PanSALB COMMEMORATES AFRICA DAY

MEDIA STATEMENT    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     25 MAY 2023, PRETORIA   PanSALB COMMEMORATES AFRICA DAY     Today, 25 May 2023, marks the commemoration of Africa Day, celebrated in observance of the founding of the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU), the precursor to the African Union (AU). Language plays a critical role in promoting tolerance and […]

PanSALB Clarifies Xitsonga Spelling on new Banknotes

PRESS RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     08 MAY 2023, PRETORIA   PanSALB Clarifies Xitsonga Spelling on new Banknotes The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has noted concerns raised with South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on the change of the Xitsonga spelling on the upgraded bank notes and coins from “Banginkulu to Bangikulu”. This serves […]

PanSALB HEARTLY WELCOMES PASSING OF THE 18TH CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO MAKE SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

PRESS STATEMENT    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     02 MAY 2023, PRETORIA PanSALB HEARTLY WELCOMES PASSING OF THE 18TH CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO MAKE SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE   The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) welcomes the passing of the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill by unanimous vote to […]

LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: In Conversation with Judge Albie Sachs

PRESS RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     31 MARCH 2023, PRETORIA   LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: In Conversation with Judge Albie Sachs The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), in partnership with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Multilingualism Education Project, will today be conducting a linguistic human rights dialogue with retired Constitutional Court […]

PanSALB TO HOST ISIXHOSA GRADE – 4 SPELLING COMPETITION

MEDIA ADVISORY   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       23 FEBRUARY 2023, PRETORIA   PanSALB TO HOST ISIXHOSA GRADE – 4 SPELLING COMPETITION In celebrating the International Mother Language Day (IMLD) this year, the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) Western Cape provincial office in conjunction with Iziko Museum of South Africa, Cape Peninsula University of […]

PanSALB DISHEARTENED AT DISPARAGING COMMENTS ABOUT AFRIKAANS

PRESS RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     17 November 2022, PRETORIA PanSALB   DISHEARTENED AT DISPARAGING COMMENTS ABOUT AFRIKAANS  The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has noted with concern the disparaging comments made by South African born actress, Ms Charlize Theron, wherein she disregards the Afrikaans language as ‘dying out’ and ‘not very useful’ and only […]

PanSALB CONDUCTS MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 November 2022, PRETORIA PanSALB CONDUCTS MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE   The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) will, today 16-17 November 2022, be conducting a Multilingualism Conference being held at the Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. The discussions at the conference will centre around the effective implementation of language prescripts […]

PanSALB TO CONDUCT MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE

MEDIA ADVISORY   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       10 NOVEMBER 2022, PRETORIA PanSALB TO CONDUCT MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE    The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) will, from 16 -17 November 2022, be conducting a language conference in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, under the theme “The Furtherance of Multilingualism in South Africa for an equitable future”.  Discussions […]

PHATLALATSO YA LENTSWE LA AFRIKA BORWA LA SELEMO SA 2022

PHATLALATSO YA DITABA E TLA NTSHWA HANGHANG   13 MPHALANE 2022, PRETORIA   PHATLALATSO YA LENTSWE LA AFRIKA BORWA LA SELEMO SA 2022 LOADSHEDDING KE LENTSWE LA AFRIKA BORWA LA SELEMO SA 2022 #LentsweLaAfrikaBorwaLaSelemo #LetsatsiLaMatjhabaLaDibukantswe Kajeno, e leng 17 Mphalane 2022, Lekgotla la Dipuo Tsohle Tsa Afrika Borwa (PanSALB), mmoho le khamphane ya diphuputso tsa media, […]

LOAD-SHEDDING DECLARED SA WORD OF THE YEAR 2022

PRESS STATEMENT    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     17 OCTOBER 2022, PRETORIA  ANNOUNCEMENT OF SA WORD OF THE YEAR 2022  LOAD-SHEDDING DECLARED SA WORD OF THE YEAR 2022 #SAWordoftheYear #InternationalDictionaryDay   Today, 17 October 2021, the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) in association media research company, Focal Points, proclaims the word/term Load-shedding as the 2022 South African […]