Johannesburg – South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga announced the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination Results for 2017 on Thursday night.
The class of 2017 achieved a 75.1% pass rate when progressed learners are included. The names of the top achievers are:
Top Maths achievers:
1. Takalani Bambela (Limpopo)
2. Khodani Wonderful Nemalamamgwa (Limpopo)
3. Mogopodi Molusi (Nothern Cape)
Top Science:
1. Timera Naidoo (KwaZulu-Natal)
2. Matthys Louis Carstens (Western Cape)
3. Erin Michael Solomons (Western Cape)
Top LSEN:
1. Joshua Kelley Chetty (Gauteng)
2. Tumelo Mashigo (Gauteng)
3. Katlego Manone (Free State)
Top Math and Science:
1. Takalani Bambela (Limpopo)
2. Khodani Wonderful Nemalamamgwa (Limpopo)
3. Phikolomzi Mjikelwa (Eastern Cape)
Top achievers in quintile 1:
1. Reamohetse Mofitiso (Eastern Cape)
2. Boitumelo Ngoepe (Limpopo)
3. Thalentha Ngobeni (Mpumalanga)
Top achievers in quintile 2:
1. Siyanda Pikwa (Gauteng)
2. Musiwalo Kutama (Limpopo)
3. Takalani Bambela (Limpopo)
Top achievers in quintile 3:
1. Mandisa Xaba (KwaZulu-Natal)
2. Mphoentle Piliso (Eastern Cape)
3. Pikolomzi Mjikelwa (Eastern Cape)
Top achievers in quintile 4:
1. Anza Tshipetane (Limpopo)
2. Timera Naidoo (KwaZulu-Natal)
3. Marie-Tinka Olivier (North West)
Top achievers in quintile 5:
1. Janke van Dyk (Western Cape)
2. Matthys Cartens (Western Cape)
3. Joanna Smith (KwaZulu-Natal)
President Zuma congratulated the class of 2017 in a statement, saying: “We welcome the fact that the pass rate has consistently improved since the democratic dispensation, especially since the reconfiguration of Education into two separate departments namely Basic Education on one hand and Higher Education and Training on the other hand.
“This reaffirms Government’s focus on education as an apex priority and the greatest enabler of the society as well as a key aspect of our programme of Radical Socio-Economic Transformation.”
A total of 634,814 full-time candidates sat for the 2017 NSC exams at 6,844 venues around South Africa in October, with KwaZulu Natal with 169,023 and Gauteng with 112,164 candidates having the highest numbers.
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