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Trafalgar High School is a public English medium co-educational secondary school in District Six of Cape Town in South Africa. It was the first school built in Cape Town for coloured and black students. [1] The school took a leading role in protesting against apartheid policies.
Apr 19, 2023 · The School was founded, in 1912. This occurred after the President of the African People’s Organisation, Dr Abdurahman, (who was a councilor at the time), campaigned for a co-educational School, for Coloured People.
Jan 13, 2012 · The school was established in 1912 after it was found that the Cape School Board had been gross neglectful about "non-European" education. Amongst others, an investigation found that "the School Board Act has conferred no benefit on the Coloured population.
On October 3, Trafalgar was also in the news through the honouring of educator Harold Cressy who was the first principal of our illustrious school when it opened in 1912. Harold Cressy was also the first person from the disadvantaged community to graduate from the University of Cape Town in 1910.
Trafalgar High School is a public English medium co-educational secondary school in District Six of Cape Town in South Africa. It was the first school built in Cape Town for coloured and black students.
Jan 12, 2012 · Trafalgar High School in District Six was founded on January 12, 1912, with the help of Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, the president of the African Political Organisation, and Harold Cressy, the first coloured man to obtain a BA degree at UCT.
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Trafalgar High School is a public English medium co-educational secondary school in District Six of Cape Town in South Africa. It was the first school built in Cape Town for coloured and black students.
