Clifton School

01/10/2026

WATER POLO | 100 Caps

We would like to celebrate a remarkable milestone for Izah Roux and Jake Frederic, who each earned their 100th cap for the Clifton 1st Water Polo team during the 2026 SACS Tournament over the Michaelmas break.

A significant achievement and a testament to their commitment and contribution to Clifton Water Polo.

01/10/2026

COLLEGE CRICKET | St John's College RAMS T20 Tournament

Congratulations to our College 1st Cricketers, who performed exceptionally well throughout the RAMS T20 tournament at St John's College, finishing third overall 🏏

Match Results:
Clifton vs Churchill | Clifton won by 9 wickets
Clifton vs CBC | Clifton won by 6 wickets
Clifton vs St John’s | Clifton won by 6 wickets
Semi-final | Clifton vs Peterhouse: Peterhouse won by 9 wickets
Final | Peterhouse v Kearsney College - Peterhouse won.

30/09/2026

NATIONAL CHAMPION | Public Speaking

We would like to congratulate Mduduzi Thusi for his outstanding achievements at the National Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships which took place this week at Bishops in Cape Town. Mduduzi (Grade 11) was named the winner of the Persuasive Speaking and Interpretive Reading category. His results have seen him selected as a reserve for the South African team traveling to Shanghai, China for the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships.

30/09/2026

MATHS NEWS | CLIFTON IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

Our Clifton Prep Grade 4-7 boys took on the World Maths Day challenge hosted by Mathletics, putting their mathematical problem-solving skills to the test.

Competing against schools across the country, they completed 20 rapid-fire maths tasks, earning points for every correct answer. The gents performed exceptionally well, securing outstanding national placings, with Clifton finishing first overall in South Africa.

Special mention to our Grade 7 maths pupils (pictured) Zaheen Warasally, Hudson Mun-Gavin and Jordan Basson who placed first, second and third in SA consecutively.

Grade 6
Kian Chawla 3rd in South Africa
Max Garrity 5th in South Africa
Finnley Lewis 8th in South Africa

Grade 5
Jordan Felt 2nd in South Africa
Zayaan Gobind 6th in South Africa
Muhammed Warriach 10th in South Africa

Grade 4
Adyaan Mahomed 5th in South Africa
Aleksander Boniaszczuk 6th in South Africa
Nathan Bekker 8th in South Africa

29/09/2026

CONGRATULATIONS | Cross Country

We would like to share the achievements of Prep cross country athletes James Hawker and Ziya Cassimjee.

James achieved 3rd Place in the U12 Division of the North and Central Durban Inter-Schools Cross Country League, and Ziya was the Highest Placed Clifton Grade 7 Pupil in the North and Central Durban Inter-Schools Cross Country League.

Well done, gents!

28/09/2026

'CHECK' THIS OUT | We were delighted to host over two hundred young players from 29 schools in our Ken Mackenzie Hall as they competed in the recent D&D School Chess Saturday Tournament ♟️

28/09/2026

OFF TO INDONESIA | Yusuf Ballim

We are very proud of Yusuf (Grade 6), who has been selected to attend the Beyond International Maths Olympiad taking place in Indonesia this week.

What a wonderful tribute to this fine young student, who always gives of his very best. Our entire community wishes him the very best as he flies both the Clifton and the South African flags high at this gathering of the great young maths minds of our time 🇿🇦

27/09/2026

25/09/2026

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24/09/2026

Happy Heritage Day, Clifton! 🇿🇦

Wishing you a lovely day with family and friends, sharing the food, stories and traditions that mean the most to you!