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  • The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

    We're an independent boarding school, founded by Oprah Winfrey to provide world-class education to previously disadvantaged girls in South Africa from Grade 8 to Grade 12.

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Students

We strive to raise future leaders who are able to navigate a variety of social and cultural contexts, and who will remain committed to the development of South Africa and the African continent.

The Foundation

From the start, Oprah Winfrey knew that university study was essential to the students achieving their professional and personal goals, contributing to society and establishing financial independence.

News

Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Celebrates 100% Pass Rate

Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Celebrates 100% Pass Rate for Seventh Consecutive Year, Achieving 148 Distinctions with Results Above National IEB Average

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Celebrating the Graduating Class of 2018

The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) celebrated their 8th graduation event as the 2018 matric class, affectionately referred to as the “Orions”, took to the stage on Saturday, 1st December 2018, alongside Founder of the Academy Ms. Oprah Winfrey

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New Executive Director, Gugu Ndebele, Appointed

The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) is pleased to announce its newly-appointed Executive Director Gugu Ndebele. The former Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children South Africa

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Generation Earth Eco-Fashion Show and Arbor Day

During the course of the third term, the two Generation Earth events focused on merging environmentalism and creativity. These events were the GE Eco-Fashion show and the Arbour month celebration.

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Library Week 2018

Stories are part of the culture and wealth of our communities. They have the power to teach, inspire, excite, connect and soothe. We see stories come alive as we share them every day on train platforms, in taxis, in church, in class or around a fire at night. We all have stories to tell.

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2018 Grade 9 Fliek

During the week of 16th August, the Grade 9 Afrikaans girls went to watch the movie ‘Stroomop’ and it brought tears to our eyes.

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SAASTA Provincial Schools’ Debate: When Women With Scientific Thoughts Meet Conversation!

As a team determined to be reckoned with, the OWLAG girls positioned their political pillar from the onset. Their central argument called for the use of HFCT in industries based on our platinum reserves advantage.

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Oprah Winfrey Celebrates her South African Students at Graduations in the US

“I was looking for smart, bright, giving, resilient, kind and open-hearted young girls who had the ‘it’, a factor that means you keep going no matter what”, said Oprah Winfrey, Founder of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) during her commencement address at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism in May.

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