Dale College Boys' High School

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Dale College Boys' High School
Address
94 Queens Road Qonce, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality , Eastern Cape South Africa
Information
Type	All-boys public school
Motto	Per Ardua ad Astra (Through hardwork, Reach to the Stars)
Religious affiliation(s)	Christianity
Established	1861; 161 years ago (1861)
Sister school	Kingsridge High School for Girls
School district	District 9
School number	+27 (043) 707 6549
Headmaster	Mr Garth Shaw
Grades	8–12
Gender	Male
Age	14 to 18
Number of students	570 boys
Language	English
Schedule	07:30 - 14:00
Campus	Urban Campus
Houses	Fuller, Dioscean, Langham, College
Colour(s)	Red   Black   White
Nickname	DC, Amadoda
Rivals	Grey High School Queen's College Selborne College
Accreditation	Eastern Cape Department of Education
Newspaper	The Black and Red
Yearbook	The Dalian
School fees	R72,000 (boarding) R32,000 (tuiton)
Feeder schools	Central Primary School Dale Junior Boys Primary School
Alumni	Old Dalian Union

Dale College Boys' High School (Simply often known as Dale College) is a public English medium high school for boys situated in the town of Qonce in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa; It is one of the few colleges in the Eastern Cape, it is one of the oldest schools in South Africa.

The King William's Town Public School was founded in 1861.^[1] It was renamed to Dale College in 1877, in honor of Sir Langham Dale, then Superintendent-General of Cape Province.

Captain Cecil D'Arcy of the Frontier Light Horse, who won the Victoria Cross in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, was an Old Dalian.^[2]

Notable alumni[]

List of matriculants at Dale College:

• Makhaya Ntini - South African professional cricket player
• Monde Zondeki - South African professional cricket player
• Tertius Myburgh - Journalist and editor, best known as editor of the Sunday Times between 1975-1990.
• Hylton Ackerman - First class cricket player
• Aphiwe Dyantyi - South African rugby union player
• Bjorn Basson - South Africa professional rugby player
• Keegan Daniel - South African professional rugby player
• Rabz Maxwane - Rugby union player
• Luke Smith (rugby union) - Rugby union player
• Courtney Winnaar - Rugby union player
• Aphelele Fassi - Rugby union player
• Sphu Msutwana - Rugby union player
• Bangi Kobese - South African professional rugby player
• John Spurgeon Henkel - Botanist and forester
• - Record producer, Pianist and Composer^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• https://dalecollege.co.za/
• Old Dalians

Coordinates: 32°52′26″S 27°24′24″E / 32.873967°S 27.406758°E / -32.873967; 27.406758

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