When and where were you born? I was born in Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa on 14th October 1925. When and where did you matriculate? I matriculated from Durban High School (DHS) in 1942 with four distinctions. Who were your favourite teachers? Two of my DHS teachers stand out above the others. One was […]

When and where were you born? In Witbank, 1939. When and where did you matriculate? I didn’t matriculate. The local school that I went to eventually closed. I did the rest of my schooling first in England at the London Guildhall School of Music and then at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, […]

When and where were you born? In Matolosane, Gauteng, on July 10, 1933. When and where did you matriculate? From Johannesburg Bantu High School, Western Native Township in 1950. Who was your favourite teacher and why? Mrs Todd Langa was my favourite. I liked English, which was the subject she taught. Any fond memories you […]

When and where were you born? In the late 1960s in Meadowlands, Soweto. When and where did you matriculate? In 1986 from Mmabatho High School. Who was your favourite teacher? At Tshimologo Primary in Meadowlands it was Mam’ Poe. She never used to spank me because she thought I was clever. At Maponyane Higher Primary […]

When and where were you born? Peninsula Hospital, Cape Town, in December 1967. Where did you matriculate? I made a few attempts at this. I was at Heathfield High for most of my high school career, but never matriculated. I matriculated from Boston House College in 1988. Who was your favourite teacher and why? I […]

For 16 years the New Africa Theatre Academy in Sybrand Park, near Athlone in the Western Cape, has been providing students with affordable higher education in the performing arts. Though the facilities consist of only two large rehearsal and training rooms, a resource centre, three offices, a garden and a relaxation room, up to 30 […]

Growing up in Durban, she started her schooling like most other children until she started to lose her hearing at age seven. She struggled for a while because she wasn’t sure what was happening to her – and nor was her family. ‘My grandmother thought I was a stubborn girl because I wouldn’t respond when […]

If there’s one thing the students at Sommersle Combined will know by the time they’ve left school, it’s the many hardships and obstacles that are thrown their way on a daily basis. This farm school, outside Harrismith in the Free State, is one of those that seems to have been left behind. Started in 1949, […]