Race vs. Party

Patricia de Lille’s resignation as leader of the DA in the Western Cape sure came as a shock for many. And her reason: to only focus on her role and govern as executive mayor of the Mother City.

In Mother of (only) the City I mention that you never trust everything you being told in politics and that it’s a game of practically anything goes. But now the DA's stronghold province is faced with electing a new leader...

Prior to the announcement end of January rumours have been going around about some trying to get Western Cape Premier and former DA Federal Leader, Helen Zille, to take on De Lille for the provincial leadership at the next congress.

Both De Lille and Zille are known for supporting change and younger leaders. One can thus not be blamed for assuming the two iron ladies reached a truce to allow the young(er) guard to rise.

Front-runners in the provincial race appear to be Acting Provincial Leader, Bonginkosi Madikizela, and DA Cape Metro Chairman, Shaun August.

In a discreet way the two have been campaigning on Facebook.

August’s campaign is highlighting the success of the party in the metro, under his leadership.

Madikizela’s campaign seems to be to get the support of the big guns to endorse him.

Call me crazy but one of the many random thoughts I had was that this is still De Lille vs. Zille – August is one of the former ID leader’s trusted aides and Madikizela once worked in the office of the former Mayor.

Apart from my random thoughts though, from social media it looks like August is leading.

Important maybe to mention the Interim Provincial Leader will be elected by ±120 delegates, of whom fifty percent of the total council comprise members of the Metro-region.

The two politicians are however not the only ones in the race.

Western Cape Standing Committee Chairman for Cultural Affairs and Sport, adv. Lennit Max, is also trying again. The former Western Cape ID leader, without any success, took part in the 2015, 2010 and 2007 race.

Also in the race is the only female, Dr. Arlene Adams, a City of Cape Town councillor. The former academic in a recent interview said: “If you don’t enter a race‚ you lose 100%. For a candidate‚ I have given myself a 25% chance”.

As for being the only female, competing to take over the position previously held by a female, Adams said she taught there would be more women putting themselves forward.

“I am stepping forward as a woman representing‚ embodying those people who do not speak and I am hoping they will understand that’s what the party is about.”

Delegates heading to Worcester will have to ask themselves if they voting for race, to see who crosses first, or for the party.

Just for those coming with majority in the province are coloureds, so a coloured should lead: note that in the North West, Limpopo and Eastern Cape where more than 90% of the population is black, the party leader is coloured (Joe McGluwa) and white (Jacques Smalle and Athol Trollip) respectively.

What is interesting about this election is that the person would possibly only be Interim leader until the provincial elective congress in August 2017 (should he or she not stand again).

The party won’t admit its factions and infighting – like who would – but they there. [And this is not me campaigning] but why not go for a neutral interim leader, who can keep the ship steady until the Provincial Elective Congress.

While the last academic, dr. Wilmot James, ran unsuccessfully for a leadership position, I am tempted to say the unknown dr. Adams could be a safe bet.

To build on the success of the party August, who already proven himself in the Metro-region and is DA Chief Whip in the City council, might not be a bad choice.

One could also argue adv. Max, who is a former provincial police chief, might be what the party needs to address the growing crime rate.

If you want to be traditional though, Madikizela who is also provincial housing minister and elected deputy party leader would be your choice.

Given the campaigning of not only the past three weeks, but months, delegates will have to ask do we vote for the race or the party?

And if the 2016 US Presidential election taught us anything: it’s don’t trust social media, it’s anything goes.

The long walk continues...

Reflecting on #SONA2017 too many people are laughing and describing our parliament as a circus – and that is not because we take the cue from the president, who was laughing…

During the events I had a moment where I had to ask do we still have a democracy and democratic Parliament. 

Like 13 January 2015, the morning after, I lower my head in shame as a South African – this is not the democracy that hundreds of men and woman gave up their lives for us to enjoy.

Facial expressions one got from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and former President Thabo Mbeki summed up that the undemocratic events during a Joint Sitting of the two houses of Parliament and should be of grave concern for each and every voter.

Our 490 members of Parliament have privileges on the chamber floor, or so I thought. How many times will we have to view the force removal of democratically elected members? They do represent a percentage of voters – whether it’s 0.8%, 6% or 30%.

 

Julius Malema and his caucus might have valid points, but as pointed out by the Leader of the Official Opposition, Mmusi Maimane, and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise: the joint sitting was not the platform for them. 

Will there ever be a platform? ANC Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu’s point of order sounded like he was heading that way and then he made a u-turn. The former ANC spindoctor left a window open when he mention about “the ability of Parliament to remove the president”.

Given the few failed No Confidence and Impeachment motions I doubt it will happen in Jacob Zuma’s tenure. That makes me wonder do we really have to go through two more SONA’s that has more action than the Action Movie channel.

Whether you like or agree with him or not, Jacob Zuma is President of the Republic – duly elected by the democratically elected 400 members of the National Assembly.

The honourable members might have valid points of order, but until the President – irrespective of the person holding the office – is impeach, citizens have a right to hear (and not view) the State of our Nation.

As citizen and more particularly registered voter my hope and dream now is that our leaders – the Presiding Officers of Parliament will reach a point where they sit with leaders and Chief Whips of all parties represented in the house, along with the Leader of Government Business and the Parliamentary Counsellor to the President and – act in the interest of the country they meant to serve.

There is a dark cloud hanging over our democracy. If I read the last address, our first democratically elected president, the late Nelson Mandela delivered to Parliament [26 March 1999] I cannot wonder if Madiba knew that we would have to cross this bridge.

Tata warned us “the long walk continues. Mooi loop!”

Waar sal my hulp vandaan kom…

Vir sommige is dit nogal iets om te sien wie by die kerk inkom, maar toe maak Somizi die ander dag ’n grand exit uit die kerk. Sy uitstappery is toe boonop oor homofobiese aanmerkings wat ’n gasprediker by ’n diens in Soweto gemaak het.

Intussen is ’n groep kerkleiers ongelukkig oor die nuwe voorgestelde #haatspraakwet. Die godsdiensleiers reken hulle sal nie die boodskap wat God hulle gegee het kan uitdra nie en in besonder, dat om gay te wees verkeerd en sonde is.

Die NGK sê op sy beurt: “Sou die wet toegepas word, kan dit selfs vryheid van spraak en vryheid van godsdiens in gedrang bring”.

In November het prof. Wannie Carstens bande met die kerk gebreek oor die kerk se besluit oor gaylidmate. Hy sê die kerk het hom gedrop. “Wat het geword van die liefdesgebod: Jy moet jou naaste liefhê soos jouself. En ons mag nie voorskryf wie hierdie ‘naaste’ moet wees nie.”

In Brakpan, van alle plekke, weer is daar ’n eetplek wat ’n gaypaartjie verbied het om deel te wees van hul Date Night. Die eienaar sê die rede vir geen gaypaartjies is nie om teen enige persoon te diskrimineer nie, maar om ‘n paartjiesaand te beheer.

Einde verlede jaar het SuidAfrika vir die Amerikaanse pastoor, Steven Anderson, nee gesê om na ons land te kom om gayhaat te preek. Die pastoor het gesê 49 mense wat in ’n gayklub vermoor is, is goeie nuus omdat “die klomp perverts en pedofiele is”.

Daar is egter talle ander godsmanneen vroue hier in die land wat soortgelyke uitlatings maak en die preekstoel misbruik om hul menings as Godswoord te deel.

Onlangs het ek in drie afsonderlike voorvalle gesels met individue wat depressief, ontsteld en hartseer is oor hoe kerkleiers hul posisie misbruik.

Pleks van liefde te preek, word uitlatings gemaak wat die waardigheid van individue aantas.
Ek het op Facebook gevent “geestelike leiers sal nooit die pyn begryp wat hul veroorsaak met die woorde in hul preke nie”.

’n Dominee stuur toe aan my die volgende boodskap: “Ons spreek net wat God op ons hart plaas”. Ek kon nie help om te reageer met: “ek hoop dit is God en nie Lucifer se stem nie”.

In 2016 het ons begin met rassistiese aanmerkings en ons is skaars deur die eerste maand van 2017 en ek wonder of dit die jaar van homofobiese haat gaan wees? Net einde November was dit 10 jaar sedert SuidAfrika die vyfde land in die wêreld en eerste op die vasteland geword het wat selfdegeslaghuwelike gewettig het.

SuidAfrika se Grondwet is duidelik ons almal “het waardigheid en die reg dat dit gerespekteer word”.

Artikel 9 (3) en (4) noem dat niemand direk of indirek onregverdig teenoor enige persoon mag diskrimineer nie.

Die afgelope week was die spertyd vir belangstellendes om insette en kommentaar te lewer op die haatspraakwet. Met dié wet wil die regering sy plig nakom, om gelyke regte te reguleer en diskriminasie te verbied.

Haatspraak word gesien as enige vorm van kommunikasie waar ’n persoon ’n ander persoon of groep dreig, beledig, bespot of skeltaal gebruik.

Laat ons nie doekies omdraai nie, daar is kerkleiers wat preke gebruik om sekere mense te na te kom – of soos ons in die kerkbanke sal sê, pastoor het vandag weer lekker “skim gegooi”.

Uitlatings oor ras, geslag, kultuur of seksuele oriëntasie tas die waardigheid van daardie persoon aan, iets wat veronderstel is om gerespekteer te word. Die einste plek wat ’n veilige hawe moet wees, blyk al hoe meer die plek van oordeel te word.

Ek is een van daardie mense wat in die kerkbanke grootgeword het. Daar het ek geleer dat God is liefde, ons is almal sy kinders en die liefde van Jesus is wonderbaar.

Ek sukkel egter om nou te verstaan waarom ons so selektief is met ons Bybel en sekere verse aanhaal wanneer dit ons pas. Tog vergeet ons van al die ander verse. En dan praat ek nie eens van diegene wat nie eens al 66 Bybelboeke ken nie.

Het God tog nie maar geweet ons sal ook hierdie kruis moet dra, die dat hy sê “roep my aan in die dag van benoudheid”? Steeds kan ek nie help as om te vra “waar sal my hulp vandaan kom?”.

Troos lê daarin dat kerkleiers ook maar mense is, nes ek en jy, gebore in sonde. En ons almal sal eendag alleen voor die Grootman moet gaan rekenskap gee.

My antwoorde vind ek in my wyle ouma se gunstelinggesang:

“My enigste troos in lewe en dood

is dat ek aan Jesus Christus behoort.

Niks sal my ooit van Hom kan skei

– dis my anker, my vaste hoop.”

• Oorspronklike het as Post Scriptum in Paarl Post van Donderdag 2 Februarie 2017 verskyn.

Mother of (only) the City

In politics you never trust everything you being told. It’s a game of practically anything goes.

No matter how true it might be, Patricia De Lille’s reasons for resigning as Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape had a number of things running through my mind.

As Mayor of the Mother City she might lead the biggest DA caucus, but she’s not the first to be a government and party leader. See below for other DA leaders in Government

This iron lady has also never shy away from a challenge and not even personal matters can prevent her from giving her best. De Lille also has strong and competent teams supporting her as executive mayor and provincial leader. With the newly revamped Mayco, with four mini-mayors and deputy executive mayor now without a portfolio one would assume it would lift the burden on the City’s number one.

De Lille, known by many for her integrity, cited making our cities, under a DA-government, great again – might be true. But one cannot ignore a few things, most notably her unofficial campaign heading to Leeuwenhof.

The former leader of the Independent Democrats has been tipped at becoming Premier if the DA retains its majority in the Western Cape in 2019. Former DA leader, Premier Helen Zille, is also rumoured to challenge De Lille for the provincial leadership later in November.

This resignation thus paves the way for the provincial Deputy Leader, Bonginkosi Madikizela, to be interim provincial leader. This could be part of De Lille and possibly the DA’s campaign to attract votes heading towards 2019. It could also be part of De Lille’s counter or an agreement to a possible Zille challenge for the November provincial congress.

Both Zille and De Lille are known for supporting change and new leaders emerging and Madikizela is one of the rising stars.

There however rumours doing the rounds that De Lille appeared before a disciplinary hearing. DA officials are mum on this but one can’t help but wonder, what if?

The rumour can make sense for the following:

National DA leadership rapping provincial leadership over the knuckles – for losing or decline support in certain municipalities – and De Lille as leader takes the blame.

Could also be that De Lille took the fall for the Kannaland caucus entering into a coalition with the ANC or the appointment of poo-protester, Loyiso Nkhola, as ESO (executive support officer) in the City of Cape Town.

I really find it difficult to believe that the first female to lead a political party cannot multitask between being both a party and government leader. De Lille was PAC Chief Whip and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Transport (during the first democratic Parliament), leader of the Independent Democrats and Western Cape Social Development minister and served one term as Mayor and being DA provincial leader. Reasons thus given just don’t add up, considering there are others who juggle or juggled between party and government duties.

Helen Zille was Executive Mayor and DA Federal Leader. Dr. Ivan Meyer is Western Cape Finance Minister and DA Deputy Federal Chairperson, Bonginkosi Madikizela is provincial deputy leader and Western Cape Housing Minister. While provincial Social Development minister, adv. Albert Fritz and Eden Executive Mayor, Memory Booysen are both deputy provincial chairpersons and Tijmen van Essen (Swartland Executive Mayor) and Dan Plato (WC Community Safety minister) both additional members on the provincial leadership.

Whichever option you choose, Patricia de Lille now only mother to the City is good for the nearly 4 million residents in Cape Town, but possibly not for the DA and more than 2 million others in the rest of the Western Cape.

Matric Pass Rate 2016 per District and School

The long wait for the 2016 matric results are over. Here's the matric pass rate per school per district in the Western Cape:

• Cape Winelands

• Overberg

• West Coast

• Eden and Central Karoo

• Metro Districts

Matric Pass Rate 2016: Western Cape Metro Districts

Metro Central: 88.1% a 0.5% drop.

• ABBOTT’S COLLEGE 97.4
• ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY: 63.6
• AL-AZHAR HIGH SCHOOL 80.3
• ALEXANDER SINTON SECONDARY 95.8
• ARCADIA SECONDARY 80.8
• ATHLONE SECONDARY 87.4
• BELGRAVIA SECONDARY 88.1
• BISHOPS 100
• BONTEHEUWEL SECONDARY 85.5
• BRIDGETOWN SECONDARY 81.2
• CAMPS BAY HIGH 100
• CANNONS CREEK SCHOOL 100
• CAPE TOWN HIGH 91.1
• CATHKIN SECONDARY 88.4
• CITY MISSION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 44.4
• CLAREMONT HIGH 98.6
• CRYSTAL SECONDARY 72.2
• DARUL ISLAM ISLAMIC HIGH 86.8
• DOMINICAN GRIMLEYSCHOOL 100
• EROS SCHOOL 56.3
• FEZEKA SECONDARY 69.3
• GARDENS COMMERCIAL HIGH 98.9
• GARLANDALE SECONDARY 83.7
• GOOD HOPE SEMINARY HIGH 100
• GROENVLEI SECONDARY 91.4
• GROOTE SCHUUR HIGH 98.5
• HAROLD CRESSY HIGH 99.1
• HEIDEVELD SECONDARY 89.1
• HERITAGE COLLEGE 81.8
• HERSCHEL GIRLS SCHOOL 100
• HERZLIA HIGH 100
• HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL (MAITLAND) 88.9
• HOUTBAAI SECONDARY 86.1
• I. D. MKIZE SECONDARY 87.4
• ICRA COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 20
• IKAMVALETHU SECONDARY 49.5
• INTSHUKUMO SECONDARY 62.4
• ISILIMELA SECONDARY 79.8
• ISLAMIA COLLEGE SECONDARY 96.5
• JAN VAN RIEBEECK HIGH 100
• KENSINGTON SECONDARY 96.1
• KULANI SECONDARY 53.2
• LANGA SECONDARY 34.3
• LEAP SCIENCE AND MATHS SCHOOL 98.9
• LIVINGSTONE HIGH 98.9
• MAITLAND SECONDARY 89.4
• MANENBERG SECONDARY 73
• MCGREGOR WALDORF 100
• MODDERDAM SECONDARY 78.1
• MOUNT VIEW SECONDARY 89.6
• NED DOMAN HIGH 100
• OAKLANDS SECONDARY 94.7
• OUDE MOLEN HGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL 95.5
• PEAK VIEW SECONDARY 100
• PHOENIX SECONDARY 80.4
• PINELANDS HIGH 100
• PREMIER COLLEGE 80.2
• QUEEN’S PARK HIGH 89.7
• RHODES HIGH 77.5
• RONDEBOSCH BOYS HIGH 100
• ROSEBANK PROGRESS COLLEGE 98.2
• RUSTENBURG GIRLS HIGH 100
• RYLANDS HIGH 98.9
• S.A. COLLEGE HIGH 98.6
• SALT RIVER SECONDARY 61.8
• SANS SOUCI GIRLS HIGH 100
• SCHOOL OF HOPE 75
• SEA POINT HIGH 84.7
• SILVERSTREAM SECONDARY 60
• SPES BONA HIGH 70.1
• ST. GEORGE’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL 100
• ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE 95.2
• STAR COLLEGE CAPE TOWN 100
• STONEFOUNTAIN COLLEGE – ATHLONE 76.2
• STONEFOUNTAIN COLLEGE – KENILWORTH 74.3
• THANDOKHULU SECONDARY 92.6
• THE LEADERSHIP COLLEGE 91.9
• TRAFALGAR SECONDARY 95.9
• VISTA HIGH 91.4
• VOORTREKKER HIGH 96.2
• WALMER SECONDARY 91.2
• WESTERFORD HIGH 100
• WINDERMERE SECONDARY 80
• WINDSOR HIGH 100
• Y2K COLLEGE 92.7
• ZONNEBLOEM NEST SENIOR SCHOOL 85.1

Metro East: 82.5% a 2.1% increase from 2015.

• ACADEMY PRIVATE 100
• BELLVILLE HIGH 100
• BELLVILLE HTS 97.4
• BERNADINO HEIGHTS 99.6
• BLACKHEATH SECONDARY 85.2
• BLOEKOMBOS SECONDARY 68.8
• BOSTON PRIVATE SCHOOL 100
• BRACKENFELL HIGH 99.3
• BULUMKO SECONDARY 56.5
• CENTRE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 96.4
• CHRIS HANI SECONDARY 86.7
• DE KUILEN HIGH 99.6
• DUNATOS PRIVAATSKOOL 88.9
• EBEN DONGES HIGH 97.9
• EERSTERIVIER SECONDARY 74.7
• ESANGWENI SECONDARY 57.4
• FOREST HEIGHTS HIGH 78.1
• GOOD HOPE HIGH 71.2
• GORDON SECONDARY 81.5
• HARRY GWALA SECONDARY 60.2
• HECTOR PETERSON SECONDARY 75.2
• HELDERBERG HIGH SCHOOL 96.9
• HOTTENTOTS-HOLLAND HIGH 99.2
• INTLANGANISO SECONDARY 72.6
• IQHAYIYA SECONDARY 82.2
• JAN KRIEL-SKOOL 89.3
• JOE SLOVO SECONDARY 75.6
• KHANYOLWETHU SECONDARY 61.9
• KLEINVLEI SECONDARY 80.9
• KUILSRIVER TECHNICAL SECONDARY 72.5
• KWAMFUNDO SECONDARY 56.1
• LUHLAZA SECONDARY 71.7
• MACASSAR SECONDARY 85.9
• MADRASATUR RAJAA STRAND HIGH 100
• MALIBU SECONDARY 86.1
• MANYANO HIGH 90.3
• MASIBAMBANE SECONDARY 87.5
• MASIYILE SENIOR SECONDARY 78.9
• MATTHEW GONIWE MEMORIAL HIGH 83.1
• MONDEOR ECO SCHOOL 93.1
• MONUMENT PARK HIGH 98.4
• NATURAL LEARNING ACADEMY 100
• NOMZAMO HIGH 55.6
• NORTHPINE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 67.6
• PAREL VALLEI HIGH 100
• RUSTHOF SECONDARY 84.8
• SAREPTA SECONDARY 90.5
• SCOTTSDENE SECONDARY 94.3
• SCOTTSVILLE SECONDARY 70.3
• SILVERSANDS SECONDARY 80.6
• SIPHAMANDLA SECONDARY 96.4
• SIZIMISELE SECONDARY 23.1
• SOMERSET WEST PRIVATE SCHOOL 96.4
• SONEIKE HIGH 86.4
• STRAND HIGH 99.5
• STRAND SECONDARY 81.1
• THEMBELIHLE HIGH 80
• TUSCANY GLEN SECONDARY 77.4
• USASAZO SECONDARY 93.3
• UXOLO HIGH 80.5
• VALSBAAI HIGH 100
• VISTA NOVA 100
• WALLACEDENE SECONDARY 63.4
• WEST BANK HIGH 94
• WESTERN CAPE SPORT SCHOOL 96.1
• ZANDVLIET HIGH 83.1
• ZOLA SECONDARY 92.5

Metro North: 88.3% a 3.8% increase from 2015.

• ABBOTTS COLLEGE, MILNERTON 100
• ATHLONE SKOOL VIR BLINDES 94.4
• ATLANTIS SECONDARY 81.9
• BARDALE SECONDARY 84.4
• BELHAR SECONDARY 87.2
• BELLVILLE-SUID SECONDARY 81.7
• BISHOP LAVIS SECONDARY 80.5
• BLOUBERGRANT SECONDARY 91.3
• BOSMANSDAM HIGH 98.6
• BURDEN HIGH 92.2
• CAPE TOWN STUDIES AND TOURS 100
• CBC ST. JOHN’S PARKLANDS 100
• CRAVENBY SECONDARY 87.2
• D.F. MALAN HIGH 100
• DELFT TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 77.1
• DURBANVILLE HIGH 98.9
• EDGEMEAD HIGH 99.6
• ELSIESRIVIER SECONDARY 91.9
• ELSWOOD SECONDARY 88.5
• EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 95
• EXCELSIOR SECONDARY 96.3
• FAIRBAIRN COLLEGE 99.4
• FAIRMONT HIGH 99.2
• FISANTEKRAAL HIGH 64.4
• FLORIDA SECONDARY 88.6
• GOODWOOD KOLLEGE 100
• HINDLE HIGH 98.3
• INKWENKWEZI SECONDARY 79.2
• IQRA ACADEMY 73.5
• J.G. MEIRING HIGH 96.3
• JOHN RAMSAY HIGH 72.1
• KASSELSVLEI KOMPREHENSIEWE HIGH 78.8
• LEIDEN SECONDARY 75.2
• MANZOMTHOMBO SECONDARY 91.6
• MARIAN RC SECONDARY 93
• MASIBAMBISANE SECONDARY 54.7
• MELKBOS HIGH SCHOOL 100
• MELKBOSSTRAND PRIVATE SCHOOL 100
• MFULENI SECONDARY 87.3
• MILNERTON HIGH 100.0
• MOUNTAIN VIEW ACADEMY 100
• PARKLANDS COLLEGE 100
• PAROW HIGH 99
• PERSEVERANCE SECONDARY 86.3
• PRESIDENT HIGH 96.7
• PROTEUS SECONDARY 72.2
• RANGE SECONDARY 67.6
• RAVENSMEAD SECONDARY 98.2
• RIVERSIDE COLLEGE 100
• ROBINVALE HIGH 90.4
• ROSENDAAL SECONDARY 67.4
• SAXONSEA SECONDARY 97.8
• SIMANYEBE SECONDARY 77.7
• SIMUNYE SECONDARY 65.5
• SINENJONGO HIGH 85.2
• ST. ANDREW’S SECONDARY 48
• STELLENBERG HIGH 99.6
• SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL 100
• SYMPHONY SECONDARY 84.1
• TABLE VIEW HIGH 100
• TAFELBERGSKOOL 100
• THE SETTLERS HIGH 98.7
• TYGERBERG HIGH 99.5
• UITZIG SECONDARY 70.6
• VALHALLA SECONDARY 93.5
• VOORBRUG SECONDARY 70

Metro South: 85.3% a 0.8% increase.

• ALOE SECONDARY 66.7
• BEACON HILL SECONDARY 78
• BERGVLIET HIGH 100
• CAPE ACADEMY FOR MATHS, SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL 87.5
• CEDAR SECONDARY 82.2
• CHRISTEL HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA 100
• CONSTANTIA WALDORF SCHOOL 95.8
• CRESTWAY SECONDARY 71.2
• DARUL ARGAM ISLAMIC HIGH 94.3
• DARUN NA’IM HIGH 100
• DR. NELSON MANDELA HIGH 75
• FAIRMOUNT SECONDARY 95.5
• FISH HOEK HIGH 98.9
• FOCUS COLLEGE 844
• GLENDALE SECONDARY 92.3
• GRASSDALE HIGH 94.1
• GRASSY PARK SECONDARY 91
• HEATHFIELD HIGH 75.2
• IMMACULATA RK SECONDARY 95
• INTSEBENZISWANO SECONDARY 75.7
• LAVENDER HILL SECONDARY 68.8
• LENTEGEUR SECONDARY 83.8
• LOTUS SECONDARY 75.7
• MASIPHUMELELE HS 48.9
• MICHAEL OAK WALDORF SCHOOL 100
• MONDALE HIGH 99.6
• MUIZENBERG HIGH 96.3
• NEW EISLEBEN SECONDARY 68.1
• NORMAN HENSHILWOOD HIGH 100
• OCEAN VIEW SECONDARY 86.6
• OSCAR MPETHA HIGH 67.1
• OVAL NORTH SECONDARY 94.5
• PACALTSDORP SECONDARY 70.7
• PELICAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL 96.9
• PHAKAMA SECONDARY 69
• PHANDULWAZI HIGH 69.7
• PHILLIPI SECONDARY 76.5
• PLUMSTEAD HIGH 96.3
• PORTLAND SECONDARY 98.6
• PRINCETON SECONDARY 76.6
• ROCKLANDS SECONDARY 94.2
• SHILOAH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 100
• SIBELIUS HIGH 89.2
• SIMON’S TOWN SCHOOL 97
• SINETHEMBA SECONDARY 70.9
• SITHEMBELE MATISO SECONDARY 64.3
• SOPHUMELELA SECONDARY 71.2
• SOUTH PENINSULA HIGH 97.9
• SPINE ROAD SECONDARY 98.7
• SPRINGFIELD CONVENT OF THE HOLY ROSARY 100
• STEENBERG SECONDARY 96
• STRANDFONTEIN SECONDARY 93.2
• TAFELSIG SECONDARY 93.2
• THE ORACLE ACADEMY 98.8
• VUYISEKA SECONDARY 77.9
• WESTRIDGE SECONDARY 77.4
• WITTEBOME HIGH 84.1
• WOODLANDS SECONDARY 55.7
• WYNBERG BOYS HIGH 100
• WYNBERG GIRLS HIGH 100
• WYNBERG SECONDARY 94
• ZEEKOEVLEI SECONDARY 98.3
• ZISUKHANYO SECONDARY 76.8
• ZWAANSWYK HIGH 97.5

Matric Pass Rate 2016: Overberg and West Coast

OVERBERG received 92.7% a 3% increase from 2015

• ALBERT MYBURGH SECONDARY 95.1
• BARRYDALE HIGH 94.3
• BREDASDORP HIGH 100
• DE RUST FUTURA AKADEMIE 95.3
• DE VILLIERS GRAAFF HIGH 100
• EMIL WEDER SECONDARY 84.7
• GANSBAAI ACADEMIA 95.2
• GRABOUW HIGH 97.1
• GROENBERG SECONDARY 94.1
• HAWSTON SECONDARY 73.5
• HERMANUS HIGH 100
• NORTHCLIFF HOUSE COLLEGE 100
• OLYFKRANS COLLEGE 100
• OVERBERG HIGH 100
• QHAYIYA SECONDARY 88.5
• RIVIERSONDEREND HIGH 100
• SWARTBERG SECONDARY 89.6
• SWELLENDAM HIGH 100
• SWELLENDAM SECONDARY 87.3
• UMYEZO WAMA APILE HIGH 80.4
• VILLIERSDORP SECONDARY 95.6

WEST COAST received 88.9% a 1.4% drop from 2015:

• AUGSBURG LANDBOUGIMNASIUM 100
• CEDERBERG ACADEMY 85
• CLANWILLIAM SECONDARY 82.3
• DIAZVILLE HIGH 90.7
• DIRKIE UYS HIGH 100
• GRAAFWATER HIGH 100
• HOPEFIELD HIGH 100
• IMHOFF WALDORF HIGH 91.7
• LLINGELETHU SECONDARY 66.7
• LOUWVILLE HIGH 52.2
• LUTZVILLE HIGH 100
• NUWERUS HIGH 73.7
• PIKETBERG HIGH 100
• PORTERVILLE HIGH 100
• SCHOONSPRUIT SECONDARY 91.7
• STEYNVILLE SECONDARY 86.5
• SWARTLAND HIGH 99.3
• VANRHYNSDORP HIGH 82.2
• VELDDRIF HIGH 100
• VREDENBURG HIGH 95.1
• VREDENDAL HIGH 100
• VREDENDAL SECONDARY 88.4
• WESBANK SECONDARY 88.4
• WESTON SECONDARY 80