Cape’s matrics shine
At the top achievers’ ceremony in Gauteng, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga named Justine Crook-Mansour the top matriculant in the country. Photo: Jacques Naude/ANA/African News Agency At the top achievers’ ceremony in Gauteng, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga named Justine Crook-Mansour the top matriculant in the country. Photo: Jacques Naude/ANA/African News Agency
Western Cape matrics have done us proud on the national stage.
At the top achievers’ ceremony in Gauteng, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga named Justine Crook-Mansour the top matriculant in the country.
The Rustenburg Girls’ High School pupil achieved above 96% for all seven of her subjects, her best being 100% for history.
Another star pupil was Kamva Goso from Intsebenziswano High School in Philippi.
Kamva was the top matric in the country from Quintile 2 schools, and also second highest nationally in physical science.
Rondebosch Boys’ High pupil Timothy Schlesinger placed second in the country for maths, with Westerford’s Liam Gurney coming third.
Liam, who is heading to UCT to begin his BSc in computer science studies, got 100% for NSC maths and 96% for advanced programme maths.
The 2018 academic year was a huge success for Masibambisane Secondary in Delft.
The school attained a 79.1% matric pass rate, turning around a poor 48.1% in 2017.
Forty-four achieved a Bachelor’s pass and 45 got diploma admission.
The school’s top pupil, 17-year-old Asiphe Bobile of Nyanga, got two As and three Bs and aims to study pharmaceutics at UCT or Wits University.
Herschel Girls’ School in Claremont produced outstanding results. Of the class of 107, a whopping 75 matrics achieved an A aggregate - with 15 of those finishing with an average over 90%.
Celebrations were also held at Settlers High School, which attained a 97.8% pass rate.
Their top performer, Beatrice Mwamba, obtained seven distinctions.