Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor, Cllr Nqaba Bhanga, has congratulated the Matric Class of 2020 and in particular, matriculants from the Nelson Mandela Bay education district, for being the top performers in the Eastern Cape.
On Tuesday, 23 February 2021, the Mayor had a special virtual meeting with Top Achiever, Reynhardt Buys, who was celebrated as one of the Top Achievers in the country during the Matric results announcement on Monday.
The 18-year-old Buys from Pearson High School in Port Elizabeth passed all his seven subjects with distinctions obtaining first position in the quintile five category and third place countrywide in the mathematics category.
During the meeting the Mayor said Buys was a beacon of hope in the City and an inspiration to many.
“We are so proud as the City to have you as the best in South Africa because there are many bad things that have been said about our City. All 1.2million of us are so proud to have a positive star like you in our City. When I heard these news, I was very excited and wanted to meet this blessing. I know you will be an inspiration to many of our children. I’m proud to say that even in this town of ours, there can come good things.”
“We need hard working individuals like you, who will inspire a generation of children that in South Africa, we can achieve the best. You have told South Africa that in Nelson Mandela Bay we do have good quality schools. I was in a meeting with senior executives from Transnet as they are relocating their headquarters to our City, I was saying one of the things we offer in our City are good schools and Pearson is one of the best schools we have, together with many others.”
Although Buys will be studying actuarial sciences at the University of Stellenbosch, he said he would like to work for the City one day to which the Mayor said he would be very happy.
“I will tell them I am from Nelson Mandela Bay, I’m extremely proud to represent the City doing the one thing that I love, to inspire other young people across the City. I’m thankful for all my friends, Pearson and everyone around me who have been a great support to me,” Buys said.
The Mayor has also congratulated the Nelson Mandela Bay education district for being a top performer in the province with a 75.5% pass rate.
“I want to congratulate the district too; we know it was challenging under the COVID-19 environment, but they have made us proud. To the young people who did not make it this year, we want to encourage them to stand up and try again. I was once a failure myself but I stood up and fought again. There are many leaders in the world who have failed matric but today they are successful in their different fields,” he said.
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