Editor: Dr Saul Issroff
Copyright © 2003-2004 Saul Issroff, Mike Getz, SAfrica SIG
and Jewishgen Inc.
URL: http://www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica/schools.htm
Date: 25 May 2004

Beth Jacob Girls' High School

2 Knox Street, Waverley, Gauteng.

Herzlia School, Cape Town

WWW: http://www.alumni.net/Africa/South_Africa/Herzlia_High_School/

WWW: http://www.herzlia.co.za/

WWW: http://www.herzlia.com/oldherz/snippets/south_african_snippets.htm
 

The site is a very good, but little-known resource for locating Cape Town families. It has lists of graduates (first, last and maiden names and e-mail addresses) for matric-year groups since 1960.
 
On 30 June 2002, Chaim Charutz wrote: This is a Jewish Day School existing in Cape Town since 1940. Its first matriculation class was in 1956, and it has a rather extensive listing of people who studied there at various stages.
 
I would imagine that it would be a very useful tool to trace various Jewish families in the region. One important factor in this was the school hostel which catered to pupils from towns and villagers from out of Cape Town. I even recall that in the 1950's and 1960's there were students from what was then the Belgian Congo - later Zaire and Northern Rhodesia - Zambia.

King David School, Linksfield, Johannesburg

WWW: http://www.kdlinks.co.za/
Elliot Wolf, headmaster until about December 2001.

Kollel Yad Shaul, Johannesburg.

Chareidi

Mesivta Darkei Noam, Johannesburg

Chareidi high school.

Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School

Founded about 2005/6. Located in the grounds of the Camps Bay Hebrew Congregation, Camps Bay, Cape Town.

Vilna Gaon Torah Centre

Yeoville, Johannesburg.
Founded circa 1980-84 by Harav Moshe Sternbuch.

Yeshivah of Cape Town

Yeshivah College Girls' High School

Yeshivat Beth Yizchak. Johannesburg.

Yeshivah Torat Emett, Johannesburg

Chareidi high school.

University of the Witwatersrand Alumni Directory

Search database by surname, forename, qualification, etc.. http://146.141.96.11/AlumniOnline

University of the Witwatersrand Health Graduates Alumni Association Directory

Relies on graduates' submissions. Not a complete record.

http://www.wits.ac.za/alumni/hga/hgaalum.htm