2024 National Senior Certificate Results To Be Announced on 14 January

• National education departments announced that results for the 2024 National Senior Certificate exams will be released on 14 January
• The Department of Basic Education is locked in a court battle preventing it from publishing the results in newspapers
• Departments have announced that matriculants can access their results on an online platform

Tebogo Mokwena, a dedicated Briefly News current affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and immigration in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

JOHANNESBURG—Despite a court battle to publish matric results in local newspapers, the Department of Basic Education has announced that the results will be announced on 14 January 2025.

Where will matriculants get their results?

Various provincial education departments announced that the results will be released on 14 January. The Gauteng Department of Education revealed on its Facebook page that matriculants can visit a dedicated website platform, enter their matric examination number and receive their results.

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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education announced that MEC Sipho Hlomuka will announce the results at the Albert Luthuli ICC in Durban. The department has been fighting to maintain its annual publication of results in local newspapers. The Information Regulator banned the department in November for not complying with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

Court battle with Information Regulator

The department announced on 15 December that it launched an application to set aside the Information Regulator's enforcement notice. This meant that it was suspended, and the department said results would be released in local newspapers with examination numbers and not IDs. The Regulator responded by fining the department R5 million for failing to follow its enforcement notice.

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In a related article, Briefly News reported about a woman who was nervous about her results. She started her academic journey as an adult doing grade 11 in 2023 and went on to do matric the following year.

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She posted a video of herself expressing how anxious she was that the matric results would be released. South Africans offered words of encouragement to her.

"I wish you get the best results and carry on studying until you get what you're looking for," @Costa said.

Source: Briefly News