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Education: private school in Cape Town South Africa offers top education for R0.00 with a 99% Matric pass rate

founded by German-American business tycoon Christel DeHaan.

Malcolm Libera
·11 Aug 2026


Christel House South Africa is a zero-fee private school in Cape Town that supports its students for up to 19 years, which includes top education, transport, tuition, meals, and healthcare.

Christel House South Africa was established in 2001 as part of an international education initiative founded by German-American business tycoon Christel DeHaan.

DeHaan was born in 1942 in Nördlingen, Germany. At 16, she moved to the United Kingdom to work as a nanny, then emigrated to the United States at 20 and settled in Indiana.

In 1974, DeHaan and her then-husband, Jon DeHaan, co-founded Resort Condominiums International (RCI), a pioneering timeshare company.

When her husband suffered a heart attack in 1979, she took over the running of the business.

The couple divorced in 1987, and DeHaan received half of the company and purchased the remaining half for $67.5 million. Her fortune eventually reached about $950 million (around R15.4 billion).

Her focus changed after she was introduced to a nun caring for orphaned and abandoned children in Mexico City.

“After she sold RCI, I introduced her to a nun in charge of orphans and abandoned kids in Mexico City,” recalled Gabriel Oropeza, a former president of RCI Latin America and now board chair at Christel House Mexico.

“I asked Christel for a cheque to help these kids. Christel came back not only with a cheque but with a new mission in her life.”

DeHaan decided that education alone was not enough to help children escape poverty. They also needed nutrition, healthcare, character development, family assistance, and career support.

In 1998, she founded Christel House International and developed a holistic education model aimed at helping children and their families break the cycle of poverty.

DeHaan ultimately donated about $220 million (R3.5 billion) to the organisation, which went on to establish schools in several cities, including Cape Town.

Christel House South Africa opened its doors in 2002 at Bamford Avenue in Athlone, after being founded the previous year.

As demand increased, the school expanded to a second campus in Lansdowne before moving to Ottery in 2009.

A huge success

Christel House South Africa founder, Christel DeHaan.
The school now serves about 1,000 learners from Grade RR to Grade 12 and supports more than 250 post-Matric students. Its wider programmes also reach more than 3,000 parents and community members.

“When we started, our teachers went from door to door to recruit children for Christel House,” said Carol Kriel, the school’s Junior School principal.

“Our prospective parents at the time thought it was impossible. They didn’t believe that you could find a school that was going to give this fantastic education at no cost.”

The school does not charge tuition and provides a range of additional support, including uniforms, books, daily transport, meals, healthcare, social workers and psychological counselling.

Admission is targeted at children from some of Cape Town’s most under-resourced communities.

Families generally need to meet strict income criteria, while applicants must live within the school’s designated catchment areas.

The support continues beyond Matric. Its Career Development Programme assists students with tertiary applications, university stipends and employment mentoring.

This allows learners to receive support for up to 19 years from Grade RR through five years after Matric.

The school reports an average Matric pass rate of 99% since opening, and between 93% and 95% of its alumni are engaged in education, training, or employment.

Its graduates include Nathan Daniels, who studied medicine at Stellenbosch University and became a medical doctor.

“My experience at Christel House has been life-changing,” Daniels said. “In hindsight, I can say that I would not be at this point without the help of the school.”

Other alumni have followed similarly different paths. Lericia Solomon, who experienced homelessness as a child, is now a supervisor of employee training at a large technology company.

“If it were not for Christel House, I would be another statistic. But because of the values Christel House instilled in me, I can be proud of the person I am,” Solomon said.

Nontando Fani, who grew up in a one-room makeshift home in Langa, became the school’s first valedictorian in 2009.

She later qualified in chemical engineering and quality management and went on to establish her own business.

The school has also received funding from prominent philanthropic organisations, including foundations associated with billionaires Johann Rupert and Michael Dell, supporting areas such as healthcare, nutrition, digital literacy, and STEM education.

More recently, Christel House South Africa opened a new high school facility at its Ottery campus to address the shortage of high school places in the area.

It is also seeking funding for a separate Grade RR-to-12 campus in the Western Cape.

DeHaan, who died in 2020, described the students as an example of what can be achieved when barriers to education are removed.

“The obstacles facing Christel House students are daunting,” she said. “But every day our students come to school, learn, and set their sights on a better tomorrow.”

Photos of Christel House South Africa

Billionaire private school in South Africa offers top education for R0.00 with a 99% Matric pass rate This private school in Cape Town is completely free and supports its students for up to 19 years with top education, transport, tuition, meals, and healthcare.

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South Africa has 8.1 million unemployed people, so why can’t businesses find the right skills?
Industry News—16 Jul 2026

South Africa’s labour market presents a difficult contradiction.

In the first quarter of 2026, 8.1 million people were officially unemployed and the unemployment rate rose to 32.7%.

Yet many employers still struggle to fill technical, specialist and experienced positions.

The problem is not a complete absence of talent. It is a mismatch between the people looking for work and the jobs businesses need filled.

For employers, this means recruitment can no longer be treated as a simple advertising exercise.

Posting a vacancy and waiting for applications may create volume. It does not necessarily produce the right candidates.

Hundreds of CVs can still leave a vacancy unfilled

Pnet’s recent Job Guide shows how uneven South Africa’s talent market has become.

Candidate pools for roles such as admin clerk and human resources are oversaturated.

By contrast, technical and business architecture, civil and structural engineering, software development and several data-related roles have a considerably smaller pool of suitable candidates.

This explains why one vacancy may attract hundreds of applications but still produce only a handful of credible candidates.

In some cases, the shortage is also made worse by the vacancy itself.

Employers may ask for several years of experience for a junior role, offer a salary below market, insist on experience with one particular system or search indefinitely for someone who meets every requirement.

A recruitment agency can help employers set realistic requirements and find suitable candidates.

As the vacancy remains open, managers absorb additional work, projects slow and existing employees face greater pressure.

If that pressure eventually leads to a rushed hiring decision, the resulting performance, replacement and operational costs can exceed the cost of conducting a thorough search from the start.

The answer is better access to the market

The first step is to distinguish between what is essential and what can be taught.

Professional registration, a safety-critical licence or proven leadership experience may be non-negotiable. Familiarity with one software platform may not be.

Employers also need an honest view of the market.

Is the salary competitive? Is the workplace accessible? Could hybrid work, flexible shifts or relocation support broaden the talent pool? Would a strong adjacent candidate outperform the “perfect” candidate who may never appear?

These questions can be difficult to answer from inside a business, particularly when internal HR teams are already operating at capacity.

This is where working with a specialist recruitment agency becomes a commercial advantage rather than an administrative expense.

A recruitment agency does more than place an advert.

It actively searches for candidates who may not be applying, benchmarks remuneration, screens applications, verifies credentials and presents a focused shortlist.

That combination of market intelligence, technology and human judgement helps employers reach suitable candidates faster while reducing the risk of hiring under pressure.

One partner for permanent and flexible staffing

Not every skills gap requires the same response.

Some vacancies need a targeted search for a permanent specialist.

Others require additional capacity immediately, without committing to a permanent appointment before the long-term need is clear.

MASA gives employers access to both.

Through Greys Recruitment, businesses can appoint permanent professionals for technical, specialist and experienced roles.

For urgent, seasonal or project-based requirements, MASA’s Temporary Employment Services can provide screened, work-ready employees while managing payroll, contracts, compliance, HR and industrial relations.

Bringing these services together allows employers to choose a workforce solution based on the actual business need, rather than forcing every vacancy into the same recruitment model.

A critical permanent role can receive the focused attention it requires, while temporary or contract staff keep operations moving and relieve pressure on existing teams.

With more than four decades of staffing experience, a national footprint and established international reach, MASA provides one accountable partner across permanent, temporary and contract employment.

South Africa’s recruitment challenge is therefore not simply that too few people are available.

It is that available talent and business requirements do not always meet in the right place, at the right time or through the right employment model.

Closing that gap requires more than collecting CVs.

It requires a workforce solution built around the skills, timing and operational realities of the business.

South Africa has 8.1 million unemployed people, so why can’t businesses find the right skills? South Africa’s labour market presents a difficult contradiction.

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Advtech has reported R2 billion operating profit for the first time, as demand for private education continues to grow.

Advtech is Africa’s largest private education provider, operating through brands like Crawford, Trinityhouse, Vega and Varsity College.

Over the past year, the company has completed the construction of two new mega campuses in Sandton and Nelson Mandela Bay, with plans to construct another in Durban next year.

On Monday, 23 March, Advtech released its results for the year through December 2025, which revealed a record performance for the group.

Group revenue increased by 10% to R9.33 billion, while its operating profit grew by 14% to reach a record R2.04 billion.

Advtech’s profit for the year was R1.33 billion, up 15% from the 2024 financial year. Its headline earnings were R1.3 billion, up 17%.

The company recorded basic earnings per share of 234.4 cents, up 16% from the previous year.

CEO Geoff Whyte attributed this strong performance to healthy enrolment growth, moderate fee increases, improved debtor control and increased margins.

“Simplification of our brand structures alongside significant investment in people, systems, and infrastructure continues to strengthen our position as the leading provider of private education on the African continent,” Whyte said.

The company’s results showed that its cash generated by operating activities increased by 20% to R2.69 billion.

These funds were used to fund, among others, a net repayment on loan facilities of R241 million, capital expenditure (capex) of R1.03 billion, and an acquisition of R171 million.

The capex spend was mainly aimed at increasing capacity on Advtech’s existing sites to meet incremental demand, as well as at completing its new Emeris/Vega mega campuses in Sandton and Nelson Mandela Bay. Both of these campuses started to operate in January 2026.

The group is currently at the development stage of its new Emeris Durban campus.

Construction is expected to commence in 2027, with phase one scheduled to open in 2029. The initial build will accommodate approximately 8,000 students and include a purpose-built 500-bed student residence.

The second phase, which should be completed in 2035, will expand the campus’s capacity to 10,500 students and the accommodation’s capacity by a further 500 beds.

“Advtech is uniquely positioned to enrich people’s lives through being the leader in teaching and learning across the African continent,” Whyte said.

“Our sound balance sheet, strong cash generation, growing scale and expertise in Africa and unrelenting focus on extending competitive advantage position us well to maintain our growth trajectory and invest with confidence in areas of opportunity.”

https://dailyinvestor.com/business/125598/three-new-private-university-campuses-for-south-africa/

Bianke Neethling • 23 March 2026

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As financial services grow more complex, attorneys are increasingly called upon to guide clients through legal and regulatory challenges. This course equips legal professionals with the essential knowledge to navigate investment law, financial compliance, and due diligence.

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Financial Compliance for attorneys and clients
The demand for legal services within this industry
Regulation of Attorneys and their clients offering financial services
Can an attorney become a financial services provider? What are the compliance requirements?
From financing assets to property syndication and Bitcoin, are attorneys prepared to service this industry
Compliance requirements and the role of attorneys
The applicable legislation and regulations, including directives and board notices.
Financial due Diligence for Attorneys
What is “financial services”, “intermediary services” and “financial advice” as contemplated in the FAIS Act?
Who can render the above services? Can an attorney render these services? A discussion on exemptions. Do attorneys need a licence? Why, and how?
Can an attorney recommend a financial product to client, what are the consequences if client loses money? What due diligence does the attorney have to carry out before recommending a financial product or a broker?
How to make an assessment of a financial product, considering the needs of client?
Are you familiar with the code of conduct? Does it apply to attorneys?
The administration of an attorney’s trust account in respect of syndication investments.
The role and function of an attorney acting for a client who wants to start an investment scheme. Here the focus will be on property development and syndication and forex trading.
The role of an attorney in preparing prospectuses and statutory disclosure documents.
The role of the Regulator in financial services (FSCA). How attorneys can assist clients with the requirements of the regulator. What are the compliance requirements?
The role of an attorney in resolving disputes in financial services.
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There will be in-depth discussion of the following: a.) Ponzi and Pyramid schemes, in their various forms. How to identify them? b.) Property syndication schemes and the role of attorneys, drafting disclosure documents. c.) Venture Capital. Especially in high tech companies. d.) Forex trading. e.) Crypto currency trading.
Types of Shares
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Deferred shares
Bonus shares
Rights shares
Sweat Equity Share
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