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Parents at the prestigious school staged a demonstration earlier this week, where they called for the resignation of the headmaster.

Pupils detail incidents of racial abuse at prestigious school 27 May 2021 - 13:43 Being told black people came from apes, or called by "bloody k word" and being barred from speaking their home languages are some of the challenges that black pupils are allegedly subjected to at Cornwall Hill College in Pretoria.  This has been revealed in an addendum by the school's alumni and pupils which is about exploration of racial injustices in SA and at Cornwall Hill College... This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign i...

Parents at the prestigious Pretoria school, Cornwall Hill College, embarked on a protest action, calling for the resignation of the headmaster on Wednesday.

Youngest SA swimmer qualifies for Olympics A 16-year-old schoolboy from Pretoria has achieved something no junior swimmer has ever been able to do before – he qualified to compete as a senior swimmer in the 100m-backstroke at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan later this year. Source Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 13:54 Pieter Coetzé shows his joy after beating the A standard for Olympic qualification in the 100m- backstroke at the recent national championships in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Photo: Anton Geyser ...

Matthew Andrews, Head Boy of Cornwall Hill College and News24 Super School winner Supplied But Andrews didn't only spend the last year dedicating his time to studying. "A week into online learning, Matthew realised the teachers were missing personal interaction. He initiated and compiled a thank you video to all the teachers in the school. This was made from encouraging video clip messages collected from learners, saying what they missed and appreciated about their favourite teachers," his mother, Anneke Andrews, said. Despite the disruption to the academic year in 2020, Andrews and head gir...