The Amazwi Villager (a South African news magazine) is written by rural African female journalists of Sotho and Shangaan descent and distributed in their home communities within the Lowveld region of South Africa. Amazwi, a non-profit organization, publishes the Villager monthly. The newspaper was initially produced with the intent of introducing the first print medium produced by residents of and focused on the communities that make up the villages of Acornhoek, Thulamahashe, and northern Bushbuckridge. Amazwi’s founder, team of volunteers, and visiting teachers and writers are committed to the further establishment of the Amazwi Villager as a local news source, a medium through which issues are discussed and investigated, and a trusted publication supported entirely by local businesses who advertise.
