A Kempton Park teenager whose father studied in the US says he was motivated by him to also set his eyes on America for his tertiary education and has been accepted at Harvard where he will be studying economics.
Menzi Bongwe, who studied at St Johns College in Johannesburg, bagged a 91.8 aggregate as well as nine distinctions for his 2025 matric results and will be off to the US in August.
He obtained distinctions in English home language, IsiZulu first additional language, life orientation, mathematics, dramatic arts, history and physical sciences, as well as further studies in extended mathematics and further studies in English.
