A letter from The Head - 1 February 2023
Dear Parents, I watched an “unfortunate” run out in an U14 cricket match on Saturday. Our two batsmen were both distraught in the realisation of their predicament… an avoidable error, but, as is always the…
A letter to Old Hiltonians - Q1 / 2022
Hilton College was born out of a friendship, a friendship between William Orde Newnham and Gould Arthur Lucas, introduced by fate over 150 years ago. Friendships are an innately human characteristic, and for a century-and-a-half…
Celo Mbanjwa
Hilton College is proud to announce that our Director of Soccer, Mr Celo Mbanjwa, has been promoted to the position of Co Youth Technical Director at AmaZulu Football Club. Mr Mbanjwa, who has been working…
Artists in the classroom
This week, Hilton College hosted four renowned, highly collectable and internationally recognized South African artists on campus. The Grade 12 "Artist in the Classroom Workshop" featured Nandipha Mntambo (photography and sculpture), Blessing Ngobeni (collage artist),…
A letter from The Head - 25 January 2023
Dear Parents, Our matric results from the class of 2022 are a wonderful accolade for us to add to the successes of our 150th year. I salute every teacher who spent hours and hours in…
Matric Results 2022
Hilton College is proud of the outstanding results produced by our 2022 matric learners. The class of 2022 achieved a 100% pass rate and several boys achieved exceptional results. Of the school’s 113 matric candidates,…
2022 English creative writing
Pinnacles is an annual anthology of Hilton College boys’ creative writing, both poetry and prose. The 2022 edition includes the top Grade 11 Extended Essay published for your reading admiration.
Thembi Zuma and Pamela Nel
Inspired to teach Thembile Zuma and Pamela Nel embody the values espoused by Hilton College. Hard working, perseverant and tenacious, both women joined Hilton College in administrative positions and worked their way into teaching posts…
Letter from the Chairman - 30 November 2022
It is hard to believe that 2022 is almost behind us and that everyone is once again preparing for the December holidays in South Africa. Almost six months ago, I assumed the chairmanship of the…
A letter from The Head - 29 November 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Our 150th year has reached its conclusion and what a celebration it has been. Thank you for partnering with us and for encouraging and supporting us through the highs and lows,…
A letter from The Head - 23 November 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Discipline matters A disciplined life is a life of great resource. The journey towards a life lived with a value-set that reflects that which we believe makes a gentleman and an…
June So
The soldier “The Soldier.” That’s how June So will be remembered by the boys in his boarding house. For he is the boy who walked the 160-kilometre Grade 10 journey in a pair of sandals.…
Campbell Ivins
Art that agitates Campbell Ivins’s art provokes a response. And not because it tackles hot-button topics like white privilege and toxic masculinity. His treatment of these sensitive subjects reveals more about the Grade 12 learner…
Harry Bailey
Grit and humour Harry Bailey is a poster boy for conservation at Hilton College. Earlier this year, he ran 100 kilometres over two days, raising R160 000 for rangers on the frontlines of the war…
Jabulani Kunene
True as steel Serene, steady, and true as steel. That’s Jabulani Kunene, who has worked as a lab technician in the science department at Hilton College since 1978. “It has been my only job, and…
Minenhle Makhathini
Nation builder Minenhle Makhathini has a head for business and a heart for nation building. When he leaves school, he plans to get his Bcom – a very Makhathini thing to do (both his parents…