Matric Results 2023: Meet Melissa Muller, South Africa’s Top Achiever, Future Mechatronics Engineer

Matric Results 2023: Meet Melissa Muller, South Africa’s Top Achiever, Future Mechatronics Engineer

  • Melissa Muller, Rhenish Girls' High School 2023 matric student, bags number one spot in SA public school matric results
  • The young woman will be using her intellect to get a degree in Mechatronics Engineering
  • She hopes to use her degree to help those less fortunate in Mzansi by engineering medical equipment

Melissa Muller is the number one performer out of the public schools in South Africa, and her future is radiating greatness. Her story is inspiring young women out there to reach for the stars.

Melissa Muller, Rhenish Girls’ High School 2023 matric, bags number one spot in SA public school matric results
Melissa Muller, Rhenish Girls’ High School 2023 matric, bags the number one spot in SA public school matric results. Image: @JacaNews
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Some say the future is female, and Melissa proves that that might be true. In SA, seeing a woman in any top position is inspiring, and this young lady has wowed the nation.

Melissa bags the number one spot in matric results

With an impressive seven distinctions and an overall average of 97.6%, Melissa, a Rhenish Girls' High School student in Stellenbosch, has been recognised as the top matric pupil for 2023 in SA. She ranked number one out of 717,377 students who wrote the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams last year.

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Excited about her accomplishments, the talented student, who excels in mathematics and physics, shared with The Citizen that she intends to pursue mechatronics engineering at the University of Stellenbosch this year.

“I’ve always been inclined to maths and physics but couldn’t decide whether to study medicine or engineering. I found the perfect loophole in biomedical engineering,” the bright young woman shared.

Melissa hopes to use her profession to help those less fortunate by one day engineering "medical devices for people in the poorer areas of our country".

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The fantastic news was shared by Khanya's high school, Hilton College, who were proud of their Class of 2023 prodigy and deputy head prefect.

Speaking on his Yale acceptance, Khanya said he was thankful to God for the opportunity.

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.