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Botswana's educational advocate Zwelihle Nsiiwa honoured

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Zwelihle Banks

Botswana's educational advocate, Zwelihle Nsiiwa, has been recognised with the Artist Pan-African Impact Award at the second edition of The List Awards, organised by Identities Media in Harare, Zimbabwe on November 7, 2025.

The award acknowledges her outstanding contribution to preserving African culture and languages through literature. Zwelihle's work focuses on promoting multilingual literacy amongst the little ones, evident in her educational children's books published in seven languages namely Setswana, Ikalanga, English, Shona, Ndebele, French and Afrikaans.

Her books cover early learning and self-development themes, including positive affirmations, Mathematics, English Literacy, French Literacy, and creative colouring activities.

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