2024-12-05
SOUTH AFRICA
Sacred Heart College, Johannesburg: 100 years of educational excellence
The Sacred Heart College, Johannesburg, has been in existence for 135 years, but 2024 marks a 100 years at its Eckstein Campus.
The Catholic school has a rich history that defied the odds, that include standing up to the system of apartheid.
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It was its unsung hero Brother Neil McGurk who broke barriers during the country’s most turbulent period when he opened the school’s gates to the first black pupils in 1977.