The Nomaka Mbeki Technical Senior Secondary School, established by Epainette Mbeki

Epainette Mbeki

Epainette Mbeki , commonly known as "MaMbeki", is the mother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki and widow of political activist Govan Mbeki. She lives in Ngcingwane, a rural hamlet near Dutywa, one of South Africa's poorest municipalities...

, is a secondary institution in Ngcingwane, a rural hamlet near Dutywa, one of South Africa's poorest municipalities. It caters for Grades Ten to Twelve, and has been recognised as one of the region's four S4 (the highest category) schools. Its netball

Netball

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 team is ranked second in the Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...

 province, while its debating team has earned national honours. It is one of four Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...

 schools, promoting the socio-economic needs of its community.

Mbeki, widow of Govan

Govan Mbeki

Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa Mbeki was a South African politician, and father of the former South African president Thabo Mbeki and political economist Moeletsi Mbeki...

 and mother of Thabo

Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...

, has endeavoured to secure a library, laboratories and more reading material for the school. "If I die before this is achieved," she says. "I'm going to be a spook; I'm going to come back and persecute everybody until my ideal is reached." Bob Mngxitama, the headmaster, agrees: "MaMbeki will go to Bhisho as a ghost." in this school there's a lack of equipment for student and other are leave far at school and those leaners travel by foot for long distance to school eg. frm Auckland to Ngcingwane iz 4 klm