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St Mary's School, Waverley
St Mary's School, Waverly is a Independent school, private English medium, Anglican and boarding school for girls. It is situated in the suburb of Waverley, Johannesburg, Waverley in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, it is one of the top and most academic schools in Gauteng. Established in 1888, it is the oldest school in Johannesburg. It was founded by the Anglican clergyman the Rev. John T. Darragh, who also founded its brother school St John's College, Johannesburg in Houghton Estate, Houghton ten years later in 1898. St Mary's School writes the Independent Examinations Board exams. As of December 2023, the headmistress at St Mary's was Deanne King. In January 2025, the school introduced a no-cellphone policy during school hours. Alumnae and Old Girls * Cindy Brown (field hockey), Cindy Brown (hockey) * Lisa-Marie Deetlefs (hockey) * Lilian du Plessis (hockey) * Natalie Grainger (squash) * Claire Nitch (squash) * Lize-Mari Retief (swimming) * Ashley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Grainger
Natalie Grainger (born 8 July 1977), also known for a period by her former married name Natalie Pohrer, is a former professional female squash player. Grainger was born in Manchester, United Kingdom but raised in South Africa, which she represented in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning 2 bronze medals. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in June 2003. She was runner-up at the World Open in 2002, and at the British Open in 2004. She has represented South Africa, England and her adopted home country the United States (where she moved to when she married her now ex-husband Eddie Pohrer) in international squash. Her 14-year squash career came to an end when the then United States number one Grainger announced she was retiring in December 2010. In 2018, she won her third World Masters title. She served as President of WISPA for many years. Her mother was British squash champion Jean Grainger. World Open Finals: 1 (0 title, 1 runner-up) Major World Series The Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Clayton (bishop)
Geoffrey Hare Clayton was an Anglican archbishop in the 20th century. He was born on 12 December 1884, educated at Rugby and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and ordained, after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon, in 1909. A Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was its Dean from 1910 to 1914 when he became a Chaplain to the BEF. When peace returned he was vicar of Little St Mary's, Cambridge and after that (successively) vicar, rural dean and finally archdeacon of Chesterfield. In 1934 he became bishop of Johannesburg and served for 14 years before his appointment as archbishop of Cape Town. A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 7 March 1957.''Archbishop of Cape Town Scholar And Christian Gentleman'' The Times Friday, 8 March 1957; p. 13; Issue 53784; col D Apartheid and the Archbishop On Ash Wednesday 1957, the day before he died, Clayton signed, on behalf of the bishops of the Church of the Province of South Africa, a letter to the prime mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Pearce
Hannah Pearce (born 17 November 1998) is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team. Personal life She attended St Mary's School, studied at the Harvard University. National team She successful debut in the South Africa v Namibia is Randburg. Shortly after this announcement, she was also named in the squad for the African Hockey Road to Tokyo Event. Pearce participated at the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, she was also named in the squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. References External links * * Hannah Pearceto Harvard Crimson The Harvard Crimson is the nickname of the college sports teams of Harvard College. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2013, there were 42 Division I intercollegiate Varsity team, varsity sports teams for women and men at Harva ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearce, Hannah 1998 births Living people South African female field hockey players Female field hockey defenders Alumni of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Russell
Shelley Jones (née Russell, born 15 July 1987) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ... team that reached the bronze medal match. Her brother, Brent, were also South Africa rugby union internationals. References External links * * 1987 births Living people People from Sandton South African people of British descent South African female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Field hockey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Lewis
Alison Lewis is a South African chemical engineer known for her research in crystallisation and precipitation as applied to the recovery of valuable metals. She is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and is a member of UCT’s Senior Leadership Team. Lewis is also the founder and director of UCT’s Crystallisation and Precipitation Research Unit. Early life and education Lewis attended school at Pinetown Convent School in KwaZulu Natal and then St Mary’s Anglican School for Girls in Johannesburg. She earned a PhD in civil engineering from the University of Cape Town in 1993 after obtaining a BSc and MSc in chemical engineering at the same institution. Under her maiden name, Billing, Lewis served on the UCT Students Representative Council from 1983 to 1985. An anti-apartheid activist she was detained without trial in 1986 under the Section 3.1 of the 1986 State of Emergency legislation From 1988 to 1990 as Alison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Zille
Otta Helene Maree (''née'' Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She has served as the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019. From 2009 until 2019, she was the Premier of the Western Cape province for two five-year terms, and a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She served as Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2015 and as Mayor of Cape Town from 2006 to 2009. Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist and was one of the journalists who exposed the cover-up around the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko while working for the '' Rand Daily Mail'' in the late 1970s. She also worked with the Black Sash and other pro-democracy groups during the 1980s. In the political arena, Zille has served in all three tiers of government, as the Western Cape's education MEC (1999–2001), as a Member of Parliament (2004–2006), as Mayor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Dutton
Jane Dutton is a South African broadcast journalist, who worked for Al Jazeera English. Career Jane worked with Al Jazeera from September 2005, in the run-up to the launch of the station, until 29 June 2018, when she left to return to South Africa. She was based at the main broadcast-centre, in Doha in Qatar. Due to family commitments, she later specialised in studio-based journalism. She was one of the key anchors at the station and her work ranged from news-reading, to hosting studio-based interview programmes and to voice-overs and continuity. As a news-correspondent, Jane covered stories in the United States, in Europe and in her native Africa, from South Africa to Egypt. As the host of studio-based talk-shows, Jane was a regular host of '' Inside Story'', the daily programme that analyses a topical issue from the news, with the aid of guests from inside and outside the country in question. She was also a host for the weekly programme '' Inside Syria'', that analyses recen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Slaughter
Carolyn Slaughter (born 7 January 1946) is an English author based in the United States. Her first novel '' The Story of the Weasel'' won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1977, given to authors under the age of 40. Life Born in New Delhi, her father was a member of the Indian Imperial Police."Ghosts & Company: No Full Moon Required" by Jamie Saxon Retrieved 2012-12-15. The family left India in 1947 during the Partition and moved to . Her father was then in the |
Mogau Motlhatswi
Mogau Motlhatswi (born July 13, 1992)is a South African actress popularly known for her role as Mapitsi Magongwa, the Queen and wife of Thabo Maputla (Hungani Ndlovu) in the soap opera, '' Skeem Saam. Early life Early life and education Mogau Motlhatswi was born and raised at Mogoto village suitated at Limpopo province. She attended Brixton’s Piet van Vuuren Primary School during her time at school she was involved in athletics sport activities before she went St. Mary’s High School where she got matriculated. Mogau attended the University of Johannesburg The University of Johannesburg, colloquially known as UJ, is a public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant fundi ... where she studied audiovisual communication. Career She is currently acting on Skeem Saam . She has also acted in MTVShuga Television role In ''Skeem Saam'', she plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerato Mbele
Lerato Mbele is a South African journalist and broadcaster working for the BBC. Mbele currently presents ''Talking Business Africa'' for the network. She previously presented the '' Africa Business Report'' and ''Newsday''. Early life Mbele was born in Soweto, South Africa and grew up in Pimville. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in politics and international relations from the University of Cape Town and a master's in development studies from a university in London. Career Mbele began working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 1999, rising to become an anchor for its programme ''News at Ten.'' In 2007 Mbele joined CNBC Africa at its launch as one of the channel's senior business presenters. While at CNBC she hosted regular programmes on the channel in addition to coverage of many other business events, such as the World Economic Forum. In 2012 Mbele joined BBC News to help launch and present ''Newsday'' on the BBC World Service with Lawrence Pollard. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prue Leith
Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, (born 18 February 1940) is a South African-British restaurateur, broadcaster, cookery writer and novelist. She was a judge on BBC Two's ''Great British Menu'' for eleven years, before joining ''The Great British Bake Off'' in March 2017, replacing Mary Berry, when the television programme moved to Channel 4. She was Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh from 2016 to 2024. Early life Leith was born on 18 February 1940 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Career In 1960, Leith moved to London to attend the Cordon Bleu Cookery School and then began a business supplying high-quality business lunches. This grew to become Leith's Good Food, a party and event caterer. In 1969, she opened Leith's, her Michelin-starred restaurant in Notting Hill, eventually selling it in 1995. In 1975, she founded Leith's School of Food and Wine, which trains professional chefs and amateur cooks. The group reached a turnover of £15 million in 1993. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
