MEC Awards

KEHS celebrated notable academic achievements at the MEC Awards in East London on 18 August. Mr Gordon Harrison received recognition for KEHS being one of the best-performing schools in the 2025 NSC results, as well as for his leadership in education. Mrs Kithumetsi Dube was recognised for achieving the best Geography results in the 2025 NSC examinations. Mr Nkosi Ndlovu was recognised as the educator who prepared the 2025 National Young Historian winner, while Abulele Sontangane was awarded the National Young Historian of 2025.

High School Inter-school Athletics

We hosted the annual High School Inter-school Athletics Meeting on 20 August, with St Patrick’s, Bergview, Focused, St Monica’s, Mount Currie and Kokstad College participating. We are proud of Tamary Mandiwanzira, who was named Best U14 Girl, Tania Mandiwanzira, who was runner-up for Best U17 Girl, and Junior Mncadi, who was named Best U17 Boy as well as Senior Victor Ludorum. KEHS was crowned the overall winning school.

SP Matat Inter-school Athletics

On 21 August, our athletes competed in the SP Matat Inter-school Athletics Meeting, hosted by Focused School. The participating schools were KEHS, St Monica’s, Bergview College and Focused School. Our athletes achieved excellent results. Liphatwe Thafeni was named Best U10 Girl, while Oyisa Mbathani was Best U11 Girl. Kungawo Mafunda was Best U12 Girl, with Leah da Silva as runner-up, while Sinelizwi Gcingca was Best U13 Girl, with Anelisa Ndevu as runner-up.

In the boys’ events, Lere Ntlou was Best U10 Boy, with Cade Marais as runner-up. Cowan Canham was Best U11 Boy, with Zack Myers as runner-up. Mohale Ramabitle was Best U12 Boy, while Azoma Mkolokotho was Best U13 Boy.

Liphatwe Thafeni was named Junior Victrix Ludorum, Cowan Canham Junior Victor Ludorum, Kungawo Mafunda Senior Victrix Ludorum and Mohale Ramabitle Senior Victor Ludorum. KEHS was crowned the winning school.

KEHS Champions of the SP HS Inter School Athletics

Junior Mncadi Best U17 Boy Senior Victor Ludorum

Tania Mandiwanzira Runner up Best U17 Girl

Tamary Mandiwanzira Best U14 Girl

SPAR Fast 5 Netball Challenge

KEHS competed in the SPAR Fast 5 Netball Challenge hosted by Kokstad College on 22 August. Our team beat BVC 10–2, MCS 11–3, KC 4–3 and SMDS 7–5, but lost to SASS 4–7, MHS 4–8 and STRS 2–9. We progressed to the semi-finals, where we lost to SASS.

KEHS 1st Netball SPAR Fast 5

Amanzimtoti 7’s Rugby Festival

Our 7’s rugby team participated in the Amanzimtoti 7’s Rugby Festival on 22 August. We beat Werda 26–14 and drew 5–5 with Kloof. Finishing second in our pool, we advanced to the semi-finals, where we lost 22–14 to Linpark. KEHS finished fourth overall out of ten teams.

Boys’ Hockey

Our U7–U13 boys travelled to SPC on 22 August. Our U7 team won 1–0, while our U9 team drew 2–2. Our U11 teams recorded a 3–1 defeat and a 1–0 victory respectively. Our U13 teams drew 4–4 with SPC A and defeated SPC B 3–1.

KEHS U7 Boys Hockey

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