Monday, September 03, 2012

National Book Week launched

Florentia Roman
03 September 2012

Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile today launched National Book Week.

The theme being: Read a book, Share a book. 

Minister Mashatile said National Book Week is one of the most significant interventions in our efforts to mainstream the book sector as an important contributor to job creation, poverty reduction and skills development. 

Department of Arts and Culture’s Simpiwe Maphala explained the importance of a reading society saying the entire South African community should be involve in promoting literacy.

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