The Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life. Their vision is to see people flourishing in communities using the languages they value most. As of 2020, they were involved in approximately 1,350 active…
The African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) is entrusted with the task of developing and promoting African languages so that they can be used in all domains of the society in partnership with the languages inherited from colonisation. The organisation’s overall objectives: To promote and develop the use of African languages in general and vehicular cross-border…
The South African Translators’ Institute (SATI) is committed to playing its part in a changing world by helping to build bridges between people and groups and fostering in the community an awareness of the need for effective communication. In pursuit of this goal the Institute endeavours: To promote excellence in translation and related fields, as…
The African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) was established in 1979 as a non-discriminatory, non-profit-making association at a conference hosted by the Department of African Languages of the University of South Africa (UNISA). ALASA has two main aims: 1. to promote interaction between researchers, students and teachers of African languages and literature, and 2.…
Find free African languages resources here: African languages past papers: Past matric exam papers: Isindebele First Additional Language (FAL) Past matric exam papers: IsiXhosa First Additional Language (FAL) Past matric exam papers: IsiZulu First Additional Language (FAL) Past matric exam papers: Sepedi First Additional Language (FAL) Past matric exam papers: Sesotho First Additional Language (FAL)…
Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research The central brief of the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research (CMDR) is to embark on a project of intellectual reorientation, namely a significant rethinking of multilingualism and the development of a new discourse with which to approach interdisciplinary work in the humanities and the education sciences. The brief…
Faculty of Humanities and Department of African Languages The departments were established in 1951 and 1982 at the Bloemfontein and Qwaqwa campuses respectively. Both departments share the same curriculum and operate under the same strategic objectives with some differentiated niche areas. On our website we provide an outline of the scope of our undergraduate and…
The School of Languages and Literatures The School of Languages and Literatures was formed in 2002 through the amalgamation of the Department of Southern African Languages and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. The School brings into one organisational unit the teaching of languages and literatures (excluding English Language and Literature) at…
Department of African Languages The Department invites you to join them on a journey of higher education through the landscape of the languages that surround you every day. They will strive to expose you to South Africa’s multilingual and multicultural context while offering you a gateway to a successful future. The department caters for the…
Department of African Languages In line with the University of South Africa’s status as world-class open distance teaching, learning and research institution, the Department of African Languages is committed to the promotion, development and use of the African Languages, in particular isiNdebele, Sesotho a Leboa, Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Shona, isiXhosa, Siswati and isiZulu. For more:…