Top matriculants from Ngodini High awarded prizes by top attorney
The prizes and monetary vouchers are aimed at helping the learners with registration purposes and settling in at institutions of higher learning.
Three top matric learners from Ngodini High School won lucrative prizes and vouchers courtesy of Macbeth Attorneys. Ngodini High School’s class of 2020 achieved a 95 per cent pass rate, an eight per cent increase from the 87 per cent they had achieved last year. 
READ: Ehlanzeni district tops them all in the 2019 matric results
The school attained first place among public schools in the Nsikazi Circuit. The top three, Sandile Mutuque, Zethembe Mlombo and Siphosethu Shekwa, passed their exams with flying colours.
Sandile achieved distinctions in accounting, mathematics, business studies, siSwati and life orientation. He achieved level five in English. He had been accepted to pursue a degree in BCom accounting at the University of Johannesburg. “I read my books hard during the lockdown and when the schools reopened in June it was all revision for me. I seriously didn’t expect to achieve such good marks. I surprised myself and my granny Ester Mutuque, my only pillar of support and my number one fan,” he said.
ALSO READ: MEC applauds stellar grade 12 results
Sandile received a brand-new laptop, a smart phone Wi-Fi router, a trophy and a R15 000 cheque. Zethembe achieved distinctions in physical science and siSwati. She obtained level six in life orientation and English and level five in mathematics and geography. She thanked her father, Jeffrey Mlombo, for always being there for her and her siblings since the death of their mother in 2017. 
Five teachers also received trophies for their work. Macbeth Ncongwane, the founder of Macbeth Attorneys, has been providing financial assistance to the top three performances of his former school, Khutsalani Secondary, since 2004.
“The initiative is aimed at giving back to the community of KaBokweni and affording previously disadvantaged children an opportunity to enroll in an institution of higher learning. This programme has helped more than 30 students who have graduated in the different fields, including engineering, medicine, accounting, law and many more,” said Ncongwane.
