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Literacy plays a vital role in the growth and development of any nation, and research has shown that the higher the rate of literacy, the better the potential to succeed.
• Instilling a love of reading

South African advocate Ann Skelton is doing ground-breaking work to advance the rights of children and bring about changes to the country’s juvenile justice system.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka is a versatile woman, and one of the hats she wears is that of honorary colonel in the South African Air Force, where she works closely with the young people of the Air Force Gymnasium, guiding them to make the right career and life decisions.
• Top WEF award for SA singer

South African advocate Ann Skelton is doing ground-breaking work to advance the rights of children and bring about changes to the country’s juvenile justice system.
• SA academic gets top science award

Child Protection Week, which started on Monday 28 May and was launched by President Jacob Zuma in the Northern Cape, is aimed at making all South Africans aware of their role in honouring children and the rights they should enjoy.
• Spotlight on SA's street children

The memory of Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter Zenani will live on forever and, with a new campaign recently launched in her honour, will help to bring down the number of road fatalities involving children around the world.
• Think Pedestrian – and save lives

A homegrown information and communication technology innovation, ingeniously housed in old oil drums, has made it onto Time Magazine's list of the top 50 inventions in the world for 2011.
• Hi-tech solution to fix roads

French-based disposable products manufacturer, BiC has pledged to donate one-million pens to needy South African children by March 2012, as part of its Choose BiC and Change a Future campaign.
• Education goes mobile with Vodacom