Courtroom Discourse Book Launch
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Conference: Transformative Justice through a forensic and legal linguistic lens 30 June – 04 July 2025
REGISTER NOW! https://form.jotform.com/243401202279548 17th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FORENSIC & LEGAL LINGUISTICS TITLE: Transformative Justice through a forensic and legal linguistic lens DATES 30 June – 04 July 2025 VENUE: President Hotel, 4 Alexander Road, Bantry Bay, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA PROGRAMME : 1ST DRAFT 15 May IAFLL Programme ZD REGISTER HERE A…
South African Language Learning App for Indigenous Languages
Homegrown language learning apps are absolutely necessary as they are more culturally authentic. Language comes out of everyday lived lives of people groups. It is important to produce all kinds of resources to promote language learning. Mukondleteri wa Vurheni is the creator of two successful language learning apps, angula.app and Mahlahle.app. Mahlahle is a language…
Losing our language, Losing our heritage: A Glimpse of the Future
Coauthored by Dr Zakeera Docrat (Chair of ILAF) & Dr Conrad Steenkamp (CEO of Afrikaans Taalraad) When we think of heritage, the first thoughts that spring to mind are culture, family, ancestry and language. We should consider language, culture and heritage as unitary. We celebrate our mother tongues on 21 February (UNESCO) as part…
Dr Zakeera Docrat on SAfm about Chief Justice Mandisa Maya
Koketso Sachane of SAfm The Meeting Point in conversation with ILAF Chair, Dr Zakeera Docrat. Dr Docrat described Ilaf as a bottom up network of educators, artists and activists for the promotion of indigenous languages alongside English in the country. Docrat said language is central to the legal system of South Africa. Language is fundamental…
New Patron! New Chair! New Vice Chair!
The Indigenous Languages Action Forum (ILAF) is excited to announce changes in our steering committee. Prof. Monwabisi Ralarala, former ILAF chairperson, will now serve as ILAF’s first patron as from 23 April. He is also the dean of the Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape and chair of the South African…
Incoko yokufundisa iAfrikaans noAsembese Mkumatela
Sincokola no Nkosazana Asembese Mkumatela ofundisa e Nelson Mandela University. Sincokola ngokufundisa iAfrikaans. UNkosazana Mkumatela webeswa ngesidanga sakhe e Stellenbosch University kulonyaka. Izifundo zakhe zangaphantsi wazifunda eQonce naseRhini.
Unisa Multilingual Proverbs Dictionary
Indigenous Languages Action Forum is pleased to learn about the new Unisa Multilingual Proverbs Dictionary. ILAF enjoys posting indigenous language proverbs on social media as there is much to learn from proverbs in indigenous languages. Unisa’s Multilingual Proverbs Dictionary was launched on the 24th of March 2023. Unisa called the dictionary one of a kind…
INzululwazi: Natural Sciences & Tech
isiXhosa & English Learning-Material-version-1 Natural Sciences & Technology Grade 4 : iBanga lesi-4 science-dictionary-sotho (1) Dept of Arts and Culture multilingual terms (English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana)
Mathematics (Multilingual or in Indigenous Languages)
Grade 1-3 Gr 1-3 TMU Maths English-Sepedi DictionaryCAPS MATHS SEPEDI Grade 1- 3 FS MATHS SEPEDI Grade 1- 3 FS Dept. Arts & Culture Multilingual Mathematics Dictionary Grade R – 6 11 Official Languages Grades: R-6 Multilingual Mathematics-dictionary-r-6