Professor Jonathan Jansen at Crestway High in Retreat. He grew up in the disadvantaged Cape Town neighbourhood
YOU hear him before you see him, his voice reverberating through the corridors as he bursts through the front door of Crestway High School. “Good morning, good morning, good morning,” Professor Jonathan Jansen booms.
Although it’s an icy-cold, rainy day in Cape Town everyone seems to perk up when they catch sight of him striding along in his puffy rain jacket.
Over the years the distinguished education expert has delivered lectures in the hallowed halls of prestigious universities both locally and abroad, but it’s here, at this struggling school in Retreat, where he feels his true calling lies.
The prof has never shied away from a challenge so at
