{"id":49373,"date":"2022-06-09T10:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T08:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/mayor-boosts-education-20220607\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:35:25","slug":"mayor-boosts-education-20220607","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/mayor-boosts-education-20220607\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor boosts education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Umzimvubu Local Municipality Mayor, Councillor Zukiswa Ndevu, handed over 20 computers to two schools that did very well in their matric results and two primary schools that are neighbours of these senior secondary schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schools which benefited from this initiative were Senyukele Senior Secondary School, Makaula Senior Secondary School, Lukhanyisweni Primary School and Ngele Primary School. 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