“A dream delayed is not a dream denied,” were the words used by former Uitenhage High School teacher Farouk Wicomb to describe the joy he felt on seeing the vision he and his colleagues shared for the school coming to life after almost two decades.

Wicomb was speaking at the launch of the Uitenhage High School Past Pupils and Teachers’ Association alumni office and the appointment of its first full-time communication manager at the school on Monday...