A child’s primary education is of vital importance. It requires well-trained teachers with a professional approach to their work. Faithful to the Vision by Eric Kelly is the story of a teachers’ training college which set about preparing teachers of that very calibre; it is the history of the Grahamstown Teachers’ Training College.

Eric Kelly - Faithful To The Vision

Mary Pocock’s record of a journey with Dorothea Bleek Across Angola in 1925. Compiled and edited by Tony Dold and Jean Kelly.

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Jean Kelly - Bushmen, Botany and Baking Bread

The story of how apartheid was defeated is incomplete without Rev. Peter Storey’s contribution. He challenged apartheid wherever he could, leading the Methodist Church of Southern Africa into what many white congregants saw as uncomfortable ‘political’ territory, clouded with teargas…

Peter Storey - I Beg To Differ

Wordfest.co.za's Odwa Funkeka is interviewed by Yanga Jaca of TruFM on 1 July 2019 about the highlights of Wordfest 2019.

Interview with TruFM: 1 July

BOOK LAUNCH | Curator & Crusader – Mike Bruton

Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer was a South African museum official who, in 1938, brought to the attention of the world the existence of the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for sixty-five million years.

BOOK LAUNCH | Curator & Crusader – Mike Bruton

BOOK LAUNCH | Christo Wiese – T. J. Strydom (Biography)

Christo Wiese, a former billionaire, acquired PEP Stores and other businesses to become richest man in the country. After 50 years of taking risks in business, he overplayed his hand with Steinhoff and lost part of his fortune…

BOOK LAUNCH | Christo Wiese – T. J. Strydom (Biography)

Tells the story of an outspoken young anti-apartheid activist who became a respected leader in the democratic movement. Today he is a successful businessman, and still outspoken.

A true story of sacrifice, courage and triumph.

BOOK LAUNCH | To Survive and Succeed – Khusta Jack: Kwela Books

How is it that some humans can demonstrate great compassion for these extraordinary creatures, and others kill them without a quiver of compassion? What does literature tell us about these attitudes? 
This book explores a number of genres, fiction and non-fiction…
From his previous works, Dan Wylie has won Olive Shreiner and Ingrid Jonker Prizes.

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