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St John's College is proud to announce the recipients of the following scholarships that have been awarded to the young men who will be joining us in Remove in 2020.

Seth Mazibuko and Sibongile Mkhabela, two of the students who were convicted of inciting the Soweto uprising in 1976, visited the College.

St John's College celebrated Youth Day with a small group of students and parents attending Mass at St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church in Moroka, Soweto.

Ydhan Naidoo recently took part in the International History and Geography Bee and Bowl European Division Championships in France, bringing back a silver and a bronze medal plus two shields for Geography and History in the Junior Varsity All Europe Championships.

Thomas Mahlomotja has been a familiar friendly face to many Johannians over the years. Thomas joined The Johannian Club from the Sandton Sun back in 1991 and took up his position behind the bar in The Boar’s Head.

St John's College held a mock election ahead of the voting day on Wednesday, where each student voted for the party of their choice.

Mr Bob Bell (OJ, 1945, Thomson; Sixth Form, 1946), St John’s College’s oldest living rugby captain, has passed away at the age of 91.

Elizabeth Camilla Macfarlane (Kim, Kimmy, Timmie), beloved mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully at the age of 82 years on 4 April 2019 in Sherwood House, Kenilworth, Cape Town.

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Norman McFarland yesterday afternoon. “Legend” is a horribly overused word, but Norman was a truly great schoolmaster who had a profound and lasting influence, not only on the young men that he taught but also on so many of his colleagues.

St John's College is proud to announce the appointment of Mr Stuart West as the new Executive Headmaster who will pick up the reins in January 2020.

The Sicelo Hockey Development Academy was started by Mr Nic Dube in 2010, bringing a brand new sport to an underprivileged area with the hope to uplift the youth in a struggling community with little to no sporting facilities.

St John’s College was privileged to host some of the authors of Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage in conversation with our Sixth Form, Upper V and Lower Vs.