Executive mayor of the Mopani District Municipality, Pule Shayi (right) and mayor of the Greater Letaba Municipality, Dagma Mamanyoha (left) with some of the top achievers from the Mopani district in the 2021 matric results. Vutlhari Mnisi, Shumani Baloyi and Success Shiluvana (all three are from St George College) are some of the province’s top achievers. Masipa Merlu Motale from Lephai Secondary School and Mpho Ramoba from Meridian Combined were also honoured during the announcement of the matric results in Polokwane. With them are Phillipine Madika, Mopani West district director (yellow dress) and Yasmin Gani, deputy principal of Meridian.
The Tzaneen circuit achieved a 83.4 pass rate with 54.6% learners getting a bachelors pass. It is also the top achieving circuit in the Mopani West district.
Top performing schools are Die Hoërskool Ben Vorster with a 98% pass rate and three learners with seven distinctions and four learners with six distinctions. 219 learners have qualified for further studies.
Merensky High School has a 99% pass rate with one learner with with seven distinctions and four learners with six distinctions.
Stanford Lake College students excelled with two students receiving eight distinctions each, two with seven distinctions and one with six distinctions. They also boasts a 100% pass rate since the inception of the school.
St George College in Nkowankowa is also one of the top performing schools.
They boast a 100% pass rate with five learners achieving seven distinctions and another five learners with six distinctions. 97% of their learners received a bachelors pass.
Meridian College in Nkowankowa also boasts a 100 pass rate with 36 out of 38 learners receiving a bachelors pass.
Read more of the results of these schools on the following pages.
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Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.
