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province of

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Controversies

In June 2021, the school was accused of racism and discrimination in the form of comments made by staff members and negative attitudes shown towards students of colour. Parents and students accused the school of rejecting transformation calls after failing to follow through on promises of racial transformation at the school.

School song

''Where blue skies meet the horizon'' ''Where songbirds sing their delight'' ''Where nature's beauty surrounds us'' ''Cradled in the heart of creation'' ''Built on foundations of faith'' ''You will find a school''
O Cornwall Hill College We will always strive to ''Uphold your name with honour, dignity and pride'' ''And as we work and play, as we grow each day'' ''Singuli Omnes, God of grace'' ''Inspire one and all''
''May every step be courageous'' ''May every word speak of truth'' ''May all our actions reveal love'' ''May our eyes be filled with your beauty'' ''May your spirit of peace prevail in your school''
O Cornwall Hill College ''We will always strive to'' ''Uphold your name with honour, dignity and pride'' ''And as we work and play, as we grow each day'' ''Singuli Omnes, God of grace'' ''Inspire one and all.''

Notable alumni

Cornwall Hill College matriculants include: *

Brandon Stone Brandon Stone (born 20 April 1993) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Stone won several amateur tournaments in South ...

(Class of 2011) South African professional golfer. *

Aiden Markram Aiden Kyle Markram (born 4 October 1994) is a South African cricketer who is the current captain of the South Africa national cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket. and captained the South African under-19 cricket team to win the 2014 I ...

(Class of 2012) South African professional cricketer. *

Andrie Steyn Andrie Steyn (born 23 November 1996) is a South African cricketer who has played 33 One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 International for South Africa since 2014. In March 2018, she was one of fourteen players to be awarded a national contra ...

(Class of 2014) South African professional cricketer. *

Onthatile Zulu Onthatile Owethu Zulu (born 14 March 2000) is a field hockey player from South Africa. In 2020, she was an athlete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics. Personal life Onthatile Zulu was born and raised in Gauteng. Career National team Z ...

(Class of 2018) South African professional netball player *

Pieter Coetze Pieter Coetze (born 13 May 2004) is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the long course and short course 100 metre backstroke and short course 50 metre backstroke. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal i ...

(Class of 2022) South African professional swimmer

References

External links

Cornwall official site
Nondenominational Christian schools in South Africa Private schools in Gauteng Educational institutions established in 1998 1998 establishments in South Africa City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality {{SouthAfrica-school-stub