JBA NEWSLETTER 01/2020 FROM THE HEADMASTER’S DESK Dear Old Boys,

I’m delighted to witness the new energy and drive within the structures of the JBA as evidenced by the publication of this newsletter after a long absence. It is also particularly heartening and exciting for the JBA to have the benefit of the experience, knowledge and passion of Mike Fennell, a renowned and highly credible figure within the boys’ public school environment and a former headmaster with a track record of success in a variety of areas.

As headmaster, I am of the firm view that the greatest competitive advantage for traditional public boys’ school such as Jeppe is our extensive old boy network and the deep connec- tion which the majority of our Old Boys feel towards their alma mater. Many in the educational community cite Jeppe as one of the few success stories in education, particularly boys education, over the past decade and while there is no doubt that the School itself is in a very healthy place in a number of the fundamental areas of performance - academic, sporting, cultural, pastoral and infrastructural - I am in no doubt that it is the powerful Old Boy community that holds the key to the “secret sauce” that will propel us forward to the next level and allow us to continue to compete with, and lead, the very best public and independent boys’ schools.

As both a headmaster and a JBA committee, 2020 will see a renewed focus and drive to engage with our old boy community and to try and harness the latent passion and love for our School that lies so deeply embedded in so many Jeppe Old Boys. Every Old Boy has something to add, no matter how small or great the contribution, and I look forward to engaging with as many of you as possible in this regard going forward.

Kind Regards,

Dale Jackson

A PARTNERSHIP WORTH TALKING ABOUT We are delighted to announce that Teljoy, a proudly South African company has officially joined our school family and is partnering with us on all things sport, from first team kits, to the Collard field branding and specific activation days. “As an organisation, we understand how pride and passion fuels success. We are excited to harness this energy and back Jeppe sports”, says Teljoy CEO, and Jeppe old boy, Jonathan Hurvitz. “We believe the power of sport is to unite people and also to develop and grow the next generation of champions and we are honoured to be able to be a part of this” says Hurvitz. Teljoy, is a pioneer in the retail industry - the company that brought the first TV sets to South Africa over 50 years ago. Over the years, the offering has expanded to so much more than just TVs. On a flexible, affordable month-to-month model one can get anything for the home. For more information and to shop visit https://www.teljoy.co.za/

REUNION WEEKEND Annual Reunion Weekend

All Jeppe Old Boys are invited to join in the activities over the Reunion Weekend.

The home Jeppe/KES fixture will be played this weekend.

Arranged Reunion Groups (Friday evening)

Arranged Reunion Dinners are being held for the “0” matriculates this year.

The following gents have been named as organisers for each specific year:

No of Class Organisers Years 1950 70 1960 60 1970 50 Bruce Williamson Alan Wernick Lawrence Wordon, 1980 40 Ashleigh Pearce Clive Versfeld 1990 30 James Walsh 2000 20 Tyrone Sharnock 2010 10 Gareth Oliver

EASTERN CAPE FIXTURES

We appeal to all our Eastern Cape Old Boys to come along and support our Rugby and Hockey boys at the Grey PE Rugby and the Nomads Hockey Festivals (both being held on 21-23 March 2020). The rugby will be played at Grey High School and the hockey will be held at the Grey PE Astroturf.

It promises to be a wonderful weekend of sport and fellowship. As Grey PE are wonderful hosts there will be food stalls and a beer tent. Looking forward to seeing you there!

SAT 21 MAR SUN 22 MAR MON 23 MAR RUGBY 1ST XV 11:40 REST DAY 15:20 Jeppe vs Selborne Jeppe vs Grey High RUGBY U16A 08:00 REST DAY 10:20 Jeppe vs Selborne Jeppe vs Grey High HOCKEY 1ST XI 08:30 09:40 09:05 Jeppe vs Wynberg Jeppe vs Grey High Jeppe vs Hilton 13:20 12:55 Jeppe vs Maritzburg College Jeppe vs Selborne

2020 SAVE THE DATE Date Activity Place Comments 9 April - 13 April KES Hockey & Rugby Festival KES Rugby and Hockey 25 April Jeppe vs KES (Away) KES Rugby and Hockey 9 May Pipe Band Gathering Jeppe Jeppe 16 May Nelspruit Golf Day Nelspruit Milner Schools Fri,15 - Sun, 17 May Aitken, Top 8 and Boden Randburg Astro, Parktown Finals take place at Trophies Boys and St Stithian’s Randburg Astro 11 July Old Boys Hockey vs School Jeppe Boden Astro 17 - 18 July Reunion Weekend Jeppe Rugby and Hockey 2 August Old Boys Mountain Bike Race Jeppe Mountain Bike Track Jeppe 10 Oct 2020 KwaZulu Natal Golf Day Jeppe vs KES 5 November JBA Golf Day TBA TBA (November) Old Boys Cricket vs U14A Jeppe Mitchell Oval Please refer to our official media sites for detailed fixture and tour lists. www.jeppeboys.co.za www.facebook.com/jeppeboys www.twitter.com/jeppeboys SEEN AROUND CAMPUS Two Old Boys Visit their Alma Mater

Alan Elkon (Tsessebe)1966. (Picture on the far left)

On the 14 February Alan visited his Alma for the first time in 54 years. Alan left South Africa in 1968, and first lived in Israel and then moved to Dallas Texas, were he still lives today. Alan was delighted to see the all new developments around the school.

Peter Edmunds (Sable) 1976. (Picture directly to the left)

On the 19 February Peter visited the School with a work colleague (KES Old Boy) and they were taken on a tour of the School.

OLD BOYS: IN THE NEWS

Dr Farrell Spiro 1956 (Tsessebe)

Dr Spiro is an interventional and diagnostic radiologist whose career in medicine has spanned more than five decades. He has been awarded the prestigious Christiaan Barnard Memorial Award in recognition of his contribution to medicine and his long and distinguished service to the people of South Africa.

Felix Godlo 2007 (Tsessebe) and Michael Venter 2015 (Koodoo) These two Jeppe Old Boys were in the South African version of the television reality show, Survivor. Dr Farrell Spiro

Darryn Frost 1999 (Tsessebe) This article was taken from the “The Guardian” newspaper.

Man tells of using narwhal tusk during London Bridge attack

Darryn Frost, 38, a South African who has lived in the UK for 14 years and works in the Ministry of Justice, intervened after Usman Khan had fatally wounded Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt at a Criminal Justice Conference at Fishmongers’ Hall on 29 November 2019.

Video footage of the incident showed Frost and other members of the public fending off Khan as they moved on to London Bridge. Frost could be seen pinning Khan to the ground and being pulled away by a police officer before Khan was shot dead. Felix Godlo

Frost said he had been attending the Cambridge University run event with colleagues and he ran with others to help when he heard a commotion downstairs.

“I took a narwhal tusk from the wall and used it to defend myself and others from the attacker” he told the Press Association. “Another man was holding the attacker at bay with a wooden chair. I ran down the stairs, stood next to the man with the chair, and the two of us confronted the attacker.”

He had knives in both hands and, upon seeing me with narwhal tusk, pointed at his midriff. He turned and spoke to me, then indicated he had an explosive device around his waist. At this point the man next to me threw his chair at the attacker, who then started running towards him with knives above his head.” Michael Venter Frost passed his tusk to the other man and raced back upstairs to rearm with a sec- ond tusk from the wall. When he returned, the first tusk was shattered across the floor and the attacker had fled out of the building. Frost and others pursued him on to the bridge.

“We called out to warn the public of the danger and, after a struggle, managed to restrain him to the ground,” he said. “At that point I was trying to isolate the blades by holding his wrists so that he could not hurt anyone or set off the device.”

Darryn Frost has launched a project called Extinguish Hate to “challenge hate and spread kindness”.

Darryn Frost

Jeppe Old Boys take over Calgary (E-mail received from Adrian Wood) My wife and I moved here to Calgary In Canada in July 2000. I would like to share a little bit about myself and an amazing story which happened here in Calgary a year or so ago.

Jeppe was the only school I attended, both the Prep School and the High School. I went to university late in life, at the age of 31, when my son and daughter just started going to school. I went to Wits and graduated in civil engineering in 1974.

The amazing story: Mervyn Rabinovitz also went to both Jeppe Prep and Jeppe High School for Boys. I was friendly with Mervyn inside and outside of school. A year or so ago I was sitting outside indoor tennis court number 8 at a prominent tennis club here in Calgary, watching my two grandchildren, Daniel and Nicole having a tennis lesson when I noticed a large notice board on the back wall of the court that the court was sponsored by Mervyn Rabinovitz. I thought that this had to be the Mervyn Rabinovitz I knew very well from Jeppe. Enquiring at the front desk, sure enough, the Mervyn Rabinovitz on the notice board was born in , his studies in dentistry took him to London, Winnipeg, Montreal and finally practiced orthodontics in Calgary in Canada. Mervyn was an ardent tennis player.

World’s biggest caricature is contest winner

Dean Foster 1983 long live changing journey to Canada from South Africa has taken a triumphant turn.

Dean first seized upon an idea to create the world’s biggest caricature and register it with the Guinness World Records. He then entered the Spread the Word contest at Calgary’s CJAY 92 to create the best ad for the new Morning Show with Jesse & JD.

The current record-holding work was drawn by Uruguayan artist Federico Delgado Herediain in 2011. It is 91.35 metres in length and 60.90 metres wide. Dean’s creation is a 130-metre-long by 100 metres wide.

It was announced on the 22 April 2019 that Dean had won the competition.

OLD BOYS: SPORT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Daryl Impey 2002 (Koodoo) • Sibusiso Nkosi Selected as the African Cyclist of the year. 2014 (Tsessebe) Winner of a Stage at the Tour de France. The first Selected to cyclist to win back to back Tour Down Under in represent South 2019 (First rider to achieve this, in the race’s 21 Africa at the year history). Daryl wore the yellow jersey in the Rugby World 2013 Tour de France. Cup. • 2008 (Duiker) Selected to represent South Africa at the 2019 Cricket World Cup - 50 overs • Graham Neate 1983 (Tsessebe) Selected as Manager of the National Marathon Canoeing Squad to attend the World Championships in Portugal • Peter Lambert 2004 (Duiker) Selected for the Great Britain squad for the European Rowing Championships, after missing last season with a back injury. • Welcome Sidyiyo 2016 (Sable) Selected as a Coxswain for the South African U23 team to attend the U23 World Rowing Championships in Florida, USA. • Thato Mokoena 2007 (Roan) Selected as a coach for the South African U19 team to attend the U19 World Rowing Championships in Florida, USA. • Christopher Paynter 2012 (Roan) • Walter Thornhill 1969 (Koodoo) Selected as a coach for the South African U19 Selected to represent South Africa at the World team to attend the U19 World Rowing Masters Track Cycling Championships and broke Championships in Florida, USA. 3 records. • Ricky Nwagbara 2015 (Eland) Selected to play rugby for the Nigerian National team. • Dudlee White-Sharpley 2013 (Duiker) Selected to play rugby for the Zimbabwe National team. • Musi Manyike 2018 (Sable) Head Boy Selected for the U19 rugby squad that toured Europe. We hope that Musi was selected to represent South Africa (Pictured above) at U19 World Cup held • Hacjivah Dayimane 2016 (Tsessebe) in 2020. Selected to play for the South African Sevens Academy team. Hacjivah was also selected to represent Lions in Super Rugby. • Wandisile Simelane 2016 (Oribi) Selected to play Super Rugby for the Lions • Tyrone Green 2016 (Oribi) Selected to play Super Rugby for the Lions

2019 SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: EVENTS

Alan Francis Rowing Centre Opening

After many months of preparation, building, and finally, the finishing touches, the Alan Francis Rowing Centre was officially opened on the evening of the 2nd December 2019. With the hard work and dedication of the entire club - parents, patrons, staff and boys, this long-time vision has finally become a reality, and the boys are incredibly excited to start using it to its full potential.

As an extension onto the previous Rowing Centre, the entire building has been refurbished to hold more Ergo machines as well as a few trophies and memorabilia earned by the club over the years.

The christening of the club’s two newest boats also took place during the evening. We were honoured to have the late Alan Francis’ daughters express their wishes on the new boats named Kora and Sica which, against rowing superstition, have been used a few times before their official christening and naming ceremonies (and won!).

The evening ended with the 1st team selection for the Boat Race in Port Alfred being announced and receiving their

Armistice Day 2019

The 101st Jeppe High School for Boys Armistice Day Service was held on Monday, 11 November. The service was conducted by Pastor Greg Mattarelli, a former deputy head boy of the school and an ex-teacher.

It was attended by ex-servicemen, representatives of the armed forces, local schools (Jeppe High School for Girls, Jeppe High Preparatory School, Assumption Convent, and Leicester Road School) and members of the Jeppe community, including the Kensington Heritage Society.

Pastor Mattarelli spoke about the periodic rise of evil in the world, of the men and women who have stood up to it, and of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defence of good. His message was that although, hopefully, we will not be called to arms, we should nevertheless live lives of sacrifice and stand up for good.

The remarkable story of Jeppe old boy Robert George Hamilton who died heroically during the Warsaw uprising was recounted. Headmaster Dale Jackson read out the names of the 33 Jeppe old boys and teachers who died in World War I; the 137 who perished in World War II and the three who have died in conflicts since then.

The proceedings concluded with the laying of wreaths at the school’s War Memorial.

2019 SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: ACADEMICS

Congratulations to the class 2019 who achieved our best academics results in many years in their final exams. They achieved the most distinctions on record (213) with a bachelors pass rate of 76.46% an overall pass rate of 99.46%.

Academic Tour 2019 The invitation for the 2nd Academic Tour of Europe was open to the top 25 academic boys in grade 10 and 11. Boys who attended got to experience the life, history and culture of Spain, France, Monaco, Italy and the Vatican City.

Boys also got to experience some ‘school life’ at the British School of Paris where, as included in the email below, the boys got to experience a European way of learning. The hosting of the boys at the British School of Paris was facilitated by Old Boy Brendan McCann, Eland (1999) who is a teacher at the school.

A teacher from the school had some positive feedback on the boys’ visit: I wanted to pass on my thanks to you for having organised the Jeppe Boys visit. Any time I came across one of the Jeppe students throughout the two days I found them to be courteous and respectful - I think they could teach our pupils a few things about the words please and thank you! They were confident young peo- ple who were not afraid to approach to ask for directions. I also saw them engaging with our pupils, seeming keen to get to know our community and having pride in their own. Our own pupils were genuinely interested in meeting and discussing with the Jeppe boys too (or so it seemed to me).

The five young men who visited my Year 13 English Literature class were most impressive students. They conveyed genuine pride in their school and country, and graciously explained some things that our pupils did not know (e.g. the history of apartheid). We definitely got side-tracked in the lesson, discussing "women and society" (our prose fiction theme) and how societal expectations of men and women play out in history, but also in France and South Africa. It was very clear to me that the Jeppe students have done a lot of thinking about race, gender, violence, respect, consent, and even 'toxic masculinity'. They were refreshingly honest about where they thought South Africa was at on a number of issues. They took pride in what they could and acknowledged the hard work they and their school do to teach the students the business of becoming men. They were also honest about areas they want to see further change in. Thank you, boys, for displaying consistency in your Jeppe values and beliefs - you can all be proud of yourselves.

2019 SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: CULTURAL

Jeppe prides itself on offering a holistic education to our boys, and on offering a wide range of extra-curricular activities, sporting and cultural. Here are some top achievements by our cultural clubs and societies in 2019: • “Take it like a man”, Jeppe’s winning entry into the GRADS festival. It was the first time that Jeppe has taken the best play prize. • Jeppe performed the musical - Rock of Ages, inspired and adapted from the 2012 screenplay by Chris D’ Arienzo - as its major production in 2019.

• The Jeppe Chess club have 20 regulars who compete in interschool com- petitions and a further 50-odd who play socially. The U15 team won the bronze medal at the Provincial Chess Championship in . • The senior debating team made it through to the quarter-final stage of the SACCEE competition. • The biggest of all the schools, Jeppe Pipe band consists of 32 musicians. The policy was that everyone should play in the competitions, to build up ex- perience. • E-Sport has become established as a fully-fledged activity at the school. A highlight was a three-school competition that took place alongside the U16 rugby Festival. Jeppe, Grey College and Cape Town’s Fairmont High School were involved and Jeppe was the only one of the three to win all of their games. • The school choir experienced a resurgence! From struggling to get a decent-sized group of singers together, this year we had 32 members, under conductor, Ms Dalene Hoogenhout of the Wits University choir. • The Marimba Band competed in the International Marimba and Steel Pan Festival and came away with a 3rd place in the Proudly South African section and (together with Jeppe Girls) 1st place in the Large Ensemble category. • The Emergency Medical Care Club continued its dominance of the Provincial Interschool's First Aid competition by winning the senior division and coming 1st and 2nd in the juniors. Jeppe has now won the competition’s Chris Hart Trophy, named after a former teacher at the school, every year since 2014, except for 2018 we didn’t enter and Jeppe Girls won it. • The senior public speaking team advanced to the regional finals round of the SACCEE competition.

2019 SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: SPORTS Here are some top achievements in 2019 by our sports clubs: • 1st Soccer team won the Prestigious St . David’s Challenge Cup Tournament, as well as the soccer tournament at the St Stithian’s Easter Sports Festival and the Waterstone Tournament. • Sabastian Prince 2019 (Eland) Selected for the World Junior Rowing Championships and his crew obtained a Silver Medal. • Sibusiso Shongwe 2019 (Oribi) Selected for the South African Schools Rugby team. • Kabelo Mokhethi 2019 (Tsessebe) Selected for the South African Schools “A” Rugby team. • Ryan Mann 2019 (Sable) Selected for the South African Schools Hockey team. • Dylan Fenthum 2019 (Tsessebe) Selected for the South African Orienteering Team. • Liam Stott 2019 (Tsessebe) Head Boy. Selected for the South African Schools Water Polo Team. This is the second time that Liam has been selected. Liam achieved five Distinctions in his matric exams. • Calvin Kuperus 2019 (Duiker) Selected for the South African Schools Water Polo Team. This is the second time that Calvin has been selected. • The 1st Water Polo team won the local Top 8 tournament and made it to the knockout stages of all the major National tournaments.

• Levert Manje 2019 (Tsessebe) Selected for the South African Schools Cricket team. Levert was also been selected for the South African U19 cricket team to take part in the U19 World Cup Cricket Tournament in South Africa in January 2020. • 1st Team Hockey - Winning the Aitken Cup for the fifth year in a row. This has never been achieved by any other school since the competition started in 1974. • The U15A Hockey team won the Boden Cup on the same day. • Gauteng Rowing Championships in November - Jeppe entered 19 events, we qualified for the final in 17 events and earned 16 medals. Of all the schools competing, Jeppe qualified for the most finals, and earned the most medals (St Benedict’s earning more Gold Medals). The club finished 2nd overall for the first time since 2002. • In the last four years the 1st Team - Aitken, U16A - Top 8s and U15A - Boden Trophies. All three of these teams have reached the finals for the past 4 years. That equals to 12 finals been played, winning 8 and losing only 4. This is a School record as no other School has ever achieved this. • The Jeppe 2nd cricket team won the Johnny Waite Shield competition by beating St Stithians in the final.

Sebastian Prince with his crew after winning silver at the World Junior 1st XI Soccer Team. Winners of the St David’s Festival Rowing Championships SEEN AROUND CAMPUS

School transport with a twist! From 1968 until 2019 the School Vehicle Policy for Staff members has not changed. In 2019 the school has become more safety conscious. Note - only one person to a bike and issued with a safety helmet.

Did you know? Five Jeppe old boys were Mayors of towns around South Africa in the years 1955 - 1956

Leslie Hurd 1917 (Eland) JOHANNESBURG

Herbert Ostro 1918 (Impala) Mr Warren Boden and Dr Iain The Headmaster’s company HEIDELBERG Kelman Company vehicle - 1968 vehicle - 2019 Solly Goldberg 1931 (Koodoo) VILJOENSKROON Cyril Hurwitz 1938 (Duiker) MAFIKENG Kenneth Munro 1935 (Koodoo) UVONGO

CAMPUS UPGRADES

Upgrades, Improvements and Renovations that took place during 2018 and 2019, managed by the JBA Office.

Upgrading of the bathrooms in Oribi The upgrading of the Bathrooms in Oribi took place during the months of October and November 2018.

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Upgrading of the Afrikaans Block Pathway The upgrading of the pathway at the Afrikaans Block took place during the July 2019 School holidays.

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Upgrading of the bathrooms in Tsessebe The upgrading of the Bathrooms in Tsessebe took place during the months of November and December 2019.

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Repair and refurbishment of the column bases and column caps to the columns in the East Quad All the columns around the School will have to be repaired, we are going to repair the West Quad during the April School holidays.

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OBITUARIES

Name Date of Birth Date of passing Years at Jeppe House David Owen 18 September 1949 2019 1963 - 1968 Sable Cliff Cole No Details Ernie Anderson 25 November 1950 2019 1963 - 1968 Eland Brian Bull 21 September 1949 2019 1962 - 1968 Impala Chris Butler 2 October 1961 2019 1975 - 1979 Duiker Peter Higgs 31 March 1947 2019 1960 - 1964 Duiker Barry (Chalky) Corlett 19 March 1961 2019 1977 - 1979 Alex Tennant 22 June 1940 December 2019 1954 - 1958 Impala Robert (Bobby) Goate 13 January 1939 2109 1953 - 1955 Eland Donovan Ingle 23 February 1937 2019 1951 - 1955 Eland Dylan Sampson 24 February 1997 2019 2011 - 2015 Duiker Anthony Behrendt No Details Alex Vigne 13 April 1976 2019 1989 - 1993 Duiker Norman Kahanovitz 21 March 1927 2018 1941 - 1945 Tsessebe Robert Ferguson Springbok Bowls Player 17 February 1928 12 October 2018 1942 - 1946 Eland William (Bill) Silburn - Oribi House Master (1955-96) 22 December 1930 26 January 2019 1943 - 1947 Duiker Colin Dickinson 18 September 1932 2019 1945 - 1949 Koodoo Frank Richardson Pipe Mayor (1949) 12 November 1932 18 March 2019 1945 - 1949 Impala Wilf Rosenberg Springbok Rugby Player 18 June 1934 14 January 2019 1950 - 1951 Sable Angus MacNair 26 September 1937 28 September 2018 1950 - 1954 Eland Dudley Watt 18 June 1934 10 March 2019 1951 - 1955 Impala Graham Garden 24 May 1940 8 March 2019 1953 - 1958 Impala Lenny (Boss) Bawden 7 April 1942 9 April 2019 1955 - 1959 Koodoo Kenny Oosterlaak 19 June 1944 3 March 2019 1959 - 1962 Impala Brian Manson 5 March 1949 19 November 2018 1963 - 1967 Sable Alan Jutzen 8 July 1961 January 2019 1975 - 1979 Duiker Brian Waldon 25 June 1962 February 2019 1975 - 1980 Eland Neil Bosman 2 August 1962 7 March 2019 1976 - 1981 Eland Paul Beyl 10 June 1968 28 February 2019 1981 - 1984 Koodoo Justin Bitter 27 December 1974 February 2019 1988 - 1992 Koodoo Rowan Thompson 18 May 1982 4 February 2019 1996 - 2000 Koodoo Tallen Frankenberg 13 June 1985 26 December 2018 1999 - 2003 Eland Dieter Robert Chelius 20 April 1937 December 2018 1950 - 1954 Koodoo Les Crusoe 16 July 1941 28 October 2018 1954 - 1958 Koodoo Alfie James 22 December 1956 7 May 2019 1970 - 1974 Impala David van der Heuvel 3 January 1947 10 May 2019 1960 - 1964 Impala Tim Scott 31 December 1964 8 January 2020 1978 - 1982 Impala David Tarry-Smith 28 December 1978 14 January 2020 1992 - 1997 Eland Hylton Jacobs 3 January 1969 1 February 2020 1982 - 1986 Tsessebe Angus Morrison 16 October 1935 8 January 2019 1948 - 1952 Oribi Neil Matherson 19 June 1935 4 February 2020 1949 - 1953 Sable Andrew Verster 15 June 1937 24 February 2020 1950-1954 Koodoo

ABOUT THE JBA Membership Membership to the Jeppe High School for Boys Association (JBA) is free. Contributions are warmly welcomed and all donations go towards supporting the School.

The JBA’s aims include: • To communicate with Old Boys and members of the Jeppe family. • To facilitate continued interaction among the Old Boy network by assisting with reunions and various fundraising events. • To give underprivileged and financially disadvantaged scholars, of all backgrounds, the opportunity to attend Jeppe through the establishment and maintenance of the various Scholarship Funds.

JEPPE GOLDEN LEGACY CLUB The Jeppe Golden Legacy Club (previously known as the 100 Club) has been in existence since 2004. Its primary objective is to provide financial assistance for the continuous development and improvement of academic, extra mural and school infrastructure standards at Jeppe. By being part of this revenue stream, Old Boys can contribute meaningfully to the School’s development and stay in touch with the progress the School is making.

Over the years we have signed up 350 members to the ‘Legacy Club’ and the total monthly revenue is almost R 75 000.00. In addition, similar initiatives exist, and are contributing meaningful amounts to the School, in both the United Kingdom and Australia.

“The Legacy Club has been a significant initiative which has allowed the school to improve exponentially across a range of academic, sporting, cultural and infrastructural spheres - while R 100.00 per month may seem an insignificant and inconsequential amount, able to do very little, when aggregated with the contribution of hundreds of other old boys, the collective power of this has catapulted the school forward and allowed us to complete both large infrastructure projects as well as intangible and seemingly small gestures for our academic staff and coaches which has meant a great deal and driven them to keep going the extra mile. To every Old Boy, parent or member of the Jeppe community who has contributed to the project - THANK YOU - you each deserve a small piece of the credit for the improvement in Jeppe’s fortunes” Current headmaster and Old Boy, Dale Jackson

The funds raised have historically been administered via the School (initially by Kevin Tait) and recently by the Jeppe High School for Boys Association (i.e. the Old Boys Association) and over the past few years have been utilised in one of the following areas: • Extra-curricular (Sport and Cultural) related activities - to assist the School in donations towards sports related facilities, equipment and resources • Infrastructure - to contribute towards capital projects and the upgrading and maintenance of existing School facilities • Staffing of the JBA Office - contribute to the employment of full-time staff within the JBA structures

Our aim is to raise R 100 000.00 per month from the Legacy Club by the end of 2020. Help us reach this goal by being part of our initiative. For those who wish to join please contact Dawn Bragin at [email protected] or on 011 614 1933 ext. 228.