Turning The Page: A deep dive into the state of reading in SA

02 June 2025 - 15:56
By SowetanLIVE

Latest News 

Funda Ujabule leads way in foundation phase of ...

Funda Ujabule School in Soweto has positioned itself as a leading example in the foundation phase of primary education ...

Thulani Mbele
Running Matters

Literacy revolution took root under a tree

In the heart of rural Limpopo, under the shade of a tree in the small village of Ga-Ipate, a quiet revolution in ...

Koena Mashale
Journalist

From California to an Eastern Cape village — a volunteer’s story

When California-born teacher Janet Wolfertz first arrived in the small village of Viedgesville, she turned heads.  as ...

By Lulamile Feni

How an innovative literacy project is transforming young lives

Amid a sluggish government response, Astra Primary School started a grassroots literacy project that is transforming ...

By Nomazima Nkosi

Improving ECD must be a national priority

SA’s failure to invest meaningfully in early childhood development is deepening the country’s literacy crisis, ...

Koena Mashale
Journalist

Teachers can't even move in overcrowded classes

Sixty-seven pupils squeeze into a single classroom built for half that number. Huddled three to a desk or on the floor, ...

Koena Mashale
Journalist
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special
Nelson Mandela 

OPINION & ANALYSIS 

OPINION | Improving literacy key to breaking ...

A report by the 2030 Reading Panel, chaired by former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has laid bare the ...