Still no national plan to address SA's reading crisis
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.
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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.
It is incomprehensible that some would claim we flourished under oppression, just because we had better roads and electricity
And of course, professor, the apartheid regime could easily achieve a 100% pass mark from you for its stellar service delivery because it was only catering to a minority of white people while the Africans had to scavenge for themselves.
Despite its challenges, Prof. Jonathan Jansen still regards SA as a half-full glass with people and resilience not to be underestimated.
Ahead of the President’s State of the Nation Address, there can be no doubt that South Africa’s myriad crises — from electricity to water to corruption — are intersecting in ways that make many of our people’s lives nasty, brutal and short.