SWAZI, MOZ PUPILS LEARN THE HARD WAY

MBABANE – Leaving Swaziland to study Matric in South Africa is not advisable if you have not obtained the necessary documents.

This is the sad lesson a Swazi pupil together with two Mozambican nationals discovered just before they could sit for their Matric examinations last year.

The pupils were kicked out because they did not have a South African Identity Document (ID).
This was revealed by a Mail & Guardian investigation and highlighted in a report released last week Friday. A number of Swazis are said to be use informal crossing to register in South African schools because of the affordable fees.   

Sibusiso Mthombo (21), who was in grade 12 at Mahlatsi High last year was kicked out of the school together with Mozambican-origin, twins Philisiwe and Philile Thole (19), before the trio could sit for their Matric examination.
The twins were also chucked out of the school for not having South African IDs.

Mthombo, who attended Mahlatsi High since grade 10, dropped out in February last year after he was told by a member of the school’s management that he would not be allowed to write the Matric exam because he only had a Swazi ID.

The pupil had been living and studying in South Africa for six years. “It has crippled my future because right now I have nothing to do. I am just sitting at home,” he said.

It has been established, as highlighted by the report that schools close to the Mozambique and Swaziland borders in Mpumalanga are refusing to admit hundreds, and possibly thousands of learners because they do not have South African birth certificates and IDs.

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