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‘Focus on foundational learning or fail another generation’
A growing number of children across SA are struggling with reading and comprehension — a crisis that literacy ...
Funda Ujabule leads way in foundation phase of primary education
Funda Ujabule School in Soweto has positioned itself as a leading example in the foundation phase of primary education ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Improving ECD must be a national priority
SA’s failure to invest meaningfully in early childhood development is deepening the country’s literacy crisis, ...
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, ...
In 2023, Phumudzo Ramakhetha took it upon himself to start compiling Tshedza English and Tshivenda dictionary, which he said was aimed at expanding young people's vocabulary. Growing up in the village of Gaba, just outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo, Phumudzo Ramakhetha knew the struggles of trying to communicate in English. #TurningThePage #LiteracyCrisisSA #Literacy
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 specialNelson Mandela
OPINION & ANALYSIS
OPINION | Time to go back to the drawing board on ...
My own assessment is that we generally don’t have a vision as a country when it comes to defining the society that we ...
OPINION | Literacy challenge for school pupils to read for meaning must be ...
Addressing SA's literacy challenge from the early years is fundamental to improving quality and efficiency throughout ...
SIVIWE GWARUBE | Bana Pele Roadmap to ensure one-million kids access ...
The roadmap outlines four collective commitments to expand access to an additional 200,000 children per year, reaching ...
OPINION | Children need rich, multifaceted teaching in their mother ...
Access to books, libraries and reading role models can transform the literacy levels of SA’s children
OPINION | Improving literacy key to breaking cycle of poverty
A report by the 2030 Reading Panel, chaired by former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has laid bare the ...
