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Nomkelemane Langa – Praise Poet for President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

Nomkelemane Langa, a humble rural boy from Nkandla, discovered his talent as a praise poet in the Isulabasha Dancing Pencils Writing Club in Nkandla 10 years ago.  He is now praise ... Continue Reading →
Teilharde Fregona - aged 21

Teilharde Fregona – First Child Written Book Aged Six

By Felicity Keats When Teilharde Fregona was three years old she sat with her mother, Charl Fregona, and me as Charl helped me with originating our first child written book. These ... Continue Reading →
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Young Free State Writers

These are a few of the Grade Three children in five different districts of the Free State, writing their books that will be launched on Friday 21 February 2013. No one helped them. ... Continue Reading →
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Free State Subject Advisors Check Children’s Books

Dancing Pencils won a tender put out by the Free State Department of Education to train 10 grade 3 children in each of five districts in the Free State so that they were able to write ... Continue Reading →
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Halala Felicity!

It was a night full of love, laughter and wishes for Felicity Keats as she celebrated her 80th Birthday in style at the SABC Blue Room.  Family, friends and colleagues gathered for ... Continue Reading →
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Free Willy And The Children

In the film “Free Willy “ it was the children that saved the whale, not the adults. In exactly the same way, it is the children of South Africa that can save the country and its ... Continue Reading →