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Review school admissions policies
A child’s socioeconomic status, language and colour should not result in their exclusion
Media24 loses its war of words with Oxford over woordeboek
Without oral evidence, an application to have a contested Afrikaans-English dictionary pulled from the shelves was dismissed.
Selfie tops twerk as Oxford’s word of the year
The word ‘selfie’ has edged out some stiff competition to be announced as the 2013 word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries.
‘Twerk’ and ‘selfie’ added to Oxford English dictionaries
‘Twerk’, a dance move that has gone viral, and ‘selfie’, a photo taken of oneself, are two words that have been added to Oxford Dictionaries Online.