Audition for Drakensberg Boys Choir this weekend
The Drakensberg Boys Choir School was initially founded in 1967 by a local family whose son’s ambition was to create a choir school to...
Health initiative launch
Sesame Workshop, J&J on board
JOHNSON and Johnson (J&J) and Sesame Workshop launched critical health and hygiene multimedia resources for children and caregivers in the Buffalo...
Gogo’s tricks and tips to get kids reading
Hello! It’s me, Gogo — Yizani Sifunde’s reading granny. Sharing stories is as natural to human beings as eating and sleeping!
Making time to tell...
Matrics rewarded with prize-giving for efforts
Greenpoint Secondary School held a prize-giving ceremony on Friday for the matric class of 2018, who achieved a pass rate of 95.3% pass rate.
Principal...
New rugby field open for sports development
On March 10 EduSport Coaching Academy and The Cove, a local youth development center located near the Nahoon Dam, launched a newly finished rugby...
Special needs crisis deepens
Hundreds of special needs children at three schools in Buffalo City Metro are spending as little as three hours at school because of a...
Vincent Mall shoppers donate sanitary pads to keep a girl in...
EVERY month, Dinika Rooy, 29, goes the extra mile to keep girls in school by donating sanitary pads to various BCM primary schools, as...
HARD AT WORK
Cambridge High School hockey held a pre-season training camp for their entire hockey coaching staff and A squad players on March 10 and 11....
Future stars
George Randell Primary School’s under-7 rugby team recently took part in their final festival of the season at Hudson Park Primary. The school would...
Drum(mie) roll for EL
The Eastern Cape Majorette and Cheerleading Association (ECMA) is the proud host of the Samca National Championships to be held in East London next...
Pupil with big heart gives back
STIRLING Primary School’s Olivia Smallie ran an arts and crafts stall at the annual Stirling Primary School Games Day last month and donated all...
Cambridge bids Mrs Kent farewell
Beloved teacher retires after 27 years
CAMBRIDGE Primary foundation phase bid farewell last Thursday to one of their beloved teachers, Cheryl Kent, with a beautiful...
Border squash team crowned SA champs
THE Border girls U16 squash team returned victorious from the South African Schools Squash Interprovincial tournament in Bloemfontein, winning the title of SA champs.
The...
From prisoner to youth motivator
AS part of a drive to educate pupils on the dangers of crime and the use of drugs, ex-convict Zolile Mate, 36, of Mdantsane...
KHS player a rising star
Kingsridge High School (KHS) pupil Siphesihle Ngculu was named the most promising netball player at the National All Girl's Festival in Pretoria last month....
STAGE STARS
Eight pupils from Clarendon High School for Girls attended the South African Championships of Performing Arts in Johannesburg in April. They were all chosen...
Hope for Parkside
A GOOD Samaritan restored hope for Parkside Primary School by repairing the vandalised ablution facilities and plumbing over the weekend, allowing pupils to return...
Top teacher on ‘Kwêla’
BEACONHURST High School teacher Ryno Simms featured in a recent episode of the KykNET’s Kwêla as an “Inspirerende Onnie” (inspirational teacher). The popular TV...
Hudson Park pupils meet musical idol
The sheer power of social media was on full display recently when a video of Hudson Park Primary School pupils singing Lloyd Cele’s chart-topping...
Champion debate team win bursaries
Schools from around East London participated in the third annual inter-schools debating competition at the East London City Hall last Friday.
The competition saw 11...
Selborne pupil in Biathle/Triathle World Champs
Selborne Primary grade 6 pupil Adam de Lange, 12, recently travelled to Weiden, Germany to take part in the UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championships which...
Lilyfontein SleepOut
•First East London school joins initiative to help the homeless
WHILE South Africa’s current and future business leaders head for the Nelson Mandela Bridge in...
WINNING SMILES
The Stirling Primary team members , from left, Zachary Kotze (Grade 2), Aiyanna Jonathan (Grade 1), Julia Kockott (Grade 2), Lily Smith (Grade 1),...
Swim stars get crowned at the Ultimate Swimming Club
SWIM STARS: The Ultimate Swim Club Gala was held recently at the Clarendon Prep swimming pool.The gala started with seven swimmers in male and...
A case of edugration
Steady increase of families relocating to catchment areas of top schools in EL
MORE and more families are moving from their homes to areas where...
Eastern Cape Liquor Board issues stern warning against ‘pens down’ parties
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) has issued a stern warning to matric pupils planning “pens down” parties as June examinations draw to a...
Chess champ honoured to represent country
The GO!&Express caught up with grade 10 pupil Megan Dove from Clarendon Girls High School who competed in the FIDE World Chess Championships in...
Merrifield celebrates 100% pass rate
Merrifield’s Class of 2021 gathered at the clubhouse last week to celebrate their 100% pass rate following the release of the IEB results.
Addressing the...
BIRTHDAY GUESTS
Clarendon Preparatory School was bursting with excitement as they welcomed Clarrie to their 55th birthday party! There were balloons, cupcakes and plenty of songs,...
Bullseye for EL club
Buffalo Archery Club right on target with haul of eight medals
THE Buffalo Archery Club recently took home eight medals at the National Archery in...
Eastern Cape hospitals‚ clinics‚ schools overwhelmed by Covid-19 ‘storm’
The impact of an approaching coronavirus "storm" is being felt in the Eastern Cape as patients overwhelm some public hospitals‚ clinics close as staff...
Olympian and coach Maduma back in EL for fencing clinic
GET your épée out and practise your footwork as 2008 Olympian and internationally qualified masters fencing coach Sello Maduma is back in Buffalo City...
DRUMMING UP SUPPORT
PnA Stationers’ mascot Penny enjoyed her time with the Gonubie Primary School drum majorettes at the recent Kingfisher Festival hosted by Beaconhurst School
Music to their ears
The Tshatshu Primary School Intermediate Choir scooped the winning floating trophy after competing with Zwelitsha schools at circuit level last week. The choir, under...
Teeing off for a good cause
GEORGE Randell Primary School held its fourth annual golf day on a chilly Saturday morning at the West Bank Golf Club. Proceeds from the...
Crowning glory for Greenpoint Secondary pageant
Yolanda Tundzi, centre, was crowned Miss Greenpoint Secondary School at the school recently. Her princesses are Shenique Ambrose (second princess), left, and Lilitha Solundwana...
WATCH: Student digs’ shoddy state hits home
Broken showers, clogged toilets and a lack of study areas are just some of the struggles Walter Sisulu University (WSU) students residing at privately-owned...
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Teacher Patria Joint and Clarendon Primary girls started the new school year with
singing, dancing and plenty of laughter – exactly the way any pupil...
Helping hands
Some of College Street Primary School’s parents and staff hard at work cleaning up the gardens in and around the school last month. The...
Lumko High celebrates, officially
The official opening of Lumko High School in Amalinda, was officially handed over at an opening ceremony hosted by the department of education, was...
SPORTS STARS
Some of the Cambridge High pupils who received trophies at the school’s Summer Awards assembly on May 5 are, from left, Siyasanga Somlotha, Ophola...
School sport stars get a Jumbo boost
Hudson Park High School pupil Josh Jonas and Selborne College pupil Matthew Fourie each received a scholarship worth R10,000 and a R6,000 clothing voucher...
A TEACHER OF NOTE
Advance for Life Christian Academy teacher, Marinie Thompson, won the Pick n Pay Teacher of the Year award for 2017. The school is proud...
1,000 nurses graduate to boost the health department
IN A major boost for the health department, more than 1,000 nurses from Lilitha Nursing College in East London graduated on Wednesday and Thursday.
According...
Youth talk inspires positive outcomes
Conference dialogues focus on solutions
THE East London Youth Voices Conference (ELYVC) was hosted by the East London Youth Association (ELYA) at Clarendon High School...
BCM teachers shine at Teachers Awards
The Hotel Osner in East London was packed with educators, government officials and representatives of the private sector last Thursday all dressed to the...
GALLERY:Cambridge celebrates another milestone
Cambridge Primary and High School celebrated their 139th anniversary on Friday. The commemoration service was attended by past pupils dating back to six decades...
Germ Busters visit EL schools
Domestos spreads hygienic habits
THE hygiene education programme called the Domestos Germ Busters Club has been successfully implemented in six schools in and around the...
Writer inspires pupils
Her advice – dream and read more
LOCAL author Judy Naidoo visited Stirling Primary last week to present her first children’s book, The Castle on...