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Tips to help support your matriculant during the final exams

By: Natasha Archary Image: Ketut Subiyanto Pexels It's the final stretch of your matriculant's schooling career, and this time of year is full of high tension, stress and anxiety as your child takes on this milestone. This time of year is not only stressful for matriculants but can be an equally dreadful time for parents, siblings and other family members too. Creating a stress-free environment for your matriculant involves providing […]

today09/11/2023

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Kaya Biz

What to consider regarding funding your child’s tertiary education

By Zuko Komisa With the announcement of the 2022 matric results, there are parents across the country who are scrambling to find ways to fund their children's education. Over the years the price of education has been fast growing both locally and internationally. Students who have completed high school are applying to tertiary institutions, which aren't expanding quickly enough to accept everyone who applies. Many parents are choosing extra tutoring […]

today23/01/2023

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NEWS

The 2022 matric pass rate at 80.1%, a 3,7% improvement from the previous year

By Zuko Komisa The 2022 matric pass rate is at 80.1%, a 3,7% improvement from the previous year. The 2022 matric class passed their final exams with an 80.1% passing rate, which is a 3.7 percentage point increase from the 76.4% passing rate from the previous year. With an 88.5% pass percentage, the Free State province earned the top spot for the third year in a row, while Limpopo was […]

today20/01/2023

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ENTERTAINMENT

“Bathong!!!”: Matric learner arrives at the matric dance in a coffin

By Zuko Komisa There's never a dull day on social media. Following the global spread of photos of a student who arrived for matric dance in a casket, social media was a hive of conflicting opinions from users.  The young woman arrived at her school looking lifeless while donning a magnificent black and gold gown. Mzansi criticized the student's desperate attempt to gain influence, and some criticized her family for […]

today06/10/2022

Plettenberg Bay Rage festival organisers say they won't cancel event
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Plettenberg Bay Rage festival organisers say they won’t cancel event

By Kaya 959 Reporter Update: The Plettenberg Bay Rage festival, also known as Plett Rage, has since been cancelled due to schools reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases.  Officials have reiterated calls for large gatherings to be postponed in light of the looming fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. Health experts say the current spike in case numbers leaves event-goers vulnerable to disease. The call comes as organisers of the Plettenberg […]

today02/12/2021

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A good night’s sleep can help overall performance in exams

We recently covered bad habits that are likely affecting your child's studying this exam season. One of those habits is not getting enough sleep because it can affect your overall performance in exams. Matriculants might be relieved that mid-year exams have been cancelled this year due to COVID-19. According to the Sleep Foundation, nine hours of sleep is the sweet spot for teens and between 7 to 9 hours is […]

today19/07/2021

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Unemployed females: Opportunity to train as software developers

GirlCode is offering 30 females with a matric certificate the opportunity to train as software developers.   The organization headed by Tinyiko Simbine, one of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans, aims to help set young women up with skills development programs.   The learnership, which kicks off in April, will focus on the software development industry.   The 12-month learnership is a full-time practical training that […]

today23/02/2021

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LIFESTYLE

Matric Supplementary exams: What’s new from 2019

By Nomali Cele As the matric supplementary exams system currently stands, matriculants have less than two weeks after the receipt of their results to register for supplements. Failure to register for the matric supplementary exams, whose deadline is usually around mid-January, means the learner will not be able to sit down for the exam. A supplementary exam is an opportunity for a learner to improve their overall result. After registering, […]

today07/11/2018

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Your child’s life after school: School is ending, now what?

By Nomali Cele Life after school is hard. It’s almost prelim time for matriculants and soon, regardless of how they ultimately perform, hundreds of thousands of young people will be out of school. Is your child one of them? After at least 12 years of getting a basic education, your child’s life sprawls in front of them. This is a big, exciting and largely confusing time in a young person's […]

today06/06/2018

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