Matric 2016 Speech Night

Westville Boys’ High School was proud to welcome Old Boy, Stephen van Coller (1983) as the Guest of Honour at the recent Matric Speech Night and Bell Ringing Ceremony.

Stephen has made his mark in the financial services industry in South Africa and currently serves as the Vice President for Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions for MTN, which currently has 232 million mobile customers in 22 countries across the Middle East and Africa and a Market Capitalisation on the JSE of around R230bn and employees around 27 000 people. He sits on the Executive Committee reporting to the CEO.

Sharing his personal road to success, Stephen also encouraged and motivated matric leavers to make the most of every opportunity.  “You will all make mistakes as you progress through life but you must be prepared to learn from your mistakes and move forward.  You can’t change your past but you can change your future. Learn from your past but don’t dwell on it.”

Congratulations must go to all the pupils who received awards as mentioned below.  It certainly was a memorable evening, culminating in the long-awaited ringing of the bell by each Grade 12 pupil, signifying the end of his school career.

Head of School, Jeremy Gounden receiving his award from Mr van Coller.

Below is a full list of all the prize winners:

Recipient of the Good Fellowship Award, Andrew Harker with Mr van Coller.