2025 matric exam leak localised to 40 pupils, says Umalusi CEO

Umalusi and Minister Siviwe Gwarube greenlight NSC results amid Pretoria paper leak scandal

Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube believes the 2025 National Senior Certificate exams remain credible despite a contained leak affecting 40 candidates. Umalusi has approved the results release but issued strict recommendations.

2025 matric exam leak localised to 40 pupils, says Umalusi CEO

Exams quality assurer Umalusi has indicated that the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam leak was contained to about to 40 candidates in seven schools in Pretoria.

NSC exam leak limited to 40 learners in Pretoria, says Umalusi

NSC exam leak limited to 40, but more pupils may still be punished – Umalusi

Students who cheated during the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations but have not yet been identified among the 40 implicated candidates will still face consequences if they are later uncovered. This warning was delivered by Umalusi CEO, Dr Mafu Rakometsi, on Friday during his briefing on the report into irregularities detected at the Department of Basic Education (DBE) offices, following a national investigation into leaked exami…

Results of 40 matric pupils frozen as exam leak probe tightens

By Thapelo Molefe The Department of Basic Education has withheld the 2025 matric results of 40 learners implicated in a national exam leak investigation, as it moves to contain the fallout from one of the most serious breaches of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) system in recent years. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube on Friday released the interim findings and recommendations of the National Investigation Task Team (NITT), establish…

Department withholds 40 NSC 2025 candidates’ results over exam breach

The Department of Basic Education has withheld the results of 40 NSC candidates from the 2025 cohort implicated in an exam paper breach.