Our Mission Statement reads as follows "The South African College High School seeks to promote excellence within an all-round education, to prepare boys to play a constructive role as compassionate, thinking individuals in society".

By way of elaboration,we enable our boys to achieve excellent academic,sporting and cultural results and develop those personal attributes and qualities that will help guide them on their journey through life as mature, confident, courteous, unselfish gentlemen with the highest set of moral values.

In a nutshell, SACS Men are enthusiastic, energetic, committed, friendly, helpful lads who aspire to excellence in all spheres of school life- academic,sport and culture. They also realize that the TEAM is more important than the individual and that team-spirit is an integral component of a happy and fulfilling education at SACS.