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Class of 2025 aims to break record

Cape Argus

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January 12, 2026

EDUCATION MEC David Maynier said the Matric class of 2025 has big shoes to fill as the previous year’s candidates made the province proud by making history with a pass rate of 86.6%, a 5.1% increase.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

A total of 77442 Western Cape candidates wrote their National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams between October 21 and November 27 last year.

This included 67606 full-time (3231 more than 2024) and 9836 part-time/repeat candidates. Exams concluded on November 26 last year with 112 papers. Mathematical Literacy had the most candidates (53206), while Sesotho First Additional Language and Setswana Home Language each had only one.

The exams involved 473 centres, 2046 invigilators, and 954000 scripts were marked by 4190 markers in December.

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Cape Argus

Cape Argus

Chiefs look to fighting spirit to revive CAF campaign

A STRONG mindset and fighting spirit are some of the crucial ways Kaizer Chiefs will need to get their CAF Confederation Cup group-stage campaign up and running when they visit Zesco United at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Sunday (3pm, kickoff).

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2 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Five keys to Stormers' derby success against the Sharks

TOMORROW will mark the first of back-to-back coastal derbies in the United Rugby Championship (URC) between the Stormers and Sharks, with Cape Town hosting the opening duel.

time to read

2 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Onyango urges Sundowns to chase second star and make history

AS MAMELODI

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2 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Cape Argus

SA’s naval drill was not about taking sides

RECENT media commentary on South Africa’s participation in a joint naval exercise with China, Russia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates has been marked by a familiar charge: that Pretoria has compromised its professed nonaligned stance and, in doing so, damaged the credibility of its foreign policy.

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4 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Elite continuity undermines justice

IT SEEMS a strange day to wake up to news that cast former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma as allies - cartoons must surely follow soon that strangely, different to public opinion, will show them on the same side of history, different to earlier satire that painted their rivalry as one that reshaped the country.

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4 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

A new era for commuter safety, access in Cape Town

VISIBLE progress on long-awaited upgrades at the Golden Acre Precinct took centre stage yesterday, as Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis led a walkthrough highlighting advances in commuter safety, access and inner-city redevelopment at one of the city’s busiest transport hubs.

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1 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Conrad hoping to ‘unlock’ T20 World Cup-bound Stubbs

RAMPANT speculation that Tony de Zorzi and Donovan Ferreira would be ruled out of next month’s T20 World Cup due to injury was confirmed yesterday.

time to read

2 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Cape Argus

Pretoria Capitals hold the winning hand

THE Pretoria Capitals (PC) have all the cards stacked in their favour after booking an early ticket to the SA20 final.

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2 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Cape Argus

Parliament calls for urgent action on scholar transport

AHEAD of the tabling of the 2026 National Budget, Parliament's Standing Committee on Appropriations has raised concerns over the state of scholar transport in South Africa, calling for urgent national intervention to address longstanding safety concerns and systemic failures in the system.

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1 mins

January 23, 2026

Cape Argus

Ex-cop guilty of Covid-19 traffic fines corruption

THE Plettenberg Bay Regional Court has sentenced former police officer, Ralston Petersen, to an effective six-year direct imprisonment after being convicted of corruption, fraud, and defeating the ends of justice relating to traffic fines during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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1 mins

January 23, 2026

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