Christian Brothers’ College Kimberley (“CBC”), the first Christian Brothers’ College (School) in South Africa, was founded by the Christian Brothers from Ireland, UK on 8 September 1897. It is situated in
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal River, Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historica ...
, South Africa. The founder was
E.I.Rice. It is a Catholic High School.
Beginnings
JJ Mulan was the first Head Master. In 1905, the school opened boarding facilities. These hostels were designed by Rogers and Ross. It was built by Church and MacLauchlin.
School crest
The crest consists of a star, a cross, a circle and a book, that is open. It also shows the symbols A and Ω,
Alpha and Omega
The meaning is:
*Star an indication of guidance.
*The circle shows eternity.
*Christ is pertained in the cross.
*The open book shows learning from an early age.
*The A and Ω is from "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty".
School motto
Two mottos are used collectively:
* and
*
Temporarily closed
CBC was temporarily closed from 16 February 1900 to 7 May 1900. During
World War I
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it was used as a military hospital. Teaching went ahead in tents erected on the schools premises. In 1933 a clock tower as erected as a memory to the soldiers that died in the war.
Chapel
On the school’s ground, a chapel was built which opened in 1923. It was designed by an Irish architect o’Connor, G.L.
Today
It is a co-ed school, with English as medium of education. It is an Independent School, regulated by the
Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa
The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA) is the largest and oldest association of independent schools in Southern Africa.
ISASA traces its origins back to the Conference of Headmasters and Headmistresses formed in 1929, and m ...
(ISASA).
1997
In 1997, the school on its 100th year celebration decided to change its name to St Patrick CBC.
Other CBC schools in South Africa
*Veritas College – Springs, Gauteng
*Christian Brothers' College, St John's Parklands – Cape Town, Western Cape
*Christian Brothers' College, St Joseph's – Bloemfontein, Free State
*St Dominic's College – Welkom, Free State
Alumni
*
Clive Derby-Lewis
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- A
Conservative Party (South Africa)
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a politician who was a collaborator with
Janusz Walus
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It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius.
People
* Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter
* Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician
* Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic pr ...
in the assassination of
Chris Hani
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*
Tommy Bedford - Springbok rugby captain and apartheid critic.
*
Donald Woods
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- Journalist and anti-apartheid
activist
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.
*
Frank Templeton Prince - British Poet
*
John Briscoe – An engineer (water) and received the Stockholm Water Prize.
*
Pat Lyster – Springbok Rugby Wing, playing for the Springboks between 1933 and 1937.
*Graham Etherington –Journalist and editor of
Diamond Fields Advertiser
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The early days
The earliest paper on the Diamond Fields was a weekly called the ''Diamond Field'', published from 1 ...
*
Reunert Sidney Bauser - Rugby administrator, Freemason Grand Master and Mayor of Kimberley.
*John Steele Chalsty -Investment banker and Chairman of the United Nations Association of the USA
Gosego Realeboga Holele: founder of the 360view renewable energy group
References
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Schools in the Northern Cape
High schools in South Africa