Sharing Books And Stories
Teaching your children to read and to love reading is a valuable investment in their education. This series of family-literacy articles is provided by the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign to support caregivers during and after the national lockdown.
Sharing books and stories with your children helps to build a strong and loving bond with them while also helping to develop the literacy skills that are so important…
Family Literacy: The Glue That Binds Us
When I was growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s, life was starkly different from what it is today. In the townships, households with electricity and a television set were a rarity; a luxury only enjoyed by a privileged few. Further, community libraries and books in homes were practically unheard of. For many, radio was the only medium of news and entertainment…
Making Reading and Writing Fun at Home
Due to the uncertainty of the 2020 academic year, many parents are anxious that their children are falling behind with their schoolwork and have taken it upon themselves to homeschool their children as best they can until it is safe to send their children back to school. It is therefore understandable that parents are feeling overwhelmed. However, the good news is that school is…
Nal’ibali Adds SiSwati to Story Supplement Lineup
This month Nal’ibali – South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign – is launching a Siswati edition of its popular bilingual newspaper story supplement for children and their caregivers. Previously available in eight different official-language combinations, the new addition of Siswati is part of Nal’ibali’s vision to ensure that every child in South Africa has access to good-quality leisure-reading materials in their mother tongue.
“Stories help develop children’s…
Nal’ibali Increases Access to SA Children’s Stories
“Zinhle loved skipping in the playground with her friends Sindi and Zongi. Just one thing worried her…” This is how the story Hair Magic by Mbali Kgame begins and is just one of hundreds of stories that the Nal’ibali team has published in different official South African languages over the past eight years.
Now, in a bid to provide more low-cost access to free and…
Nal’ibali Appoints New CEO, Yandiswa Xhakaza
Xhakaza is an avid educationalist and has committed her life to solving complex social problems. She believes education is one of the most powerful ways through which people can be uplifted from poverty. Having recently completed her MBA from the University of Pretoria’s business school, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Xhakaza is excited to use business principles to solve social problems.
She joins Nal’ibali –…
Locking in With Stories
During the lockdown period of the COVID19, many South African parents and caregivers have been left feeling worried and confused. The nationally imposed lockdown means that individuals are required to stay at home for their own and others’ safety. For both children and adults, it is normal to experience a range of emotions about it – fear, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, sadness, and even anger….
Fundza Launches WhatsApp Writing Challenge
It was Human Rights day on Saturday 21 March, and what better way for young people to commemorate it in these difficult times when they are stuck at home than to enter an online writing challenge launched by FunDza Literacy Trust? FunDza is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to growing a culture of reading for pleasure and writing for meaning among South Africa’s youth. FunDza’s…
Nal’ibali Offers Free Support Package to Help Keep Children Reading
With schools and preschools closed, and families spending more time at home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, many caregivers will be wondering what they can do to keep their children occupied, entertained and learning. To help them, Nal’ibali – the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign – has put together a free support package with story and activity guides, audio and written stories and…
Important COVID-19 Announcement
Due to the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa, Nal’ibali has cancelled all planned events, reading clubs, school visits and training sessions until schools and educares reopen.
We urge you to take the same precautions and temporarily stop your reading club activities until they are safe to resume!
Why is Nal’ibali taking these measures?
Our government has closed all South African schools and preschools until 14…
