Archived posts, January, 2014

Zimbabwe Reads distributed 30,000 books in 2013

31 Jan 2014

Zimbabwe Reads continued its collaboration with the Sabre Foundation to distribute over 30,000 books in 2013. The main shipment arrived in January and was distributed in the next few months. Major recipients were World Education and the network of 180… read more

Mabasa looks ahead

21 Jan 2014

The Herald-After successfully publishing his third Shona novel late last year, author and publisher Ignatius Mabasa looks forward to a bright year in his career. Mabasa, who launched his publishing house called Bhabhu Books with an aim of assisting Shona… read more

Zimbabwe: SOS for Literature in Indigenous Languages

21 Jan 2014

by Stanely Mushava, for the Herald Zimbabwean literature has a wealth of indigenous narratives which merit greater appreciation and a durable shelf life. At high tide, local languages cross-fertilised proverbial lore and individual creativity to create one of the proudly… read more

One million risk being forced out of school

21 Jan 2014

Close to one million orphans and vulnerable children that are supposed to benefit from the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) are likely not to attend school this year due to lack of funds, a government official said on Tuesday. Giving… read more