Emmanuel Christian (Makhado)

Okay so Emmanuel Christian in Rondeboschplots, Makhado. First of all, Rondeboschplots. Someone in Limpopo sat down and said "you know what, let me name this place after the most Cape Town suburb possible." Bra, Rondebosch is literally in the Southern Suburbs, next to UCT, next to the mountain, next to people who say "yah no for sure." And here you are, in Limpopo, with the PLOTS version. Like a bootleg. A Rondebosch that came on a flash drive. Now Emmanuel Christian is private, which means fees, which means someone's parents are sacrificing real money every month to send their child to a school with 33 educators for 684 kids. That is a 20.7 to 1 ratio, meaning your teacher is basically running a taxi. Standing room only, next stop Grade 10, no change given. The name says Emmanuel, which means "God is with us," but with those class sizes, God is the only extra adult in that room. BUT. And this is a big but. 100% matric pass rate. One hundred percent. Not 98, not 99 point something, ONE HUNDRED. In Makhado. With load shedding, with 20 kids per teacher, with a name borrowed from the Western Cape. These kids walked into that exam hall and said not today. Every single one of them passed. That is not luck, that is a school that actually works. Overall verdict: Rondebosch's scrappier, hotter, harder-working cousin who somehow gets better results than the original.