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Emthonjeni Juvenile Centre, a correctional school in the Baviaanspoort management area in Gauteng, says it is on the brink of an academic milestone of 10 consecutive years with a 100% matric pass rate, as it awaits the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results for correctional services schools.
Learners in Mpumalanga’s Bohlabela District will not return to school as planned after the provincial department of education temporarily suspended classes in the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality on Thursday and Friday because of heavy rain.
Luyanda Ndlozi of Elangwane Secondary School in Volksrust, Mpumalanga, has made her mark as one of the country’s top matric achievers in 2025, topping quintile 1 schools nationally.
Thabo Seota, a top matric achiever from Sekeleka Senior Secondary School in Limpopo, has credited resilience, discipline and teacher support for his success after overcoming financial hardship at home to place among the country’s best performers.
Limpopo’s department of education has told parents, teachers and schools in the flood-hit Vhembe and Mopani districts not to reopen schools on Wednesday, warning that heavy rains have created dangerous conditions and disrupted key services, including school meals and scholar transport.
Maria Freercks, 18, a pupil at Collegiate Girls’ High School in Gqeberha, has been named among South Africa’s top 40 achievers in the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, and is now setting her sights on a future in medicine.
KwaZulu-Natal overcame years of financial pressure, damaging floods and persistent staffing shortages to finish as South Africa’s top-performing province in the 2025 National Senior Certificate results with a 90.6% pass rate – up from 89.52% in 2024.
The Department of Basic Education has assured parents and the nation that all unplaced learners will be allocated schools when learning begins on Wednesday.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has lambasted the province’s 2025 matric performance, describing its drop from second to third place nationally as unacceptable and calling for urgent intervention.
