My great-niece and superb writer, Amy Arthur of Durban, triggered an idea.

If you are under 12, please submit, using your first name and initials only via your parent’s or guardian’s email address) a 200-word paragraph entitled: What it means to be a South African child in 2012.

I will be the sole adjudicator and I will publish what I deem to be the best piece.

The writer will receive a R200 gift card for Exclusive Books. 

(Closing date for entries: July 6, 2012)