2 October: Dorothy and Zimkhitha present FunDza at a teachers workshop in Hermanus.
3 October: Ndibulele and Nandi introduce reading and writing at Zenex workshops in both Manyano and Luhlaza.
4 October: Ndibulele and Nandi introduce reading and writing at Zenex workshops in Mfuleni and Ravensmead.
4 October: It’s the official book launch of the latest Harmony High book – held at the Book Lounge in Cape Town. Professor Jonathan Jansen will be in conversation with Sello Mahapeletsa, the author of Playing With Fire.
12 October: Dorothy and Nandi host reading club training at Ikamva Makhaza.
12 October: Shelley Bolle and Sonja Kruse hand out prizes at False Bay College, Fish Hoek campus to the keen readers in the group.
13-15 October: Dorothy attends the RASA (Reading Association of South Africa) conference in Pretoria that has the theme: Literacy and Inclusivity.
18 October: Cover2Cover and Ameera Patel chat to Bontle Senne about her new book Flame of Truth, the third book in the Shadow Chasers series. These books are used by FunDza’s ‘Family’ – the beneficiary groups it supports around the country to encourage reading and writing for pleasure.
18 October: Mignon attends Constitutional Education Working Group meeting in Johannesburg.
Hi
My name is Karel Willemse. I met Dorothy at the LITASA (RASA) conference in Johannesburg. I like to write short stories, but mostly in Afrikaans, because it’s my mother tongue. One of my short stories was published in Verneukkind en ander kortverhale and another one in the February edition of Rooi Rose. My question is, if your organisation provides a mentor for Afrikaans writers also? Oh, and I see myself s a beginner and not as a “writer” yet. Hope to hear from you. Regards Karel