COLLECTING OUTSTANDING DEBT The following question on one of our Heads’ WhatsApp groups resulted in a flurry of responses, and an issue of Heads Up...
To repeat or not – the DBE perspective
Published via Netwerk24 on 6 January 2026, QUINTON LOURENS wrote this article on the repetition of the school year, which can also be accessed...
Co-ed schools healthier
This letter to the editor was published in the Herald on 10 June 2025, as part of the series of responses to Prof Jonathan Jansen's column on...
Single-sex schools still vital in SA’s educational landscape
Published in The Herald on 6 June 2025, TIM GORDON writes in response to Prof Jonathan Jansen's 29 May opinion piece on boys' and girls' schools....
Conversation about boys’ and girls’ schools is worth having, but let’s get some things right
Rondebosch Boys' headmaster SHAUN SIMPSON pens response to Prof Jonathan Jansen's column, 'No, man, boys' and girls' schools have run their course'....
VICTORIAN IDEA OF BOYS ONLY SCHOOLS MEANINGLESS TODAY
by JONATHAN JANSEN No, man, boys’ and girls’ schools have run their course. Their continued existence is irrational as there is no good social,...
AI in the classroom
Drakensberg Boys’ High School Founded 1925 Policy on the Management and Use of Artificial Intelligence PREAMBLE It is recognised in this...
Changing Times in School Sport
Either side of the Millenium, school sport experienced a seismic shift. Changes emerged, many of which were unanticipated and certainly unplanned....
The Changing Landscape of Teacher Recruitment & Retention
Great schools are only great if they’ve got great teachers. You might have the grandest facilities imaginable and marketing strategies that make...
ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WAS FUN
ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WAS FUN A tribute from Tim Frazer to Gareth Shaw, a teacher at Kingswood who succumbed to cancer on 24 July 2023, aged 50. Tim...