: Ouma Kheswa (wearing a striped t-shirt) and Johanna Zitha (In a green dress) with the learners and staff members of Arise Pre-school English Medium. Julia Mokoena (second from the right) is the principal of the pre-school and was very pleased with the campaign to familiarize children with reading, thus preparing them for future prospects.
This year’s ‘Read aloud’ day was on 1 February 2018.
Nal’ibali is a Isixhosa word for “here is the story”, it is a national reading for enjoyment campaign to spark children’s potential through storytelling and reading.
Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.
