EZETHU LINCWADI

Ezethu Iincwadi is a book show that gives authors a platform to showcase their work, and organizations that work with literature by creating an engaging dialogue to express their work. The series aims to attract a broad audience, as authors, writing and reading community.

Through the show, we aim to:

• Build a reading and writing culture in Cape Town.
• Give a platform to the authors and organisations that are developing the culture of reading and writing.
• Teach and motivate upcoming authors through the stories of existing authors.

The show’s producer David Tyutulo is the CEO of Nkuthalo Media, which was founded to build a home for upcoming authors and also publishes well-known authors from all over South Africa.
The show is currently the only one of its kind on South African television.

In 2023 the show won a prestigious SAFTA award.

Nkuthalo David Tyutulo is a television practitioner, author and publisher and acts as a
bridge between Cape Town TV, and the literature community and the public at large. Nkuthalo
holds a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies from Damelin
College, Certificate in Filmmaking and Certificate in Television Production from
University of Cape Town, and Certificate in Citizen Journalism from Big Fish School of
Filmmaking. He has written 36 books under his name, some are still in the process of
publishing. He has been part of Cape Town TV technical crew since 2015,
specializing with camerawork and directing. Due to his passion for storytelling he
registered a company in 2018, which is Nkuthalo Media (Publishing, filmmaking,
television production, theatre making and photography.)

Through his journey of building his name in the media
industry has written for a community newsletter (Kasi
Vision, which a few years ago was changed to City
Vision) in Strand. He has worked at Parliamentary TV, where
he was a camera operator, vision mixer, and
technical director. He has been working with journalist
that needs translation of their article (From English to
IsiXhosa) and has done some isiXhosa script editing for
Media24 (Working directly with journalists)