CAPE TOWN – A Silversands matriculant who graduated from Malibu High School says she is still surprised and relieved about achieving eight distinctions in her final year.
Camille Moses (18) was among thousands of South African matriculants who received their results on Tuesday following the 2025 matric examinations. Moses achieved distinctions in English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Geography, Physical Sciences and Accounting. “I genuinely thought I was going to do badly because I didn’t have a very good final exam period. I was scared and stressed in the days before results were announced,” said Moses.”I had so many bad feelings and nightmares. I expected the worst and felt like all my hard work was for nothing. Then I was shocked when it turned out better than expected. I was really relieved and so grateful. It was all God’s grace.”
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Moses credits her success to persistence and a structured approach to studying.”I tried to study daily and would sometimes sleep early and wake up really early to study. I would give myself just 20 minutes a day for each subject – knowing my study time was short made it more enjoyable and I naturally wanted to study longer,” she explained. “On bad days, I would even just do five minutes per subject. I had many slacking days and wasn’t always consistent. Some days I completely gave up, but other days I pushed through, even if it was just watching videos or doing one activity.”
She also studied with friends, scheduling daily WhatsApp sessions during final exams to work through past papers together. “In class, I would ask lots of questions even if they seemed ‘dumb’ – that really helped clarify work. Re-explaining work to others and actively taking notes also helped,” Moses said.
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Moses praised her teachers, particularly her physics teacher, for going the extra mile. “My physics teacher sacrificed her time for extra classes, even paid for our transport and took time away from her family to give us classes. All my teachers played fundamental roles and were my biggest supporters,” she said.
Moses is currently completing an engineering internship with Go for Gold while deciding on her future career path. “I’m still unsure about my next move. I’m doing this internship to find out if engineering is something I want to pursue,” she said.
Her mother, Janine Moses, described Camille as hardworking and disciplined throughout her school years at Silversands Primary and Malibu High School. “She is humble, obedient and caring, but very determined and strong-willed. She’s also fitness-conscious and exercises every single day, getting up at 5am during school years to exercise before school,” said Janine.
Despite being accepted to study medicine at both UCT and Stellenbosch University, Camille wants to complete her engineering internship first. “She’s grateful and loyal. She said she owes it to the engineering company as they helped with her maths and science and helped her grow as an individual over the past two years,” Janine explained. “Maybe she’ll decide to stay in engineering after the internship. I can only give her my blessings and support in whatever she decides.”
