Mlokothwa High School is a public secondary school at Nhlophenkulu near Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The provincial department publishes the school on its official school list, but unlike some provinces it publishes no telephone number for any school, so the route in is the circuit and district rather than a switchboard.
What the official record shows
- Full name on the departmental list: Mlokothwa High School
- National EMIS number: 500212787. Quote it in any correspondence, it identifies the school exactly
- District: Zululand. Circuit management centre: Nongoma. Circuit: Nhlophenkulu
- Level: secondary. Ownership: public. The department records the school as currently functioning
- The school has no website and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education publishes no school telephone numbers. Numbers and a free webmail address circulate on third-party school directories, and none of them come from the department or the school, so none are repeated here
Who to contact instead
- The Nhlophenkulu circuit office is the layer directly above the school and handles admissions disputes, staffing and school queries for it
- Above that is the Nongoma circuit management centre, then the Zululand district office
- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education: 033 846 5000, or the toll-free line 0800 204 353
- National Department of Basic Education: 012 357 3000, or toll free 0800 202 933
- Ask the department for the current circuit office number rather than dialling a number found on a directory. Rural circuit offices move and the listings lag by years
Admissions and fees
- Apply in the year before the learner starts. Late application, not a shortage of places, is the usual reason a learner ends up unplaced
- An unplaced learner is a district responsibility. Escalate to Zululand rather than going from school to school
- Mlokothwa is recorded as a no-fee school, so no school fee may be charged. If money is being demanded for admission, registration or a report card, that is a matter for the circuit office
- A learner may not be refused admission, sent home or have results withheld over money, at any school
Serious matters
- Corporal punishment is unlawful in every South African school. Assault is a criminal matter and should go to the police as well as the district, not be handled inside the school
- The national Child Protection line is 0800 055 555, and Childline South Africa is on 116, free from any phone
- Put any serious complaint in writing and keep a copy with the date. A verbal complaint at a school gate leaves no record to escalate
Sources
- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education published school details file, September 2026, for the school name, national EMIS number, Zululand district, Nongoma circuit management centre, Nhlophenkulu circuit, secondary level, public ownership and functioning status
- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education website, which publishes no school telephone numbers anywhere in that file or on the site
- Published KwaZulu-Natal and national education department contact numbers
- Published national child protection and Childline numbers