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| Durban High School | |
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| Address | |
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255 St. Thomas Road, Musgrave , | |
| Coordinates | 29°50′40″S 30°59′52″E / 29.84444°S 30.99778°E |
| Information | |
| Other name | D.H.S. |
| School type | All-boys public school |
| Motto | Deo Fretus (In God We Trust) |
| Established | 1866 |
| Sister school | Maris Stella |
| School district | District 9 |
| Headmaster | Tony Pinheiro |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 14 to 19 |
| Number of students | 1000 boys |
| Language | English |
| Schedule | 07:30 – 15:00 |
| Campus | Urban Campus |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Houses | Blackmore Campbell Grice Langley Payne Swales |
| Colour(s) | Blue Gold |
| Newspaper | The Herald |
| Boarding houses | Blackmore |
| Website | www |
Durban High School (Better known as D.H.S) is a public English medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Musgrave in Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
DHS opened its doors in 1866 in two rooms and with seven pupils in Smith Street. From there it moved to a disused granary in Cato Square in 1880, just after the Zulu War, and then to the Old Hospital on the foreshore. In 1895, it moved up onto the healthier Berea to its present site, where it flourished. The ten acres plot was granted to the School by the Durban Town Council. The first enrolled student was a boy called Eben Coates and he was also the first Head-boy. There is also a related primary school: Durban Preparatory High School. The school has approximately 1000 enrolled students, all boys, and includes a small boarding establishment and over 75 teachers. The headmaster is Mr. Tony Pinheiro. It is the oldest standing school in Durban and one of the oldest in South Africa.