Durbanville High School

Hoërskool Durbanville is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the town of Durbanville in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a public school. It is the oldest High School in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, and the only other school older in Cape Town is Simons Town School in the southern suburbs.[1][2][3]

Hoërskool Durbanville
Hoërskool Durbanville 2018
Address
Langenhoven St Durbanville , Western Cape South Africa
Coordinates	33.830579°S 18.643065°E / -33.830579; 18.643065
Information
School type	Public school
Motto	Labor Ornat.(Latin) Translated it means : Work Beautified
Established	1827
Principal	C. Venter
Grades	8-12
Gender	Mixed school
Age	13 to 18
Language	Afrikaans
Campus	Urban Campus
Rival	Stellenberg High School, D.F. Malan High School, Fairmont High School, The Settlers High School
Accreditation	Western Cape Department of Education
Feeder schools	Durbanville Primary School
Alumni	Amore Bekker, Jack Parow, Zanne Stapelberg, Angus Cleophas
Website	http://www.durbanvillehs.co.za/

Founding

The school was established in 1827, as a school catering for children from SubA (Grade 1) to Standard 10 (Grade 12). In 1955 the primary section of the school (SubA to Standard 5) split off to become a school separate from the High school on a separate premises, called Durbanville Primary.[4]

Head Masters

The first head master was Mellet, H.F. He stayed on until 1838. He was followed in quick succession by: Frylinck,J., Ackerman,C.J., de Beer,P.J., Hodgson,G. The headmasters to follow after these were: Roth, J.P.W. (1852-1859), Auret,E.B. (1859-1861), Hoek,J.(1861-1865), d’Arcy,G.A.(1865-1872), Dreyer,H.M.(1872-1875), Poccock,A.A.(1875-1884), Craig,T.(1884-1886), Bain,A.(1886-1887). In 1887 C.J. Haefele was appointed head master and he stayed on until 1921. He was related to the Haefele family from Wupperthal. In 1921 Hugo,D.P. was appointed, followed in 1939 by Ehlers, P.J., 1941 by Grobbelaar, J.J.S., 1943 by de Jager,A.K., 1950 by Stimie,C.M., 1969 by van Niekerk, A.A.J., 1974 by Firmani,O., 1985 by Bezuidenhout,J.W.L. and in 1997 by G Germishuys. The current head master is C Venter who started in 2020.[5]

Language medium and gender

The language medium is Afrikaans. It hosts both sexes.[6]

Hostel

The school have hostel facilities for boys and girls. The hostel opened in 1942.[7]

Motto

Labor Ornat. This is Latin for Work Beautified

Alumni

• Amore Bekker -Radio presenter
• Jack Parow -Rapper.[8][9]
• Angus Cleophas – Western Province Rugby player. He is a backline player[10]
• Zanne Stapelberg -Opera singer. [11]

References

1. Howes,S. "This list with 200 of South Africa's oldest schools may surprise you". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
2. "Durbanville High School". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
3. Theron,N. "Noordelike voorstede se skole word onderskat (translated- Northern Suburbs School are underestimated)". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
4. "Ons Herkoms (Translated- Our heritage)". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
5. Book: Durbanville : 3 eeue van wellewendeid (Translated Durbanville :300 years of gracious living) Author: Stimie,C.M., Publisher: M Moore, Date: 2006
6. "Welkom by Hoërskool Durbanville (Translated- Welcome to Durbanville High School)". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
7. "Durbanville Skoolkoshuis (Translated- Durbanville School Hostel)". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
8. "Nuusbrokkies (Translated: News)" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
9. Rust,R. (22 August 2010). "Jack Parow: Die plaas in Zef (Translated: Jack Parow : The common farm)". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
10. "Angus, ons WP man (Translated: Angus our WP man)" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
11. "Zanne Stapelberg (matriek 1995) –die vrou met die engelstem (Translated: Zanne Stapelberg (matric 1995) – the woman with the voice on an angel" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2018.