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Powerful Right to Read Activation Energises Makhanda Community

Powerful Right to Read Activation Energises Makhanda Community

09 July 2025

On 23 June 2025, the Lebone Centre in Makhanda became a hub of passionate advocacy as the Right to Read campaign hosted a transformative community activation.

Social justice organisations launch The Right to Read Campaign to address early-grade literacy

Social justice organisations launch The Right to Read Campaign to address early-grade literacy

30 August 2023

Today marks the launch of the Right to Read Campaign (R2R) at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg in response to the shocking early-grade literacy rates in South Africa.
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The Right to Read Campaign aims to mobilize civil society and the education sector, as well as society at large, to make early grade literacy a national priority reflected through legislative reform. One of the ways we have identified to do this is to advocate for the development of binding regulations for reading in the first three grades of school.

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