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Balmoral Girls' Primary School

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Balmoral Girls' Primary School
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Balmoral Girls' Primary School is located in Eastern Cape
Balmoral Girls' Primary School
Balmoral Girls' Primary School
Balmoral Girls' Primary School is located in South Africa
Balmoral Girls' Primary School
Balmoral Girls' Primary School
20 Haig Avenue


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Coordinates31°53′14″S 26°52′57″E / 31.887239°S 26.882464°E / -31.887239; 26.882464Coordinates: 31°53′14″S 26°52′57″E / 31.887239°S 26.882464°E / -31.887239; 26.882464
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Information
Other nameBalmoral Primary
Former nameQueenstown Preparatory School
School typeGovernment subsidized, Parent funded, Primary school, Single-gender, State School, Day and Boarding
MottoLatin: Altiora Peto
(Seek the Height)
Opened17 January 1961
School districtChris Hani West
Educational authorityDepartment of Basic Education
ChairpersonAna Taggart (1 January 2019)
PrincipalBianca le Roux (1 January 2018)
Grades0-7
GenderFemale
Age range5-13
LanguageEnglish
HousesDavidson     

Heward     

Hodges     
School color(s)Red, White and Navy             
Website

Balmoral Girls' Primary School, also known simply as Balmoral Primary, in Komani, Eastern Cape, South Africa is an english medium, fee paying, primary school providing education for girls from grade 0 to grade 7.[1].

History[edit]

Balmoral Girls' Primary School was opened on 17 January 1961 at the current campus in Haig Avenue. The school can trace its origins back to 1929 when all pupils from grade 1 to grade 5 were split from Queenstown Girls' High School into a separate school. In 1930 grade 6 followed to form a new Queenstown Preparatory School. Although initially co-educational, the school became a girls only school in the 1930's and has remained as such[2].

Balmoral is a government school and, due to Apartheid, only admitted white learners until 1991. In November of 1990 the parents and school committee voted to allow changes to the admission policy that allowed the school to be desegregated[3] and the first 38 non-white pupils were admitted in January 1991.[4] The school was one of the first 33[5] former whites only government schools to voluntarily desegregate[4] in advance of the official announcement of desegregation of all South African schools on 6 March 1992.

Alumni[edit]

  • Dr Flavia Senkubuge - first black female president of the Colleges of Medicine South Africa[6];
  • Judy Sexwale (nee van Vuuren) - socialite and former wife of Tokyo Sexwale[7];
  • Lovelyn Nywadeyi - #FeesMustFall activist[8] and radio personality;
  • Nonala Tose - radio personality, 5FM presenter and social entrepreneur[9];
  • Thabisa Mjo - award winning interior designer[10];
  • Teagan Roux - South African junior squash representative[11]

References[edit]

  1. "Balmoral Girls Primary School – ALTIORA PETO". Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. Greaves, Alan I. (1987). Tell me of Komani-- a history of Queenstown. Queenstown, Eastern Cape: Queenstown and Frontier Historical Society. pp. 129–130. ISBN 0620108878. OCLC 19222997. Search this book on
  3. Benningfield, Charles (25 January 1991). "All races at 4 schools". The Representative. p. 1.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Holliday, E.W (1995). Queenstown, 1824-1994. Queenstown and Frontier Historical Society. p. 140. Search this book on
  5. "SAHA - South African History Archive - Two decades of school integration". www.saha.org.za. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  6. "Komani's Medical Star on the Rise". www.pressreader.com. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  7. "'Broke' Judy claims Tokyo spends R2m a month". News24. 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  8. "Mzansi's 100 of 2017: Influencer, Lovelyn Nwadeyi". The Young Independents. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  9. "Nala - 5FM".
  10. "Thabiso Mjo Takes The Spotlight At Design Indaba". Joburg. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  11. "Teagan Roux". squashinfo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.


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