The Right to Read Campaign says it will take 86 years for all South African children to read for meaning. Social justice organisations such as the South African Human Rights Commission, the Legal Resources Centre, Equal Education and SECTION27 launched The Right to Read Campaign at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg yesterday to address the shocking early-grade literacy rates. The campaign is in response to a 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study which revealed that 81% of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning in any language, including their home language. Our Senior Producer Ronald Phiri spoke to Right to Read Campaign's Sipumelele Lucwaba about the primary objective of the campaign.