Dear Parents, Staff, Boys and the broader College Community
2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Results / Congratulations to the Sixth Form Class of 2023
We are very pleased to share the 2023 NSC results, as the members of the Sixth Form Class of 2023 have done themselves and the school extremely proud, and we congratulate them warmly. Our sincere appreciation and thanks go also to the dedicated staff who supported these young men so completely.
They achieved a 99.3% pass rate, with DECLAN PILLAY, our 2023 Dux, excelling with 7 distinctions in the NSC exams and 96% in the IEB AP Mathematics exam. He has been placed 3rd in the Umgungundlovu district.
Overall, there has been an improvement on the 2022 results, which is very pleasing indeed.
Our top achievers for 2023 are:
| 8 distinctions | D Pillay (including 96% for IEB AP Mathematics) |
| 7 distinctions | M Madlala, J Wiggill , M van Rooyen |
| 6 distinctions | T Ambler, E Kock, J le Roux, T Nuttall, T Ramdhass, G Roux, A Osman, K Marais |
| 5 distinctions | B Emberton, S Kadira (2023 Head Prefect), M Karrim, P Schutte |
| 4 distinctions | T Crawford, L du Toit, S Khumalo, L Mcllrath, S Msibi, V Pillay, T Pratt, C Raw, X Thabethe |
| 3 distinctions | L Armstrong, J Conolly, C Curtis, T Davies, T Ekhoff, S Ender, R Froise, T Ganie, Z Govender, J Kauffman, P Mchunu, T Mkhize, A Naidoo, R Pitout, S Pretorius, T Reddy, Y Sha, D Slabbert, N Tsvuura |
The following boys were placed first in their respective subjects:
- ACCOUNTING: D Pillay (97%)
- AFRIKAANS [FA]: D Pillay (91%)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE: J Bradford (70%)
- BUSINESS STUDIES: M Madlala (96%)
- CATN: J le Roux (89%)
- DRAMA: K Marais (90%)
- ECONOMICS: R Froise (87%)
- EGD: J Kauffman (97%)
- ENGLISH [HL]: M van Rooyen (86%)
- GEOGRAPHY: E Kock (91%)
- HISTORY: C Raw (94%)
- INFT: T Nuttall (91%)
- LIFE: D Pillay and T Ramdhass (92%)
- LIFE SCIENCE: D Pillay and T Nuttall (89%)
- MATHEMATICS: D Pillay (95%) (also IEB AP Maths (96%))
- MLIT: L Swanepoel (93%)
- MUSIC: S Msibi (84%)
- PHSC: D Pillay (92%)
- VISUAL ART: S Ender (88%)
- ZULU [FA]: M Madlala (95%)
The top 20 positions in the Form, and their respective primary schools, were as follows:
| 1 | Pillay, Declan | Scottsville |
| 2 | Madlala, Mpumelelo | St Nicholas |
| 3 | Van Rooyen, Matthew | Merchiston |
| 4 | Wiggill, James | Merchiston |
| 5 | Osman, Abdullah | Merchiston |
| 6 | Kock, Ethan | Merchiston |
| 7 | Ramdhass, Tayughe | St Charles |
| 8 | Nuttall, Toby | Epworth |
| 9 | Karrim, Mikhail | Eden College |
| 10 | Roux, Gerhard | Pelham |
| 11 | Ambler, Travis | Harriston |
| 12 | Raw, Cuan | Cowan House |
| 13 | Emberton, Bryce | Merchiston |
| 14 | Marais, Kristan | Umhlali |
| Schutte, Philip | Epworth | |
| 16 | Le Roux, Joshua | Pelham |
| 17 | Crawford, Tye | Merchiston |
| Msibi, Sikuwe | Cordwalles | |
| Thabethe, Xolani-Junior | Clarendon | |
| 20 | Conolly, Judah | Cordwalles |
L-R Dr C Luman, Tayughe Ramdhass, Mrs J Finnie and Toby Nuttall
We take this opportunity to wish the Class of 2023 well in their future endeavours, and thank them once again for their contribution to Maritzburg College.
Dr CJ Luman Mrs J Finnie
Headmaster Deputy Headmaster (Academics)