Rustenburg School for Girls

• Name — Rustenburg Schools for Girls • Motto — palmam qui meruit ferat • Address — 44 Campground Road, Rosebank (High). Main Road, Rondebosch (junior) • City — Cape Town • State — Western Cape • Country — South Africa • Schooltype — All-girls public (fee-paying) school • District — District 9 • School Number — 021 686 4066 • Head Label — Headmaster • Head — B. Peterson (junior) M. Gates (high) • Grades — R–12 • Gender — Female • Schedule — 08:00–15:00 • Language — English • Lower Age — 5 • Upper Age — 18 • Website — http: rustenburggirls.org.za • Campus — Urban Campus • Campus Type — Suburban • Colours — SkyblueNavy Blue & navy • Enrollment — 350 (junior) 863 (high school) • Nickname — RGHS/RGJS • Rivals — * Herschel Girls School • Wynberg Girls' High School • Rhenish Girls' High School • Accreditation — Western Cape Education Department • Free Label1 — High School Houses • Free Text1 — blue Corvus pink Cygnus green Lacerta Lepus purplePavo • Free Label2 — Junior School Houses • Free Text2 — Wiener, Cambridge, Innes and Michael • Free Label3 — 2022 Fees (high) • Free Text3 — R53,000 – R59,000 pa (tuition) R62,939 pa (boarding) • Free Label4 — 2022 Fees (junior) • Free Text4 — R42,645 pa • Free Label5 — Brother School • Free Text5 — Rondebosch Boys' High School

The school was founded in 1894 in the historic Rustenburg House, which dates from the early years of the Dutch settlement at the Cape In 1932, the school was divided into two schools, and the high school moved into its new buildings on Erinville Estate and Charlie's Hope in the suburb of Rosebank, while the junior school remained in Rustenburg House on Main Road, Rondebosch. Charlie's Hope was subsequently demolished in 1976, before being rebuilt closer to the school. Erinville is now the name of the High School's boarding house. Rustenburg House was declared a National Monument in 1941. Headmistresses of the Combined School: • Miss Alicia Bleby, 1894–1911 • Miss Jean Donaldson-Wright, 1912–1916 • Miss Caroline Kemp, 1916–1933 Principals of the High School: • Miss Caroline Kemp, 1933–1936 • Miss Gwen Hazell, 1937–1951 • Miss Margaret Thomson, 1952–1979 • Mrs Josephine McIntyre, 1980–1991 • Mrs Mary van Blerk, 1991–1999 • Dr Elizabeth Fullard, 1999–2006 • Mrs Susan Schnetler (Acting), 2006-2007 • Ms Laura Bekker, 2007–2015 • Mrs Susan Schnetler (Acting), 2016 • Mr Michael Gates, 2017–present Headmistresses of the Junior School: • Miss Marion Roper, 1933–1944 • Miss Zoë Orton, 1945–1967 • Mrs Ruth Jones, 1968–1977 • Miss Hazel Lentin, 1978–1998 • Mrs Joyce Conway, 1998–2007 • Mrs Di Berry, 2008–2018 • Mrs Belinda Petersen, 2019–present

• Illustration — Rustenburg Girls' High School In 2010, Rustenberg Girls' High School was placed third in a list of the top schools in the Western Cape after placing sixth in 2009. A 2013 survey by Fairlady magazine listed Rustenburg Girls' High School among the top 25 schools in the country. In 2014, Rustenburg Girls' High School again qualified for inclusion in the official top 20 schools list and was placed sixth. In 2015, the Western Cape Education Department stopped ranking the top schools in order of their performance and instead listed them alphabetically. In this year, Rustenburg Girls' High School was included in the list of the top 22 schools. In 2019, a Grade 7 student at Rustenberg Girls' Junior School came first in the Western Cape at the Horizon Maths Competition. In 2023, a matriculant from Rustenberg Girls' High School was honoured as the country's top candidate overall as well as in Maths. • Grade 12 NSC Results — 2006 — 2007 — 2008 — 2009 — 2010 — 2011 — 2012 — 2013 — 2014 — 2015 — 2016 — 2017 — 2018 — 2019 — 2020 — 2021 — 2022 • Number of candidates — 127 — 130? — 142 — 152 — 161 — 154 — 136 — 143 — 151 — 152 — 149 — 171 — 143 — 166 — 163 — 154 — 165 • Pass Rate (%) — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 100 — 98.8 — 100 — 100 • Matriculation Exemption/ Bachelors Pass — 98.4% — 97% — 99% — 97% — 97.5% — 98% — 99.3% — 97.9% — 98.7% — 99.3% — 99.3% — 99.4% — 99.3% — 100% — 97.5% — 98.7% — 98.2% • Subject A's — - — 262 — 324 — 313 — 373 — 458 — 467 — 430 — 508 — 607 — 581 — 631 — 510 — 614 — 558 — 611 — 647 • Top aggregate — - — 106.1% — 92.3% — 90.8% — 90.8% — 94% — 93% — 96% — 96.7% — 96.2% — 97.5% — 96% — 97.8% — 96.0% — 95.8% — 96.5% — 97.8%

• Illustration — A Rustenburg tennis player at the 2006 Interschools Tennis Rustenburg has historically been well represented in South African and Western Province teams. In 2012, two girls represented South Africa in tennis and artistic gymnastics, while two staff members represented South Africa in sevens rugby and triathlon. The high school has nine tennis/netball courts, a swimming pool and two hockey/cricket fields. An astroturf playing field was installed during 2014 with floodlights added in 2016 The following sports are offered by Rustenburg Girls' High School: cricket, cross-country, hockey, indoor hockey, netball, running, football, squash, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, waterpolo

The school has an orchestra, choir, chamber choir, jazz band, wind band, string quartet, vocal quartet, string ensemble and savuyisa (marimba band).

• Illustration — Sketch of Rustenburg House by Montrose Cloete • Frances Ames, neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist • Jodi Balfour, film and television actress • Louise Carver, singer • Janette Deacon, archaeologist • Mabel Malherbe, South African politician • Hlubi Mboya, film and television actress and humanitarian • Debora Patta, broadcast journalist and television producer • Leila Reitz, the first woman elected to South Africa's parliament • Edith Layard Stephens, botanist • Désirée Talbot, opera singer • Marjorie van Heerden, book illustrator • Pauline Vogelpoel MBE, late director of the Contemporary Art Society and member of the International Council of the Tate Gallery • Elizabeth Voigt, late director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley

Scenes in the films Spud 2: The Madness Continues and Spud 3: Learning to Fly were shot at the school.