Catholic Schools Office
Archdiocese of Pretoria and 
Diocese of Johannesburg

 
St Camillus Primary
Hammanskraal 

Telephone
012 711 1244  

Physical Address
Plot 92 JR
Klipdrift
Hammanskraal  

Fees
No-fee school  

Founding & history
The exact date of the establishment of the school cannot be verified. Local villagers who were present when Fr De Hovre arrived to establish a mission station in Hammanskraal report that the year was 1927.

Through the selfless efforts of a Marist Brother from New Zealand, Brother Majella Sherry, the old buildings of the school were renovated at a cost of two million rand. The project was started in 1998 and completed in 2001. Today, the school comprises 19 classrooms, an administration block and a media-cum-laboratory centre.

The school is surrounded by the informal settlements of Refiloe, Kekana Gardens, Mandela Village and Marokolong and draws most of its learners from these areas. Most learners and their families live in abject poverty in these settlements and parents can barely afford to pay school fees. Despite these conditions, the staff make their best effort to ensure that learners are kept abreast of the latest developments in education.

The school is classified as a public school on private property.

Motto
Dira ka natla
Whatever you do, do it well

Current enrolment
993 (2010 figures)
Boys and girls - Grade 1 to Grade 7

Facilities
Feeding scheme, use of local parish church, media centre, soccer field, netball court, volleyball court

Extra-murals
Netball, soccer, public speaking, choir, traditional dancing

Principal
Mr Simon Maphae

Postal Address
PO Box 26
Hammanskraal, 0400

Fax: 012 711 1244 (not automatic)

E-mail: stcamillusschool@telkomsa.net

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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PRETORIA AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF JOHANNESBURG
PRETORIA w Jolivet House, 140 Visagie Street w PO Box 8149 Pretoria 0001 w Tel 012 321 2049, 012 348 3197 w Fax 012 348 8280 w E-mail  rendol@netactive.co.za
JOHANNESBURG w The Haven w St Vincent School for the Deaf w Jellicoe Avenue, Melrose w PO Box 2635 Saxonwold 2132 w Tel 011 447 9219/9211 w Fax 011 447 9129 w E-mail  info@cso.za.org