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Nali'Bali in the media

Nal'ibali stands in solidarity with the Bram-Fischer families, advocating for the prosecution of a suspended employee accused of a criminal offence against children

10 April 2025

NAL’IBALI SA LIBRARY WEEK ACTIVATIONS

26 March 2025

Nal'ibali Hosts Children's Reading Corner at Human Rights Day Event

25 March 2025

For 36-year-old Kathlehong resident Mthunzi Motha, FUNda Sonke has provided a perfect opportunity to connect with people across the country and learn ways to help improve literacy in his community. FUNda Sonke – isiXhosa for “everyone read” – is a loyalty programme for everyone in the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, Nal’ibali. The programme acknowledges everyday heroes like Motha who generously volunteer their time to encourage...

Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, has partnered with municipal libraries nationwide to challenge all adults to get the children in their lives a free library membership card. South Africa lacks a culture of reading and libraries remain largely underutilised, so children are unaccustomed to borrowing books to take home to read for enjoyment. In a quest to overcome illiteracy in South Africa and to...

Children in Limpopo will be treated to a series of exciting and free pop-up events this October, as national literacy NGO, Nal’ibali, in collaboration with Clowns Without Borders South Africa, take their libraries roadshow to the province. Between 21 and 25 October 2019, the partners will visit Limpopo with a series of free literacy-focused pop up performances that promote reading and encourages people of...

Nal’ibali - South Africa’s reading for enjoyment campaign, received a huge boost this week, when Global Citizen Africa officially handed over 2600 children’s story books to Nal’ibali’s Story Power in Motion mobile library programme at an event at Ikageng Library in Soweto. Global Citizen is an international online community of activists who advocate for some of the world’s greatest challenges; during the months of...

Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading for enjoyment campaign, is Africa’s sole recipient of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Programme, honouring 15 organisations from around the world, for their implementation of best practices in literacy promotion. The Library of Congress, said to be the largest library in the world, officially announced the winners of the 2019 Literacy Awards on Thursday 29 August, and Nal’ibali was...

A rondavel in rural Mahlubini seemed an unlikely venue for first time author Aviwe Gudula, to read from her book, ‘Journey of her Scars to Womanhood’. Yet the intimate setting yielded a unique experience for the youth at Mahlubini Community Reading Club, in the town of Cofimvaba, in the Eastern Cape. In the final days of Women’s Month, Nal’ibali literacy mentor, Asiphe Mkumbuzi, invited...

In honour of Nelson Mandela and in the spirit of giving, Nal’ibali took part in various activities throughout July, that were dedicated to making a positive change in vulnerable children’s lives and their education. Mandela once said, ‘It is in your hands to make our world a better one for all,” and with this in mind, the Nal’ibali Cape Town team decided to give their attention...

The strong arm of the law showed a much softer side when Bowmans, a leading African law firm visited some Nal'ibali reading clubs in townships in Durban, Johannesburg, and Cape Town, to read a story aloud, have a cup of tea and something sweet with some Nal’ibali bookworms. This was part of their Nelson Mandela Day initiative, earlier this month. This year, as one of...

In a tree or upside down, alone or with a friend, this year Nal’ibali’s community of readers got caught doing what they enjoy best – reading. Nal’ibali, the nationwide reading-for-enjoyment campaign, recently dared their Literacy Mentors to send us photos of their reading clubs reading in the most unusual way they could think of for the Get Caught Reading challenge. Nal’ibali FUNda Sonke members...

Nal’ibali, the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign aimed at sparking children’s potential through reading and storytelling, has been awarded The Joy of Reading Prize by the Systematic Joy of Reading at Dook 1 in Aarhus, Denmark. The award was presented by the president of the International Library Association, IFLA, Glòria Pérez-Salmerón from Spain on Saturday, 1 June. Twenty-eight projects from around the world were nominated, focussing on...

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Nali'Bali in the media

Literacy Warrior Mthunzi Motha Tells Children Stories that Help them Dream

Nal’ibali Launches Library Card Drive to Bring Home the Joy of Reading

Nal'ibali Stages Free Performances to Boost Love of Libraries in Limpopo

Nal’ibali’s Story Power in Motion Boosted with Book Donation.

Nal'ibali honoured by US Library of Congress

Women Authors Speak Out this Women’s Month

Tata Madiba’s Spirit Continues in July

Law Firm Donates Books And Time To Nal’ibali Bookworms

Get Caught Doing What You Like The Most – Reading

Nal’ibali claims international prize for reading for joy