WGHS Staff

Our educators are well-qualified subject specialists who are passionate about their subjects and who engage in continuous professional development in order to keep abreast of the latest developments in their subjects as well as in education in the wider sense. We work collaboratively towards the shared vision of providing our learners with the skills vital for their success in this world: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.

Principal & Deputy Principal

Principal – Dr Jennifer Wallace

Jennifer Wallace

Principal

Jennifer Wallace

Principal
Deputy Principal – Mrs Karin Grebe

Karin Grebe

Deputy Principal

Karin Grebe

Deputy Principal

Vice-Principals

Vice Principal – Curriculum – Ms Shireen Amien

Shireen Amien

Vice Principal – Curriculum

Shireen Amien

Vice Principal – Curriculum
Vice Principal – Operations – Ms Sjaene van Wyk

Sjaene Van Wyk

Vice Principal – Operations

Sjaene Van Wyk

Vice Principal – Operations

Staff 2024 – 2025

Educators

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Back Row : Ms Aasiyah Saffodien,  Ms Saadiqa Haywood,  Mrs Elke Hill,  Mrs Susan Baker,  Ms Sara Muhl,  Ms Brigitte Franke,  Mrs Gabrielle Johannes-Swanson,  Mrs Elmerencia Martin,  Ms Dané De Vlamingh.

Fourth Row : Mr Kevin Topkin,  Ms Candysse Vrancken,  Mr Dylan Joubert,  Ms Bernice Maskell,  Mrs Wendy Howarth,  Mr Michael Zietsman,  Mr Ruan Myburgh,  Ms Stephanie Pienaar,  Mr David Burrell,  Ms Cheryl Witthuhn.

Third Row : Ms Rosa Marchesini,  Mrs Nikita Fredericks,  Ms Robyn Kirtley,  Ms Wendy van Wyk,  Mrs Willene O’Connor,  Ms Ché Marneweck,  Mrs Samantha Furstenburg,  Mrs Ruschka Kellerman,  Ms Ntombekaya Didiza,  Ms Kay Mosiane,  Ms Lauren Louw.

Second Row : Mrs Marion Wesche,  Ms Riancha Schoombie,  Miss Nicita Hansrajh,  Ms Hannah Hellenberg,  Ms Melissa Abrahams,  Ms Michelle Dias,  Ms Dayna Pearce,  Mrs Jennifer Paverd,  Mrs Clivene Keyster,  Mrs Sarah Saayman-Brown,  Ms Sabelo Hlela,  Mrs Liezel Bam.

Front Row : Mrs Rashieda Badroodien,  Ms Sugandree Chetty,  Ms Amy Wilkinson,  Mrs Octavia Ahmed,  Mrs Noeline Faller-Williams,  Ms Sjaene van Wyk,  Dr Jennifer Wallace,  Ms Karin Grebe,  Ms Shireen Amien,  Mrs Alison Smith,  Mrs Trenell Hanuman,  Ms Marie-Rose Slabbert,  Mrs Jackie Badenhorst.

Administrative Team

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Back Row : Mrs Marileen Smith,  Ms Nadine Sterrenberg,  Mr Warwick Simons,  Mrs Robyn Baker,  Mrs Liesl Maart.

Middle Row : Ms Tshegofatso Maleka,  Ms Amanda Zuma,  Ms Marcille Stevens,  Ms Jade Burgess,  Ms Erin Mc Kinnon,  Mrs Ruby-Ann Muller.

Front Row : Ms Jessy de Kock,  Mrs Britt Williams,  Ms Naseema Parker,  Dr Jennifer Wallace,  Mr Bryan Wood,  Mrs Allison Eakin,  Mrs Kathryn Manners.

Absent : Mrs Candice Warner.

Estates and Hospitality

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Back Row : Mrs Elizabeth Southgate,  Mr Sibongile Gqada,  Ms Imaan Meyer.

Middle Row : Mr Bennet Moyikwa,  Mr Tyose Malusi,  Mr Terrence Damane,  Mr Shaun Parenzee,  Mr Riaan Bonus,  Mr Doni Kaleni.

Front Row : Ms Meggan Cupido,  Mr Craig Leak,  Mr Bryan Wood,  Mr Clinton Leak,  Mrs Christine Saayman.

Hostel

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Back Row: Ms Anelisa Mahlungulu, Ms Nomonde Ntsham (House Mother), Ms Candice Dongwe (House Mother).

Front Row:
 Charity Abraham (Learner Head of Hostel 2024), Ms Sjaene van Wyk (Superintendent), Lathitha Jack (Learner Head of Hostel 2024).

Purchase a printed copy of the 2023 Magazine here!

The WGHS 2023 magazines is available for purchase in hard copy via the Karri App and can be collected from the bursar’s office upon appointment: bursar@wynghs.co.za

About our principal

Jennifer Wallace started her teaching career in 1996 at St Cyprian’s School, in the History and English Departments, and became the Deputy Principal of the school 15 years later. Over the course of her teaching career, she has been fortunate to have had many opportunities to travel – teaching short courses on Apartheid and post-Apartheid South African history in Denmark, the USA, Canada, England, and Peru, and helping to lead international service projects, cultural history tours, and conferences with learners to various countries. These experiences helped to shape her firm belief in a holistic approach to education that is of global relevance, while at the same time remaining firmly rooted in, and committed to, the South African educational landscape.

In 2014 she completed her MPhil (specialising in Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy) degree through the University of Cape Town and began her part-time study towards her PhD a few years later, graduating in 2020. Her thesis, entitled ‘The Gift of a Scholarship: The reflective accounts of scholarship recipients attending elite secondary schools in post-apartheid South Africa’, focuses on the narrated experiences of scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attended elite secondary schools in South Africa. A book based on this research, and co-authored with Dr Jennifer Feldman, has been published by Springer Nature as a part of their international Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinary in Education series.

In January 2020 Dr Wallace was appointed the Principal of Wynberg Girls’ High School and is very proud to lead this dynamic, diverse, and values-driven public school. Her key focus areas in this position include: ensuring that WGHS constantly builds upon its fine reputation for academic excellence and relevance; empowering our learners to be self-sufficient, inquisitive, and compassionate critical thinkers and engaged, environmentally-aware citizens; creating an inclusive environment in which all can find a sense of belonging and feel valued; ensuring opportunities for growth and the building of character by means of involvement in a wide range of cultural, sporting, and service-driven activities; creating dynamic learning spaces to inspire and support our educational vision; and investing in relationships with strategic partners to the benefit of our school and our community.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

A warm welcome to Wynberg Girls’ High School! Founded in 1884, we are proudly recognised as one of South Africa’s preeminent public schools for girls, and all who consistently identify as girls. Wynberg Girls’ High School embraces a values-driven approach to education, with our identified core values of Integrity, Inclusivity, Courage, Accountability, Respect, and Empathy forming the foundation of our approach to who we are, all we do, and what we stand for. We believe in providing holistic opportunities for exploration, growth, and development through our wide range of activities offered in each of our four Pillars (Academics, Culture, Service and Sport) in addition to our two Portfolios (Communication and Sustainability).


On the academic front, we are firmly established within the annual Top Twenty Schools of Excellence in the Western Cape by means of our Grade 12 National Senior Certificate results, as awarded by the Western Cape Education Department. We recognise that in addition to cognitive engagement and curiosity, learning is an emotional experience. As such, we believe that by creating a happy and inclusive environment in which all can find a sense of belonging, and providing the physical infrastructure to support our teaching practices, our learners will be inspired to challenge themselves, and each other, in their pursuit of knowledge and understanding.


It is both an honour and a privilege to be the Principal of this wonderful school. I hope that whether you are a learner, an educator, a parent, and Alumnae, or a visitor, you are as inspired by this place as I am and that together we will continue to produce young women and leaders of character who will make a significant and positive mark on this world.