There is a real possibility that a decade of progress in reading outcomes was lost during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2023 Reading Panel report paints a picture of a country in the grips of a reading crisis, with no national plan on how to break free.
The end is nowhere in sight for South Africa’s reading crisis. New estimates of learning losses incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic show that the country has lost significant ground in the battle to ensure all children can read for meaning.
Dr Mlambo-Ngcuka (far left) photographed with some of the learners of Tswinga Primary School, dressed in mashedo, during the International Literacy Day celebration at the school on Friday, 29 September.
BACOBELELANE ngamaqhinga okugqugquzela abafundi bamabanga aphansi ukuthi bathande ukufunda emcimbini wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-Umlambo Foundation eyasungulwa ngowayeyisekela likamengameli kuleli uDkt Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, eThekwini. Read full story
Former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says South Africa’s literacy crisis can only be resolved by children reading more often when they are young. Read full story
