Voortrekker High School (Pietermaritzburg)
Voortrekker High School is a public, co-education, dual-medium (Afrikaans and English) High School situated in Cordwalles Road, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Voortrekker High School was founded in 1927 and was the first Afrikaans High School in KwaZulu-Natal. From January 1992, Voortrekker was the only Afrikaans medium school in Pietermaritzburg. It is rich in tradition with high standards in academics, sport and cultural activities. History Since the origin of the first schools in South Africa, Dutch was accepted as a formal first or second language in these schools. Afrikaans was only accepted as a language for education in 1916. The use of Afrikaans in schools was however not spontaneously accepted in the Colony of Natal which was predominantly a British Colony. Afrikaans speaking pupils in the Colony of Natal were thus only given the opportunity to be schooled in Dutch from 1916. Schooling took place on a veranda in the back yard of Longmarket Girls School in extremely ...
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Voortrekker High School (shield)
Voortrekker High School ( af, Hoërskool Voortrekker, link=no) may refer to: * Voortrekker High School (Pietermaritzburg) * Voortrekker High School (Cape Town) * Hoërskool Voortrekker (Boksburg) * Bethlehem Voortrekker High School {{disambig ...
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