Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 1 July 2004

A time for many tongues

In a judgement hailed as a landmark by the Pan South African Language Board (Pansalb), the Pretoria High Court has ordered the Department of Labour’s Compensation Commissioner to change its policy of communicating only in English. The court found the department and its commissioner in breach of the Pansalb Act and the Constitution. The ruling has signalled to government departments that multilingualism must become a reality.