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ern Cape student enrolments resided outside the met-
ro (including Kariega and Despatch). However, this pro-
portion increased to 62 percent in 2023. Gauteng (11.4
percent) and KwaZulu Natal (11.3 percent) are the other
two major provinces from where students are recruited.
The three languages with the highest proportion of home
language-speakers includes isiXhosa (52.2 percent) En-
glish (17.0 percent) and isiZulu (9.8 percent). Afrikaans
only makes up 3.3 percent, while the proportion of oth-
er official languages is below 3 percent (Figure 3). The
majority (65 percent) of first-time enrolments come from
quintile 1, 2 and 3 schools, relative to 66 percent in 2022.
In 2019, 73.4 percent of first-time enrolments came from
quintile 3, 4 and 5 schools (Figure 4). These trends show
that increased access is being provided to the historically
marginalised communities.

Figure 2: Geographic distribution of South African students.
HOME LANGUAGE OF STUDENTS 2022 - 2023
Table 2: Institutional Key Performance Areas on Student Access for 2023 Relative to 2022 and 2021.
2022 2023

55% 20% OTHER SA 55% ENGLISH OTHER SA
18%
ENGLISH
OFFICIAL OFFICIAL
ISIXHOSA LANGUAGES ISIXHOSA LANGUAGES
21% 24%
4% 3%
AFRIKAANS AFRIKAANS

* NOTE: Other Languages have been filtered out
Figure 3: Home language of students 2022-2023.

Table 3: Institutional Key Performance Areas on Enrolments by Major Field of Study for 2023 Relative to 2022 and 2021.

Table 3 shows enrolments according to major field of percent. Enrolments in Science, Engineering, Technolo-
study shows an increase in the number of enrolments in gy and the Humanities showed a decline in YoY and APP
Business-related enrolments, exceeding the APP target targets, respectively. The majority (56 percent) of our 2023
by 11.7 percent. Enrolments in Education increased by student enrolments reside in the Eastern Cape relative
2.7 percent YoY but fell short of the APP target by 10.7 to 59 percent in 2022. In 2019, 51 percent of the East-

Figure 4: Distribution of first-time student enrolments from 2019 to 2023.

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