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St John's College chats to our top students in the Class of 2020.

The St John’s College Class Of 2020 has returned an impressive set of matric results. The school celebrates a 100% pass rate, with 98% of the class achieving BD (bachelor’s degree) passes. The 126 boys in the matric class of 2020 achieved 357 distinctions between them.

St John's alumnus Pele Collins (OJ Clayton 2012) has successfully found a way to safely bring home astronauts - and recycle their spacecraft at the same time. The two years spent on a parachute system design, fully qualified for human spaceflight, was a huge success for the young South African engineer.

Welcome to our introduction to Music at St John's College where we present a series of short, individual performances by our students showcasing the different orchestral and contemporary instruments, including voice, that are available for study at St John's. A number of music scholarships are available to deserving students entering the College in 2022.

Welcome to the first edition of the College Classifieds for 2021. College Classifieds is our digital publication that offers the St John's community the opportunity to advertise their wares and services with fellow Johannians.

COVID-19 affects everyone. It is our responsibility to familiarise ourselves with the St John's COVID-19 protocols to protect ourselves, our family and our community.

To remain present in the present is surely one of the most important tasks in life, writes Craig Higginson

St John's College conceptualises an installation that requires the viewer, quite literally, to place their feet in Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's shoes.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Sandile Sibeko (OJ Nash) on Saturday 23 January 2021.

Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital was among the first of South Africa’s public hospitals to prepare itself to admit pregnant women with Covid-19, rewriting the neonatal rulebook in the process. Vita talked to OJ (Alston, 2003), Dr Robin Saggers, Paediatrician and Neonatology Fellow at Charlotte Maxeke.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Jake Visser (Remove, Clarke) on Wednesday 21 January 2021.

As the Department of Basic Education delays the reopening of schools for the 2021 academic year in the face of the second wave of the pandemic, Irene Basson, Director of IT: Teaching & Learning tells us how the St John's College classrooms moved online within 48 hours in 2020.