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letter written to you, you lose a part of your dignity… In a society where the
dignity of the majority of our people was systematically undermined by
successive apartheid governments, we must intensify our actions towards
eliminating illiteracy.
(South African Government Information, 2004, p.1)
Ngale kwenkulumo enjengalena kanye neminye imizamo eminingi kahulumeni
yokwenza ngcono amazinga okufunda kanye nokubhala kuwo onke amazinga emfundo
kuleli zwe, kusukela eminyakeni engaphezulu kweshumi, kubukeka sengathi isibalo
sabantu abangakwazi ukubhala nokufunda okubhaliwe kanye nokubala asehli ngendlela
egculisayo (UNESCO, 2006).
Lapha ngingabala imizamo enjengalena: Kha Ri Gude Campaign 1 , eyasungulwa
ngonyaka wezi-2007 nguMnyango wezeMfundo; Reading Association of South Africa
(RASA) project, Masifunde Sonke Campaign ngonyaka wezi- 2000, Readathon Literacy
Campaign 2
ngonyaka we-1999; the Center for the Book ngonyaka wezi-2003, Read,
Educate, Adjust and Develop (READ), the Molteno Project, the Early Learning Resource
Unit (ELRU), Project Literacy Project; Parent and School's Learning Club Project;
Readers are Leaders software; Foundations for Learning Campaign ngonyaka wezi-
2008; Bringing Literacy Home Campaign; nokunye okuningi, kodwa kuze kube yimanje
imibiko kuyo yonke imisakazo nakomabonakude namaphephandaba kanye
nasocwaningweni oluningi, kusalokhu kuveza ingxaki enkulu ngokungathuthuki
kokufunda nokubhala eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngaphandle nje kwezinhlelo ezigqugquzela ukuthuthukiswa kokufunda nokubhala,
kunezinhlangano ezifana ne-Reading Association of South Africa (RASA),
okuyinhlangano ephathelene nokubhekelela ukwenza ngcono amazinga okufunda
umbhalo eNingizimu Afrika. Ezinye izinhlangano akuzona nje ezalapha ezweni
1 Kha Ri Gude (Let Us Learn): is an initiative of the Department of Education launched in 2007 by Minister
Naledi Pandor, at a cost of R6 billion, which aims to improve basic literacy in all of the 11 mother tongues
between the 14 April 2008 and the end of 2012. It is through this campaign that the developmental state
welcomes new learners to the portals of learning (Van der rheede, 2008, p.1).
2 Readathon Literacy Campaign: The initiative launched by the Government of South Africa to encourage
all people, especially children, to read.
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