When I started school at St Camillus Primary in Hammanskraal in January 1976, I was taught to recite the ABC and the 1-2-3 in three languages – Sepedi, English and Afrikaans. However, Sepedi remained ...

The Nal'ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign has launched its English-Sepedi version. Produced by the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA), in partnership with Times ...

Search Engine giant Google says it has added 24 new languages to Google Translate including two South African official languages, Sepedi and Tsonga. The newly added languages bring the total number of ...

As the world becomes a global village, many people are losing touch with their roots and some can no longer speak their mother tongue. But people who speak Sesotho sa Leboa, more commonly known as ...

The languages in which a museum relays details of its exhibits are important as well as providing more information about the exhibits, it shapes the knowledge of its patrons. The Lydenburg Museum ...

For many children with communication disabilities, expressing their thoughts, needs and feelings can feel impossible, especially when the tools available are not coded in their language. But one South ...

A top South African university has dropped Afrikaans as its official language in favour of English. The University of Pretoria told the BBC it needed to "transform the culture" to make it "truly South ...

StatSA has released its latest General Household Survey (GHS), revealing the most popular languages in South Africa. The statistics are based on the languages most commonly spoken at home, and outside ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched the Ngiyaqonda! literacy app to assist South African children in reading for comprehension in their home language. The app ...