Ayanda Kota, who founded the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) in 2009, has died of cancer. He was born in Grahamstown in 1976, now Makhanda, and died here. It was in Makhanda and Cape Town that he dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of poor people. He went to Nombulelo Secondary School in Makhanda’s Joza location.
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The children from Mini Miracles Preschool at the 6SAI military base listen raptly as Cathy Gush from the Lebone Centre reads them a story about flying, on World Read Aloud Day. Photo: Mbali Malusi. Lots of little reasons to read
A young girl colouring in the World Read Aloud Day badge after being read to by a multilingual storyteller from the Lebone Centre. Photo: Paula Israel
The Wild Hikers Crew ‘talked the walk’ on World Read Aloud Day 2021, writes Cathy Gush
Around the country, a few million children were read aloud to on Wednesday 3 February, in celebration of International World Read Aloud Day. Nal’ibali – the main drivers of this campaign in South Africa – were aiming for 3 million children this year.