The Constitution of South Africa is the fundamental guideline determining the way the country should be managed and governed. At the time of its drafting, the main aim of the Constitution was to heal the divisions of the ...

The capacity to use language is unique from one individual to another. This could also depend on the individual’s exposure to a language. This article aims to contribute to the growing area of research on language anxiety ...

Fifteen years have passed since the South African Constitution first declared that there would be 11 official languages in South Africa. This declaration was intended to enhance the promotion and development of the historically ...

This article explores the argument that black South Africans identify themselves readily with their ethnic groups when it comes to activities such as listening to the radio or singing songs in their respective indigenous ...

In promoting a multilingual South Africa, the government is encouraging people to speak more than one language. In order to comply with this initiative, people choose to learn the languages which they do not speak as ...

This article investigates the nature and occurrence of external arguments of weather verbs in Northern Sotho, with specific reference to the unaccusative hypothesis. Weather verbs are unaccusative. Their surface structure ...

Ngwana ’a ditlhaka (reed baby) is a traditional Northern Sotho concept that can roughly be equated to a fertility doll, an artefact that is familiar to many cultures. It is specifically made for a young woman, by elderly ...