by Nadeema Musthan | Aug 9, 2012 | Our News
Illustrator Sandy Mitchell has spent her 67 minutes for Mandela’s Day illustrating one of FunDza’s short stories: Extra Lessons. Extra Lessons, by popular teen writer Michelle Faure, will start being serialised on the FunDza mobi network on 10 August, in...
by Nadeema Musthan | Aug 8, 2012 | Our News
FunDza is very proud to be hosting the book Mobinomics – written by Alan Knott-Craig jr with Gus Silber – on its Mxit portal. Mobinomics tells the story of how the rise of the mobile phone is opening the gateway to a brave new world of communication....
by Nadeema Musthan | Jul 6, 2012 | Our News
In order to maximise the impact of our amazing Media24 award – we roped in the good people at phd! With careful and strategic attention they have come up with a great media plan to help us get young South Africans reading. Over the next few months you’ll...
by Nadeema Musthan | Jul 2, 2012 | Our News
Each year the Mail&Guardian identifies 200 young South Africans under 35 years who are doing extraordinary things. Their stories make us proud and give us great hope for the future of our country. The Mail&Guardian has given FunDza permission to re-publish...
by Nadeema Musthan | Jun 20, 2012 | Our News
FunDza is one of the Nal’ibali campaign’s partners. Nal’ibali (isiXhosa for “here’s the story”) is a national reading-for-enjoyment initiative to get people in South Africa – children and adults – passionate about telling and...
by Nadeema Musthan | May 18, 2012 | Our News
Award-winning writer Cynthia Jele has joined the “Faces of FunDza” campaign to encourage and motivate young South Africans to get reading. Cynthia Jele grew up in a small border town in Mpumalanga. She graduated with a BTech in Environmental Health from...
by Nadeema Musthan | May 2, 2012 | Our News
Jenny Robson, an award-winning author living in Botswana, wrote and donated her short story Courage like a lion to FunDza for use on its mobi site and Mxit portal. FunDza is hugely appreciative of Jenny’s support in getting South African teens reading....
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 25, 2012 | Our News
The FunDza Literacy Trust and Paperight are excited to announce their partnership in bringing affordable, exciting educational material to learners and teachers across South Africa. FunDza’s aim is to boost literacy levels among teens and young adults by making...
by Nadeema Musthan | Mar 23, 2012 | Our News
FunDza’s reach has spread to PE! Dorothy Dyer, FunDza’s literacy specialist, spoke at the Reading Association of South Africa’s AGM in Port Elizabeth last week. Click here to view a copy of her presentation about FunDza and what the organisation is...
by Nadeema Musthan | Feb 5, 2012 | Our News
The FunDza Literacy Trust is very proud to be publishing electronically Mbu Maloni’s new book “Nobody Will Ever Kill Me”. A big thank you to publishers University of KwaZulu-Natal Press for allowing FunDza to reproduce Mbu’s important and...
