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Holy Cross School

Holy Cross School - Derek Walker
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Established by the Roman Catholic Church in 1931, this building was expropriated in the late 1960s by the apartheid government, and subsequently occupied by the Alexandra Secondary School and the MC Weiler School.

Plaque Location:
Gauteng
Johannesburg
Alexandra
Plaque Address:

2nd Avenue, Alexandra

Plaque Category:
Apartheid
Churches
Schools
Plaque Organisation:
City of Johannesburg

Holy Cross School Alexandra (Derek Walker)

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