Governments use digital platforms to communicate with society but, on a continent with more than 2 000 languages, it remains stubbornly monolinguistic
The Schools Act considers South African sign language as an official language for the purposes of learning in a public school
Because of the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of innovation, human foolishness and pettiness are often thwarted in favor and pursuit of the bigger picture which, in its essence, is meant to give them ‘dominion over all the earth.’
Analysis of news coverage in May shows a governing party that is broke — and bitterly at war with itself
George Euvrard spoke to Athandiwe Saba about his passion for education, clues on how to solve his crosswords and the importance of celebrating South Africa.
Advocates of retaining Afrikaans as a language of instruction are blind to their own prejudices
But librarians face difficulties in a society where the culture of reading is not widespread
Whether in comic books, novels or academic work, African languages are increasingly becoming the norm
Technology is not necessarily the panacea it’s said to be, de-skilling further the under-skilled
Educating our children in their mother tongues
will help to address underdevelopment in Africa
Although English may not be the de facto talk of the town in South Africa, in written form it continues to dwarf others
Almost all teaching in Mozambique is in Portuguese but the majority of Mozambicans speak one of more than 40 local languages
The combination of knowledge and communication leads to social, cultural and technological development
"The quality of ‘input’ or the language exposure students receive is a big factor in the learning of new languages"
Digital and print have distinct advantages – and even the online version is compiled by a publisher.
Italicising words distances languages from their place in South Africa.
The Chinese embassy requested that the subject be introduced and will be responsible for bringing in teachers from China and training SA teachers.
"We are such a multilingual country, but in government, when you hear people talk, you think we are a bilingual country"
Local institutes named after the philosopher have laughed off claims of a sinister agenda.
A department circular highlighting the Chinese language has frustrated teacher unions.
Readers write in about language, Fifa, al-Bashir and the paper itself.
Afrikaans schools manage to give children from single-parent, lower middle-class homes a chance in life
An inflexible single-medium system cannot meet the demands of an egalitarian society.
Wise leadership is needed to solve the crisis over the medium of instruction controversy in Gauteng.
Mother-tongue learning paired with instruction in English is a success elsewhere in Africa.
Historically, language was used to discipline diversity – but that can be changed.
Maybe God also dwells in the small mercies of strangers, in the aha moments when humans connect deeply.
The more obscure the name of your pasta on the menu, the more you’ll likely have to fork out when the bill comes.
The onomatopoeia we apply to most animal sounds varies delightfully across different tongues.
African writers must embrace their own tongues lest we drown in an English-dominated world.
Insects have different names not only in each of our 11 official languages, but within each of those languages depending on geographical location.
A group of concerned parents have taken a Northern Cape primary school to court for forcing its pupils to learn in English.