Yizani Sifunde

The 2021 ECD census conducted by the departments of basic education and social development highlights that only 56% of Early Childhood Development centres have age- appropriate reading material. Even fewer have reading material in…

Two young activists from Scenery Park are working hard to bring the joy of reading to young children in East London, Komani and Tsholomnqa. Ayabulela Ngcelwane and Sinoyolo Qunguwa are part of the Yizani Sifunde (‘Come, let us read’)…

Once upon a time, reading was a privilege that only a few were able to access. Though reading is more accessible these days than what it was prior to the invention of the printing press, there remain a vast number of people within our own…