
smiles to those little faces, and to those parents whose hope relies on the medics
who care for their precious children.
ST JOHNS COLLEGE PREFECTS
REACH OUT
In March, the St John's College prefect body initiated a charity drive to collect
sports equipment. The equipment was donated to the youth of the Soweto
Cricket Club. They then challenged the prefects of St Mary's, Roedean and St
Stithians to start their own charity initiatives.
Donated equipment included:
109 cricket bats
79 pairs of pads
75 pairs of gloves
50 helmets
50 cricket bags
73 hockey sticks
PUPIL HELPS KEEP A DREAM ALIVE
In 2009, at the age of nine, St Johns Prep pupil, Sam Harding began donating his
pocket money to the Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital Trust, to help raise funds to
realise Tata Madibas dream of a hospital to the secure the lives of African children.
His efort led to the birth of the For Kids By Kids campaign, an initiative which
has seen the adoption of piggy banks at schools to which all children some
as young as six years old -can contribute for the benet of children.
The construction of the Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital began after a
breaking of ground ceremony held at Wits Education Campus in March.
Sam, who was present at the sod-turning ceremony, told guests and donors
that the idea behind the campaign is to show that fundraising is not just for
grown-ups. Children of all ages can take part in building this new hospital.
65 tennis rackets
64 pairs of trainers
44 soccer balls
30 rugby balls
27 pairs of soccer boots
77 golf clubs and so much more!
PREP
CRICKET
The seven-week Prep cricket season was certainly the
longest Easter Term cricket season in recent years, with
142 xtures scheduled. Not all these xtures were played
or nished due to lightning and wet weather, but its a
tremendous amount of cricket ofered to our keen
young cricketers!
Cricket professional Justin Sammons and his coaching staf
implemented the Junior Cricket Programme and every
Saturday morning saw Grade 1 and 2 boys, with their fathers,
eagerly turn up for coaching and games.
This year, for the rst time ever, U9A and U9B inter-school
cricket games were introduced on a Saturday during the
Easter Term. The mixed ability U9 teams can look forward
to mid-week inter-school xtures in the Michaelmas Term.
These will be taking place on a Monday afternoon and this
will also be a rst for St Johns cricket, and we are sure that
the U10 cricket age-group next year will be stronger for it.
Our U9A team will be participating in the annual Trinity
House U9 Cricket Festival in October. These boys can look
forward to some extremely competitive cricket.
A very exciting cricket tour of international status awaits our
1st and 2nd XI boys, as at the end of the August holidays they
will be touring to Zimbabwe.
St Johns College - Harare, have done a magnicent job
in setting up four xtures for each of our teams for the
week-long tour. The participating schools include Falcon
College, Peterhouse, St Georges and St Johns College -
Harare. Our boys will also be participating in a T20 Cricket
Festival with ve other South African schools in addition
to six Zimbabwean schools. These are all incredible
opportunities for the boys.
We also look forward to an exciting cricket tour to
KwaZulu-Natal in October. Thirty-six boys making up
the U10A, U11A and 1st XI teams, will travel down over
half-term and will take on Cordwallles Preparatory School
in Pietermaritzburg and Clifton Preparatory in Durban.
Options are being explored to expand this tour to include
more teams across the age-groups.
The U11B will also be participating in the annual Beaulieu
Preparatory 20/20 Cricket Festival.
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Athletics
The Prep Athletics season was
very short, albeit it an extremely
successful one.
St Johns competed in four
inter-school athletics meetings
during the season with St Davids,
St Benedicts, The Ridge, CBC
Boksburg and Masibambane.
St Johns managed to win all
four of these meetings, which
included full track and eld
events. We are very proud of all
our athletes!
Cricket
Jacob Joseph (U11A), above,
after his bowling gures 8 - 0 -
27 - 6 against WHPS in March.
This included a hat trick!
Cornwall County
Cricket Match
From left: Riyaadh Hafejee (vc)
Sam Wyatt, captain of the
Cornwall County side from
England and Jack Lees (c) have
the toss in the traditional and
annual 1st XI xture.
This took place in February on
Mitchell Field.
This exciting xture went down
to the very last over where
Cornwall managed to pull of a
5-wicket win.
Maiden Century!
Riyaadh Hafejee (1st XI), below
is seen raising his bat in
celebration of his maiden
century against WHPS in March.
Riyaadh carried his bat
throughout the St John's
innings, nishing with 136 not
out of 161 balls.
He batted for three hours and
twenty-two minutes.
Hockey
Congratulations to Keagan
Lion-Cachet for being selected
to represent the U13A Boys
Southern Gauteng Provincial
Schools Hockey Team.
This is a fantastic achievement
seeing that Keagan is still U12.
Keagan will be representing
Southern Gauteng in a few
provincial tournaments this
year, with the main tournament
being held in Bloemfontein
from the 2nd 5th July.
We wish Keagan all the best
with his training and
up-coming tournaments!
Soccer
Matthew de la Rey has been
selected for the Gauteng U13
Football team.
KEPS Waterpolo
Tournament
Our First team took part in the
KEPS Waterpolo Tournament ,
held in March.
Sixteen schools participated in
the tournament. St Johns
played six matches, winning
three, losing three, and placing
seventh overall.
NEWS
Pre-Prep
Sod-Turning
Ceremony
St Johns Pre-Prep
had a special
Sod-Turning
Ceremony in
February to mark the
start of the building of
the new Pre-Prep
buildings.
The original buildings
of the Pre Prep were
built in 1969, with the
rst boys starting in
1970 under the rst
headmistress, Marge
Green. At the time,
there were eight staf
members. Current
headmistress, Jane
Lane, says: The new
buildings will
accommodate the
growing needs of the
Pre-Prep and house
the 230 boys from
Grade 0 to 2, as well
as 25 staf members.
Mr Jon Tilley, an old
boy of St Johns and
young Ben Nagel (the
youngest and smallest
boy at the Pre-Prep)
did the digging to
mark this special
occasion. Jon has a
grandson, Luke
Pretorius, in Grade 2;
and Ben has a brother,
Sam, in Grade 2.

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PREP
St Johns Preparatory hosted the 20th Annual Prep
Schools Cricket Festival over the Easter half term.
Twelve schools from around the country took part.
Our 1st XI had a good three-wicket win over Western
Province Preparatory School on the second days play,
and had a magnicent 80 run win over Kingswood
Junior School on the third and nal days play.
Unfortunately, due to lightning and wet weather, the
rst days play against Merchiston Preparatory School
from Pietermaritzburg was not completed.
Jean Symes, an Old Johannian and current Lions
cricketer, was the guest speaker at the Festival Dinner.
20TH ANNUAL PREP
SCHOOLS CRICKET
FESTIVAL
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A budding Garry Kasparov at St Johns
Yashil Modi (UI) took part in the 2014 South African Junior Closed Chess
Championship held in Stellenbosch in April. The top 32 boys in the
country participated in the U10 open section, and Yashil nished in rst
place. He was awarded with South African colours and, together with the
second place winner, will represent South Africa in the World Youth
Chess Championship to be held in Durban in September this year.
Papplewick Tour to SA
In April, St Johns Preparatory 1st XV hosted the rugby boys from
Papplewick, Ascot in England. This was the rst outing of the season for
the 1st XV, in preparation for their upcoming rugby festivals. St Johns
won the game, 31 24. Tries were scored by Ziyanda Manaway, Taine
Maynard (2), Dino Iozzo, and Matthew Levendig. Jack Lees kicked 3 out
of 5 conversions. A dinner was hosted in the Fred England afterwards,
where all the boys mingled - an most important part of any tour.
Kids lit quiz success for Prep
In February, the St Johns Prep Schools, Kids Lit Quiz Team competed
against nine other top Kids Lit Quiz teams from around the country in the
National Finals of the Competition held in Cape Town and won!
Dubbed the Olympics of Reading, the Quiz tests the teams literary
knowledge of anything ever written for children.
New Zealander, Wayne Mills, is the quizmaster and originator of the Quiz,
and travels around the world testing childrens literary knowledge. A
passion for books and reading from a very young age are the secret of
success for these young readers.
The St Johns boys will compete against winning teams from Canada,
USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand in the World
Finals to be held in Cornwall, UK in July.
A fantastic achievement. Well done, boys.
Left to right: Wayne Mills - Quiz Master, Sean Morrison, Justin West,
Max Milella, Andi Qu, Mrs Nicky Sulter - Librarian, St Johns Prep.
Thank you for the music
Music at St John's Bridge Nursery School forms an important part in the
life of the school. We start each day by singing songs during our morning
ring and on a Tuesday we enjoy a movement to music lesson.
The highlight of our week is our music lesson conducted by Ms Shannon
Frigyik from the Preparatory School. The children are introduced to
music terminology in a very child-centered way and the highlight of
each lesson is in the participation.
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OLD JOHANNIANS
SIYA XUZA (OJ 2007)
Siyabulela Xuza has announced a breakthrough in energy,
which could allow Africans to charge mobile devices without
using batteries or tapping into national grids.
Rather than take up opportunities at Silicon Valley, this Harvard
engineering graduate has opted to count himself among those
brilliant young Africans who are seeking to use their quality
education from overseas to develop Africa, and has started a
global energy company. He also gives motivational talks.
Siya has just nished a year-long project on microfuel cells,
which are fuel cells that can be used to power small devices
such as cellphones, as well as laptops.
Known for designing rocket fuel in his mother's kitchen, he has
a planet known as Siyaxuza, near the Jupiter asteroid belt,
named after him. He is a uent Mandarin Chinese speaker and
lived in the US for ve years.
Siya says. "I do have a passion for African innovation and the way I
am going to be driving that passion is through my eld, as an
engineer, by developing energy technologies - particularly energy
storage, to harness the power of the sun and to store it so that when
there is no sun people can still have power."
While at MIT, Xuza missed death by about two minutes last
year in the Boston shootings which followed the Boston
Marathon bombing. He says that moment has driven him to
give back more to society.
BRADLEY DIAL (OJ 2013)
Extremely talented cricketer, Bradley Dial, represented St
Johns College 1st XI from his Grade 8 year, and captained the
side in his matric year, playing over 120 games for the school.
He represented the respective provincial teams throughout the
age groups and was fortunate enough to be selected for the
South African u19 team in his grade 11 year and was selected
to represent South Africa in the 2014 u19 World cup.
South Africa celebrated its rst-ever victory in the ICC Junior
World Cup nal against Pakistan in Dubai, with Bradley doing
us proud by leaving the eld 14 not out from 24 balls.
Bradley will go down as one of the best cricketers who has
graced the elds of St Johns College and we wish him every
success in the future.
We are also proud of the following Old Johannians who are
showing their skills on the cricket eld
Wesley Coulentianos
Currently playing 1st class cricket for Easterns
Omphile Ramela
Currently playing for the Cobras in the Sunfoil series
Devon Conway
Currently playing for the Lions in the Sunfoil series.
Our old boys continue to
make us proud. Here are
some snippets on what some
of them have been up to.
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AWADI RATHUGAMAGE (OJ 2009)
In May this year, Awadi graduated from the University of
Southern California (USC) with a degree in Aerospace
Engineering. He was also selected as a recipient of the
University Trustees Award for the highest grade-point average
by a graduating senior, and was chosen to represent USC's
Viterbi School of Engineering Class of 2014 as Valedictorian.
He will soon start work at a tech start-up in Santa Barbara.
I never could have achieved any of this without the great
education that I received at St John's, and I'll forever cherish
my experience there, says Rathugamage.
DAVID HUNT (OJ 2009)
David is still making great strides in his rowing career. He says
the rst time he dreamt of rowing for his country was while
listening to Ramon di Clemente talk about his Olympic bronze
medal at his club. Davids dreams have come true. Not only has
he represented his country, but he has picked up one gold and
two silver medals at the World Rowing U23 Championships in
the mens pair, as well as a seventh place nish at the 2013
World Rowing Cup in Lucerne (SUI).
Currently balancing a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a
full-time training schedule, his goal stretches into the future; a
gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. His talent, success
and determination have made him World Rowings Rising Star.
LUKE KUTTSCHREUTER (OJ 2008)
Luke is in his 6th and nal year at SA's top medical school, UCT,
and has been successful in a number of areas:
In his 4th year, he won the Adcock Ingram Pharmaceutical
Award for the Best Student in Medicine in 4th year, as well as
the Dr Francois Majoos class medal for the Overall Top Student
in Medicine in 4th year;
In his 5th year, Luke joined the committee of the UCT
Surgical Society (UCT's largest medical society, and 2nd largest
society at UCT) as the head of the research portfolio;
He was placed 3rd in the UCT Undergraduate Research Day in
2012, and 2nd in the UCT Undergraduate Research Day in 2013;
He was placed 2nd in the Research Competition at the
Inaugural Southern African Student Surgical Societies (SASSS)
Symposium held at WITS in 2013, which he also attended to
represent UCT on a national level;
He was recently appointed as Vice-President of the UCT
Surgical Society for 2014, as well as President of a new society -
the UCT Cardiac Society - for 2014;
He was appointed as the head of the Symposium & Events
portfolio on the International Association of Student Surgical
Societies (IASSS) committee for 2014 and is chairman of a
14-person sub-committee tasked with planning the Inaugural
IASSS Symposium 2014, combined with the 2nd Annual SASSS
Symposium 2014;
Luke has just returned from doing a 5-week elective programme
in cardiology at Oxford University in the UK. He has also done
much research work and is awaiting acceptance for publication
in some big national and international medical journals;
Lukes project ahead of him this year, apart from graduating, is the
Inaugural IASSS Symposium 2014 to be held at UCT from 7-10
July 2014. He is heading the committee of this world-class event.
Luke says, I believe that no accomplishments such as these can
be made possible without rm foundations and I can attribute a
large proportion of this foundation to St John's College.