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[–] 18981366? ago 

I'd assume it means basic literacy at a 10 year old level.

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[–] 18981373? ago 

In what world does a kid go from understanding nothing, to understanding everything at 9/10 year old level. I'd bet of that 20%, probably >15% managed to read a single sentence.

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[–] 19029045? ago 

Even if you look at first world adults some people struggle to read things out loud without stuttering

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[–] 18981369? ago 

I'd assume it means basic literacy at a 10 year old level.

I should qualify that to say basic literacy at a 10 year old level, according to international standards. But I'd guess that only a fraction of that 20% truly meet these standards. The rest only passing the bare minimum.

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[–] 18981370? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

>>13350472

If I remember right South Africa is 70% black, 10% mixed, 10% Indian and 10% White, + or - a few points. I imagine most White and Indian can speak English and Hindi/Afrikaans, hence the strange wording that implies 20% can speak, read and write in more than 1 language; whilst 80% can't do anything. Jewnalists are well known to word things weirdly so as to technically not lie whilst obfuscating the truth, we see it in our news all the time. I could be wrong in this instance of course, but I doubt it.