literacy
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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…
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Budding Mitchells Plain writer publishes first fantasy book
Mitchells Plain computer tech Craig Jaftha dreams of becoming a full-time writer. That goal is one step closer now thanks to the publishing of his first book The Cynewards and…
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Experts advise on potential publishing pitfalls for emerging authors
The lowdown on publishing from local authors: from potential pitfalls, to common misconceptions.
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Oxford appoints Mitchells Plain academic to top management post
Mitchell’s Plain’s Athol Williams has been appointed Academic Director for Oxford University’s Advanced Management and Leadership Programme.
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Western Cape introduces new measures to boost early learning from 2026
The WCED will implement several new initiatives from 2026 to strengthening foundational literacy and numeracy skills among young learners.
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Braille literacy boosted
Oxford donates Braille textbooks to Cape Town school, ensuring blind students access same quality educational materials as sighted peers.
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From bedtime stories to bookshelf: Journalist pens debut children’s novel
TygerBurger journalist Lauren O’Connor-May publishes debut children’s book inspired by bedtime stories for her daughters in Strandfontein home.
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Review of rhyming children’s book of Ode to the River
“Gliding through grasses, past forests and fields … It feeds and protects, it soothes and it heals. Onwards it pushes and onward it goes. But where is it going? Nobody…
