 From 2009 onwards, graduates would finish with a combined National Senior Certificate (NSC) and the German International Abitir (DIA).2010 will always be remembered as the year of the World Cup but there was also history made at the DSJ as a group of learners went on to successfully compete in the Sasol Solar Challenge in their vehicle ‘Sonnenbrand I’.After a week of intense scrutiny, the DSJ was awarded the status of ‘Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule’ in 2011, a seal of quality introduced by the German Federal Office of Administration which serves as the quality assurance and stands for quality development for German schools abroad.