{
  "id": 14160635,
  "title": "Gauteng matriculants confident as 2026 NSC exams begin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/gauteng-matriculants-confident-as-2026-nsc-exams-begin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T08:34:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/gauteng-matriculants-confident-as-2026-nsc-exams-begin/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gauteng matriculants are optimistic about their upcoming National Senior Certificate examinations, which commenced on Tuesday. Many learners feel that their years of hard work and preparation will lead to success. Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile visited Namedi Secondary School in Soweto to assess the start of the exams. Several learners expressed their readiness to excel in their chosen subjects.",
  "summary": "Learner Thuso Lebeya says he is ready for the examinations and hopes to study engineering",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}