{"id":240155,"date":"2022-10-15T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T09:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=122925"},"modified":"2022-10-15T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T09:48:12","slug":"mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandisa Statue Unveiling A Poignant Landmark For St Anne\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\" readability=\"-48\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes.png\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122926\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=122926\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-122926 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-122926 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Judy Dlamini, Mrs Kari Greene, Alexandra Spencer, Mrs Mandisa Ntloko-Petersen, Mandisa Statue, Mrs Debbie Martin, Bahati Dakile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not only does 2022 celebrate the 145th birthday of St Anne\u2019s Diocesan College in Hilton, it will now always be remembered as the pinnacle of an incredible transformative journey.<\/p>\n<p>As the Midlands sun cast its warm glow over the red-brick school building on Wednesday 12 October, a remarkable unveiling took place in the beautifully manicured chapel garden: that of a life-sized bronze statue, Mandisa, honouring the first black girl who began in Grade 8 at the school in 1981 and matriculated in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>In her welcoming speech to guests, staff and pupils, College head Debbie Martin paid tribute to St Anne\u2019s journey since then, highlighting the \u201cmore intentional embracing, nurturing and relevant\u201d focus of the school board, and indeed its entire community.<\/p>\n<p>The exquisite statue, sculpted by established Balgowan artist Sarah Richards, portrays a young St Anne\u2019s girl venturing tentatively forward as she acknowledges another student, perhaps, or a passer-by.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanding as she does beneath the St Anne\u2019s flag and the South African flag, she faces the rising sun, welcomes the new day, greeting, or maybe, bidding farewell to our Ladies in Blue. As with our other famous \u2018Annie\u2019 statue, proceeds from generous donations and the sale of maquettes of the statue will establish a bursary fund for young women who may be daughters of facilities\u2019 staff and from the local Midlands community, who fulfil the criteria to attend the school, and would ordinarily not be able to take up the opportunity,\u201d said Martin.<\/p>\n<p>The name Mandisa was fitting, she added, meaning \u201cone who, by her presence, brings happiness\u201d in isiXhosa.<\/p>\n<p>She hoped Mandisa would \u201cremind us of growing our understanding, our kindness and generosity, and that [as per the school\u2019s motto], deeds, not words, the cross, not force, are what count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Special guest of honour was the history-maker Mandisa herself, now Mandisa Ntloko-Petersen.<\/p>\n<p>Today a parent of a grade 9 pupil at the school, she said she was overwhelmed by the privilege. With a BA in industrial relations from Wits, and an MBA from Warwick Business School in the UK, and a leading marketing specialist with experience both here and abroad, she said the statue epitomised the transformative journey of St Anne\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>However, she said \u201cwe should shift the focus to the future recipients of the Mandisa Bursary fund, and be cognisant of their backgrounds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have always been huge disparities between public and private schools, and yes, improvements have been made over the past 28 years, but many inequalities still exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She appealed to the young Women in Blue to consider and embrace bursary recipients and others, who \u201ccould be from a rural background, foreign to this privileged lifestyle, who don\u2019t talk like you, dress like you, who may not arrive in a German sedan\u201d, and to provide them with guidance and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can help change their lives. When you invest in girls\u2019 education, you transform communities the world over\u2026education is the passport to the future, tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Judy Dlamini, the second guest of honour, chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, medical doctor, author and philanthropist, said it was one thing to talk about diversity, \u201cbut deeds matter, not words\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is easy to talk about how transformed you are, but this unveiling says to a black child, \u2018I actually belong here\u2019. If you don\u2019t embrace people, you will never get the best from them, and it is an honour being here today \u2013 at a school that truly embraces everyone by doing that\u2026 and feeling part of this family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The late Karabo Che Mokoape, Hilton College\u2019s 2001 Head of School, the leader of that school\u2019s journey of transformation and governor of the Hiltonian Society, inspired the Mandisa project, an initiative spearheaded by the Ngikhona transformation committee, (comprising staff and pupils), which became a reality through a very generous donation, for which St Anne\u2019s is truly appreciative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">154<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mandisa-statue-unveiling-a-poignant-landmark-for-st-annes\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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