Principal Mduduzi Maphindikazi Mathe rolled up his sleeves with staff members, parents and the community to turn around the formerly ‘comprehensively dysfunctional’ Bhukulani Secondary School in Soweto.
Principal of Solomon Mahlangu High School Mncedi Mtengwana’s main goal is to produce good human beings, and the emphasis is paying off. Against all odds - with love, discipline and motivation - he has been inching his school forward since he took over the leadership 13 years ago.
The fire that claimed 77 lives in Johannesburg’s CBD has once again raised the issue of hijacked and unsafe buildings and the need to provide alternative accommodation for residents of these buildings. However, for some of the former residents of the Cape York building, gutted by fire in 2017.