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12 June 2025 Dear Parents, Social Media By now I am sure a great number of you have watched the Netflix series Adolescence by Philip Barantini. If we discount some of the scenes that are there for dramatic effect, the essence of the story makes for some harrowing viewing. As with all forms of art, [...]

The Hiltonian Society’s Amended Memorandum of Incorporation for adoption at the AGM on 20 June 2025.

In his latest letter to parents, Director of Sport Mr Burger Nel reflects on the negative effects of unhealthy parental involvement in schoolboy sport and suggests what healthy support looks like.

Be light to others

Having walked the hard road, Buger Nel is big on building resilience through sport.

Mbanjwa rises in the ranks at AmaZulu FC 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 for the club as the Youth Technical Advisor since February last year, [...]

6 June 2019 Your perspective, the way you see things, will very often determine your success. Perspective after all determines your attitude and your attitude your motivation to achieve. In sport (and life) this can be directly applied to the competition arena when facing a bigger, stronger opponent. This scenario can be viewed from two [...]

22 May 2019 Recently, I have been encouraged to read some excellent articles published by schools and various other commentators defending the cause of school boy sport. Not least of these was the article published by our own headmaster, Mr George Harris, about winning. His article has been shared far and wide and has sparked [...]

3 May 2019 My highlight this past weekend was having the opportunity to watch the U16C rugby team play against Northwood. This match was a particular high point as it marked the return to sport of a brave young man named Avu Zondi. Avu’s sport story is a heart-wrenching one. Having come to Hilton as [...]

12 June 2025 Dear Parents, Social Media By now I am sure a great number of you have watched the Netflix series Adolescence by Philip Barantini. If we discount some of the scenes that are there for dramatic effect, the essence of the story makes for some harrowing viewing. As with all forms of art, [...]

26 January 2024 Dear Hiltonians, This newsletter sets out some ideas that I aim to focus on this year, in thinking about Hilton College and our role in the lives of the families we serve. It is long and covers a range of ideas. My hope is that you find a few minutes to indulge [...]

16 May 2023 Dear Hiltonians, Someone thanked me the other day, and it fed my soul. This simple act of kindness, expressed in words of gratitude, lifted my spirit and invigorated my being. Encouraging and affirming, it directed my focus towards that which is positive; it afforded me an opportunity to bask a little in [...]

8 March 2023 Dear Parents, Dreaming The art of dreaming cannot become extinct. It is, however, being squeezed into the recesses of our collective lives through busyness, unbridled ambition, the relentless pursuit of one-upmanship, and a paralysing concern for our futures. I find, as a South African in the business of growing young people, that [...]

Pinnacles An anthology of English creative writing by Hilton College boys over the past year Pinnacles 2024 is an anthology of English creative writing by Hilton College boys over the past year. We invite you to sit down with a cup of tea and this year's collection of work and celebrate the “greatest of human [...]

Hilton College excels at IEB and Cambridge Hilton College’s 2024 matriculants obtained a 100% pass rate and produced outstanding results. Hilton College boys scored an average of 2.6 distinctions per candidate and ranked among the top IEB scholars in the country and the top Cambridge scholars in the world. Of the school’s 116 matric candidates, [...]

Pinnacles An anthology of English creative writing by Hilton College boys over the past year Pinnacles 2023 is an anthology of English creative writing by Hilton College boys over the past year. The boys who have been brave enough to write this year, or those who have written because it was a required task but [...]

Class of 2023 does us proud Hilton College’s class of 2023 produced an excellent set of matric results, achieving a 100% pass rate and a record number of distinctions per candidate. Of the school’s 118 matric candidates, 102 wrote the IEB examinations and 16 sat the full Cambridge A Levels. Unlike most schools in its [...]

Hilton hosts top artists 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), Bambo Sibiya (printmaking, acrylic and charcoal artist) and Mbali Tshabalala (mixed media artist). Joining our boys [...]

This promises to be a culturally rich term with the boys involved in a wide variety of activities. The Debating Society has already participated in two league fixtures. I am delighted with the number of Grade 8 boys who have signed up for debating. The various skills they learn will stand them in good stead [...]