NRC, National Library of South Africa and Nalibali to host First Virtual Book Club
NRC, National Library of South Africa and Nalibali to host First Virtual Book Club In his state of the nation address in June 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised the importance of cultivating a [...]
Schools receive 20 000 English StoryBooks from Literacy Organisation Room to Read
Room to Read in collaboration with the NRC has donated 20,000 books donated to schools across the country in response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call of getting children to read for meaning. [...]
NRC Youth Day Competition Handover
On 17 August 2020 the NRC team visited Kholwani Primary School in Soweto to hand over cool hampers to the school's grade 7 learners who won the Youth Day 2020 reading Competition. [...]
Hon Min Angie Motshekga honours women during women’s month
The minister of basic education recognises the NRC and the important influence women have in the development of the reading skills of children.
World Book Day 2020
World Book Day 2020 On 23 April, the National Reading Coalition joins the world in celebrating the love and culture of reading - a day earmarked on our Calendar as a special occasion which [...]
NRC MASCOT LWAZI ROCKS the SA BOOK FAIR
We introduced the National Reading Coalition (NRC) Mascot, Lwazi, to book lovers at the SA Book Fair held at the Constitutional Hill between 6-8 September. Witty, friendly and a book lover himself, Lwazi is [...]
NRC celebrates Woman’s Day with NAPTOSA
National Reading Coalition collaborated with NAPTOSA, Kwa-Zulu Natal teachers’ union during the month of August in support of their Women’s Day events. Four events were held across the province, in Umlazi South, Pietermaritzburg, Stanger [...]
READING REVOLUTION for MANDELA DAY
This #MandelaMonth, the National Reading Coalition (NRC) launched a book drive activation by donating to 10 schools, 'mini library on wheels' filled with 300 Home Languages and 50 English Books across three provinces equipped [...]
The National Reading Coalition donates books to SADTU Educators
On International Women’s Day on the 9th of March 2019, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) congregated in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Free State and North West to celebrate and honour over 5 [...]
Partners Launch a National Reading Coalition
Now is the opportune time to gather the best efforts to improve reading, this was the clarion call from National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) CEO Godwin Khosa during the official launch of the National [...]
The NECT celebrates World Read Aloud Day
In the lead up to the National Reading Coalition (NRC) Launch, the NECT joined reading partner, Nal’ibali in the quest to read aloud and reach 1.5 million children on World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) [...]