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Meet our first female Master Mariner!

Twenty seven year-old Nicole Gouvias has become the first female alumnus of the Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre to obtain her internationally-recognised Master’s Certificate of Competency (Unlimited), the qualification which permits her to command a ship of any size. Nicole – who dreamt of being a ship’s captain from a young age – is […]

A ‘newsy’ start to a new academic year

Click on the PDF link below for our January newsletter which provides an update on the successful BBWP fundraising event held at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in December, our ride with a former Tour de France yellow jersey winner and past and current student ‘good news’! Lawhill Newsletter – Jan 2018 (Remember to visit the […]

Thami Hoza – Doing Lawhill and SA proud

Thami Hoza (Class of 2016) – pictured here with Professor Jonathan Jansen – is the only South African to be chosen as a GLOBAL TEEN for 2018.  This young man from Welkom is really going places.  In January he spent time (and his birthday) in Delhi, India with Startup Safari after winning the Western Cape round […]

Lawhill Newsletter – Terms 3 & 4 2017

If you’re having that ‘end of year’ feeling and the madness of the modern world is getting to you, we suggest you take a few minutes to browse our latest newsletter. Some of the highlights of the past few months are: having Professor Jonathan Jansen as a guest speaker at our Annual Awards evening (and […]

Marine Inspirations: Reflecting on three inspiring years ahead of Cape Town fundraiser

As Marine Inspirations counts down to its annual Big Bottle of Wine Party fundraising event at the Royal Cape Yacht Club on Saturday 9 December, we look back on three years of a truly inspiring initiative that has already changed the course of countless lives. Marine Inspirations came into being in 2014 after a meeting between […]

SOMMSA donates to new Lawhill Educational Trust

Thank you to Captain CD Flockhart, Chairman, Society of Master Mariners South Africa Bursary Fund and to the members of SOMMSA for their donation to the newly established Lawhill Educational Trust.  Please do contact info@lawhill.org should you wish to obtain further details about the trust. Copies of the trust deed are available on request.  Please […]