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USAID Launches Siyafunda Community Learning Hubs to Promote School Readiness

17 July 2024

Nal'ibali draws attention to the importance of multilingual books at the Amazwi Children’s Literature Conference

13 June 2024

The Nal'ibali Men's Literacy Imbizo encourages men to become reading role models

4 June 2024

When the tide pulls back before a tsunami hits, they say that the beach is littered with beautiful starfish. Often people go down to the beach and collect these star-shaped echinoderms, admiring their bright colours. In the distance, however, the power of the ensuing wave builds. Reading the newspapers last week as the results of the National Senior Certificate (matric) were released felt a little bit...

With the festive season upon us, Nal’ibali invites all children, parents and caregivers to be part of our holiday activations. Our skilled storytellers are waiting to welcome you in your area. In keeping with the holiday spirit, each programme session has been designed to get children involved with stories and storytelling in fun and engaging ways. The holiday programme starts on the 12th December and runs...

Where will you be in ten years’ time? Whether it’s a growing business or growing family, we all make plans for our future. Yet our future selves are either enabled or limited by our broader context. So, what is our national context in a generation’s time? Results from a global literacy study last week paint a devastating picture. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study...

A year of making impact and success for Nal’ibali The Nal'ibali Trust is built on simple logic: that a well-established culture of reading can be a real game-changer for education in South Africa. The campaign was started in 2012 and this year we celebrated five years – a full five years of empowering young minds through storytelling and reading. Since our launch in 2012, we have solidly...

Young SA Authors taking over the world South Africa is home to young authors who are changing the game not only locally, but internationally. A reading nation is a winning nation and these young minds are contributing to creating more content for young ones. Here is a list of the youngest and most impressive writers born and bred in SA. Michelle Nkamankeng, who in 2016 became the...

The dawn of a new South Africa in 1994 not only came with a constitution, it also came with The Children’s Charter. In 1992, a special summit was held in Cape Town, South Africa. The purpose of this summit was to discuss the challenges faced by children living in South Africa and was attended by over 200 children between the ages of 12 and 17. ...

Reading to Figure out Fact from Fake Jade Jacobsohn In the wake of the thwarted vote of no confidence against Jacob Zuma, my phone buzzed to life with the speedy humour and amateur autopsies that typically escort all big news events down the tawdry carpet of history. One message contained a recording from 702’s Bongani Bingwa’s talk show on Women’s Day. In it an anonymous caller, claiming...

Stories: Evolutionary Tools of our Humanity By Jade Jacobsohn Author Ursula K Le Guin once wrote, “there have been a great many societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” Which is peculiar. There is such huge diversity in the human experience that this consistent social norm, shared across every country and every culture, has fascinated anthropologists...

Nal’ibali, the national-reading-for-enjoyment campaign, has announced Annah Gumbi from Letlhabile, near Brits, as the North West provincial winner of its annual storytelling contest, Story Bosso. Chosen from over 6 000 entries collected from across the country and over 100 entries in the North West, Gumbi’s winning entry, Tortoise and the Birds, is aimed at teaching children about respect. Each year Nal’ibali hosts its month-long Story Bosso...

Our Children's festival is around the corner and we don''t want you, FUNda leaders, to miss out. Children’s Festivals Schedule Province Venue Date Responsible person/people WC World of Birds (Hout Bay) 2 December All WC LM’s and Kamohelo GP Jabavu Library 25 November Portia/ Sithembiso/ Bongile KZN Lovelife Centre, Nongoma 30 November Nkosi/ Eugene Children’s Home Centre 28 November Sane/ Eugene Limpopo Mankweng library 28 November Salome/ Righardt FS Thusanang...

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News & Articles

Nali'Bali in the media

Turning the tide on the matric results

Nal'ibali Holiday Activities

Working together to solve illiteracy in South Africa

A year of making impact and success for Nal’ibali

Young SA Authors taking over the world

16 Days of activism: Remembering the children's charter

Reading to figure out fact from fake

Stories: Evolutionary tools of our humanity

Letlhabile resident recognised in national storytelling contest

Be part of Nal'ibali's 2017 children's activities