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Christian Brothers’ CollegeBulawayo · Est. 1953

The brotherhood

Old Boys

A CBC education ends; membership doesn't. The Old Boys' network spans the world, and its record speaks for the school.

The network's proof

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Rhodes Scholar, Oxford 2020
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Mandela-Rhodes Scholars
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Years of magazines in the archive, 1995 to 2019
70+
Years of classes out in the world

Notable old boys

What CBC boys become

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Rhodes Scholar, 2020

Andile Maqhawe Dube

Class of 2013

A final-year medical student at NUST when he won the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, Andile was an Honours prefect at CBC, active in debate, tennis, squash and music. He credits the College's debate programme, under Mrs C Mashazhu, as his greatest, most life-changing experience at school.

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Mandela-Rhodes Scholar

Bakani Ncube

One of two CBC old boys awarded the Mandela-Rhodes Scholarship, following the same path of academic distinction and service.

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National-record swimmer, NCAA finalist

Denilson Cyprianos

Head Boy, 2020

Broke a Zimbabwean 200m backstroke record that had stood since 2003, qualified for the World Youth Championships in Budapest, and went on to place 7th in the NCAA Division II 200m backstroke for Carson-Newman University.

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The Patrician

The magazine archive

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