Pelmo Books is a publishing company based in Pretoria with a mission to preserve indigenous South African languages by encouraging the youth to read and write books that reflect on South African indigenous cultures. They want to ensure that that our indigenous languages do not fade away by writing, translating and publishing books that are…
FunDza creates and publishes materials that ignite a love of reading, specifically aimed at teens and young adults who have never previously identified as readers. FunDza is celebrating the rich diversity of languages in our country with a new ‘African Language Banner’ on its homepage. This is a space dedicated to publishing and promoting stories,…
Nal’ibali is built on the simple logic that a well-established culture of reading can be a real game-changer for education in South Africa. Literacy skills are a strong predictor of future academic success in all subjects – and children who regularly read and hear engaging stories, in languages they understand, are well equipped and motivated…
The Hub for Multilingual Education and Literacies (HuMEL) is a research and development centre producing world-class research into the use of more than one language for accessing knowledge: https://www.wits.ac.za/education/research-centres/humel/ The Hub’s work is based upon the premise that deeper levels of thinking and identity development are attained through the strategic use of multiple languages and…
The Southern African Applied Linguistics Association (SAALA) aims to promote research by means of an annual conference and workshops; through affiliation with other organisations with similar interests, and through facilitating the distribution and exchange of information. They publish a journal and organise regular conferences, among other things. Bearing in mind the historical legacies of apartheid…
Founded by two African women who are dedicated in publishing the best in African languages, Boni Books publisher’s co-mandate is to promote African Languages in schools, libraries, broader communities and companies. We publish books, reference books, study guides and many more. Our publications are in the languages of many South Africans. Most noteworthy, this work…
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) as part of the new South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR).SADiLaR has an enabling function, with a focus on all official languages of South Africa, supporting research and development in the domains of language…
Puku Foundation is a reading promotion and book curation organisation that aims to ensure that all children have access to quality, culturally relevant literature in all South African languages. One of Puku’s primary vehicles for promoting this is the creation of an engaging and innovative digital encyclopedia that houses and reviews literature and bodies of…