The Readers Society of South Africa fosters a culture of reading in Southern Africa across all formats, ranging from hardcover publications to newspapers, through the development of reading skills within all levels of society.

We encourage reading as a preferred method of entertainment, and extensive marketing platform, such as radio, TV, Newspapers, and internet, and by including celebrities, successful business persons, sports stars and educators as positive role models.

Altogether, we strengthen the South African publishing industry by promoting SA writers, which will result in more book sales for local publishers, which will then further enable these publishing houses to sign new authors and order larger first print runs.

We support new authors in honing their craft by making available crucial information pertaining to both national and international publishing industries, through a public portal, easily accessible from our website, as well as at strategic locations, such as libraries and schools.

We make South Africans proud of SA authors through media marketing projects, broadcasting the message that our artists are just as capable of delivering a great product as any international writer.

As well as working with established companies and organizations on various campaigns to bring awareness to the wider public, through innovative media exposure, about the illiteracy rate in South Africa, such as M-Net, Pretoria News and Pan Macmillan Publishers.

We create a future for children in South Africa, living in rural areas, by giving them crucial reading and writing skills that will support their dreams of getting a degree at University; thus reducing the illiteracy rate of South Africans, which could indirectly decrease unemployment related crimes and suicides, thus nurturing a healthier, more enlightened society.

We participate in original, literacy based projects, as well as developing, initiating and executing such creative projects at the best opportunity, whatever and wherever that may be.

And lastly, we aim to expand our vision beyond our national borders to the rest of Africa, and then globally.

Operates in: All of South Africa
Established in: December 2009

Non-Profit Organisation Number: 077-737
Public Benefit Organisation Number: 930034183
Section 21 Company Number: 2010/000808/08
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Contact person: David Ferreira
Phone: 012 323 5942
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Website: www.ReadersSociety.org.za

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