Heritage Publishers was launched to tell the previously unpublished stories of all South Africans before these are lost to us. Through the Our Story series, Heritage Publishers hopes to preserve the future of our past. They hope that the Our Story series will generate new interest in the remarkable story of the people and events…
The South African Literary Awards (SALA) inaugurated the Regional Poet Prize on the International African Writers’ Day, 7th November 2021, at a virtual ceremony held in Johannesburg. Ronelda Kamfer and Themba Patrick Magaisa, won the coveted prize. The two poets laureate, who write in Afrikaans and Xitsonga were awarded this prestigious prize for their groundbreaking…
Soweto-born Siya Masuku ran a successful online crowdfunding campaign in July and August 2016 to launch his own publishing platform, Siyafunda Online. The alphabet book, Siyafunda: isiZulu (2016), has colourful images of lino-printed animals.Siya has collaborated with Book Dash South Africa to illustrate children’s books; UDaisy Omangalisayo (2015) and Isitsha Samakhekhe Masiwe (2016). With The…