At the beginning of February 2016, two Grade 12 Lawhill Maritime Centre students, Archie Leeu and Saluse Tsengiwe, were given the opportunity to sail aboard the SMIT Amandla Marine tug, Peridot. They joined the tug, which is built to specialise in anchor handling operations around the South African coast, in Cape Town for a voyage […]
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SMIT Amandla Marine will once again be sponsoring a Lawhill team’s participation in this wonderful maritime industry event! If you are part of the industry and haven’t yet entered a team, click on the link below for more information and an entry form! We hope to see you there! Maritime Industry Soccer Tournament 2016
Our 2016 has started on a high note with the news that all our 2015 Grade 12 Lawhill boarders have passed their 2015 National Senior Certificate Examinations. The best performing Lawhill student (with the highest average percentage of 84% for all subjects) was Lungelo Mkhize, followed by Bradley Felix (82% average) and Apiwe Malinga. Bradley Felix achieved […]
Term 4 has ended on a high note with the news that Lawhill’s Grade 10 and 11 boarders have achieved a 100% pass and 9 of the top 10 positions in their grade at Simon’s Town School.* Click on the newsletter link below to read more about the many Lawhill highlights of Term 4, which include visits by […]
‘ Marine Inspirations’ voyage of a lifetime boosts young South Africans’ superyacht and maritime career prospects Four young South African sailors from less-advantaged backgrounds arrived in Ibiza Town last Wednesday (7 October) on board the 24-metre classic schooner, Aloha-J of Cariba, after a 70 nautical-mile passage from Palma de Mallorca. The maritime students have been […]
Another busy term has passed – read all about our Term 3 activities by downloading our latest newsletter – see the link below! Newsletter – term 3 2015-fin. Thank you once again for your support! THE LAWHILL TEAM
Xolani Jali and Mfundo Joseph, two Grade 12 maritime students from Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre, have been selected to spend their October school break participating in an international sailing regatta in Ibiza, Spain. The trip in October 2015 will be the third time Lawhill students have been selected to participate in the Marine […]
Operating for 20 years, Lawhill Maritime Centre is a non-racial establishment that introduces young people to the maritime industry and exposes them to a variety of exciting career opportunities at sea or ashore. The vast majority of our learners come from financially-challenged backgrounds, many are from single-parent homes (some are orphans), and the overwhelming […]
Interested in helping Lawhill invest in a future maritime generation? If so, please download the link below to read more about our current funding priorities (More ways to support on our ‘Wishlist’). Lawhill Funding priorities- 2015-2016-no fig
Click on the link for the diary of Archie Leeu and Thami Hoza’s trip to Spain as part of the Marine Inspirations youth mentoring programme! The Diary of Thami and Archie – Mallorca June 2015 Our thanks once again to Captains Wade and Just and everyone who helped make this trip possible!