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Paul Roos Gymnasium is a leading public dual medium (Afrikaans & English) high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa, which opened on 1 March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. Described as South Africa’s Eton College by novelist Wilbur Smith, it is the 12th oldest school in the country, and its Old Boys have had an important, wide-ranging and notable impact on the history of South Africa.




History


In 1910, the school was renamed Stellenbosch Boys' High School. In 1946 the school moved to new buildings in Krigeville and was renamed Paul Roos Gymnasium after Paul Roos, old boy and captain of the first Springbok team, was himself a teacher at the school, and was the school's rector from 1910 to 1940, after which the school was renamed in his honour.
A notable characteristic of the school is its gees (Afrikaans for spirit) and their famous fight song "Old boys of Paul Roos" which has the melody of "Flower of Scotland" in remembrance of the first three Scottish rectors, which they sing with their old boys.
Paul Roos Gymnasium has produced more Springbok rugby players than any other school (56). It is also the school with the most players in the 2019 Rugby World Cup including five Springboks: Schalk Brits, Willie le Roux, Steven Kitshoff, Herschel Jantjies, Damian Willemse and Braam Steyn who played for Italy.




Associations and facilities


Though Paul Roos Gymnasium is a school for boys from grade 8 to 12, the curriculum includes some subjects presented in conjunction with the two sister schools, Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof and Rhenish. The school is dual medium; Afrikaans- and English-speaking pupils study under one roof, but classes are largely separated according to mother tongue. The school shares sport and internet facilities with Stellenbosch University.
School facilities include a library and computer labs. Sports facilities include hockey fields, the Markötter rugby fields, a swimming pool, an Olympic Waterpolo Aquatic Centre, tennis courts, and a gymnasium.
The main residential facilities are the two school hostels (dormitories) called Prima and Prima Nova. They accommodate 245 boarders, mainly from South Africa and Namibia.




Sport


Paul Roos Gymnasium participates in the following sports:

Archery
Athletics
Chess
Cricket
Cross country
Equestrian
E-Sports
Golf
Hockey
Mountain biking
Rugby
Rugby sevens
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Water polo




Notable attainments


Paul Roos was classified as a 'prestige' school, being among the best-performing schools.
In 2018 the University of Stellenbosch, which evolved out of this school, celebrated its centenary. In the first 100 years of its existence, 26 old boys received honorary doctorates from this university, more than any other school. Also, since the inception of the Chancellor's Medal in 1961, thirteen old boys were awarded this medal for the best final year student by Stellenbosch University.




Notable alumni






= Springbok Rugby Players

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Arthur Nicholas de Kock
Japie Louw
Jim McKendrick
Bob Shand
Paul de Waal
Japie Krige
Bob Loubser
PO Nel
Paul Roos
Daniël Johannes "Koei" Brink
Pinkie Daneel
Boy de Villiers
Frederick Luyt
Dick Luyt
Koot Reynecke
Gideon Daniël Roos
Wakkie Krige
John Luyt
Tom van Vuuren
Nic du Plessis
Theuns Kruger
Charlé Meyer
Mannetjies Michau
Phil Mostert
Tokkie Scholtz
Jackie Tindall
Attie van Heerden
PK Albertyn
Nico Bosman
Daunce Devine
Kenny Starke
George Daneel
Manus de Jongh
AF du Toit
PK Morkel
Boet Prinsloo
Ferdie Bergh
George van Reenen
Ballie Wahl
Tjol Lategan
Jannie Engelbrecht
Gertjie Brynard
Hempies du Toit
Cabous van der Westhuizen
Justin Swart
Cobus Visagie
Andries Bekker
Schalk Brits
Francois Hougaard
Juandré Kruger
Willie le Roux
Steven Kitshoff
Damian Willemse
Herschel Jantjies
Edwill van der Merwe
Ben-Jason Dixon




= Other notable sportsmen

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Stefan de Bod, cyclist
Dieter Eiselen, NFL player
Justin Harding, golfer
Garrick Higgo, Professional golfer
Robbie Louw, rugby union player
Josh Strauss, Scottish international rugby player
Peter van der Merwe, South African Test cricket captain
Daniel du Plessis, professional rugby player at the Stormers
Hanro Jacobs, professional rugby player at the Sharks
JJ Kotze, professional rugby player at the Stormers
Heerden Hermann, Olympic swimmer
Bles Kemp, South African national baseball player and Olympian
Jamie Riddle, professional triathlete
Oubaas Markötter, legendary rugby coach and pioneer of the modern 3-4-1 scrum
Dan Hugo, XTERRA triathlete
Hans Neethling, South African national indoor hockey player
Andrew Hobson, South African national outdoor hockey player
Tiaan Pretorius, South African Sevens player and Olympic Bronze medalist




= Jurists

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John Trengove, former judge in the Appellate Division and Constitutional Court
Pieter Andries Meyer, current judge in the Supreme Court of Appeal
Ernest Frederick Watermeyer, Chief Justice of South Africa
Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl, Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division
Benjamin Tindall, judge of the Appellate Division
John Murray, judge and Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia
Gerhardus Jacobus Maritz, Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division
Anton Lubowski, Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate
Daniël de Waal, Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, judge and Chief Justice of South Africa
Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl, Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division




= Journalists and authors

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Tom Dreyer, novelist, poet and column writer
Etienne van Heerden, twice Hertzog Prize winner
T.O. Honiball artist and cartoonist
Gideon Joubert, writer and journalist
Uys Krige, Hertzog Prize winner, writer, poet, playwright and rugby union footballer
Pieter-Louis Myburgh, investigative journalist
Anton van Niekerk, professor of philosophy
Wilhelm Verwoerd, philosopher, peace-maker and writer
Gideon Roos, founder and chair of the South African Music Rights Organisation
Waldimar Pelser, former editor of the Rapport and current Director of Premium Channels at M-Net
Dr Willem Botha, former chief editor and CEO of the Woordeboek vir die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT)
Pieter du Toit, author of “The Stellenosch Mafia” and “The ANC Billionaires”
Bun Booyens, editor of Die Burger
Ryk van Niekerk, editor of Moneyweb
Schalk Pienaar, former editor of Die Burger and Die Beeld, prominent Afrikaans critic of Apartheid – for which he received the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver




= Businessmen and politicians

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J.B.M. Hertzog, prime minister of the Union of South Africa
D.F. Malan, South African prime minister
Jannie Marais, co-founder of Naspers and benefactor of the Het Jan Marais Fonds
Johann Rupert, business executive
Jan Smuts, South African prime minister and Field Marshal in the British Army, as well as one of the founders of the League of Nations and United Nations.
Jannie Durand, Chief Investment Officer of Remgro
Edwin Hertzog, former chairman of Mediclinic International
Michael Jordaan, former CEO of First National Bank
Riaan Stassen, co-founder of Capitec Bank
Professor Gerhard Tötemeyer, former Namibian Director of Elections and Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development
Dr Leon Schreiber, Minister of Home Affairs




= Artists and performing arts

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Marcel van Heerden, actor
Arnold van Wyk, composer, musicologist
Heinz Winckler, musician
Beer Adriaanse, actor
Koos Kombuis, South African short-story writer, poet, novelist and cult musician
Louis van Niekerk, actor
Portchie, South African artist
Armand Aucamp, actor
Jacques Theron, actor
Kobus van der Merwe, chef at Wolfgat
The members of the Afrikaans band, Zinkplaat
Nic de Jager, radio presenter inducted into the South African Radio Hall of Fame




Rhodes Scholarship


The Rhodes Scholarship was instituted in 1903. Paul Roos Gymnasium is one of four schools in South Africa entitled to award a Rhodes Scholarship annually to an ex-pupil to study at the University of Oxford.




References






External links


Paul Roos official site
Western Cape Education Department profile

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