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Earlier this year, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) announced the introduction of Mandarin Chinese into South African schools. According to the DBE, Mandarin will be introduced into schools from next year, 2016, and will be an elective second language[1]. The introduction of Mandarin is a direct result of the Basic Implementation Plan (BIP), signed in […]

The recent publication of the ‘Use of Official Languages Act’ – https://www.ilconsultancy.com/exploring-use-official-languages-act-south-africa –  is set to make sure official South African languages (other than English and Afrikaans) are used on a much wider scale – first in the government and private sectors and later with initiatives to introduce official South African languages into education, business and daily

Technology is changing the way we see education in Africa. African economies are growing and e-learning Africa offers a unique vantage point from which to see and understand the transformation of a continent – http://www.elearning-africa.com e-Learning has been a growing force for educational development in Africa since 2005 . It’s development was sparked by the

Trends To Look Out For In Branding 2015   An insight from the pen, thoughts and experiences of Andrea Golding.   And so it begins, another 365 day cycle of the hustle and grind as brands make every effort to stand out, head and shoulders above the rest. Unfortunately a lot (in fact too much)

The ‘Use of Official Languages Act’ has been awaited with both excitement and trepidation by many sectors of both South Africa’s private and government business landscape. Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has extended the final compliance date for new official language policy to 2 May 2015. This extension has been based on three conditions,

The Use of the Official Languages Act was drafted to ensure the usage of the marginalised indigenous African languages. Through the use of the governments statutory language planning agency, The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). PanSALBs mandate, as provided for in section 6(5) of the Constitution, is to “promote, and create conditions for, the

Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear. . This quote by Patricia Fuller was what appeared on the first slide of my Introduction to Linguistics lecture in my first year of university. At first I thought it was our lecturer trying to calm our rattled

Government departments across South Africa have recently found out about new legislation that will change the face of South business. The Use of Official Languages Act specifies that: Every government department/entity across South Africa must identify at least three official languages. Every department has to describe how these languages will be used to communicate with

The African continent is full of diversity, with approximately 2000 – 3000 languages and an estimated 8000 dialects spoken across the 55 (internationally recognized) countries.  Most Africans can be considered to be multilingual (having the ability to speak several languages) or at least bilingual (being able to speak two languages fluently). So when it comes

Many translation agencies offer translation services in a minimalistic manner. They receive the source text from the client, send it out to a freelance translator and deliver the translator’s translation to the client. IL Consultancy follows these steps in order to achieve service excellence in the translation industry: Step 1: Before quoting we go through