South AfricaLanguage-in-education policyTranslanguagingAt first glance, the term "heritage language" as applied in North America and Europe does not appear to relate directly to the postcolonial multilingual scenario in South Africa. Here the term "herita...
IsiNdebele is the least spoken of South Africa’s 11 official languages, and confined mainly to Mpumalanga and Gauteng. It is an Nguni language, like isiZulu, isiXhosa and siSwati. Also called Southern Ndebele, it is not to be confused with Northern Ndebele, more commonly known as Matabele,...
South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages. However, English dominates as the language of access and power and although the Language-in- Education Policy (1997) recommends school language policies that will promote additive bilingualism and the use of learners' home languages ...
Common English Country Name:South Africa Official Names:Republic of South Africa (10 official names each based on indigenous language) National Anthem:Lord Bless Africa (”Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika”) / “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika” (1997)
Covid-19 in South Africa: The National State of Disaster has been lifted as from 5 April 2022.South African Slang WordsOur guide will help you to understand the most common South African slang words, those words you surely will hear and learn to use when visiting or living in Cape Town....
The name was coined by University of KwaZulu-Natal expert Johan Gallant, from “Africa” and “canis”, the Latin for dog.Afrikaans (noun) –South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established ...
This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South Africa. The first part of the article offers a comparison of the relative clause formation strategies in Sotho, Tsonga, Nguni and Venda. An interesting difference between these language groups concerns the synta...
Learn about the history of South Africa, its origins, and its development. View South Africa facts related to its religion, language, and the...
- English and Afrikaans in what was sometimes known as “white” South Africa, and each African language in its ethnic “homeland” or “national state” areas of South Africa declared independent by the National Party government with the goal of accommodating the political aspirations of black So...
Over 60﹪of pupils in South African schools choose English for learning and teaching but only 7﹪of pupils speak English as their home language a recent South Africa survey shows.Out of the country’s 12.2 million pupils only 851 536 speak English at home yet 7.6 million pupils choose ...