/ 24 June 1999

DEADLINE SET FOR 7000 MPUMA MATRICS

THE 7000 matriculants who failed because of Mpumalanga’s 1998 matric scandal have only until Friday to register for special supplementary examinations. Provincial education spokesman Peter Maminza on Thursday confirmed the deadline, which is for the special supplementary examinations in August. Maminza said the final programme for the supplementaries had not been finalised because the department was waiting to see how many pupils registered for them. Two senior officials in the department have been suspended in connection with the matric scandal.