Spar Superstars BRM 2026

BAYANDA Khumalo has set the bar high for his peers at Glenmore Primary School after breaking a longstanding school high-jump record.

The Grade Six learner recently cleared 1.42m, surpassing the previous record of 1.37m which had stood for more than five years.

“I don’t know how I did it, but I am so happy that I achieved something big before leaving the school.”

Khumalo said he was surprised to have broken the record and believes his height may have given him an advantage.

“I’m so happy that I broke the record. I didn’t think that I would be able to do it. I think my height gave me the advantage to be able to get up a little higher.

“I am grateful to my teachers, coach and the school for giving me this opportunity to do sports and be part of the school’s history.”

Apart from reaching for the Olympics one day, the young athlete said he dreams of being a neurosurgeon.

ASANDA Maduna is the soccer captain and sports monitoress at Gordon Road Girls School.
She admits that her 8-year soccer journey has been “really good”.
Her highlights include her selection to KZN U13 team, and recently represented at the prestigious Girls’ Fran Hilton Smith Tournament in Limpopo. The team brought a gold medal home.

FOR Durban Girls’ Secondary School’s Ghislaine Amilesa Ndalele, kindness and helping others is a way of life.
She is a great believer in treating others with dignity and respect.
Being a volunteer at church has opened Ghislaine’s eyes to the world and allowed her to see how a small act of kindness can have a huge impact.
“I am not popular at school and not a fan of attention, but it felt good being part of my church’s sanitary pad drive,” said Ghislaine.

At the age of 14, Zamandelu Shinga proves to be one shining footballer, not only at her school, George Campbell School of Technology, but on the international front too.
At 12, she went to Germany with her then club, Wentworth Warriors FC, and again next year she heads to England after being selected as the Player of the Match in the recent Clive Barker Foundation tournament while representing her boys’ team.
“I aspire to play for Banyana Banyana before I turn 20, while my dream is to join Chelsea FC,” Shinga said.

DURBAN Girls’ College Grade 10 pupil Dhurini Chetty has been awarded The Annabelle Nichol Trophy for Best Actress at the school’s annual House Plays.
Dhurini delivered an outstanding performance in the lead role of Danielle Thompson in Cottam-Churchill’s winning production, She’s the Ou, earning recognition for her talent and compelling stage presence.
DGC extended its congratulations to Dhurini, and all the 2026 trophy recipients.

JIA Ranchhod spent two weeks of her July holidays at the MIT Future Builders course and competition at Oxford University in the UK.
Her team, which comprised students from around the world, competed against other teams and won their category for app building, innovation and coding. The team created and designed an App that could launch in France to help Ukrainians to connect with each other, to translate and speak the language better, as well as to navigate the cities of France.
The Grade 10 learner at St Henry’s Marist College picks maths as her most favourite subject; however, coding has enthralled her.
In Grade Seven she joined the school’s coding team, and she has never looked back. “Coding is a passion that I’m not to going to stop pursuing,” Jia said.
On her experience in the UK, Ranchhod sings praises.
“It was an amazing experience. Meeting peers from different countries, and walking the streets. Winning the competition was a cherry on top,” she said.
Jia has also created robots within the lego-robotics space and coded them.