December 2014 Lawhill is delighted to have been the cover story for the 11 December issue of IHS Maritime Fairplay magazine. Click here to download and read the article!
Category Archives: 2014
It has been a busy and successful term for all of us at Lawhill – click here for a summary of all the news!
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Two Grade 10 students from Simon’s Town School and the Lawhill Maritime Centre, Bokamoso Molale and Thamsanqa (Thami) Hoza, have taken second place in the prestigious 3M and Hip2B2 South African Young Innovators of the Year competition held in October. The competition – which was won by a team from Durban Boys High – engages […]
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In October, two Grade 11 students, Bradley Felix (17) and Ronaldo Strauss (17) will fly to the Balearic Islands in Spain to participate in the Ibiza Rendezvous, the first super-yacht sailing regatta to embrace the island of Ibiza (http://ibizarendezvous.com/) The trip forms part of a new charitable mentoring programme, ‘Marine Inspirations’ (www.marineinspirations.org) which aims to […]
Phil Wade and Anthony Just attended the same physical maritime training base in Gordon’s Bay, although some years apart – Phil trained at the General Botha Merchant Marine College in the early 60s and Anthony attended the Gordon’s Bay S.A Naval Officers Training College at the same location in 1981. More about Phil Wade Durban-raised, […]
Vaughan Pillay became Lawhill’s second master mariner when he gained his Master’s Certificate of Competency (5000 tons) in 2014. He was one of nine Lawhill students who went to Antarctica in SA Agulhas in his matric year (2003) and obviously thoroughly enjoyed the experience. After completing his S1 and S2 courses at Cape Peninsula University […]
August 9, 2014 – National Womens Day An increasing number of young women have achieved success in the maritime industry thanks to the educational support they received while completing their schooling at Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre. For the past 18 years, the Lawhill Maritime Centre – a programme that provides young men and […]