Cultivating a reading culture is key to the country’s future
It’s International Translation Day, and so it is an appropriate day on which to ask:
Why is literacy important?
The answer is simple: We will never succeed economically, or as a society, if we are not literate. Literacy remains the key to unlocking South Africa’s success and yet both numerical and linguistic literacy continue to evade us. As a multilingual, multicultural society, social cohesion and deep learning can happen only if we create a plethora of “literacies” in…
Nal’ibali launches ‘Story Power. Bring it home.’ billboard campaign
OCTOBER 2014: Nal’ibali has launched a new billboard campaign to generate awareness and discussion around the power of stories to spark all children’s potential. Building on the simple logic that a well-established culture of reading can be a real game-changer for education in South Africa, the campaign seeks to inspire and motivate parents and caregivers to give their children a head-start in life, by…
