Issued by the Secretary-General (SG), Dr. Lebogang L Nawa on behalf of the ISC, 9 February 2019. This document is a report on the resolutions of the Interim Steering Committee meeting held on 9 February 2019.
NWASA is committed to the following principles and values to which its members are required to subscribe: democratic decision-making and participation in the affairs of NWASA; access, accountability, transparency, and ethical conduct; compassion, fairness, and honesty; commitment to the following rights and freedoms enshrined in the BU and UDHR, namely: freedom of thought, freedom of […]
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Our advocacy work needs your support
The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) is a registered Non-Profit Company (NPC), in the category of voluntary organisations. Therefore, our source of funding remains government grants, as well as donors and NWASA members. Against this backdrop, NWASA humbly request its members, supporters and interested institutions to make financial contributions to the organisation through […]
The honour of National Poet Laureate, bestowed on Prof. Serote on 6 November 2018 during the South African Literary Awards (SALA) ceremony at the University of South Africa (UNISA), is an accolade singularly distinguishing a poet for the body of excellent work, consistently produced over a period of time.
This is a report of the resolutions of the Interim Steering Committee (ISC) held on 3 September 2018. The decisions were arrived at after weighing whether to rush preparations towards the Inaugural General Assembly of 21-22 September and risk losing legitimacy and credibility required of a body of national stature as NWASA or to create […]
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Membership Benefits
Registered members qualify to gain the following benefits as they become available: directly and/or exclusively receive correspondence and information from its structures; get opportunities for production, publishing, and promotion of their writing; provide or receive mentoring or workshop-based guidance and support related to improvement of writing skills; receive assistance in the protection of intellectual property […]
This is a report of the resolutions of the Interim Steering Committee (ISC) held on 9 June 2018. For now, I am reporting on the resolution pertaining to membership recruitment and events. The ISC has resolved that membership form be made available online on this site and NWASA WhatsApp group. Hence the membership form is […]