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CoPAL has pressing issues to deal with in 2023

With the 2nd Vice-Chancellors’ Colloquium on language practices now achieved, real work begins for Universities South Africa’s Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL)...

The incalculable progress made by CoPAL as the language issue is now firmly centre stage

When Professor Langa Khumalo ends his term as the Chairperson of the Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL) this month, he can reflect...

Why universities need to start sharing language resources

Even though universities thrive on competition, they need to stop competing in every single innovation. If, say Rhodes University is doing something about developing isiXhosa, and so are Stellenbosch...

The complexities surrounding multilingualism in South African universities

Just what are the challenges and complexities facing South African universities when it comes to the implementation of the new Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions? What...

Dedicated infrastructure, resources, and collaboration, must drive multilingualism implementation at universities

Stakeholder engagement, dedicated infrastructure, collaboration between universities and partnerships with other entities are key to furthering the implementation of multilingualism in public universities. “We must seriously advance transformation and...

“Lift the language and you lift the people” – an esteemed professor borrows from DF Malan

When 80-year-old white-haired Professor Kwesi Kwaah Prah made his way to the podium dressed in the Kente cloth of his birth country, Ghana, a ripple went through the University of...

The VCs’ Language Colloquium 2022 provided universities an opportunity to collaborate like never before

Language is not just a means of communication but the very fabric of peoples’ cultures and religions. This was emphasised by all speakers at the two-day 2nd Vice-Chancellors’ Consultative...

Universities can share language resources, notwithstanding their ongoing pursuit of a competitive edge

It was time to stop talking and start implementing. This was the view of speakers at the second Vice-Chancellors’ (VC) Consultative Colloquium on the revised Language Policy Framework for...

2nd Vice-Chancellors’ Consultative Colloquium on the revised Language Policy Framework begins today

Public universities’ executive leadership and other stakeholders will descend on the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Senate Hall in Hatfield this afternoon for a start to a two-day dialogue on...

Are universities complying with the revised Language Policy Framework, or are they really committed to multilingualism?

The stage has been set for universities to uplift the status of previously marginalised African languages. South Africa has revised the Language Policy for Public Higher Education Institutions with that aim. And university kingpins...

SA’s indigenous languages must all be fully developed and featured in digital resources – a UP professor says

South Africa has 11 official languages but we may be moving into a world of monolingualism, especially when it comes to finding information online, says Vukosi Marivate. Resultantly, it...

The Linguistic Revolution at the University of KwaZulu-Natal

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is one of the country’s pioneers in developing a language policy, a process that started in 2004 and culminated in isiZulu being given official...

The role of PanSALB in upholding multilingualism in SA’s society

In order to effectively elevate the status of South Africa’s indigenous languages, they have to be transformed into, and used as, languages of learning — especially in tertiary education....

From theory to implementation – the tools needed to make the Language Policy Framework workable

Promoting South Africa’s indigenous languages at universities as required by the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions is not only about teaching and learning. How will institutions...

We cannot afford not to embrace and implement multilingualism
says Professor Madadzhe

Studying African languages in institutions of higher education does not mean abandoning English. It simply recognises languages as an integral part of humanity, as communication instruments and as vital...

Implementing multilingualism can cost millions but the benefits outweigh the challenges—Stellenbosch University

Professor Deresh Ramjugernath of Stellenbosch University (SU) just provided a taste of what can be expected at the forthcoming 2nd Vice Chancellors’ Language Colloquium. Primarily a Vice-Chancellors’ gathering, the...

New office bearers elected to lead USAf’s Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages

Professor Nobuhle Hlongwa (left), Dean of the School of Arts in the College of Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is the new Chairperson of Universities South Africa’s (USAf’s)...

How universities are transforming their language policies and why this is critical

Language has the power to change higher education in this country and lead to better social cohesion. This is the message from Professor Langa Khumalo, Chairperson of the Community...

The state of language policies at public institutions

As universities enter the second half of 2022, they are ramping up efforts to accelerate progress toward implementing the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions requirements, which...

Challenges confronting the teaching of African languages at South Africa’s universities require dedicated attention

The possibility of a shortage of supply of African languages teachers across South Africa’s education landscape by 2030 became a subject of fierce debate among members of Universities South...

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