This study discusses the African perspective of the role of language in explaining development issues through the medium of drama and theatre in Zimbabwe. The problem of the study is centred on the idea that development ...
This study was an exploration of how language is managed in the subordinate courts of Machakos County in Kenya. It was an investigation into the language policy used in the courts,
and whether the languages serve the ...
The research project takes a hard look into the attitudes or perceptions of speakers of African languages towards the new language policy of South Africa. The question answered in this regard is, `What do people say?'
The ...
Language planning and policy formulation is a complex exercise. The purpose of this research was to explore and expose the challenges of language planning and policy formulation in Africa, with specific reference to Zimbabwe ...
The research in this dissertation explored the demise of African languages of South Africa, Tshivenḓa in particular. The Vhavenḓa are historically one of the ethnic groups which have been in South Africa for a long time. ...
Observateur invétéré des réalités quotidiennes de son milieu natal, Seydou Badian a publié, en 1957, un roman intitulé Sous l’orage. Témoin oculaire des événements journaliers de son terroir natal, surtout ceux du milieu ...
Kahn, S.B.; Louw, V.N.(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2013-12)
This article raises the question of the critical need for the South African
Public Service to change from a transactional to a transformational
leadership approach in order to accelerate the transformation of ...
Over the past few years, the world in general has been influenced by several rapid changes and disruptions including climate change, globalisation, economic developments, the fourth industrial revolution, technological ...
Nine of South Africa's eleven official languages are African languages: Xhosa, Zulu, Venda, Tsonga, Swati, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho and Tswana. They belong to a large family of languages, comprising more ...
South Africa has 11 official languages and the 12th one was gazetted recently. It would seem that almost all these languages, except English and Afrikaans, have been approved just for ceremonial purposes as they are still ...
Historically the socio-political landscape in South Africa has been shaped by colonial rule and
segregation policies. Some ethnic groups were from the outset of colonial rule suppressed and according to the
social identity ...
Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku; Lebeloane, LDM "Oupa"(Journal of Educational Studies, 2008)
Letsema is an important indigenous practice, in existence since time immemorial among many Africans especially the Batswana speaking people of Southern Africa.
The medieval period (approximately 800 to 1300 AD) in Western Europe is noted for its rich tradition in religious Roman Catholic iconography. Frequently the only art works to be produced in the period, or to have survived, ...
The study sought to investigate how the symbiotic relationship between amaXhosa and amaNdebele impacted on IsiXhosa language and amaXhosa culture in Mbembesi area in Zimbabwe. The study was conducted where two ethnic groups ...
This study deals with the influence of other languages on Venda. It begins by looking at the various contact situations and then analyses the adaptation of foreign linguistic forms and their impact on the Venda language. ...
This is a transdisciplinary study of how ‘popular cultures of survival’ regenerate and rehumanise township residents and communities whose social fabric and intergenerational bonds have been violently torn by endemic ...