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DHS hosts its Junior Speech Day!

DHS hosts its Junior Speech Day!

Date: 2015-02-27

"Hard work today creates opportunities for tomorrow" and "Be so good that they can't ignore you" were two of the memorable quotes mentioned during an inspiring speech made by guest speaker Mr Frank Sturgess at Durban High School's annual Junior Speech Day awards ceremony for grade 8 to 11 academic achievements in 2014, which was held recently.


Sturgess attended DHS from 1999 until 2003 and matriculated with a distinction, achieving academic honours in the same year. He boasts a Bachelor of Business Science degree and a Masters in Economics and is a specialist in trade and transport economics.

After his address to the school, staff and parents, Sturgess was invited to present the awards. The main awards for the day were the Top 3 pupils in each grade. They were as follows:

  • Grade 8 2014 was Neeven Naidoo (1st); Mahil Dessai (2nd); Muhammad Agjee (3rd)
  • Grade 9 2014 was Ashvir Debba (1st); Kribashan Naidoo (2nd); Avuyile Madiba (3rd)
  • Grade 10 2014 was Joshua Spooner (1st); Hassen Moorad (2nd); Steven Waites (3rd)
  • Grade 11 2014 was Tharan Pillay (3rd), Taahir Patel and Brandon Douwie who shared 2nd place; and Nikyle Bisseru who came first and was awarded the PricewaterhouseCoopers Awards for both Accounting and Mathematics as well as the UKZN Outstanding Achievement Award for Mathematics and Physical Sciences amongst others.

Durban High School congratulates all the prize winners and thanks Frank Sturgess for being a part of the day.