Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (also known as Affies), is a

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Afrikaans medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Elandspoort in

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in the

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province of South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 by Jan Joubert and reverend Chris Neethling together with its sister school Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria.

History

Early years (1920-1928)

The school's founding on 28 January 1920 marked the establishment of the first purely

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-medium high school in South Africa. The event predated the official recognition of the Afrikaans language by five years. With English as well as

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established as the official languages in South Africa, many of the Afrikaans-speaking population believed Afrikaans should also enjoy recognition. Afrikaans as language grew so fast that CJ Langenhoven tabled a motion in the

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to slowly replace Dutch with Afrikaans. This thought was strongly supported by MP Jan Joubert and Chris Neethling. As leaders in the community they quickly organized a group to establish a purely Afrikaans school in Pretoria. On 27 January 1920, the first acting head, Johannes Arnoldus Kruger de Lange received the new pupils. The first enrollment was a boy named Frederik Botha. There were 35 pupils in form II (grade 9) and 10 in form III (grade 10); 45 in total. De Lange was supported by DJ (Dawie) Malan and MM de Vos who were joined on 11 February by HCP Sack. De Lange later became head at the Commercial Branch at the Pretoria Technical College. The school with 45 children and 3 teachers was housed in the home of General

Piet Joubert Petrus Jacobus Joubert (20 January 1831 – 28 March 1900), better known as Piet Joubert, was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900. He also served as Vice-President to Paul Kruger from 1881 - 1883. He served in Fir ...

at 218 Visagie Street, Central Pretoria.

Current building (1927)

By 1927, the school had grown and new premises were required. The school was therefore moved eastward to the current premises of the

Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria (Colloquially known as Meisies Hoër) is a public, Afrikaans medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Clydesdale in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the sister school o ...

, Affies sister-school. At the end of 1927, the school took over the Hogere Oosteindschool, a

-medium instruction school, suggestive of the demise of Dutch as a language in South Africa and the assumption of Afrikaans as the primary instruction medium.

Present (1928-)

By 1929 this building had also run out of space and the decision was made to split the boys and girls into separate schools, thus creating the first separate

boys' and girls' schools in South Africa. These two schools are now situated opposite each other in Lynnwood Road.

Headmasters

* F.J. le Roux : (19201946) * G.J. Potgieter : (19471963) * J.A. Fourie : (19641968) * J.D.V Terblanche : (19701973) * N.C. Roesch : (19741984) * T.L.P. Kruger : (19851991) * P. Edwards :(19922018) * P. W. Joynt: (2019-)

Museum

The Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool has a rich history. Showcasing this history is the Affie-museum housed above the library. It shines a light on the culture of the school since its inception. On 26 July 2012 the museum was opened to the public. The museum was the brainchild of the previous headmaster, Pierre Edwards who had a doctorate in history. The school has an archivist, Engela Hechter, who sorts through donated and stored documents, most of which are still in their original print, related to the school. On the walls of the library are all the photos of all the matric groups from 1920 to present.

Sport

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool has been performing very well on sport during the years. The sports that are offered in the school are: *

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* Cross country *

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Notable alumni

Rugby *

Louis Schmidt Louis Schmidt was born on December 4, 1844 at Old Fort, near Fort Chipewyan and was baptised at Portage La Loche by Father Jean-Baptiste Thibault in July 1845. He died in Saint Louis, Saskatchewan near Batoche November 6, 1935. In 1869 he wa ...

(1954) :

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rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

player 1958 to 1962, and the original Blue Bull; * Tonie Roux (1964) : Springbok rugby player 1969 to 1974; *Grant Esterhuizen (1994) : Springbok rugby player 2000; * Skipper Badenhorst (1996) : Natal Sharks / SA Under 21 / Cheetahs Super 14 rugby player; *

Fourie du Preez Petrus Fourie du Preez (; born 24 March 1982) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played as a scrum half for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition and the Bulls in Super Rugby between 2002 and 2011, and for Ja ...

(2000) : Springbok rugby player 2004-2015 and Springbok Captain. * Wynand Olivier (2001) : Springbok rugby player 2006–2013; *

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(2003) : Springbok rugby player 2006–2013; * Dean Greyling (2004) : Springbok rugby player 2011–2012; *

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(2008) : Ireland International Rugby 2016-; *

Andries Ferreira Andries Stephanus Ferreira (born 29 March 1990) is a South African rugby union player for the US Carcassonne in the Pro D2. His regular playing position is lock. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby Ferreira went to Despatch High School in his h ...

(2008) : South African professional rugby player *

Nico Janse van Rensburg Nicolaas Jacobus Janse van Rensburg (born 6 May 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing with in the French Top 14. His regular position is lock. Career Youth He represented the at the Under-16 Grant Khomo ...

(2012) Springbok rugby player 2021-; *

Pierre Schoeman Pierre Schoeman (born 7 May 1994 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a Scotland international rugby union player. He plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. His regular position is loosehead prop. Rugby Union career Youth caree ...

(2012) Scottish rugby player 2021-; *

Ivan van Zyl Ivan van Zyl (born 30 June 1995) is a South African rugby union player for Saracens. His regular position is scrum-half. Career Youth Van Zyl represented the Blue Bulls as early as primary school level, appearing at the Under-13 Craven Week com ...

(2013) : Springbok rugby player 2018-; *

RG Snyman Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman (born 29 January 1995) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Irish province Munster in the United Rugby Championship. His regular position is loc ...

(2013) : Springbok rugby player 2018-; *

Schalk Erasmus Schalk Willem Hendrik Erasmus (born 16 April 1998) is a South African rugby union player for in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is hooker. He made his Currie Cup debut for Western Province in July 2019, coming o ...

(2016): Springbok

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player Cricket *

Kruger Van Wyk Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk (born 7 February 1980) is a former New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags. He is a wicketkeeper-batsman. He has played professionally in South Africa and New Zealand, and at club level ...

(1998) : Titans, South Africa A and New Zealand Black Caps cricket player; *

Jacques Rudolph Jacobus Andries "Jacques" Rudolph (born 4 May 1981) is a former South African cricketer who played for Glamorgan and in South Africa with Titans. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria. ...

(1999) : South African international cricket player 2003 to 2011; *

AB de Villiers Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a former South African international cricketer. AB de Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wi ...

(2002) :

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player; *

Francois du Plessis Francois "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and is among the best all-forma ...

(2002): South African national cricket team player; *

Heino Kuhn Heino Gunther Kuhn (born 1 April 1984) is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team. He has played for Titans and Northerns in South African domestic cricket and in March 2018 signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cri ...

(2002): Titans and South Africa cricket player; *

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(2004) : New Zealand Black Caps cricket player. *

Ruben Trumpelmann Ruben Trumpelmann (born 1 February 1998) is a South African born-Namibian cricketer, who now plays for the Namibia cricket team. Early life and education Trumpelmann was born in Durban, South Africa to a Namibian-born father and spent his early ...

(2016) : Namibia cricket player. Golf *

George Coetzee George William Coetzee (born 18 July 1986) is a South African professional golfer. He has won five tournaments on the European Tour and 13 on the Sunshine Tour, where he has also topped the Order of Merit on two occasions. Early life Coetzee wa ...

(2004) : South African professional golfer. Tennis *

Johan Kriek Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American retired tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He won t ...

(1976) : South African tennis player, twice winner of Australian Open singles title; *

Danie Visser Danie Visser (born 26 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open and one US Open). Visser reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking ...

(1979) : South African tennis player, three times Grand Slam doubles winner. Other *Sebastiaan Rothmann (1993) : former IBO and WBO cruiser weight boxing champion; *

Jacques Freitag Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982) is a South African high jumper. He is one of only ten athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, David Storl and Fait ...

(2000) : South African Olympic high jumper, gold medalist at 2003 IAAF World Championship; *

Lehann Fourie Lehann Fourie (born 16 February 1987 in Heidelberg, Gauteng) is a South African hurdler. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies ...

(2005) : South African hurdler. Academics *Professor

D. C. S. Oosthuizen Daniel Charl Stephanus Oosthuizen (also known as Daantjie Oosthuizen; 15 January 1926 – 4 April 1969) was a South African philosopher, and an early Afrikaner voice against Apartheid. The main direction of his philosophical work lay in the f ...

: philosopher, Christian, critic of Apartheid, although his schooling was completed in Graaf Reinet; *

Pierre Edwards Pierre Edwards (born May 7, 1967) known as Pierre, is an American actor, director, writer, and stand-up comedian. Pierre is best known for producing, writing, directing, and starring as Dre Mitchell in ''For Da Love of Money'' (2002), and starr ...

(1970) : Springbok rugby player 1980, the former headmaster; Politics *

Magnus Malan General Magnus André de Merindol Malan (30 January 1930 – 18 July 2011) was a South African military figure and politician during the last years of apartheid in South Africa. He served respectively as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of P ...

: Minister of Defence (1980–1991); *

Gerrit Viljoen Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen (11 September 1926 in Cape Town – 29 March 2009) was a South African government minister and member of the National Party. He was chair of the Broederbond from 1974 to 1980, Administrator-General of South West ...

: Minister of Education and Minister of Constitutional Development; Arts *

Marius Weyers Marius Weyers (born 3 February 1945, in Johannesburg) is a South African actor. He lives with his wife Yvette, an artist in her own right, in Rooi-Els in the Western Cape. He received international attention playing Andrew Steyn, a bumbling s ...

(1962) : South African actor; *

Ben Schoeman Barend Jacobus "Ben" Schoeman (19 January 1905 – 2 April 1986) was a South African politician of the National Party prominent during the apartheid era. He served as the Minister of Labour from 1948 to 1954, and the Minister of Transport from ...

(2001) : South African pianist Business * Giam Swiegers: CEO of Deloitte Australia (2003–2015).Global CEO Aurecon (2015 -2019) and Chairman of Aurecon (2021–present)

References

External links

Official school websiteOud Affie Bond
(Afrikaans)
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