Elizabeth Conradie School / Skool

A School for the disabled
A School of HOPE

LUX ORTA EST
The light has gone up! Dr Danie Craven was the director (principal) of the school.

HISTORY OF ELIZABETH CONRADIE SCHOOL

In a unique co-operation between the National Departments of Defence, Health and Labour, boys with rehabilitative disabilities who reported for military service, were grouped during 1939 in special peletons at Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria. Early 1941 these peletons grew into a battallion and from 1942 the Physical Training Battallion was launched under Major

Danie Craven. Since September 1942 the Physical Training Battallion also became a school at Voortrekkerhoogte and by 1945 it was a very good school with 660 disabled boys and 32 teachers. After the Second World War, the school moved early in 1946 to the old Army Base in Kimberley. The post office at the base was called Diskobolos, and so the school was also informally called Diskobolos. The then Union Education Department took over control of the Physical Training Brigade School. The symbol of the school was the statue of the discus thrower – the Diskobolos statue. The 166 staff members of the school comprised of medical doctors, psychologists, vice principals, teachers, therapists, a statistician, a photographer, a sociologist, dieticians, a butcher, an investigator (policeman), a farm foreman and a sports organizer. In April 1950 the school ceased to exist as the Physical Training Brigade focussed on rehabilitative disabilities. Since 1948 pressure was put on the school to also enroll learners with non-rehabilitative disabilities. So learners on crutches and in wheelchairs were also enrolled, and three different schools came into being: a boys school for boys with physical disabilities, a girls school for girls with physical disabilities, a high school ("beroepskool") for boys with physical disabilities. In April 1955 the Girls School moved from picturesque and historical Alexandersfontein (where Cecil John Rhodes and his friends played) to Diskobolos. One school was formed, Elizabeth Conradie School. The school was named after the wife of the then Administrator of the Cape Province, Dr Johanna Elizabeth Conradie as she was the dynamic president of the National Cripple Care Council. When PW Botha, Minister of Defence, indicated that the military needed the Diskobolos facilities, a new school was planned and built in Kimberley. On 1 December 1973 Elizabeth Conradie School moved to the current premises next to the N12 road.

13/08/2026

Ons maak saam ’n verskil!♻️🩵

Ons is trots om saam met die Sweetheart Foundation te werk en plastiekdoppies in te samel.

Elke doppie help!

Bring jou doppies en help ons om ’n verskil te maak! 🌱

Together, we make a difference!♻️🩵

We are proud to partner with the Sweetheart Foundation by collecting plastic bottle caps.

Every cap counts!

Bring your caps and help us make a difference! 🌱

09/08/2026

04/08/2026

Congratulations to Teacher Nadia Rabie on achieving Third Position in the Teaching Inclusive Education category at the Frances Baard District Teaching Awards 2026. We are incredibly proud of you! 👏🏆

Photos from Elizabeth Conradie School / Skool's post

31/07/2026

Ons wil graag weereens elkeen bedank wat 'n bydrae gemaak het. Julle omgee en vrygewigheid maak 'n werklike verskil in die lewens van hierdie kosbare kinders. ❤️

Indien daar nog iemand is wat graag 'n bydrae wil maak, is julle meer as welkom. Bydraes kan by die skool afgegee word, of direk by Bophelo Child and Youth Care Centre.

Enige bydrae, groot of klein, word opreg waardeer.

🍼 Bophelo grootste behoefte op die oomblik is melkpoeier. Die spesifieke melkpoeier wat hulle tans gebruik is "NAN Pelargon Acidified infant formula (from birth to 12 months)".

Saam kan ons aanhou om hoop, liefde en omgee te bring. Baie dankie dat julle deel is van hierdie mooi inisiatief.

Bophelo Child and Youth Care Centre

25/07/2026

Baie geluk aan die Intermediêre Fase se Top 5 leerders vir die 2de Kwartaal. Ons is baie trots op julle!

Congratulations to the Intermediate Phase's Top 5 learners for the 2nd Term. We are very proud of you!

🥇🥈

24/07/2026

Met groot hartseer het ons verneem van die afsterwe van mnr. Worsman van der Ryst, 'n toegewyde opvoeder van Hoër Landbouskool Jacobsdal.

Namens die Elizabeth Conradie Skoolgemeenskap betuig ons ons opregte meegevoel aan sy familie, kollegas, leerders en die hele Landboudal-gemeenskap. Ons bid dat die Here julle in hierdie moeilike tyd sal dra, vertroos en versterk, en dat Sy genade en vrede met julle sal wees.

Mag mnr. Van der Ryst se nalatenskap voortleef in die lewens van almal wat die voorreg gehad het om hom te ken.

🕊️ Rus sag, mnr. Worsman van der Ryst.

Landboudal Boere

24/07/2026

Please support our reach out project 🙏🙏🙏

24/07/2026

We believe in you. Good luck, Griquas! 💙🏆
Griquas Rugby - G.W.R.U.

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Wednesday	07:15 - 14:30
Thursday	07:15 - 14:30
Friday	07:15 - 13:45

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