The National Senior Certificate results were released last night during a live prize-giving. The matric class of 2025 achieved an overall national pass rate of 88% and KwaZulu-Natal is the best-performing province with a 90.6% pass rate. This morning (06:00 release time), close to 900 000 school leavers accessed their results. We take a moment to celebrate their achievements. We are joined by…

Guest: Bokang Vincent Mokubung - Bluegumbosch Secondary School in the Free State (#1 learner in Quintile 3 schools in South Africa)

Note: KZN, North West and Gauteng have not responded yet due to the National Prize-Giving tonight.

Some of these provinces are hosting awards this morning during our time slot: Limpopo, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape. Western Cape pupils are flying back to the Western Cape this morning. They will only be able to take interviews after 14h00.