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Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool

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Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (also known as Affies), is a public Afrikaans medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Elandspoort in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 by Jan Joubert and reverend Chris Neethling.

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
Affies
Address
Map
1 Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, 0002

Pretoria
,
Gauteng

South Africa
Information
School typeAll-boys public school
MottoLaat daar lig wees
(Let there be light)
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established28 January 1920; 104 years ago (1920-01-28)
FounderJan Joubert and Chris Neethling
Sister schoolAfrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool (Separated in 1930)
School number012 344 3810
HeadmasterPeregrine Joynt
Grades8–12
GenderMale
Age14 to 18
Number of studentsca. 1,450
LanguageAfrikaans
Schedule07:25 - 13:40
Campus typeSuburban
HousesDay Houses
Hartebees  
Elande  
Koedoes  
Hostels
Koshuis   
Colour(s)  Red
  Yellow
  Green
MascotWhite Brahman Bull - Only for rugby
NicknameAffies
Rivals
Accreditation Gauteng Department of Education
NewspaperStroom Op [1]
YearbookDie Lig
School feesR55 500 (boarding)
R56 460 (tuition)
Feeder schools
  • Laerskool Constantiapark
  • Laerskool Danie Malan
  • Laerskool Lynnwood
  • Laerskool Magalieskruin
  • Laerskool Menlopark
  • Laerskool Monumentpark
  • Laerskool Pretoria-Oos
  • Laerskool Tygerpoort
  • Laerskool Louis Leipoldt
  • Laerskool Skuilkrans
  • Laerskool Anton van Wouw
  • Waterkloof House Preparatory School
  • Laerskool Generaal Hendrik Schoeman


AffiliationNon-denominational
Websitewww.affies.com
www.affiesaanlyn.co.za

History

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Early years (1920-1928)

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The school's founding on 28 January 1920 marked the establishment of the first purely Afrikaans-medium high school in South Africa. The event predated the official recognition of the Afrikaans language by five years. With English as well as Dutch established as the official languages in South Africa, many of the Afrikaans-speaking population believed Afrikaans should also enjoy recognition. Afrikaans as language grew so fast that CJ Langenhoven tabled a motion in the Cape Provincial Council to slowly replace Dutch with Afrikaans. This thought was strongly supported by MP Jan Joubert and Chris Neethling. As leaders in the community they quickly organized a group to establish a purely Afrikaans school in Pretoria.

On 27 January 1920, the first acting head, Johannes Arnoldus Kruger de Lange received the new pupils. The first enrollment was a boy named Frederik Botha. There were 35 pupils in form II (grade 9) and 10 in form III (grade 10); 45 in total. De Lange was supported by DJ (Dawie) Malan and MM de Vos who were joined on 11 February by HCP Sack. De Lange later became head at the Commercial Branch at the Pretoria Technical College.

The school with 45 children and 3 teachers was housed in the home of General Piet Joubert at 218 Visagie Street, Central Pretoria.

Current building (1927)

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By 1927, the school had grown and new premises were required. The school was therefore moved eastward to the current premises of the Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Affies sister-school. At the end of 1927, the school took over the Hogere Oosteindschool, a Dutch-medium instruction school, suggestive of the demise of Dutch as a language in South Africa and the assumption of Afrikaans as the primary instruction medium.

Present (1928-)

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By 1929 this building had also run out of space and the decision was made to split the boys and girls into separate schools, thus creating the first separate Afrikaans boys' and girls' schools in South Africa. These two schools are now situated opposite each other in Lynnwood Road.

Headmasters

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List of the headmasters of Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool.

Name Started Finished
F.J. le Roux 1920 1946
Dr. G.J. Potgieter 1947 1963
J.A. Fourie 1964 1968
J.D.V Terblanche 1970 1973
N.C. Roesch 1974 1984
T.L.P. Kruger 1985 1991
Dr. P. Edwards 1992 2018
P. W. Joynt 2019 present

Notable alumni

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Rugby

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Cricket

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Golf

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Tennis

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  • Rayno Seegers (1970): South African tennis player, mixed doubles Wimbledon quarter-finalist
  • Johan Kriek (1976): South African tennis player, twice winner of Australian Open singles title
  • Danie Visser (1979): South African tennis player, three times Grand Slam doubles winner

Other sports

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  • Sebastiaan Rothmann (1993): IBO and WBO cruiser weight boxing champion
  • Jacques Freitag (2000): South African Olympic high jumper
  • Lehann Fourie (2005): South African hurdler.
  • Gerhard de Beer (c. 2015): South African American football player
  • Ntando Mahlangu (2021): South African Paralympic athlete, two time Paralympic gold medalist

Academics

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Politics

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  • Magnus Malan: Minister of Defence (1980–1991);
  • Gerrit Viljoen: Minister of Education and Minister of Constitutional Development;

Arts

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  • Marius Weyers (1962): South African actor;
  • Ben Schoeman (2001): South African pianist [1]
  • Christoph Kotzé (Appel) (2005): South African songwriter and recording artist
  • Zaan Sonnekus (2016): Musician
  • Chris Steyn (2022): South African singer; Die Kontrak Winner

Business

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References

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  1. ^ "Ben Schoeman wins the Contemporary Music Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition and performs at Festivals in Edinburgh and Bucharest". Music at City. July 11, 2013. Retrieved 2021-12-24.

https://www.affiesrugby.co.za/

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