MANTHE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Grade 3 learners reading together at Manthe Primary School
Morning assembly with the South African flag at Manthe Primary School
Three learners drawing a community map under an acacia tree
Children playing soccer on the school field at break
A No-Fee Public Primary School · Q2 · Taung

Where every Manthestad child is known by name — and known by heart.

490 learners. 18 educators. One small school doing patient, careful work to help children read, count, ask questions and grow up rooted in their community.

Established
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Serving Manthestad since 1968
Learners
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Grade R–Grade 7, 2024
Educators
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CAPS-aligned, SACE-registered
Ratio
1:0
Educator-to-learner ratio
Quintile
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No-Fee · Section 21 status
NSNP meals
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Hot lunch every school day
Moments at Manthe

Quiet, ordinary, ours.

A wall of small school days — reading on the rug, hands in the soil, a girl solving long division at the board. We don’t stage these moments; we just try not to miss them.

Grade 4 girl absorbed in a book in the reading nook
Reading nook · Grade 4
Two boys watering the school vegetable garden
School garden
Maths chalkboard moment with a Grade 5 girl
Long division · Grade 5
School choir rehearsal in the main hall
Choir rehearsal
Grandmother volunteer helping with shoelaces at dismissal
Volunteer Gogo

Small school. Real children. Real days. More moments →

From around our school

Latest news & updates

Open Days, achievements, community projects and the small wins that keep us going.

Principal walking parents through the school courtyard at Open House
Event

Open House welcomed 60 Manthestad families this term

Mr Motlhabane and our Grade 1 team walked sixty new and returning families through every classroom, the feeding kitchen and the reading nook — and answered every question over a cup of rooibos.

12 March 2026Read article
Three learners with their certificates after the spelling bee
Achievement

Grade 4 team brings home district spelling bee certificates

Lerato, Karabo and Tumi practised every Tuesday after school for six weeks. We are very proud.

28 February 2026Read
World Read Aloud Day reading circle in a Grade 6 classroom
Community

World Read Aloud Day — older learners read to younger ones

Grade 6 girls picked their favourite picture books and read aloud to the Foundation Phase children for an hour. Quiet magic.

7 February 2026Read
Children clearing litter from the Manthestad street with parents
Community

Saturday clean-up: 3 streets cleared of litter

Twenty learners and four parent volunteers met at the gate at 8am. Three big bags of rubbish later, we walked back smiling.

25 January 2026Read
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