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

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Nal’ibali empowers young minds in Dimbaza

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Nal’ibali bridges language barriers

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Celebrating diversity with drag queen story hour in Soweto

Capturing the imagination of children and working towards a more just society that recognises and accepts gender fluidity during childhood, the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign will be hosted South Africa’s first drag queen story hour with Thiart Li, performing as Shenay O’brien, and children from two Nal’ibali reading club Ikageng Austrian Embassy Library in Soweto on Saturday 24 June. The programme is just as it sounds…
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The journey of a literacy mentor

Cokisa Sicwebu is a Kwa Zulu-Natal-based Nalibali literacy mentor. She is in charge of seven story sparkers and oversees 35 schools in the remote rural Ugu district near Port Shepstone, spanning Hibberdene and the Mtwalume district. Heather Robertson chatted to her about how she manages to encourage the love of reading in these communities. Why did you get involved as a Nal’ibali literacy mentor?   I am a…
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Stories and activism: Sisonke Msimang

Sisonke Msimang commutes between South Africa and Australia, where she is programme director at The Centre for Stories, which collects, preserves and shares stories about migrants, refugees and diverse people and places linked to the Indian Ocean Rim. Sisonke is a writer and activist who worked as the executive director of the Open Society Initiative for South Africa and the Sonke Gender Justice Network….
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Nal’ibali supports Limpopo in tackling literacy issues

Shining a light on literacy issues in Limpopo and what ordinary citizens can do to overcome them, Nal’ibali, the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is hosting a public imbizo in Seshego, Polokwane, through its activist arm, FUNda Leader. Taking place on June 10 ahead of Youth Day, the imbizo will address the current challenges facing the nation and the province when it comes to teaching children…
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Bontle Senne and the power of stories

Bontle Senne hopes to publish her third book for tweens in the nail-biting Shadow Chasers series before she turns thirty in October this year.  Heather Robertson asked the talented author of Power of the Knife and Lake of Memories about the stories that shaped the storyteller.  What are your earliest memories of being read to and told stories?   My mother swears that she told me stories as…
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Nal’ibali encourages the love of books this World Book Day

To mark World Book Day on 23 April, Nal’ibali, the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is giving away books to the value of R250 000. A specially curated list of titles of different South African authors and languages, these books will be gifted to the campaign’s literacy development partners, reaching 20 000 children across South Africa.  Nal’ibali is calling on the support of the public to help increase…
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