Healdtown Comprehensive School

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Healdtown Comprehensive School is a Methodist school located near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It was established in 1845 and assuming its current name in 1994, having been known for most of its history as simply "Healdtown".

Prominent former pupils include

• Nelson Mandela and his youngest brother
• Robert Sobukwe (1924 - 1978) founded the Pan Africanist Congress
• Raymond Mhlaba, ANC leader
• Jonathan Mehlo Rayo, PAC party member who died in 1995 at the age of 81 and was burried in Nontshinga village. His clan name was Mfene.

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• Methodist school survives challenges over 150 years