Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has advised parents to buy children books instead of toys after concerns that eight out of 10 grade 4 pupils cannot read for comprehension.
Layani Mkansi thought he would have the world at his feet one day after bagging five distinctions in the matric exams in 2021. But the 20-year-old, who would have qualified for medicine or engineering at university cannot enroll because he does not have an identity document.