Objectives
The Jakes Gerwel Foundation (JGF) …
- Celebrates the legacy of the late professor Jakes Gerwel
- Develops the talents of emerging writers from disadvantaged communities
- Strives for equality in an unequal sosio-economic South Africa
- Enriches the South African literature
- Supports learners to understand what they read
Focus
The Jakes Gerwel Foundation focuses on the promotion and expansion of South African literature with the following broad focus areas in mind:
- To enrich and build out the body of South African literature
- To help new perspectives and worlds of experience to be heard
- To support upcoming writers and new voices
- To encourage an appreciation of the literary arts from a young age under South Africans