Lerato Mbhiza and Johnathan Paoli
Announcing the official release of the 2023 National Senior Certificate results at a briefing in Randburg on Thursday evening, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the class of 2023 had done the country proud.
“The class of 2023 showed the greatest determination, fortitude, and resolve to overcome all odds, similarly to the class of 2022,” Motshekga said.
All the top achievers from across all provinces were accompanied by their parents at an earlier breakfast meeting with the minister and her senior officials.
Top student Melissa Muller from Rhenish Girls’ High in the Western Cape succeeded against all odds and was quoted as saying she kept going “even when the last thing she wanted to see was a textbook”. Muller said she wanted to study mechatronics engineering at Stellenbosch University.
The 2023 NSC examinations recorded the highest pass rate since SA’s democracy with 82.9% – an
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