Nathaniel Nyaluza High School ended its 75th anniversary celebrations last weekend with a reunion assembly for past and current pupils and teachers.
Nathaniel Nyaluza High School ended its 75th anniversary celebrations last weekend with a reunion assembly for past and current pupils and teachers.
Morning festivities on Monday 2 September started with a parade from TEM Mrwetyana Secondary School to the Nyaluza quad. Pupils were joined by children from Archie Mbolekwa Primary School in a session of entertainment that included singing, drama and storytelling.
Past and current pupils, teachers, education official, school governing body members and parents were welcomed by principal Zakunzima Tyala.
Granddaughter of the man who gave his name to the school, Lulama Phore, thanked God for the day, and the school. "It is the Lord who has brought us to this school and to other family relatives," she said. Phore, who coincidentally also turned 75 last weekend, was given the honour of cutting a huge cake made in the shape of the school buildings.
Robin Solwandle, development officer for the provincial education department started his talk by declaring that he was a proud alumnus of Nyaluza. "I am the product of this school," Solwandle said.
He went on to say that schools were where the nation was being built. "Discipline is a source of good things." Advocate Ntsiki Sandi, also a former Nyaluza pupil, said there were few people who grew up in Grahamstown townships under apartheid who did not attend Nathaniel Nyaluza.
Sandi said if pupils did not work together with teachers, the damage from apartheid would last for generations. He concluded by saying pupils should respect each other's ideas, if they wanted to expand their knowledge.
Programme director for the weekend's festivities was teacher Stida Nkwinti.
