Stories from our rich heritage provide teachers with an affordable, accessible way to improve literacy levels, teaching children to read in their home language
Improving access to material written in African languages would encourage kids to discover more about their history and culture
The Love Books campaign by Ladles of Love aims to couple feeding with reading
Helping a novice reader is so much more than teaching them the names of letters
One example is the 1 000 literacy champions trained by Nal’ibali to encourage families and children to read together
Teaching children the joy of reading is not only the responsibility of schools. There are many ways in which we can impart this precious gift to them
Stories can help us find our way back to health, hope and possibility
The Mail & Guardian asked a few of the regular contributors to the ThoughtLeader platform to give us their views on the top three books they read this year
Revisiting a childhood holiday spot — Chintsa in the Eastern Cape — helped to kickstart recovery from burnout and depression
The online publication’s annual list celebrates not only the sheer abundance of African literature but its daring, new directions
Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa
The organisation argues that the Copyright Act is unconstitutional because it violates the human rights of blind people. The case will be heard on 21 September
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits
Meet the father, the cook and the chief executive of Eskom, who wakes up at 3am and writes speeches. André de Ruyter speaks to Athandiwe Saba about the future of the power utility, balancing its debt and how to make the best bully beef toast
Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
It will also support practitioners at 40 early childhood development centres to make use of a literacy-themed learning programme and provide practical training and materials to caregivers
Mokgadi Mabela is the bee lady whose love for good honey has blossomed into a business. She tells us about her genius dad and her late introduction to bees
A new reading app plans to make relevant literature easily available
Sarah Mokwebo explains how her book stokvel concept works, and how it benefits members
Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digitial essay game, ‘a sun.black’, keeps all options available as it examines decolonisation
Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola wields language as the ultimate form of technology
COMMENT: The disaster regulations mandated zero-rating for some websites. Now it is time to expand this access
In the midst of the pandemic the literary festival is hosting podcasts instead of livestreamed panels
“The library was a refuge I could run to when violence ripped at the very fabric of our existence and threatened to extinguish life itself,” writes Dr Barbara Boswell.
The amount of time fathers spend reading with their children can help predict how well their children will read and write in the future
The lockdown is an ideal time to reintroduce storytelling at home and in the process promote a love of reading
Writers, publishers and bookshops are trying to keep afloat during the extended lockdown with digital and virtual offerings
Zukiswa Wanner has organised a virtual literary festival, from March 23 to 30, to help readers and writers struggling with self-isolation
Having celebrated the day for the past seven years, Nal’ibali has seen the number of children reached each year increase exponentially
Activists, poet and animals are explored in fascinating detail
Snowdon’s book tells the world about his work for the US government, and how he grew disaffected with what they were up to
Find out what’s making South Africa tick – and fizzle