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Nal’ibali-Trevor Noah Foundation Literacy Project team returns to Gauteng primary schools

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Gauteng Department of Education continues with their MOU with Nal’ibali

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Championing Change: Collaborations for Sustainable Development Goals

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SA POST OFFICE & NAL’IBALI: AN ALLIANCE TO NURTURE SA LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

On Friday, 17 September, children across South Africa will be invited to mail a postcard to their loved ones anywhere in the country, free of charge at selected post offices. This opportunity – a commemoration of National Literacy Month – is made possible by the South African Post Office and Nal’ibali. Nal’ibali, a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to spark children’s potential through storytelling and reading, has…
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NAL’IBALI AND STANDARD BANK UNLOCK TRUTHS IN CLASSIC FAIRY TALES FOR SA CHILDREN

Storytelling is an essential forerunner in children’s literacy development and an important way of preserving culture and language. Yet many of the same stories appear in different parts of the world: passed down from generation to generation, retold in various languages and with different cultural adaptations. These classic fairy tales contain important moral lessons and universal human truths.    As part of Literacy and Heritage Month,…
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Q&A with KZN FUNda Leader – Florah Dlamini

Meet  53 year old mam Florah Dlamini. From Centocow in Mzikhulu, a small town three hours from Durban. Florah has a reading club in her community and has over the years encouraged many other parents and caregivers to do the same. What are you currently working on for Nal’ibali and what do you enjoy doing most?  Reading books with children is what I mostly enjoy doing. I…
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For many women reclaiming their authenticity is a revolutionary act

By: Yandiswa Xhakaza As a woman, you either love or hate the month of August. It’s the month when women are inundated with requests to attend events, asked to share their experiences, struggles, triumphs, and are reminded of how much more they can (read: should) achieve, despite the challenges they endure. What does it mean to be a woman? This is a personal question because it…
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Q&A with Eastern Cape FUNda Leader – Zanele Ndlovu

Meet our Eastern Cape FUNda Leader, 38-year-old Zanele Ndlovu from Gwenxintaba village in Lusikisiki. Zanele is passionate about literacy and has been involved in several initiatives to help instill the love of reading for children in her community. What are you currently working on for Nal’ibali and what do you enjoy doing most? I am the co-founder and director of the Novulakuvaliwe Library. We work with…
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REPRESENTATION IS KEY TO READING SUCCESS

Khumo Tapfumaneyi is a co-founder of Ethnikids, a specialist online bookstore sourcing and selling children’s books that feature characters of colour in different South African languages. Tapfumaneyi has made it her mission to ensure that as many children as possible can fall in love with reading by seeing children just like themselves reflected in the stories they read. The Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign caught up with…
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