Its Saturday and @CityofJoburgZA libraries are still closed. @PresidencyZA @DadaMorero please comment or assist. Dankie.

Oh, there's a library at the Market Theatre!? A must see.

Join the Bargain Books Reading Circle at Kyalami Corner Centre Court for Storytime! How to RSVP: Simply purchase one of the featured Storytime books in-store anytime from 9AM, and join us at 11AM when the reading begins. Event Details: shorturl.at/Scdmq @KyalamiCorner

HUGE news! 🚨 A massive congratulations to our local hero @ethangilham_ for winning 1st Prize in the Wiki Science Competition! 🇿🇦🧪 Not only is this image stunning, but it’s now helping to power @wikipedia articles globally. Science Open Access = A Winning Combo.

#Soweto and beyond, invited. #bookclubs

Libraries open doors to possibility and make books accessible to everyone. They are places where friendships are formed through a shared love of reading. The joy of books goes beyond library shelves. It lives in reading clubs that bring children and communities together through the magic of stories. This SA National Library Week, @RoomtoRead and Nal’ibali came together to celebrate our shared passion for books and reading clubs (hosted in homes, community halls, libraries, and school classrooms). Together we showed how stories bring colour, imagination and energy into our schools and communities. As Library Week comes to a close, take a moment to join your local library or book club and keep the magic of reading alive. Remember, building a reading habit starts with just one book. One book can open a world of possibilities and make you unstoppable. #SANationalLibraryWeek #NationalLibraryWeek2026 #MagicOfReading #LoveForBooks #JoyOfReading #Nalibali #RoomToRead

It is Human Rights Day, 21 March 1960.

For #WorldpoetryDay "I would write a poem, but the art of it was beyond me" - Anon

📚 For the first time ever, the Northern Cape will have its very own literary festival — four days of books, stories, poetry, debate, and celebration of the written word. 📩 For further enquiries and partnerships email us at northerncapebookweek@gmail.com

Huge congratulations to fellow Zimbabwean author @andrew_chatora on launching @FriesianPub! Submissions are open - please send in your best work 🧡📚

Library week is here. No more fine free goodness, mara why @LIASANews ?

Book clubs are difficult to maintain, the bond between members is a key factor. #readerscommunity #librarylife

Human Rights Book Fair. New ideas out there♨️

Step into the mystery at Sammy Marks Museum. Teams of 2–5. 5 teams only. Paranormal puzzles. No jump scares. Someone may be watching… Winners advance to the grand finale at DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History (SEASON 1 – 2026). 🗓️14 March #Ditsong

OLD and NEW films welcome. Deadline approaching soon! Submit your film for consideration to be part of 2 days of screenings & festivities filmfreeway.com/HumanRightsF…

The @CityofJoburgZA Johannesburg City Library is finally completely open, all access. #thatnkgoodness Except for Saturdays.

This past Saturday, South African Wikimedians came together once again for another meetup to connect, learn, and talk all things free knowledge. Missed this one? No worries! Join us next month for our next meetup. Our meetups are open to everyone! 😊 #WikimediaZA #wikimeetups

The #PlumsteadLibrary Seedlings group painted pots grew beans and peppers over the course of the summer holidays, as well as caring for the big strawberry pots. Big thanks to @theplumsteadce1 who helped look after the plants on days when the library wasn't open. 🍓

Thank goodness, #open

🇳🇬 Big win for African knowledge! The National Library of Nigeria now has a @wikidata Authority ID [P13699] linked to its Semantic Name Authority Repository (NLN SNAR) hosted on @WikibaseCloud. Thanks to AfLIA WMF WMDE, Nigerian knowledge is now more visible worldwide. 🌍📖

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