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Welcome to the Michaelmas 2021 edition of VITA, our termly magazine celebrating the richness and depth of St John's life.

St John’s College is incredibly proud of the results achieved by our St John’s College Academy Class of 2021 in their final matric examinations.

The O’Dowd Senior Prepared Speaking Competition took place on Monday 24 January, with 25 speakers speaking on a range of topics which interested them. We were delighted by the number of speakers who participated and by the quality of the speeches presented.

Meet our top achievers in the Class of 2021 IEB Matric Examinations.

St John’s College is proud to announce another set of truly exceptional matric results. All 140 matric students who wrote the 2021 IEB examinations have not only passed, but all have achieved a Bachelor Degree Pass.

Raeesah Jadwat, our top St John's Sixth Form A Level student in 2021, was just 12 when she visited Oxford University with her grandmother. From that point, it was her dream and goal to one day study there.

The annual Chilver’s Cup Senior Impromptu Public Speaking Competition took place on Monday 17 January, in the Jeffrey Auditorium, a wonderful 'live' start to the year’s public speaking programme after the past two years of Covid restrictions.

St John’s Sixth Form is proud to announce another exceptional set of AS and A Level results in the Cambridge Assessment International Education examinations, something we have consistently achieved since 1972.

St John’s College notes with great sadness, and with a profound sense of loss, the death of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. The College is proud of its association with the late Archbishop, who stands in the first rank of the pantheon of South Africa’s greatest sons and daughters.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17

Welcome to the November edition of College Classifieds, our last for the year. College Classifieds is our digital publication that offers the St John's community the opportunity to advertise their wares and services with fellow Johannians.

Sazi Bongwe, Head of School 2021, says farewell to the #Classof2021 at the UV Speech Day and Valedictory Service.