Sinenjongo High School

Sinenjongo High School is a high school in Joe Slovo Park, Milnerton, Cape Town, South Africa.HistoryIn 1993 Elda Mahlentle started a school in the informal settlement called Chuku Town opposite the racehorse stables in Milnerton. Grades 1 to 4 were housed all in one small shack. By the end of 1994 the school had expanded up to Grade 9 and consisted of eight container classrooms. The Department of Education subsidised the school through payment of ten teachers' salaries.In 1996 the new houses were being built in Joe Slovo and so the school moved there with 16 educators. After lengthy negotiations the school finally became a public school in 2004. Elda Mahlentle Primary School became Sinenjongo High School and Marconi Beam Primary School.Gaining recognitionRabie Property Group has taken on Sinenjongo High School as the major beneficiary of their Corporate Social Investment Programme.Malinga Nopote was appointed as the school principal in July 2010, and spoke at TEDxCapeTownED in 2012 about the remarkable improvement in the pass rate of the school.The school received an award for being one of the 10 most improved schools in the Western Cape in 2012 from the Western Cape Education Department.ResourcesAs of 2012, the school had: 1 prefabricated science laboratory 1 small garden 2 prefabricated computer laboratories More than 18 prefabricated classrooms, with 27 teachers and more than 800 learners.