Term 1 exemplar language test


This test is an additional exemplar that is not found in the English for Success Grade 9 Learner’s Book. As it is an unseen paper, it can be given to learners for additional practise in preparation for their Term 1 language test, or alternatively it can be used for formal assessment purposes. The memorandum for this paper is found on page 92 of this Teacher’s Guide.


Time: 1 hour Comprehension


Thulani Madondo: a South African hero A South African man from Kliptown in Soweto is one of 10 finalists for the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year award. Within hours of hearing about his nomination, Thulani Madondo has gone from being a


relatively unknown Soweto resident with a heart to change the lives of children, to gaining international celebrity status. Madondo is one of 45 000 nominees from more than 100 countries. Madondo was nominated for his work with the Kliptown Youth Programme (KYP), which


provides meals for children, support with school fees, after-school care as well as educational help and tutoring to about 400 disadvantaged children from the Kliptown area. The organisation has also made it possible for 18 youths to get tertiary education. Madondo is a founder of the organisation and its chairperson. The main focus of the initiative


is its tutoring programme, which runs four days a week. It provides tutoring for grade two to seven pupils, and uses professional teachers to help grade eight to 12 children with subjects such as maths and science. “To achieve this means a lot. It is an honour and privilege and we feel we have already


achieved a lot just by being in the top 10,” Madondo is Soweto’s ordinary hero who has made it his life mission to change his community.


Growing up in Kliptown, in a one-room shack that he shared with seven other siblings, he knows the challenges of young people in this area. His family didn’t have enough money to keep him and all his siblings in school, but he was determined not to drop out. He washed cars to earn enough money to pay his school fees, and went on to become the first member of his family to graduate from high school. With his schooling behind him, he wanted to become an accountant, but his family didn’t have


the means to send him to university. Looking back on his childhood, Madondo realised that education is the most powerful tool to


empower people, and this led him to co-found the KYP. “We feel education is the only key out of these challenging conditions that people live in,” he says. Through his community work, Madondo wants to emulate the life of one of his biggest heroes,


South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. “This is someone who prioritised peace in the country and through his sense of humour made South Africa a very special country to live in,” he says.


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