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amongst other places              probably speak either             same block. Therefore,

               surrounding the Ibhongo           Zulu or Sotho. As a               with regards to the

               High School. However,             result, the context of the        safety of the learners
               despite these                     school has learnt to              and the educators,

               considerable changes,             adapt to such societal            Ibhongo High School is
               the surrounding areas             demands and over the              one of the safer schools

               are relatively                    years, Ibhongo High               in Soweto.

               disadvantaged and thus,           School has established
                                                                                   Furthermore, the
               the learners are not              itself as well diverse and
                                                                                   school’s principal, Mr
               privileged. As a result,          acknowledging of the
                                                                                   Makganyokga, is
               the school makes                  differences between and
                                                                                   amongst the most
               provision of transport in         amongst the educators
                                                                                   reputable principals in
               a form of a school bus,           and the learners.
                                                                                   Soweto. He is believed
               where learners are
                                                 Over recent times, there          to have played a pivotal
               required to be at their
                                                 has been a rise in bad            role upon his arrival at
               respective stops for free
                                                 publicity of schools and          the school in 2004, in
               transportation to school.
                                                 the corruption that               transforming the school

               Furthermore, the                  schools in the township           from being arguably one
               learners come from                are vulnerable to. Such           of the worst schools in

               different backgrounds as          instances, comprising of          Soweto, to what it has
               per the nature of                 either the educator               become in recent years

               Soweto’s formation,               corporally punishing the          with one of its proudest
               where regions were                learners or vice versa,           moments taking place in

               formed by ethnicity. For          where school learners             2018, when one learner

               instance, almost every            physically assault                from the school
               learner who comes from            educators. However,               onstained seven

               Tshiawelo speaks                  there has not been any            distinctions in Grade 12.
               Shanghaan, while on               such similar cases at
                                                                                   Such factors have
               the other hand, a learner         Ibhongo High School
                                                                                   influenced the great
               that may come from                with Moroka Police
                                                                                   demands for parents
               Rockville will most               Station being in the
                                                                                   from the sorrounging

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