Company of which Charles Leake was Managing Director.
Details of Leake's early history can be found in the following online article from the 1918 Agricultural Journal: https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0000021_1003

Body established by Methodists in Johannesburg with the aim of raising funds to build a church.

Boys preparatory school in Pretoria, gauteng.

Used where the creation of an item cannot be attributed to an identified single person or group of people.

South African distance learning institution

Oldest university in South Africa

UK body responsible for the registering of births and deaths.

South African political party

South African government body responsible for the education of white children during the apartheid years.

The Union of South Africa was established through the unification of the former Boer and British colonial territories. It was known as the Union of South Africa until it was declared a Republic on the 31st May 1961.

The Union of South Africa was established through the unification of the former Boer and British colonial territories. It was known as the Union of South Africa until it was declared a Republic on the 31st May 1961.

South African Rowing club.

The original Treverton Preparatory School for Boys operated on the present Prep School site in from 1939 until 1957 before it closed down. It was resuscitated in 1963 when the property was re-purchased and Derek Hudson-Reed, a teacher at St Stithians, was appointed as its first headmaster in 1964. He later became Rector of Treverton, serving the College until his retirement in 1987.
John Huggett, a Saints alumnus also served as Head from 2017 until 2020.

Governing body of the Transvaal Province until 1986. The Transvaal Province was incorporated into various provinces in the new dispensation of 1994, including Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

Former province of South Africa from the time of Union in 1910 up until the eve of the democratic election in April, 1994.

Serial publication

Provincial education authority for the former Transvaal Province.

Premier role in the Transvaal Province during the apartheid era.

Johannesburg Newspaper

Boys preparatory school in Westcliff, Johannesburg.

South African weekly magazine.
Superceded by Personality magazine 1957 - 1965.

British newspaper.

A South African daily newspaper published in Johannesburg, South Africa. The newspaper is distributed nationally in South Africa.

First established in 1991, the Saturday School has been providing extra tuition to learners from under-resourced schools for 21 years. In 2006 the St Stithians Foundation established Thandulwazi and incorporated the Saturday School and the Teacher Development Programme.
"The mission of the Thandulwazi Maths and Science Academy is to improve the quality of Maths and Science teaching and learning, among historically disadvantaged South Africans, mainly from under-resourced schools in and around Gauteng, through targeted interventions aimed at teacher training; professional development; and the provision of quality extra tuition to FET phase learners on Saturdays."

South African Sunday newspaper

Local Sunday newspaper.

Photography studio

The founding body of St Stithians College.
The Trust was formed in 1941 with the aim of establishing the College. The founding document is the Trust Deed.

Informal BC Club consisting of parents, staff and boys which organised regular theatre outings.

St Stithians Singers was founded by Walter Macfarlane, Hugh Huggett and the Director of Music, Anthony Lomberg. The choir consisted of parents and staff and eventually grew to 120 members. It later became the Johannesburg Singers.
During its extant years, the choirs put on many successful performances ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to major choral works such as Elijah and The Messiah.

Original entity established by the Trust Deed in 1941.

Methodist school founded on a portion of the farm Driefontein by the Trust from the proceeds of the bequests of Cornishmen: Albert Charles Collins and William Mountstephens.

Archive of the College, formerly established in 2013 to manage the historical physical and digital assets of the College that have permanent value to the institution.

Boys and girls preparatory schools in Paulshof, Gauteng.

Boys prep and high school.

Catholic school for girls in Boksburg, with renowned Drum Majorettes who have won the World Championships three times.

Anglican independent school in Pretoria established in 1963.

Former social magazine focussing on South African society.

South African political party

"The South African Journal of Science is an open access, multidisciplinary journal published bimonthly by the Academy of Science of South Africa. Its objective is to promote the visibility and impact of South African and African research by publishing high-quality original research from Africa or on African-relevant issues that will be of interest to readers in any discipline and for the benefit of scholars, educators, the general public and policymakers. It also provides a forum for discussion of news and developments in research and higher education." https://sajs.co.za/about

Organisation dedicated to the promotion of the English Language.

South African national broadcasting service.

A voluntary association of those dedicated to the preservation of the history of Sandton and its surrounds. It published a series of annual magazines between 1978 and c.1995 which include a number of articles on Driefontein Farm on which the College was built,

"Sandton's most important civic organisation, the Sandton Civic Foundation, was also created in response to the Milstein report. The genesis of the Foundation is directly attributable to Mr Eric Gallo, who, together with men such as Mr "Punch" Barlow, established the Foundation on 10 Decelnber 1973 to "...preserve and restore 'indigenous trees and shrubs along the river trails"; "save hundreds of areas' .:. for the preservation of the natural beauty of the area"; and to ensure that "...the town should not attempt to compete with other towns and cities for industries and commercial enterprises...". The Sandton Foundation aimed to keep the area "...in the same way in which we found it". Another objective was to provide social, cultural, and artistic amenities."
Extract from:
Carruthers, E. J. (1982) THE HISTORY OF NATURE CONSERVATION IN SANDTON. Available online: https://repository.nwu.ac.za/

Local community newspaper in Johannesburg

National Department responsible for education policy throughout South Africa during the apartheid era.

Government body under apartheid established to run separate education for black pupils.

Historic Cape Town high school. Mr Wally Mears was a former headmaster.

"During 1914, General Jan Smuts, in his capacity as Minister of Finance, tabled legislation in the Parliament of the Union of South Africa, introducing income tax in the country, with the Income Tax Act of 1914". [Source: Wikipedia]
Income tax is a tax collected by the Receiver of Revenue, which also had the responsibility at the time for issuing licences.

Local area newspaper published by Caxtons.

A voluntary association of those dedicated to the preservation of the history of randburg and its surrounds.

Merged with the Alliance Building Society to form the Allied Building Society, which later became ABSA Bank.

Newspaper closed down by the government because of its opposition to apartheid.

Charitable organisation founded by Charles Leake.

A daily English-medium newspaper established in 1898 in South Africa's capital city Pretoria.

School photographer

Extra-mural society in the BC.

Boys' high school in Johannesburg

A loose association of parents worked avidly from 1953 to 1957, focusing on raising funds to build a school swimming pool. Thereafter, this loose association was formalised into the first Parents' Association in 1957. For a full history and a list of early office bearers, see Mears, W G (1972) The Early History of St Stithians College, pages 73 - 83.

Photographic studio extant in the 1940s in Johannesburg.

Entity consisting of alumni of the College

Diplomatic service

Former local newspaper for the northern suburbs of Johannesburg.

Sponsoring company

Second BC boarding house to be built.

Afrikaans medium high school in Krugersdorp.

Church to which St Stithians College is affiliated.

Beaufort West Inn

Newspaper. Successor of The Weekly Mail, formerly The Rand Daily Mail

Newspaper
Possibly a supplement to The Star or Sunday Times newspaper at the time.

Self-governing territory under the apartheid government, re-incorporated into Limpopo Province in 1994.

Named after one of the founding Trust members

Photographic studio

West Rand co-educational High School.

Methodist co-educational College in Makhanda, Eastern Cape.

Girls' Prep and College in Rosebank, Johannesburg.

Johannesburg boys' school founded 1902.

Photographic Studio

The Junior Prep is the Gateway to the College. It evolved out of the former Grade 0 and the Grades 1 and 2 classes of the BP and GP. It started functioning specifically as the Junior Prep in 2001.

Touring Cricket side from Chile.

Association tasked with promoting Johannesburg.

"Johannesburg came into being on 20 September 1886 and took at least 10 years to resemble something that could be called a town. It took another year before the first mayor, a magistrate, was appointed." [Source: https://www.joburg.org.za/]

Johannesburg started as a dusty mining camp in 1886, but grew so rapidly that by the following year it established a municipality and appointed a mayor.

Association formed to organise Johannesburg's centenary in 1996.

The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa is the largest and oldest association of independent (private) schools in the Southern African region. ISASA traces its origins to the Conference of Headmasters and Headmistresses, originally formed in 1929.

First grade of high school, previously known as Form II or Standard 6.

"Good Things Guy is on a mission to change what the world pays attention to. We believe that there is good news all around us and over 25 million South Africans agree with us. We hunt down and report on the best Good News stories from South Africa, and the World."

International education organisation founded a St Stithians in 1997 to bring together educators from diverse backgrounds. https://globalconnections.org/

St Stithians College was founded in 1953 and consisted at the time of the founding BP and BC classes. In 1995, the girls' schools started with grade 0 - grade 3 in the boys' prep buildings which now serve the Junior Prep under the name St Stithians Collegiate. The first senior girls were admitted to the Girls' College in 1996. In 2000 the names of the girls' schools were changed to Girls' College and Girls' Prep and the junior classes (Grade 0 - Grade 2) became part of the Junior Prep.

St Stithians College was founded in 1953 and consisted at the time of the founding BP and BC classes. Planning for the girl's schools began in 1994. In 1995, the girls' schools started with grade 0 - grade 3 in the boys' prep buildings which now serve the Junior Prep under the name St Stithians Collegiate. The first senior girls were admitted to the Girls' College in 1996. In 2000 the names of the girls' schools were changed to Girls' College and Girls' Prep and the junior classes (Grade 0 - Grade 2) became part of the Junior Prep.

Promoter of Science in schools.

Neighbouring institution: Forest Farm is a specialist care centre for adults with cerebral palsy conditions, and special needs

South African business weekly newspaper.

Methodist School for girls in Pietermaritzburg.

Newspaper https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/page/construction
Creamer Media

Extant school in Soweto.

Body consisting of mostly Catholic schools. No further details can currently be established.

National Daily newspaper in Afrikaans

First official school photographer

British tabloid newspaper