For many isiXhosa-speaking residents, disaster warnings arrive too late, or in language that is difficult to understand.
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Rather than viewing ubuntu as an alternative to development, our research suggests that development and ubuntu are complementary.
South African film is still popular for stories about animals and conflict. The Last Ranger combines both in a slick, well acted short film.
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The word shows that language isn’t static, it evolves to reflect developments in a society.
Missionaries and African translators working on local versions of the Bible divided South Africa’s ethnic groups by language.
Bilingual education is possible for all South Africa’s children.
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Africa needs a new strategy for mother-tongue based bilingual education, from primary through to tertiary level.
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Raising the status of the African languages to that of official languages in South Africa post-1994 led to an explosion of translation and interpreting work in local and foreign languages.
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