An increase of almost 20 percentage points over two years saw St James Senior Secondary School recording one of the biggest improvements of the Bay’s schools for the 2023 matric results.
A Booysen Park-born entrepreneur is paying it forward and ensuring that female pupils across Nelson Mandela Bay can focus on their finals and feel confident and comfortable through the donation of thousands of sanitary pads.
The deterioration of their beloved Arcadia Senior Secondary School in Gqeberha’s northern areas spurred the school’s matric class of 1982 to do something to improve its conditions.