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amagugu Title Amagugu: Amaculo nemilolozelo- incwadi yokufunda
Author Nozizwe Madlala
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-874897-73-6

Kulencwadi abadala nabancane bangafunda amagama amaculo ajwayelekile futhi aziwayo: imilolozelo, amaculo emishado kanye namanye adumile.

Adults and children can read and learn the words to well-known children’s songs, wedding songs, lullabies and popular songs.


imali Title Imali kamalume
Author Phumla Dlamini
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-86840-297-7

Umalume wayenemali eningi, enamatekisi, izitolo nezindlu. Akazange asitshele ukuthi waceba kanjani. Kwase kuba nesehlakalo esenzeka saveza iqiniso.

My uncle had a lot of money, taxis, shops and houses. He never told us what made him so rich. Then there was an incident that revealed the truth.


inkinga Title Inkinga kaNompi noThemba
Author Nozizwe Madlala
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-0-86980-860-3

Lendaba ikhuluma ngenkinga ebhekene nezithandani, uNompi noThemba. Sithola uMaNene, unina kaThemba engena ezindabeni zothando zika Themba noNompi. Inkinga yaqala kanjalo. UMaNene ugcina elibonile iphutha lakhe.

Nompi and Themba have serious mother-in-law problems. Nompi discusses her problem with her friend Nono.


izindaba Title Izindaba zika Nokuthula
Author Nokuthula Mvubu, Uphutha likaMbube
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-86840-299-1

UMbube uyakuthanda ukudla notshwala. Ngelinye ilanga uya emngcwabeni kaShabalala, lapho inkulumo yakhe ikhalisa wonke umndeni.

Mbube liked food and beer. One day he attended Shababala’s funeral, where his speech made everyone cry.

Obani laba abalapha ethempeleni UNgubane ufuna ukuthokozisa abasekhweni lakhe, ngakho uyavuma ukuya nabo esontweni okokuqala ngqa selokhu wazalwa. Ngaphambi kokuba inkonzo iqale wenza iphutha elihlekisayo.

Ngubane wants his in-laws to be happy, so he agrees to go to church with them for the first time in his life. Before the sermon starts he makes a mistake.


umahlase Title UMahlase uvakashela edolobheni
Author Cedric Xulu
Language isiZulu, English and Sepedi
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-86840-298-4

UMahlase waya edolobheni ukuze athole imali yokondla umndeni wakhe. Ziningi izinto ezamhluphayo. Waya eWimpi ecabanga ukuthi kusemzini othile onedili.

Mahlase went to town to look for a job to get money to support his family. He had so many problems. He finally went to a Wimpy thinking it was a party in someone’s house.


umndeni Title Umndeni wakwaNkosi
Author Elder Lyster
Language isiZulu, English (original language), isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans and Sepedi
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-0-86980-854-2

Njengabo bonke abantu, banezinto abazithandayo kanye nabangazithandi. Banezifiso, kanye namaphupho.

This very basic reader describes each member of the Nkosi family in terms of what they like, do, feel and dream.


emkumbane Title EMkhumbane
Author Nomadiphu Khumalo
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-1-874897-59-0

UNomadiphu Khumalo ukhumbula impilo yaseMkhumbane ngo-1929 kuya ku-1959: umdanso kwaMgenge, ukuboshelwa utshwala kanye nokusokola kwamakhosikazi.

Nomadiphu Khumalo remembers life in the Cato Manor/Chesterville area from 1929 until 1959: dances at Mgenge’s place, liquor raids and the women’s struggles. 


ezababuye Title Ezababuya emazweni
Author Ronnie Bhengu
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
 ISBN 978-1-874897-64-4

URonnie Bhengu ubhala ngempilo yakhe esekudingisweni kusukela ngesikhathi eshiya kuleli ngo-1981 nokubuya kwakhe ngo-1991. Leminyaka eyishumi wayichitha eBotswana, Bulgaria, Angola naseTanzania.

Ronnie Bhengu writes a personal account of his life in exile from the time when he left the country in 1981 until his return in 1991. During these 10 years he lived in Botswana, Bulgaria, Angola and Tanzania.


indoda Title Indoda Yezihlahla: Indaba kaRobert Mazibuko
Author Joanne Bloch
Language isiZulu and English (original language)
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-1-86840-174-1

URobert Mazibuko, Indoda Yezihlahla, washona ngo-1994 eneminyaka engamashumi ayisishagalolunye. Empilweni yakhe wachitha isikhathi sakhe efundisa abantu ukwenza umhlabathi unothe kanye nokutshala imifino nezihlahla. Njengoba aye asho athi, “Ngaphandle komhlabathi akukho lutho.” Lena indaba yakhe kanye nezeluleko ngamazwi akhe.

Robert Mazibuko, the “Tree Man”, died in July 1994 at the age of 90. He spent his life teaching people how to make the soil rich and how to plant vegetables and trees. As he said, “Without the soil, there is nothing.” This is his story and advice in his own words. 


inkositini Title Inkositini – UKhathazile ulandela inhliziyo yakhe
Author Khathazile Gasa
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-0-86980-839-9

Lendaba yothando eyiqiniso ixoxwa uKhathazile Gasa, esixoxela ngemizamo yakhe nesoka lakhe uGasa, elalidlala inkositni, ukuthola injabulo.

This true love story told by Khathazile Gasa tells of her struggle to find happiness with her one true love, Gasa, the concertina player.


ngingenzenjani Title Ngingenzenjani uma kuyimi? Usizo nge-AIDS
Author Nozizwe Madlala & Wendy Annecke
Language isiZulu, English (original language), isiXhosa and Sesotho
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-1-874897-77-4

UJack nowakwakhe uLindi bathola ukuthi banegciwane le-AIDS. Abangane babo basesontweni bafunda kabanzi ngalesifo nokuthi bangenzenjani ukubhekana naso nokusivikela.

Jack and his wife Lindi find out that they are infected with the AIDS virus. Their friends in the church group learn about the disease and about how to cope with it and prevent it. 


sengikhulile Title Sengikhulile
Author Nomadashi Memela
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-1-874897-66-8

UNomadashi Memela wazalwa ngempi yamaNgisi namaBhunu. Uxoxa ngezigameko empilweni yakhe: isikhonyane, umshado wakhe kanye nokufika kwenkosi yamaNgisi eThekwini uKing George.

Born during the Anglo-Boer war, Nomadashi Memela tells about some of the main experiences of her life: the locust plague, her wedding and King George V’s visit to Durban.


umkumelana Title Ukumelana nokudlwengulwa
Author Sonya Keyser & Brett Purdon
Language isiZulu and English (original language)
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
 ISBN 978-1-86840-172-7

Wenzenjani uma udlwenguliwe? Kwenzakalani esiteshini samaphoyisa, kudokotela kahulumeni nasenkantolo? Lencwadi inikeza izeluleko ngokudlwengulwa ibuye ibe nohla lwezinhlangano ezinikeza usizo kulabo abadlwenguliwe.

What do you do if you have been raped? What happens at the police station, at the District Surgeon and at the court? This book gives practical advice about rape and provides a list of organizations that offer help to survivors of rape.


utjwala Title Utshwala, amaculo nezixakaxaka
Author Sibongile Sithole
Language Zulu, English (original language), isiXhosa and Sesotho
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN 978-0-86980-859-7

USibongile Sithole uxoxa ngezigameko empilweni yakhe njengomama, umngane kanye nenkosikazi. Lezindaba uzixoxe ngesiZulu emuva kwesasasa lebhuku lakhe lesiNgisi elibizwa: Beer, songs and quarrels.

Sibongile Sithole tells true stories about her life as a mother, friend, wife and daughter. These stories have been retold by Sibongile Sithole in Zulu due to the popularity of the English version: Beer, songs and quarrels.


wafa-ephila Title Wafa Ephila
Author Johnson Kwamlah
Language isiZulu
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
 ISBN 978-1-874897-65-1  

Lencwadi ikhuluma ngomfana igama lakhe nguSaki owabe ekhule engamazi uyise. Kufika isalukazi angasazi simtshela ukuthi uyise usekhona. Lokhu kuphambana nolwazi analo ngoyise. Simthola kulencwadi ebuza unina kabanzi mayelana nalendaba ayizwe ngesalukazi. Ekugcineni simthola elithola lonke iqiniso ngoyise. Funda uzitholele ngaleli qiniso.

This book is about Saki, who grew up believing his father to be dead. Finally, he uncovers the tragic secret his mother had kept hidden from him.

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