OPS and kitchen staff member 1957 - 1993
Note from Archivist (Dr Mary Reynolds):
Elijah Dlembule was one of the earliest and longest serving staff members of the College. He started work with the OPS Dept. (known then as Grounds Staff). I recall him in the few years before his retirement, working for the Boys' College. He was responsible for our staff teas and he would trundle a trolley from the small kitchen at Mears Hall along the passage past the downstairs classrooms with the cups and sandwiches. These had then to be carried upstairs to the old staffroom where the administrative offices are now. Later, a small kitchen was added to the staffroom to shorten his trip.
I recall Mr Dlembule telling me about the early days at Saints. The nearest shop was in Linden, 11km away along a dirt road (Bram Fischer Drive, previously known as Hendrik Verwoerd Drive). He also recalled the time that the tractor fell into the dam and had to be hauled out, as well as the oxen that strayed off the property onto the road.
Mr Dlembule retired in 1993 and he was invited to the Boys' College final Chapel at which he was thanked for his services to the College and presented with a gold watch.

BC HOD English; House Director; MIC Hockey and Cricket
Co-founder with Moira Schafer of Duke of Cornwall Singers
Member of Welsh Male Voice Choir
Hugh Huggett first arrived at St Stithians as a student teacher under the renowned David Brindley. An account of his first arrival is held by the Archive. He retired from the College in 2002 but continued to teach until c.2019.
Hugh Huggett's papers are held by the Archive but have not yet been added to AtoM.
The following tribute was paid to Hugh Huggett by Dave McGaw in the Stythian 2001, p.9:
Hugh Huggett arrived in 1969 to take up a post teaching English, and later became Head of the English Department for many years. His career at Saints indicates the wide variety of interests of this man: Master- in-Charge of Hockey for 20 years; Southern Transvaal Hockey Committee Chairman, Manager of the Transvaal Schools' Side; member of the South African Schools' Hockey Committee; Cricket coach of the 2nd XI from 1969 to 1982.Hugh organised Hockey tours to England in 1985 and 19§7; spent a year at York University and studied Literature there in 1984; was the manager of the Dukes for a number of years and has been a keen trout fisherman. His lively antics in the staff room will be sadly missed. We wish him well in his well-deserved retirement.

BC Afrikaans teacher and Deputy Head 1982 - 2001

Ops Dept. staff
BC/BP Tuck-shop assistant
Revson Netshilindela is best remembered for two significant contributions he made to Saints. As a member of the Grounds Staff, it was Revson who planted the camphor tree between the Chapel Quad and the Chess Quad, which has come to be known as "Revson's" tree. Revson later joined the staff of the Tuck-shop where he assisted the mothers who ran the facility on a voluntary basis. He was known and loved by all the boys that he served. Revson retired to his home in Venda in 2009 after 34 years of service to the College.

BC Afrikaans teacher 1983 - 2013
BC Deputy Head
Co-founder of St Stithians Rugby Festival
Retired November 2013 and continues to serve St Stithians, taking care of the Welgevonden Bush Camp.