There is no doubt that the highlight of the term was Chad le Clos’ Olympic Gold Medal which captured the imagination of the School community and indeed the whole of the country. The School gates at the top of Wandsbeck Road were painted gold to mark the historic...
Westville Old Boy of 1986, Adrian Saville has been nominated for the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Business Professor Award. There are 206 nominees from some of the world’s largest and best known business schools and Adrian is the only nominee from Africa. His...
Grade 12 pupil, Aphiwe Meyiwa was another WBHS boy to attend the Global Young Leaders Conference, this time at the conference in Washington and New York. The purpose of the Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) is to distinguish a select group of exceptional high...
On Wednesday 15 August, the excitement in the air was tangible as a crowd of 1 500 people comprising pupils, teachers and coaches waited for the much anticipated return of their hero, Chad le Clos, together with his father, Bert, and his coach and fellow Westville Old...
Two of the more serious challenges facing South Africa are: education and equality. As students we cannot change the minds of the whole nation but we believe that we can start a ripple effect towards change. We decided to go about this by utilising the skills we...
The Remedial Unit at WBHS is run by Mrs Jenny Krouwel, who has an Honours degree in Special Needs Education. She runs an afternoon programme from Monday to Thursday, for boys experiencing difficulty with Maths (Grades 8 and 9), and English (all Grades). Boys do not...
