literacy
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Youth Month | A student from Cape Town will join 900 young leaders overseas
Cape Town student Sisipho Zengetwa will represent South Africa as a Youth Literacy Ambassador, championing reading and book access.
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Children’s literary festival enshrines joy of imagination and reading
The SA Festival of Children’s Literature brings authors and picture books to District Six schools, celebrating reading for pleasure in Cape Town.
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Mitchells Plain NPO expands literacy drive to West Coast schools
Read to Rise partners with TotalEnergies to expand its reading programme to 7 West Coast schools, reaching 6,000 learners for the first time.
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Cape Town municipal workers celebrate literacy at Parow Civic Centre event
City of Cape Town employees from disadvantaged backgrounds showcased literacy skills at an AET reading competition, promoting personal growth and empowerment.
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Mitchells Plain poet appointed as Oxford business school’s first laureate
Oxford appoints Dr Athol Williams as world’s first business school Poet Laureate, integrating poetry into leadership development.
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WATCH | Read to Rise launches wordless book for preschoolers
Read to Rise mascot Oaky the Acorn launched wordless preschool book ‘Oaky Bakes a Cake’ at 3Bears Educare, promoting early literacy development.
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Book characters let out into the wild during Read Aloud Day
Cape Town libraries, schools celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2026 with events featuring mayor, authors, and interactive storytelling.
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WATCH | Writers and poets pay tribute to Diana Ferrus at book festival
Dr Diana Ferrus died day before Cape Flats Book Festival where she was set to appear. Writers and family paid moving tributes to poet.
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Fifth free Cape Flats Book Festival brings together ‘two worlds’
Join the free Cape Flats Book Festival at West End Primary School, Mitchells Plain on 31 Jan-1 Feb. 90+ speakers, 50+ sessions celebrating literature.
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Westridge High library gets makeover by alumni brothers
Two former Westridge High School pupils are giving back to their alma mater by funding a revamp of the school library in a bid to inspire a new generation of…
