This selection will brighten up your festive season
‘Perhaps the best thing about joining the library is the deadline for finishing a book’
We must empower them through literacy and enable them to imagine better prospects for themselves through stories and storytelling.
What seems to be most important for child language development is the extent to which parents and children take turns when speaking to each other
History, politics, drugs, terrorists, cartoons, sport celebrities and memoirs … expand your knowledge over the Christmas period
It is not a problem government can solve alone — individuals can also contribute resources and their time
‘I know we won’t reach everyone, but the one village we reach, the one community, is better than nothing’
In today’s digital world, it’s becoming easy to find stories in South Africa’s 11 languages
We have long believed that education is important, but we, as a nation, are yet to be convinced that reading for pleasure is just as vital
Author Mohale Mashigo speaks to the M&G about her writing process, early reading habits and she shares her challenge to her readers
Literacy in South Africa has to improve if people are to have a better quality of life
Initiatives to tackle South Africa’s reading crisis must take the country’s realities into account
The programme will support people involved in raising and educating children
Switching to second-language teaching too early places pupils at a great disadvantage
Reading, especially of African languages, is a complex, under-researched area undertaken by teachers and subject advisers who are ill-prepared
According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 78% of South African grade four pupils cannot read with comprehension
‘Part of the disconnect between writers and white publishers has been ingrained in this belief that a certain demographic of people does not read’
Growing up, I was taught that reading was the key to life. Now I read to write.
Books reshaped the destiny of James Matthews – poet, political prisoner and, now, doctor.
Storytelling and reading aloud used to be common practices and we should remember the illiterate in Literacy and Heritage Month, writes Carole Bloch.
Mother-tongue learning paired with instruction in English is a success elsewhere in Africa.
Support for the underground library arts and reading project has gone viral, with readers donating thousands of books, infrastructure and a website.
Why parents and teachers should rev up the read-aloud engine with their children and pupils.
Activists start ‘underground’ library after service delivery protesters burn down township facility.
Book apps are helping parents from all walks of life to give their children an incredible head start.
Being SA’s communications minister takes up a lot of Yunus Carrim’s time. But this is what he reads when he can.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj has criticised political analyst Richard Calland’s statement that Zuma doesn’t read, calling it ‘unfortunate’.
What will people be reading 30 years from now? Ewan Morrison looks into his crystal ball ?and finds bad news…
Fernando Torres’s late goal proved decisive as Chelsea staged a second-half recovery to secure a 4-2 win over the recently promoted Reading.
The enjoyable art and discipline of reading is fast becoming an endangered activity in South Africa, writes Mpho Moshe Matheolane.
When there is a problem with this essential foundation skill, help is at hand.
A spelling competition has inspired learners at a Cape Town school to start reading.