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The Western Cape Reading Strategy 2026 – 2030 was launched on 14 March 2026 with one ambition: Every child should read for meaning by age 10 by 2030. Photo: Supplied
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From commitment to coherence: Reflections on the Western Cape’s reading and literacy strategy

At the launch of the Reading and Literacy Strategy 2026–30, reading was framed as fundamental to the entire schooling experience. The notion that reading is the air that we…

  • Simthembile Sibhayi
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Charlton de Morney (Principal: Sir Lowry’s Pass PS), Adam Jantjies (WCED Infrastructure), Myrtle February (Chairperson Garden Cities Archway Foundation), Prof Shaheed Hartley (Advancing Knowledge NPC), John Matthews (Group CEO Garden Cities).
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Seven new STEM teaching and learning centres open at primary and high schools in the Western Cape

The facilities serve to assist not just the schools but also the STEM subject advisors

  • Professor Shaheed Hartley
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