Thank you to Peter Goosen for this fantastic report on the 2024 CCRC Rowing programme. Read all about it in the link below! Lawhill Rowing Dev Prog Feedback 2024 (For LMET)
Nauti Buoy, a Mistral class yacht, has been generously donated for maritime skills training. The yacht will be moved to from its berth in False Bay Yacht Club to the Go Maritime Skills Centre in Heidelberg in the Southern Cape. The yacht – donated by Cape Town businessman, Ray Wilson – has an interestesting history […]
Lawhill alumnus, Zuko Saule, has been a most welcome addition to the Lawhill team. A previous Lawhill Hostel Head Boy, Zuko moved into the industry after leaving school in 2006. Click on the link below to read more about his maritime career. Zuko Saule Bio – For Newsletter We also welcomed Junayne Baatjes at the […]
BACKGROUND/CONTEXT: A video on Arshay Cooper’s 2023 visit to Cape Town (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZDb91Mp9qI) and https://youtu.be/hvOOX55XBEk?si=WHUQ0axbihL7OYSo More information on booking details and Cooper’s support for South African rowing is available on https://mailchi.mp/5333031fd3d9/your-support-a-most-beautiful-thing-jhb-cpt-help-us-fill-the-theatres?e=5b2b9e3e7c Captain of America’s first all-black high school rowing team set to inspire more South African youth Arshay Cooper – celebrated American rower, award-winning author and advocate […]
Arshay Cooper – celebrated American rower, award-winning author and advocate for inclusion in sports – is hoping to inspire both rowers and non-rowers when he visits South Africa in a few weeks’ time. Cooper’s visit in mid-November follows personal invitations from several Gauteng-based rowing clubs, the CCRC/Lawhill rowing programme and University of the Western Cape […]
The Lawhill Maritime Educational Trust has the opportunity to purchase a 1.4m tug – a one-of-a-kind and meticulous model of the Danie Hugo harbour tug. The model will be provided to Lawhill for educational purposes. More details on LAWHILL – DANIE HUGO APPEAL
As she considers her post-school career options, Asive Gwebelemntwini, a Grade 12 maritime learner and an aspiring Chartered Accountant, has been keen to learn more about the role of a CA. While the internet is a good source of information, it’s no match for on-the-job learning and when you’re still at school, that means doing […]
After two job shadow experiences focused on Chartered Accountancy, Asive Gwembelemtwini joined her classmate, Anika Mtyelwa, for a job shadow at Dan-Bunkering in Durbanville. ‘From 22 to 23 June we learnt more about the global bunkering industry and how a global bunkering trading company approaches ships coming to SA from around the world who might […]
Nomathamsanqa (Noma) Mlaba (16) from Durban and Lukhanyo Gqibinyanga (17) from Willowvale in the Eastern Cape are the two luckt Lawhill students who were invited by Jennifer Burger of the Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC) Sailing Academy to join her and other RCYC Academy sailors on a trip to Italy during the June 2024 holidays. […]
There’s so much more to the Oceana Group than most people realise – even those working in the maritime industry. Firstly, its Africa’s largest fishing company, it operates 54 vessels and 8 production facilities across three countries on two continents and sells products to customers in 41 countries. And it is, and has been, the […]