Fort Beaufort, South Africa News

A TURNAROUND plan to improve the Eastern Cape matric pass rate is under way, beginning with the training of school principals at three of the worst performing districts.

While on my way back from East London to Fort Beaufort, I stopped at the Engen garage on the way out of King William's Town for a "loo stop". There are five cubicles in the women's toilet and four of them were in use, the fifth being wide open with a man on the floor fixing a broken seat.

I TRAVEL from Fort Beaufort to Port Elizabeth frequently, and often see traffic vehicles parked at Kinkelbos .

INSPIRED by her business-savvy parents and running her own businesses as a child have contributed to the success of young Port Elizabeth entrepreneur Benita Jones.

The Eastern Cape's 2012 matric results were "one step backwards and two steps forward", provincial education MEC Mandla Makupula said on Thursday.