D.F. Malan High School
| DF Malan High School Hoërskool DF Malan | |
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| Location | |
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Bellville, Western Cape, Western Cape South Africa | |
| Coordinates | 33°53′37″S 18°37′35″E / 33.8936°S 18.6265°ECoordinates: 33°53′37″S 18°37′35″E / 33.8936°S 18.6265°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Established | 1951 |
| Principal | Joh Dorfling |
| Vice principal | Gert Visser |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| Number of students | approx. 1200 |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Colour(s) | Navy, Blue |
| Slogan | Ons Vir Jou Suid-Afrika ("For You South Africa") |
| Rival | Bellville High School |
| Newspaper | Die Herout |
| Feeder schools | Boston, Welgemoed, Kenridge, Parow, Vredelust |
| Alumni | Werner Greeff, Hunter Kennedy, Pierre Greeff, Eduard Greyling, Arnold Schoonwinkel, Loki Rothman |
| Honours | Part of 100 schools included in The Cambridge University Student Guide to Excellence: 2012 and 2013[1] |
| Website | DF Malan Official Website |
Hoërskool DF Malan (DF Malan High School) is a high school in Bellville, South Africa - near Cape Town. In 2012 and 2013 the school was included in The Cambridge University Student Guide to Excellence, a selection of 100 top schools worldwide.[1] In recent years it has been one of the academically top-performing schools in the Western Cape.
DF Malan is also notable for producing several famous musicians on the local South African music scene, such as Pierre Greeff and Hunter Kennedy. Consequently, many local bands including aKing, Foto na Dans, Jax Panik, Lukraaketaar and Die Heuwels Fantasties are associated with the school. This, along with the fact that other similar musicians attended neighbour school Bellville High School, has led to the Bellville area, in which these schools are situated, earning the nickname "Bellville Rock City".[2] Also on the music scene DF Malan produced musician Loki Rothman, who reached the final of SA's Got Talent in 2009 (while still a senior in the school), and the founding members of Cape Town pop rock duo Emerger: Emma De Goede and Gerrit Matthee. Actors Leigh Wakeford, Albert Maritz and 7de Laan duo Chris Vorster and Corné Crous all attended DF Malan. Other notable alumni include former Springbok rugby player Werner Greeff, ballet dancer Eduard Greyling and the dean of Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch, Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel.
DF Malan has a sister-school in Kortrijk, Belgium and some of the students from these schools usually visit each other yearly.[3]
DF Malan High School annually participates in the MTBS athletics competition, along with three other schools from the Bellville area: Bellville High School, Tygerberg and Stellenberg. MTBS is especially well known for the performance of these schools' non-participating pupils on the pavilion as they perform songs and cheers to encourage their athletes during the day - for which a trophy is also awarded. DF Malan has thus far been the second most successful school in the singing trophy - winning it two time less than Stellenberg. It is in the athletics, however, where the school achieved unprecedented success - winning the trophy all but three times in the first 19-years of the competition.
The school also participates in a yearly Interschools event (week-long derby) with its local rival Bellville High School, in which the schools contest on most platforms - including Field hockey, Rugby, Netball, Cross country, Chess, Debate, Mountain biking and, from 2013 onwards, EA Sports FIFA. The first team rugby, hockey and netball matches are the main events. In recent years Bellville has strongly dominated the rugby, with D.F. Malan strongly dominating both Boys' and Girls' hockey (although Bellville won the 2012 girls hockey match). The netball is usually an unpredictable affair.
References
- 1 2 "Cambridge Circle of Excellence". DF Malan Official Website. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ "Bellville, Rock City". Channel 24. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Hoërskool DF Malan". DF Malan. Retrieved 23 June 2014.