The Jakes Gerwel Foundation is grateful to Nal’ibali for recently offering their assistance in training our 40 reading assistants. Dr Zakaza equipped the group with practical tips on how to help children read better in a passionate and accessible manner. We are also thankful to the Greater Stellenbosch Trust and the Social Employment Fund for empowering us to invest in the future of young people in the Eastern Cape.
Word by word, and book by book, we will continue to work towards eradicating our children’s reading backlogs. It was meaningful to present the training at the Professor Jakes Gerwel Community Centre in Aeroville, KwaNojoli.
Theo obtained his master’s degree in creative writing at Stellenbosch University. He has been involved with various projects in the arts before in his role as, among others, project manager of the Woordfees, advertising coordinator at NB Publishers, programme manager at the KKNK as well as at the Vrystaat Literature Festival and as executive director of the Breytenbach Centre in Wellington.
Theo is the author of two novels, Skool and Strafjaart.
