Remember their names: Derek Swart, Chadwin Bagley, Ethon Alexander, and Bernice van Blerk – all teachers from schools in the province who earned distinctions at the recent National Teaching Awards. Swart (Paarl) won the coveted Kader Asmal Lifetime Achievement Award, Bagley (Strand) for excellence in special needs education, and Alexander (Knysna) and Van Blerk (Vredenburg) for teaching excellence in mathematics and physical sciences, respectively.
These heroes were joined by provincial winners: Heather van Staden (Sarepta), Dorothy Jooste (Kuils River), Dillon Seals (Eerste River), Ziyaad Noordien (Lentegeur), Christine Bester (Botrivier), Liezel Reynolds (Hopefield), Lalindei Botha (Paarl), Irma Mentoor (Paarl), Gershwin Kroukamp (Atlantis), Tiro Motaung (Khayelitsha), and Llewellyn van der Ross (Blue Downs).
Remember their names, not as the only selfless citizens who give heart and soul to contribute to the social…