Botswana's educational advocate Zwelihle Nsiiwa honoured
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | 40 Views |
Zwelihle Banks
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.
The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...