‘We are united for one purpose and that is to see our learners achieve’

Prega Govender meets a chanting headmaster and a headman with a keen interest in pupils' marks in a visit to rural schools that achieve top results despite challenges

06 February 2022 - 00:00

In a booming voice and almost doubling over, Stanley Mpangana whips his 981 pupils into a frenzy, chanting  “Yevula, Magigwana! Yevula!”

In Shangaan it means “Skin them, Magigwana! Skin them.”..

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