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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the former Deputy President of South Africa (2005–2008) and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She chairs the 2030 Reading Panel, an independent group of South African leaders working to address the country’s reading crisis. The Panel’s 2026 report was released on 24 February 2026

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A shared journey: Nurturing a nation of readers

Education represents one of our largest public investments, but it is the human capital, the children entering Grade 1 this year that will ultimately determine our sustained…

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