The PanSALB Multilingualism Awards were established in 2002 and are held annually. In the past years, the awards ceremony has grown in standard, stature and impact. The awards attracts high profile government officials, non-governmental officials, academics, partners and sponsors.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The PanSALB Multilingualism Awards seek to:
Africa
The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) is a statutory body established in terms of Act 59 of 1995 and the Constitution for, inter alia, the creation of conditions for the development and for the promotion of the equal use and enjoyment of all the official South African languages.
The Preamble to the PanSALB Act advocates that provision be made for measures designed to achieve respect, adequate protection and furtherance of the official South African languages and for the advancement of those official languages which in the past did not enjoy full recognition, as well as respect for the other South African languages used for communication and religious purposes.
In addition, one of the functions of the Board is to actively promote an awareness of multilingualism as a national resource.
MULTILINGUALISM
This award will be given for the effective use of multilingualism in an album/song.
USE OF MOTHER TONGUE
This award will be given for the effective use of an artist’s mother tongue in an album/song.
This award recognises both written and oral modes of expression. The award may relate to the use of multilingualism and/or the use of the writer/performer’s mother tongue for the promotion, protection, and preservation of any the official South African languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award will be presented to a journalist in mainstream print or broadcast media who has contributed to the promotion and preservation of his/her mother tongue and other languages including the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for the effective use of a journalist’s mother tongue and/or multilingualism in mainstream broadcast or written news reporting.
This award is for a mainstream TV channel or programme that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for a mainstream radio station or programme that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for a print publication that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for an advertisement that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award will be presented to a journalist in community print or broadcast media who has contributed to the promotion and preservation of his/her mother tongue and other languages including the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for the effective use of a journalist’s mother tongue and/or multilingualism in community broadcast or written news reporting.
This award is for a community TV channel or programme that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for a community radio station or programme that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for a community print publication that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This is an award for an individual not older than 35 years-of-age or a youth organisation that has contributed towards promoting, protecting, and preserving any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages in academia or business.
This award is for the innovative use of technology to promote multilingualism in the technology sector, including business-to-business and consumer campaigns.
This award is for an individual who has contributed to language by way of excellent interpreting services or training interpreters.
This award is for an individual who contributed towards the development and promotion of multilingualism or the use of mother languages through social media platforms, community development programmes, or language advocacy within the corporate or government sector.
This is a special award that is bestowed by the Chairperson of the Board on individuals or organisations who have excelled in the promotion and preservation of South African languages over their lifetime.
This award is for an effective national service delivery campaign/project/programme in the public sector that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for an effective provincial service delivery campaign/project/programme in the public sector that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for an effective local service delivery campaign/project/programme in the public sector that seeks to promote multilingualism or any of the official languages or the Khoe and San languages.
This award is for the use and promotion of multilingualism in institutions of higher learning. This can be shown in the institution’s language policy, tuition material, and/or signage on/in campus buildings.
This award is for the use and promotion of multilingualism in schools and basic education centres. This can be shown in the institution’s language policy, tuition material, and/or signage on/in school buildings.
PREVIOUS WINNERS (2021-2022)
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE CATEGORY
MUSIC CATEGORY
MULTILINGUALISM
DR SELLO GALANE
TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS CATEGORY
BABALWA NONKENGE
YOUTH CATEGORY
SIPHO MAHAMBA
MEDIA CATEGORY
THETHA MASOMBUKA – MBUSO KHOZA
PRINT MEDIA – EMMANUEL MAHLANGU
TV CHANNEL/ PROGRAMME – LEIHLO LA SECHABA
RADIO STATION/ PROGRAMMS – RADIO TURF (NTOMETSEBE)
GOVERNMENT/ PUBLIC SECTOR
NATIONAL DEPARTMENT – GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION (GCIS)
PROVINCIAL – DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WESTERN CAPE
MUNICIPALITY – CITY OF TSHWANE
EDUCATION CATEGORY
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING – STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION – DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION (EASTERN CAPE)
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
DR DORAH RIA MABULE
LANGUAGE ACTIVIST AWARD
THANDO MAHLANGU
CHAIRPERSON’S LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DR THOMAS HASANI CHAUKE
Professor Monwabisi Knowledge Ralarala is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of the Western Cape. Apart from being a Canon Collins Educational and Legal Assistance Trust alumnus, he is the 2017 recipient of the Neville Alexander Award for the Promotion of Multilingualism. His research interests are quite diverse but follow three lines: language rights and multilingualism in higher education; forensic linguistics and translation studies. He has published journal articles and book chapters, mainly in the fields of forensic linguistics and language policy in higher education. His co-authored and co-edited books include: African language and language practice research in the 21st century: Interdisciplinary themes and perspectives (2017, CASAS); New frontiers in forensic linguistics: Themes and perspectives in language and law in Africa and beyond (2019, African Sun Media); Knowledge beyond colour lines: Towards repurposing knowledge generation in South African higher education (2021, UWC Press); A handbook on legal languages and the quest for linguistic equality in South Africa and beyond (2021, African Sun Media); Language and the Law: Global Perspectives in Forensic Linguistics from Africa and beyond (2022, African Sun Media); Language, Crime and Courts in Contemporary Africa and Beyond (2023, African Sun Media). Prof. Ralarala is the founder and chief series editor of Studies in Forensic and Legal Linguistics in Africa and beyond (SF&LLA), as well as an international advisory board member to the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law and Chairperson of the newly established African Association for Forensic and Legal Linguists (AAFLL). He also serves as the first Chairperson of the South African Language Practitioners’ Council, a newly established Ministerial entity of the National Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.
Ms Phathiswa Magopeni has over two decades of strategic, operational, and editorial leadership experience in the media sector, with expertise in multimedia broadcasting. She has held executive management and editorial leadership roles, including Editor-in-Chief and Group Executive for SABC News and Current Affairs; acting SABC Group Executive for Television; and Head of Terrestrial News Services at eNCA. She lectured African linguistics and literature at the University of the Western Cape and the University of Cape Town. She is the Chief Operations Officer at Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism. She was awarded the Menell/Duke University and Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa fellowships. She is a member of the World Editors Forum, a council member of the South African National Editors Forum and chairs its Education and Training Committee. She is a Board Director at the South African Broadcasting Corporation and chairs the Public Broadcasting Service Committee. She holds a BA, BA Hons, and MPhil ed. from the University of the Western Cape; an Integrated Marketing Communications HDip from the AAA School of Advertising, a PGDip in Business Studies, and an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria where she is a PhD candidate.
GROUP A
Language and literature, Translation & Interpreting, and Language Activism Categories (Coordinator: Mr. Kaka Mokakale)
1. Dr. SM Tembane
2. Dr. A Mushwana
3. Dr. Mathabi
4. Mr. BR Mdluli
5. Dr. Ntombomzi Mazwi
6. Mr. V A Mahlangu
7. Ms. M Kekana
8. Dr. Gerda Odendaal
9. Ms. Mmasibidi Setaka
10. Mr. Kaka Mokakale
11. Ms. Nompilo Khanyile
12. Prof. Candice Livingston
GROUP B
Youth Category (Coordinator: Dr. A Mushwana)
1. Dr. A. Mushwana
2. Mr. Kaka Mokakale
3. Mr. V.A. Mahlangu
4. Mr. Dunisani Ntsanwisi
5. Mr. Lindinkosi Ndibongo
GROUP C
Music Category (Coordinator: Mr. Vincent Mahlangu)
1. Dr. S.M. Tembane
2. Dr. A. Mushwana
3. Dr. Mathabi
4. Dr. Ntombomzi Mazwi
5. Mr. V.A. Mahlangu
6. Ms. M. Kekana
7. Dr. Gerda Odendaal
8. Ms. Mmasibidi Setaka
9. Mr. Kaka Mokakale
10. Ms. Nompilo Khanyile
11. Prof. Candice Livingston
12. Dr. Sello Galane
13. Mr. Dunisani Ntsanwisi
14. Mr. Lindinkosi Ndibongo
GROUP D
MEDIA (Coordinator: Mr. Dunisani Ntsanwisi)
1. Mr. Dunisani Ntsanwisi
2. Mr. Masimba Tafirenyika
3. Mr. Lindinkosi Ndibongo
4. Mr. Eben Keun
5. Dr. Sello Galane
6. Dr. Gerda Odendaal
7. Mr. B.R. Mdluli
GROUP E
Technology & Business (Coordinator: Mr. Eben Keun)
1. Mr. Dunisani Ntsanwisi
2. Mr. Masimba Tafirenyika
3. Mr. Lindinkosi Ndibongo
4. Mr. Eben Keun
5. Dr. SM Tembane
6. Dr. Mathabi
7. Dr. Ntombomzi Mazwi
GROUP F
Government/Public Sector (Coordinator: Mr. B.R. Mdluli)
1. Mr. B.R. Mdluli
2. Ms. M. Kekana
3. Ms. Mmasibidi Setaka
4. Ms. Nompilo Khanyile
5. Prof. Candice Livingston
6. Mr. Masimba Tafirenyika
7. Dr. Sello