Matric ball
Matrics from across the home region continued to dazzle in high fashion for the ongoing farewell celebrations, with present-day designs and some borrowed from time immemorial.
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Matrics from across the home region continued to dazzle in high fashion for the ongoing farewell celebrations, with present-day designs and some borrowed from time immemorial.
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The matric dance has become such a popular event that some NGOs scurry around trying to arrange garments for less fortunate learners.
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Upwards of 13 schoolgirls benefited from an initiative by the Ignite Hope movement.
Benefiting girl learners were drawn from Bela-Bela’s Maope High School, Raelelng High School, Bela-Bela High School, and also Phagameng High School in Modimolle.
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In Modimolle, Phagameng High School set the ball rolling with a stunning show on Thursday 19 September, and so did Hoërskool Warmbad.
The schools’ male and female learners displayed the best on offer in haute couture.
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The Phagameng High School matric farewell was hosted on the school premises, with the same going for Warries.
Bela-Bela’s Maope High School has, on the other hand, chose to round off celebrations in the outdoors.
The Maope High School event takes place on Thursday 10 October at Shangri-La Country Hotel and Spa in Modimolle.
The next day, Friday 11 October, Modimolle’s Solomon Mahlangu High School learners in their finest are expected to descend on Bela-Bela Lodge, for their farewell party.
— The BEAT