Louis Rex Primary School

All sectors of the Lukhanji community were involved in the freedom struggle. One of the foremost activists of the 1960s was James Cooke, the Principal of Louis Rex Primary School. He strongly resisted his apartheid label of being called ‘Coloured' and instilled principles of non-racialism in his learners. This led to him being declared “persona non grata” by apartheid president C.R. Swart. He spent 29 years in exile, and sadly passed away shortly after his return home.