Township Stories and Realities - Mam Thandi

 

Mam' Thandi taught Grade 3 for 31 years. 

She retired in 2019. 

She never stopped teaching.

Most afternoons she sits on a plastic chair by the reading corner, a cup of rooibos going cold next to her. 

The kids bring her books; she brings the voices.

 She reads in Sesotho first, then English, and she does the lion so well that the younger ones hide behind each other. 

Her pension doesn't go far, and her knees complain on the walk over, but she says an afternoon with a child and a book is the one thing that still makes her feel like herself.

We're building a proper storytime around elders like Mam' Thandi. 

Follow along this week, and if you know a gogo or mkhulu with stories to tell, send them our way.

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Township Stories and Realities - Our Elders

 

"Indlela ibuzwa kwabaphambili." — The road is asked of those who have walked it before. (isiZulu proverb)

Our elders have lived through droughts, hard winters, and years when the pot was smaller than it should have been. 

They carry more know-how than any manual: how to stretch a bag of maize meal, how to settle a crying child, how to tell a story that makes a whole room go quiet. 

This week, we're asking them for directions, and listening properly.

Who's an elder whose advice you still use today? 

Tell us about them in the comments.

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Township Stories and Realities - Two weeks and still levelling up

 

Two weeks since the reading corner opened: 41 children have borrowed a book, and 9 have brought one back asking for the next level up.

Alongside that, the kitchen served 1,060 meals this week, with about a third of the vegetables coming from Tshepo's Tuesday market runs. 

The corner is still modest: two shelves, one rug, and a book log kept in a school exercise book. 

That log is how we know which titles get borrowed most and where the gaps are. 

Right now the biggest gap is picture books in Sesotho and isiZulu. 

We'd rather tell you that plainly than pretend the shelves are full.

Want to see the book log or this week's meal numbers in full? 

Send us a message and we'll share them.

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