Jeppe High School For Girls
Jeppe High School for Girls is a public English medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Kensington in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, The school's address is 160 Roberts Ave, Kensington, Johannesburg, 2094, South Africa (on the corner of Roberts Avenue and Lynx Street). The school boasted a 100% matric pass rate in 2014. It was once part of the oldest public school in Johannesburg, Jeppe High School for Boys (known then as Jeppestown High School for Boys and Girls) until 1919, when a separate premises for the girls was built. The current headmistress of the school (from 2011-2015) is Ms. Dina Gonçalves who has been working at Jeppe for 21 years., The brother school is Jeppe High School for Boys. History The predecessor of the Jeppe Schools, was St. Michael's College. This was an Anglican private school on the corner of Commissioner and Crowns Street in Fairview. The initial number of learners when the school opened was 25. The headmaster o ...
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Phyllis Altman
Phyllis Altman (25 September 1919 – 18 September 1999) was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Altman was an employee of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). She was also the general secretary of the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF), and a fiction writer. Biography Phyllis Miriam Altman (née Sachs), was the daughter of Jewish Lithuanian immigrants Morris and Beile Sachs. She attended Jeppe High School for Girls. Altman, like other girls at her high school, sewed "for the poor Blacks" on Thursdays. Altman attended the University of Witwatersrand on a loan from the Transvaal Education Department that stipulated she teach after graduation. During her time at university, she took part in student demonstrations protesting the "Greyshirts and the bulldozing of Sophiatown." She earned an undergraduate degree and then finished an Honours degree in History before spending a year at the Teachers' Training College in Johannesburg. She was ...
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Schools In Johannesburg
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availabl ...
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Jeppe Girls Pool
Jeppe may refer to several articles. Places * Jeppe, Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Julius Jeppe; see: ** Jeppestown, Gauteng ** Jeppestown South, Gauteng ** Jeppe High School for Girls ** Jeppe High School for Boys People *Jeppe (name) Fiction * Jeppe of the Hill ( da. ''Jeppe paa Bierget''), a play by Ludvig Holberg, 1722. ** Jeppe på bjerget (a film version of the play) ** Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy (an opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

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Jeppe may refer to several articles. Places * Jeppe, Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Julius Jeppe; see: ** Jeppestown, Gauteng ** Jeppestown South, Gauteng ** Jeppe High School for Girls ** Jeppe High School for Boys People *Jeppe (name) Fiction * Jeppe of the Hill ( da. ''Jeppe paa Bierget''), a play by Ludvig Holberg, 1722. ** Jeppe på bjerget (a film version of the play) ** Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy (an opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

Jeppe Girls Field Better
Jeppe may refer to several articles. Places * Jeppe, Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Julius Jeppe; see: ** Jeppestown, Gauteng ** Jeppestown South, Gauteng ** Jeppe High School for Girls ** Jeppe High School for Boys People *Jeppe (name) Fiction * Jeppe of the Hill ( da. ''Jeppe paa Bierget''), a play by Ludvig Holberg, 1722. ** Jeppe på bjerget (a film version of the play) ** Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy (an opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

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Jeppe may refer to several articles. Places * Jeppe, Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Julius Jeppe; see: ** Jeppestown, Gauteng ** Jeppestown South, Gauteng ** Jeppe High School for Girls ** Jeppe High School for Boys People *Jeppe (name) Fiction * Jeppe of the Hill ( da. ''Jeppe paa Bierget''), a play by Ludvig Holberg, 1722. ** Jeppe på bjerget (a film version of the play) ** Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy (an opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

Jeppe Girls Tennis Court 2
Jeppe may refer to several articles. Places * Jeppe, Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Julius Jeppe; see: ** Jeppestown, Gauteng ** Jeppestown South, Gauteng ** Jeppe High School for Girls ** Jeppe High School for Boys People *Jeppe (name) Fiction * Jeppe of the Hill ( da. ''Jeppe paa Bierget''), a play by Ludvig Holberg, 1722. ** Jeppe på bjerget (a film version of the play) ** Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy (an opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

Ruth First
Heloise Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, where she was working in exile, by a parcel bomb built by South African police. Family and education Ruth First's Jewish parents, Julius First and Matilda Levetan, emigrated to South Africa from Latvia in 1906 and became founding members of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the forerunner of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Ruth First was born in 1925 and brought up in Johannesburg. Like her parents, she joined the Communist Party, which was allied with the African National Congress in its struggle to overthrow the South African government. As a teenager, First attended Jeppe High School for Girls and then became the first person in her family to attend university. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1946. While she was at university, she found that "on a South African ...
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Johanna Alida Coetzee
Johanna Alida Coetzee (1921 - 2007) (also known as Joey Coetzee) was a researcher in the field of Palynology at the University of the Free State and a pioneer in the analysis of fossil pollen. Her DSc thesis received worldwide recognition and praise from the eminent glacial geologist Richard Foster Flint and helped recognise the significance of temperature changes in controlling shifts in global and local vegetation zones. Education and career Coetzee was born in 1921 in Johannesburg and was educated at the Jeppe High School for Girls. She completed a master's degree in Botany at the University of the Witwatersrand. She performed some postgraduate work at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Natal before moving to the University of the Free State where she was appointed as an assistant botanist in the Department of Botany in 1946. Coetzee made several overseas journeys where she studied with various experts in the field of botany, including a three-month pe ...
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Ms E L Cummins
MS, ms, Ms, M.S., etc. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ms.'' (magazine), an American feminist magazine * Metal Storm (webzine), a heavy metal website based in Estonia Businesses and organizations * MS-13, criminal gang * Missionaries of La Salette, a Catholic male religious order * Młodzi Socjaliści (Young Socialists), a former Polish socialist youth organization * Morgan Stanley, a US investment bank (NYSE stock symbol: MS) * Mjólkursamsalan, an Icelandic dairy company Educational qualifications * Master of Science, a master's degree in the field of science * Master of Surgery, an advanced medical degree * Master Sommelier, a terminal degree in the field of wine * '' Mastère spécialisé'', a French postgraduate ''grande école'' master's degree Medicine * Mitral stenosis, narrowing of the mitral valve of the heart * Morphine sulfate, an opiate pain-relieving drug * Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system Military * Master seaman, a non-commissioned ...
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