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Sanlam WOW Spelling Festival 2025: Register for free
Registration for the 2025 Sanlam WOW Spelling Festival is now open, and participation is completely free. It’s the biggest spelling festival in South Africa, and schools and learners from all
Sanlam WOW Spelling Festival final unlocks worlds
More than 500 learners, their teachers and educators came together in Stellenbosch on September 28 for the national final of the biggest spelling festival in South Africa – the Sanlam
WOW is 21! | Woordfees ’24
WOW has the key! From September 27 to Oktober 6 at Woordfees 2024, we celebrate 21 years of unlocking potential. The WOW Festival program includes the national final of the
Opportunity for young poets in the Western Cape
The Western Cape high school slam poetry competition In collaboration with Words open Worlds, Wêreld (a multidisciplinary arts organisation) brings an exciting new presentation to the Toyota Stellenbosch Word Festival
EasyEquities invests in you and in Words Open Worlds
Register with EasyEquities and everyone wins. Your registration for a free EasyEquities investment account puts R50 in your pocket to invest and R50 in the Words Open Worlds (WOW) bursary
Bastiaanse Secondary makes a plan
WOW celebrates turning 21 this year and we couldn’t do it without our schools. After 21 years of empowering learners at underprivileged schools through language, literature and the arts we