The Literary Outreach Incubation Programme is an initiative of Kwetso Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd which was launched in 2022 in partnership with and support from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, Books and Publishing Directorate.

The core theme of this initiative is Towards a Knowledgeable Society through inculcation of a culture of reading in different official indigenous languages, prioritizing particularly African indigenous languages, for comprehension, knowledge, and leisure.

Using varied activities in this Programme, we aim to ignite passion and love for reading, especially literature written in African indigenous languages. This act will see authors who are writing in these languages having an opportunity to access markets from a local to national level, which will enable them to produce and sell more of their craft. We want to portray reading as fun, a culture that can be a lifestyle activity.

The Programme encourages learners, youth as well as the society at large, to love reading in its totality, including reading books and all other forms of recorded information in official African indigenous languages.

The architecture of learning has conceivably changed. There are opportunities that can be easily accessed. Education remains phenomenally a central component underpinning this access. Learners: young and old, including women are vital groups that need to be prioritized for education and access. These groups are deliberately earmarked to benefit from the Literary Outreach Incubation Programme.

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