Author: Brianna Msiza

By Brianna Msiza Storytellers, librarians, authors, and illustrators from across South Africa converged on Makhanda this month, united by a shared mission: to strengthen children’s literature in a country where young readers desperately need books that reflect their lives and languages. The Amazwi South African Museum of Literature held its annual Children’s Literature Conference last weekend, featuring presentations by diverse voices in the children’s book industry. But as Crystal Warren, manager of the Curatorial Division at Amazwi, explained, the gathering was about much more than academic papers. “At one stage, there were several universities that were hosting conferences on children’s…

By Gremma Matiwa and Brianna Msiza In recent years the daily prevalence of electricity outages because of Eskom’s inability to supply enough power for the country, and Makana’s faltering infrastructure and cable theft, have meant that many people have resorted to installing “small-scale embedded generators” in order to have a constant and reliable source of power. Now Makana Municipality has begun a process to make sure that residents and businesses who have installed solar power — or who are planning to — are brought within a compliance system that is in line with SA Local Government Association (Salga) and the…