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The OD Union


Objectives of the OD Union
The
objectives of the Union are to bring together past students of the Diocesan College and the Diocesan Preparatory and Pre-Preparatory Schools (hereinafter referred to jointly as ‘Bishops’), to keep them in touch with Bishops and the present students, to promote the interests and welfare of Bishops and to administer a fund to provide financial assistance for descendants of present and past members of the Union to be educated at Bishops.

A Short History
Although the College Magazine, first published in 1886, had always contained news of past pupils of Bishops, the OD Union was not formed until ten years later, in 1896. Prior to that, though, an OD Rugby Club had been formed and informal Old Boys Dinners had taken place, both at Bishops and in Johannesburg, where a ‘branch’ of the OD Union was formed a month before the OD Union itself was constituted in April 1896.

ODU Documents

Minutes of the ODC meetings and their resolutions (Mar 2025 - Mar 2026) More...

Update on the ODU Constitution. More...

Two major changes, and a number of stylistic, semantic and minor changes proposed in order to make the Constitution more relevant and applicable. More...

OD Union Info

The Mitre - Home of the OD Union

OD Office News and Planning

Branches, Interest Groups and Year Groups are all clubs? How does that work? More...

Release of Council Election Results By The ODC

Release of Council Election results and nominations on behalf of the ODU. More...

Meet the nominees and cast your vote by 5 pm, Tuesday the 4th of March More...

The ODU Office