{"id":323634,"date":"2026-06-09T18:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=323634"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:52:35","slug":"a-student-from-cape-town-will-join-900-young-leaders-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/a-student-from-cape-town-will-join-900-young-leaders-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"A student from Cape Town will join 900 young leaders overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Cape Town teenager has been selected to represent South Africa in one of the world&#8217;s largest youth-led literacy campaigns, joining 900 young leaders from 101 countries working to tackle the growing crisis in reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-literacy\">Literacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sisipho Zengetwa, a student at <a href=\"https:\/\/wethinkcode.co.za\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22886276362&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADHoZBWJ6t6ie_xu89tSXJUYGnOHo&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw857RBhAgEiwAI-1yKAbYNBJp51P6ku8qhMcevr82ZOxpFVatdy5PGCmxH1wPaQLxzkNPwhoCe3MQAvD_BwE\">WeThinkCode<\/a>, has been named the 2026 Youth Literacy Ambassador for South Africa. 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