News

On 29 and 30 October 2025, Old Johannians, parents, staff, boys and friends of the College came together for a record-breaking Giving Day. Our 2025 Impact Report shows what that generosity has made possible.

A choir of 190, an orchestra of 22 and four professional soloists brought Mozart’s Coronation Mass to a packed Memorial Chapel over two evenings in September.

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

Johannesburg's young musicians turned up the volume at the St John's College Battle of the Bands on Saturday, 19 September, as ten school bands battled it out on stage in the final. 

St John's came to a standstill at 09h30 to remember the nine women whose bodies were discovered in Ekurhuleni. Our sister school, St Mary's, joined our young men as we paused, reflected, and said enough.

Twenty-five years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, we remember Old Johannian Nicholas Charles Alexander Rowe (Clayton 1991).

Ten school bands have made the final of the 2026 St John's College Battle of the Bands, happening on Saturday, 19 September. 

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

St John's welcomed coaches from across the game for the inaugural Schools Basketball Coaches Conference, a first step toward shaping the future of school basketball together.

It is with deep sadness that St John’s College mourns the loss of one of its finest and most influential teachers, Mrs Sandy Frewen, who passed away on Monday, 29 June 2026.

St John's College looks forward to welcoming our Old Johannian community back for Gaudy Day on Saturday, 20 June 2026, as we face old rivals St Stithians Boys' College in our traditional Pink Derby.

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