Top achievers overcome challenges to excel

With nine distinctions and an average of 95.9% matric pass rate, Sazi Bongwe, a former pupil at St John's College in Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, is headed to Harvard University in the US

20 January 2022 - 08:03

By Yoliswa Sobuwa

Losing loved ones, being diagnosed with chronic illness and contracting Covid-19 are some of the challenges experienced by the top achievers of the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) class of 2021.

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