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Mpumalanga Literacy Month celebrations: A Day of Fun, Learning, and Books

Nal’ibali empowers young minds in Dimbaza

Nal’ibali bridges language barriers

This September, and in commemoration of Literacy Month, Nal’ibali – the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is encouraging a wave of storytelling across the country with its third annual multilingual storytelling contest, Story Bosso. Placing a special focus on folktales in a bid to preserve this national treasure, the campaign will be hosting storytelling performances and events across the country for the month and is inviting members…
Attend our exciting Story Bosso events closest to you! Take a look at our event details below and feel free to give us a call on  021 180 4080 if you have any questions or queries:   Organisation name Event Date Time Venue/Location Community Audition event 01-Sep 13:00 – 17:00 Dumalisile Methodist Church Soul City Institute 05-Sep 10:00 Nomaka Mbeki Village Comms Public Event 07-Sep 10:00 Eastern Cape Kenako Shopping Mall 09-Sep 10:00 Port Elizabeth Stephen Nkomo 01-Sep 10:00 – 17:00 KwaNobuhle Despatch 04-Sep 09:00 – 15:00 Uitenhage Free Kids ECD 05-Sep 10:00 – 13:00 Khayelitsha Own reading club 05-Sep 13:00…
This Women’s Month 2017, Nal’ibali – the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, has joined forces with young author and activist, Buhle Ngaba, to bring the power of stories to girls across the country. Buhle’s acclaimed children’s book, The Girl Without a Sound, is a moving story about the importance of hearing the stories and voices of girls and comes at a time in South Africa when…
When we see women and girls represented as strong, beautiful and capable of anything, it makes it impossible for the world to tell us otherwise. – Buhle Ngaba This Women’s Day, Nal’ibali and Buhle Ngaba collaborated to bring the story ‘The girl without a sound’ to even more South Africans by translating the story into isiXhosa and iziZulu. Our aim is to inspire children and adults…
This Women’s Month 2017, Nal’ibali has joined forces with writer and performer, Buhle Ngaba, to bring the power of stories to girls across the country. Buhle’s children’s book, ‘The girl without a sound’, has made waves in the past year. A powerful book about the importance of hearing the stories and voices of girls, Buhle’s book comes at a time in South Africa in…
This Mandela Day, Nal’ibali – the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is offering children and caregivers across the country the opportunity to enjoy one of Nelson Mandela’s favourite stories for children. Made possible through a collaboration with Tafelberg publishers, the story – part of an anthology titled Madiba Magic will be available as a special story card in a range of South African languages from the…

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