ABOUT US
The General Botha Old Boys’ Association Bursary Fund promotes maritime education and training. We do this via raising
funds to provide financial assistance to formerly disadvantaged school going students at Lawhill Maritime Centre at Simon’s Town School. In addition, Tertiary Bursaries for Maritime Studies are awarded to selected students. An ongoing Mentorship and Outreach program, in partnership with various organisations and supported by Captains of Industry from school through to employment, is essential to the success of students who are part the program.
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LATEST NEWS
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2023
Motorboat Training
Gaining a SAMSA certificate is the goal of the training that the Bursary Fund is providing to LMC students. Sea time gained on both Speranza and Sean Day under the watchful eyes of volunteer mentors Ian Hare and Digby Thomson, have since 2022 enabled fourteen LMC students to qualify for their Category E certificate. It is especially exciting that two of 2022’s qualified motorboat students Anele May and Sylvino October were able to assist this year with the training –
a true example of giving back!
June 2023
Annual General Meeting
Captain Keith Burchell was handed his Life Governorship of the Bursary Fund at an event attended by Board Members, SATS General Botha Old Boys’, his family as well as past Bursary Fund students Loyiso Jantjies, Avela May and Lukhanyo Tetyana. This award was in recognition of nine years of outstanding leadership of the Bursary Fund as well as his long association with youth development. Bravo Zulu Keith.
August 2023
Competent Crew Course
Sailing on an over 9 metre yacht provides crucial sea time towards achieving a Day Skippers thus five LMC students were recently funded to complete a Competent Crew Course on a L34. So far, the Bursary Fund and its partners have enabled eight students to gain this much coveted qualification.
