The school has three male general assistants. All are black. One is deployed as a guard, two others have cleaning duties. Learners are involved in cleaning activities. Teachers organise pupils to clean the classrooms.
Girls sweep out the classroom floor regularly after boys lift the chairs onto the desks.
There is also a duty roster for teachers. During the week that a teacher has their turn, they are responsible for watching children during breaktime as well as overseeing the cleaning of toilets and passages. Mzamuhle Secondary, a rural school without any previous departmental provision of general assistants Mzamuhle Secondary operates without running water, electricity or a telephone. Toilets for learners and staff are pit latrines. Using the school's meagre income from fees the governing body now employs a general assistant.