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Cyril Ramaphosa: “I’m saying to our people who are parents, please do not allow your child to drop out of school. As parents, we need to…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2026
I’m saying to our people who are parents, please do not allow your child to drop out of school. As parents, we need to make sure that our children do finish, at the very least, Grade 12 because a person who has not finished Grade 12 is not educated.
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Cyril Ramaphosa

Editor's note · Context

Addressing parents about school dropout rates.

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