It was a freezing cold morning. Molemo pushed his hands deeper into the pockets of his school pants and pulled up his shoulders as he waited to cross the road at the robot. He wore two T-shirts under his white school shirt, but he still felt ...
Every year, in December, it was time for the Kwanzaa festival – a time when families met and shared food and gifts. And every year, before dawn, Khwezi, Lubo and Malaika would get up and go down to the river. On their way, they would sing ...
One night, Jay woke up and saw a bright light in the sky. Something was flying extremely fast towards the window. Suddenly, it stopped. A door slid open, and a funny looking creature got out. “Arp! Hello, my name is Goggles. Arp,” the creature ...
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Not so long ago, in fact in the time when my great-great-grandmother was a young girl, a chicken and a cow were friends.
One day, as they walked along the fields, Chicken fluffed her feathers and wiggled her tail feathers. She was fidgety. ...
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Many years ago, in a faraway village, there lived a beautiful girl called Sefako. Sefako stole the hearts of many men in the village. They would write poems and songs praising her beauty. But Sefako was not interested in marrying any of them, and ...
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Beautiful Sefako refused to marry any of the men of her village. Now Sefako often slept near the river when she collected water. There, a crocodile saw beautiful Sefako and sang of his love for her while she slept. She heard his song in her dreams and decided to meet the singer who had stolen her heart.
Lesedi loved the stars. While other children couldn’t wait for it to be morning, she couldn’t wait for night-time. She wasn’t scared of the dark at all. She loved to go outside before bedtime just to look up at the night sky.
Now, ...
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Lesedi loved the stars. One night a giant spaceship landed in her front garden and Lesedi took off on a fantastic adventure. Later her mom found her fast asleep on the grass. Had Lesedi’s adventure been a dream or was it real?
“Oh dear,” thought Lethabo’s mama as she sat at the kitchen table. “What shall I do? Tomorrow is Lethabo’s birthday and there’s very little money to buy a present.”
Lethabo stood at the sink humming as she washed the dishes. ...
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