[1] The Nippon Club of South Africa (日本人会 Nihonjin-kai),[2] a Johannesburg-based organisation, sponsors the school to encourage Japanese businesspeople to bring their families to Johannesburg.

[6] In its early days, up until around 1980, the school faced harassment and opposition from community residents.

It re-opened in February 1969 under restrictions including limiting the size of the student body to 30.

[8] In one suburb, the school was a frequent target of vandalism and racist graffiti.

The applicant said that she was told that when she turned 63 years of age, she was required to retire, and accused her job loss of being unfair.