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2015 ended with Chinese president Xi Jinping finalising a number of trade and industry agreements with South Africa, valued at over R94-billion[1]. With the door opening up to a flood of new opportunity, the last thing you need is miscommunication. Increased commercial dealings with China can mean profitable reward for many companies. There are, however,

Two factors have been working in tandem to boost the language services industry in South Africa: democratisation and globalisation. Equal rights for all citizens in our democratic South Africa also meant equal language rights for all. The SA Constitution of 1996 granted official language status to SA’s nine indigenous languages alongside English and Afrikaans. Several pieces of

2017 promises to be an exciting year for the development of South African languages.  The Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 aims to ensure official South African languages (other than English and Afrikaans) are used on a much wider scale – first in government and private sectors and later with initiatives to introduce official South African

Welcome to the fifth of Bangula’s language blogs, exploring South Africa’s diverse range of official languages and their current state of development. Each blog will also be released in a translated version as we hope to encourage the use South Africa’s languages. Setswana is largely found in North West, a province bordering the country of

Welcome to the sixth of Bangula’s language blogs, exploring South Africa’s diverse range of official languages and their current state of development. Each blog will also be released in a translated version as we hope to encourage the use South Africa’s languages. Xhosa is a Bantu family agglutinative tonal language. In English, we refer to

Siyakwemukela kwibhlogi yesine kumabhlogi akwaBangula, kanti lapha yilapho senaba khona ngezilimi zethu ezisemthethweni kanye nendlela yokuthuthuka kwazo. Ibhlogi ngayinye izokhishwa isihunyushelwe olimini oluthile kanti ngokwenza lokhu siqonde ukukhuthaza wonke umuntu ukuthi akhulume futhi asebenzise ulimi lwaseNingizimu Afrika. \’Click here to view the English version\’ IsiZulu wulimi olwejwayeleke ukuzedlula zonke ezinye izilimi ezikhona eNingizimu Afrika, bheka

U amukelekile eka tiblogo ta vunharhu ta ririmi ta Bangula, leti valangaka ku hambanahambana ka tindzimi ta ximfumo na xiyimo xa nhluvukiso wa tona eka nkarhi wa sweswi. Blogo yin’wana na yin’wana yi ta tlhela yi humesiwa yi hundzuluxeriwile tanihiloko hi lava ku khutaza ku tirhisiwa ka tindzimi ta Afrika. Click here to view the

Welcome to the third of Bangula’s language blogs, exploring South Africa’s diverse range of official languages and their current state of development. Each blog will also be released in a translated version as we hope to encourage the use South Africa’s languages. Click here to view the Xitsonga version  Xitsonga is a southern Bantu language

Re a o amohela blokong ya bobedi ya bangula moo ha jwale re hlwelang dipuo tse fapaneng tsa semmuso tsa Afrika Borwa le maemo a tsona a ntshetsopele. Hape bloko e tla hlahiswa ka mokgwa wa diphetolelo ka tshepo ya ho kgothalletsa dipuo tsa semmuso tsa Afrika Borwa.     Click here to view the

Vho ṱanganedzwa kha bulogo dza luambo dza u tou thoma dza Bangula, u sedzesa nyambo dza tshiofisi dza Afurika Tshipembe dzo fhambanaho na tshiimo tshadzo tsha u aluwa tsha zwino. Bulogo iṅwe na iṅwe i ḓo bviswa na nga tshivhumbeo tsho pindulelwaho sa izwi ri tshi khou fhulufhela u ṱuṱuwedza u shumiswa ha nyambo dza