President Ramaphosa’s virtual reading session continues to get South Africa reading
The fourth Session of the President’s Virtual Reading Club will be hosted on 25 March 2021 from 16h30 – 18h30.
Since launching in 2019, the National Reading Coalition has supported the Read to Lead Campaign and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to improve reading nationally – from the classroom to the living room. In the endeavour to build a community around reading, the NRC is networking reading clubs nationally to extend the permeation of the reading culture across the country.
The event will take place via a webinar on MS Teams. Details are available at: https://nrc.org.za/.
The VRC event is a two-hour book discussion session reviews various South African and African book titles. This session revisits vintage South African literary classics in the form of Can Themba’s The Suit and I am not a Tramp by Leslie Sehume. These stories can be found at the following link: http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventories/inv_pdfo/A2696/A2696-A1-001-jpeg.pdf.
Our goal is to build awareness around the importance of creating a reading culture in South Africa by encouraging individuals and reading club members to join a reading network that will take up the President’s challenge of reading at least one book per month.
Your participation will be a great addition to our event.
What: President’s virtual reading circle
Who: Hosted by, National Reading Coalition
When: 25 March 2021 , 16h30 – 18h30
Where: Join live event
About the National Reading Coalition
The National Reading Coalition (NRC) is a coordinating structure where all reading initiatives and interested stakeholders can come together to share knowledge and successful learning experiences. The NRC was established by the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) as a comprehensive national response to the reading challenges facing South Africa. The NRC is coordinating the development and implementation of a comprehensive national reading improvement strategy. The NRC functions as an agile, self-sustaining network of reading initiatives.
About the President’s Reading Circle
In the spirit of Thuma Mina, the President’s Reading Circle answers the call by a champion reader, published author and President of the Republic, Cyril Ramaphosa, for South Africans to experience and live the joy of reading.
President Ramaphosa has consistently urged the nation to cultivate a love of books and reading that will open our minds and hearts to new ideas and unlock opportunities that flow from a broadened understanding of the country and the world around us.
The President’s Reading Circle brings together National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), National Reading Coalition (NRC), Department of Basic Education (DBE), Read to Lead, National Library of South African (NLSA), Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), National Development Plan (NDP) in a social initiative intended to change lives and transform our society.
For More Information Contact:
Palesa Khambi
Communications Manager
E-mail: palesak@nect.org.za
Cell: 083 641 4120
