WATCH LIVE: 2017 Matric results announcement
A total of 634,814 full-time candidates sat for the 2017 NSC exams at 6,844 venues around the country.
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Minister of basic education Angie Motshekga congratulates the country’s top achieving matric students of 2017 at a breakfast held in Sandton, 4 January 2018. Results will officially be released tomorrow, 5 January 2018. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will be announcing the NSC Examination pass rate for 2017 this evening.
To watch the announcement on The Citizen’s website, click on: WATCH LIVE: 2017 Matric results announcement
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