‘I don’t know what is to become of my future’: prospective first-year student

Desperate applicants swamp universities: Wits received more than 145,000 applications but only had 6,355 spaces

04 February 2024 - 00:00
By Sipokazi Fokazi

Every day, since her matric results came out on January 19, Mache du Toit uses her smartphone for one priority — checking if she has been accepted by any higher education institutions to study further.

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