FunDza – A Literary Melting Pot

FunDza – A Literary Melting Pot

The following piece is written by one of our readers and writers, Kingsley Khobotlo. Kingsley was first a ‘Fanz’ writer who we then invited onto a writing course where he wrote a professional story for FunDza, which you can read here. You can read more of his...
Njabulo Goba – a rising star!

Njabulo Goba – a rising star!

FunDza first met Njabulo Goba in 2020 when he was one of several talented young writers selected for our “Me With You: Sharing our Stories” writing project that involved 28 young writers in a virtual writing workshop series. At the end of the workshop...
FunDza celebrates our many African languages

FunDza celebrates our many African languages

FunDza is celebrating the rich diversity of languages in our country with a new ‘African Language Banner’ on its homepage and you can find it here. This is a space dedicated to publishing and promoting stories, essays, blogs, plays and poetry in African languages and...
Top Reads

Top Reads

It is always fascinating to see our top reads, particularly as ‘trending reads’ are no longer highlighted on the site, so these items have been found independently by thousands of readers who have voted with their ‘clicks’. Unsurprisingly, love is an overarching...
Let’s chat over tea on Twitter

Let’s chat over tea on Twitter

To celebrate SA Library Week, FunDza hosted a fun ‘tea on Twitter’ chat on 20 March to get its readers and writers to engage with one another and to shine a light on literacy and the power of the pen… or in this case the pixel! FunDza posed seven...