Naledi High School
| Naledi High School | |
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| Coordinates | 26°15′02″S 27°49′53″E / 26.25048°S 27.831368°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government |
| Established | 8 June 1963 |
| Principal | Kenneth Mavathulana |
Naledi High School is a government secondary school at 892 Nape Street in
History
The school was founded in 1963.
On 1 July 1974 there was a bus accident that involved a number of pupils from the school and ten were killed. Today there is a plaque recording the Lourenco Marques Bus disaster and its victims in the school grounds. The plaque was unveiled thirty years after the accident in 2009.
On 8 June 1976 the South African Police attempted to arrest
The school achieved a pass rate of 8% but they were able to increase that to 61% in 2000.[3]
Alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Enos Ngutshane – activist, now a manager[1]
- Zanele Mthemb – Gauteng department of education's chief director[4]
- Frank Chikane – former presidency director-general[4]
- Popo Molefe – North West premier[4] Chairman of the boards of PRASA, Transnet and PetroSA
- Dan Molefe – diplomat[4]
- South African Broadcasting Corporation acting chief operations officer[4]
- Sidney Khotso Seatlholo - second chairman of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC)[5]
Today
The head reports a pass rate around 70% in 2013.[1]
A plaque was unveiled in 2013 by the Mayor of Johannesburg, Amos Masondo, to mark Naledi's contribution to Johannesburg Heritage.[6] Also returning that day was Enos Ngutshane who had an assembly point named in his honour.[1]
The school hopes to build a museum at the school that would feature the car burnt by pupils in 1976.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Nzimande, Bafana (16 June 2013). "Soweto uprising school turns 50". enca.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Unrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Education's big guns fire on errant schools". Independent Online. South Africa. 16 January 2001. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Mecoamere, Victor (27 May 2013). "Naledi High turns 50". The Sowetan. South Africa. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Khotso Seatlholo | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Plaque unveiling". joburg.org.za. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
