Story Carla Bernardo.
Read time 4 min.
UCT alum Sihle Nontshokweni is a bestselling children’s author and programme manager at the University of Pretoria.
Nal’ibali, the South African reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is inviting caregivers across the country to partake in World Read Aloud Day, where the chosen book was authored by a University of Cape Town (UCT) alum.
The official South African story this year,
Fly, everyone (Afrika), fly, was commissioned by Nal’ibali and written by Sihle Nontshokweni, a UCT alum. The book has been translated into all of South Africa’s official languages to reach a record-breaking three million children.